Someone call PETA, Glenn Beck just killed a frog…or did he?  We all remember his Oligarchy fail from a few weeks ago and now he seems to either be totally insane or a viral marketing genius.
On Wednesday, Glenn Beck was making a metaphor about how the sweeping changes initiated by the Obama administration are sure [...]

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MTV knows viral marketing. In fact, some would say that nobody in traditional media does it better than MTV these days.
That’s just one of the many theories floating around the blogosphere this Friday afternoon supporting the idea that the whole Kanye West / Taylor Swift incident at the VMA’s was faked.
I admit, that thought [...]

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This tough economy is taking a toll on everyone. Mark Muller, who owns Max Motors in Clay County, Missouri, is doing something about it.
During the month of August, Muller will give away a free AK-47 with every vehicle sold on his lot. Yes, seriously.
His dealership’s motto is:
“God, Guns, Guts and American Pick-up Trucks.”
This [...]

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Weird Al Yankovic has done it again.  He’s now clean-shaven and fully understand the importance of “viral video”.
With his latest single “Craigslist” he manages to poke fun at the online classified advertising website, and have a little fun with The Doors as well.
Somehow, Weird Al even managed to get The Doors’ Ray Manzarek himself to [...]

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The viral marketing campaign behind Terminator Salvation is really started to get interesting.  I have to say, this is one movie that I am very excited to see anyway, so the extra marketing effort is just icing on the cake.
I’m beginning to think tha…
ALERT: This communication has been interrupted by Skynet.  You are hereby ordered [...]

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Today is the last day to apply for the “Best Job in the World”.
The Australian tourism board wants you to write a weekly blog post, maintain a video blog and upload your photos, all while exploring Australia’s Islands of the Great Barrier Reef.
The six-month Island Reef Job pays about $100,000 for six months working a [...]

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Joaquin Phoenix has morphed into a unabomber-like, madman of a hip-hop artist – and online audiences are eating it up.
So was it an act? Or has Joaquin Phoenix really become a disheveled hermit who is giving up acting career to pursue a “hip-hop career”?
The interview was one of the [...]

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Here’s a note to marketing and advertising execs everywhere.  When you spend millions of dollars launch a huge, Super Bowl viral marketing campaign that points people to a website, upgrade your servers.
The traffic from the “hangintherejack” promotion that Jack in the Box aired during the Super Bowl was so massive, the website crashed [...]

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Unemployed? Well, today is your lucky day. This is easily the best job in the world.
It’s also a pretty good publicity stunt. Australia’s Tourism Queensland is looking for a caretaker to live on Hamilton Island in the Great Barrier Reef. Job duties include fish feeding, snorkeling and blogging about your [...]

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The Richter Scales have done it again. The jolly singers who brought us classics such as “Here Comes Another Bubble” and “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas” appeared at TechCruch’s annual “Crunchies” awards and debuted another instant classic.
I would love to be one of these guys.  How great is this gig?  Go [...]

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