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How to get a journalist to honour your embargo even when your product is crap

Amusing, Public Relations, Social Media on February 26th, 2010 1 Comment

I had to share this today as it made me smile, Tom Murphy placed this video on his blog at it cheered me up no end.
How many of us have seen pointless PR embargoes? Well this video pokes fun at them and the world of social media marketing – genius.  

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United breaks guitars – video shows the power of social media

Amusing, Bloggers, Social Media on July 23rd, 2009 No Comments

The musician Dave Carroll was taking a trip to Nebraska when he and his band members noticed that their guitars were being broken outside. After complaining to the culprits (United Airlines staff) and getting nowhere he decided to write a song which I have to admit is pretty catchy.
It turns out that the song is [...]

Evian viral keeps on going

Amusing, Social Media on July 17th, 2009 No Comments

If you haven’t seen it yet, here is the latest viral doing the rounds from Evian, which has secured almost 6.5million views on YouTube.

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Clever viral video from Samsung

Amusing, Social Media on June 23rd, 2009 No Comments

You all know how much I like a good viral, well Samsung is reportedly about to release a new 12 mega pixel HD camera (WB1000) next week and to generate some excitement it has released this clever viral video.
Real or not real – you decide? Either way it’s very entertaining – so hat tip [...]

My top 25 tracks for a Friday afternoon

Amusing, Music on March 4th, 2009 3 Comments

One of my favourite journalist bloggers Sally Whittle has tagged Jed, Louise and I. She has challenged us to share our top 25 tracks for a Friday afternoon. Now I have to say I found this really difficult as there is so much good music out there and I have quite an eclectic taste – [...]

Analyse your swearing on Twitter using Cursebird

Amusing, Social Media on February 12th, 2009 No Comments

Do you swear on Twitter? If you do, why not use this new service to find out how often?
Cursebird is hilarious, we have been testing it out in the office today. Insert your Twitter name and it tells you how much you have sworn on Twitter.
Unfortunately, as you all know I am an [...]

Amusing viral: New Apple Wheel MacBook – with no Keyboard!

Amusing, Movies, Social Media on January 16th, 2009 No Comments

Here is another entertaining viral, which has been created by The Onion an online satirical newspaper.
The clip is basically about Apple launching the Apple Wheel MacBook a brilliant invention that replaces the keyboard making emails take only 45 mins each.
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“Everything is just a few hundred clicks away!”
“It remains [...]

Another clever viral from Disney

Amusing, Marketing, Social Media on December 11th, 2008 No Comments

Viral videos have got to have something intrinsically clever, entertaining or interesting to make them go viral in the first place.
Following in a similar vain to the recent US election viral that I shared, here is another really clever example which focuses on Disney renaming its park for one special day.
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Are creative people really full of juice?

Amusing, Marketing on December 5th, 2008 1 Comment

Stephen Waddington has posted a brilliant viral video on his blog this morning which I thought had to be shared as it made me laugh.
A viral agency called Rubber Republic has made the video below demonstrating the South West’s capabilities in being creative. I think it’s a really clever idea which has been brilliantly [...]

Facebook announces a new and different approach

Amusing, Social Media on November 28th, 2008 No Comments

Facebook has revealed a new crazier style of social networking. The company is taking a new door-to-door approach which appears to be achieving some interesting results. To be honest I had to share this after seeing it on the Bivings Report a while ago – it is genius.

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