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The Rise of Viral Videos
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Description - Viral videos have become such a major factor on the web that Trend Hunter has launched an entire section featuring more than 1,500 videos this year. This cluster features a random sample of articles related to the category. Implications - The key to a successful viral marketing campaign is to provide branded content that people will want to pass on organically, without being paid to pass on the message. Most commonly, these take the form of entertaining video clips hosted by YouTube. Not only are viral videos an extremely effective method of getting users to engage with a brand, they can also be very low in cost. The trick is finding a way to break through the clutter.
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Video HackingAdd Graffiti to YouTube Streaming VideosNew widgets are making it easy for users to hack videos (including those on YouTube) to add graffiti and sarcastic commentary. For example, Vidavee Graffiti enables you to load a video directly from YouTube… [More] |
Student Tasered On CameraYouTube Hero Coins the Phrase, 'Don't Tase Me Bro!'This is how YouTube heroes are born! Andrew Meyer, a student at the University of Florida, seemed to be looking for trouble when he asked a friend to video him at a Sen. John Kerry campus forum. After… [More] |
ClipBanditsFirst Internet Band Creates Video Without Ever MeetingThe Clip Bandits is the world's first internet band. They met on YouTube and they write, compose and play their music together online. In fact, they even made their music video online, without ever being… [More] | |||||||||
Photojournalistic RealismBroadcasting Life's Most Intimate MomentsSocial utility technology is becoming more used in important life events like marriage proposals. Surprisingly, its the men who want to record the event, finding it sentimental and romantic, and it's the… [More] |
YouTube Helping Police Crack CasesAccording to USAToday.com, police took up pursuit in cyberspace after a young Norwegian posted an Internet video of his wild car driving. Following an electronic trail that he left online, police caught… [More] |
YouTube for ScientistsSciVee Video SharingSometimes even scientists have a hard time understanding the heavy, technical jargon of research papers. They're hoping that by sharing video presentations, ideas will flow more quickly within the scientific… [More] | |||||||||
