Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog is “the (true) story of Dr. Horrible (wow, really?), a low-rent super-villain trying to get into the Evil League of Evil, defeat his boorish nemesis, Captain Hammer, and win the girl of his dreams, Penny (or at least talk to her)”.
Joss Whedon directed the film, Neil Patrick Harris trained his acting talents to the main character, and the goal is to test out a new type of video format that is professionally produced and designed to spread virally.
It’s only available for a few more days though before going iTunes exclusive, so make sure you watch it now and see what all the fuss is about.
Ecko Manufacturing doesn’t look like any sweatshop that I’ve ever seen.
Apparently, after deciding that subtlety was just not their strong suit, Ecko Manufacturing decided to launch a viral ad campaign with the tagline of “Hot Girls Make Great Clothes”.
Whether or not that’s true is still up for debate, but there’s no debating the fact that a factory filled with hot girls is definitely one way to get people to browse through your catalog.
Ever wonder what photos are filling the Internet’s tubes at any one moment?
To help answer that question, Yahoo! has put together a list of the Most Emailed Photos that have traveled through their system, and it’s filled with some classic pics.
If images can be viral, then these are the ones that spread like an epidemic.
eBay’s got a clever viral marketing campaign going on right now called Windorphins, “natural, addictive substances in the body that are triggered during victorious moments”.
“After a big win, windorphins deliver a general sensation of unabashed joy in the brain, leading to heightened energy, exuberance and outright slam dunk high-five behavior”.
On the site, you can learn more about the windorphins effect, create your own windorphin, watch a great series of commercials, and vote on who’s got more windorphins.
Will Ferrell, Adam McKay, and McKay’s 2-year-old daughter Pearl are the stars behind the latest viral hit, The Landlord. Thankfully, “she is in this great stage now where she repeats anything you say to her and then forgets it right away, which is key”, otherwise, Adam might have some ‘splainin to do. I want my money, bitch.
Edit: I’m putting in the YouTube version until Funny Or Die fixes their videos so that they don’t automatically start without having to be clicked on. If you want to see the original version though, check out Funny Or Die.
Family Guy is seeking its own little piece of viral marketing fame with online only episodes, the firsts of which is a late-night talk show hosted by Stewie and Brian called “Up Late with Stewie & Brian”. It’ll be interesting to see what they can do with the less censored online world, though Family Guy does push just about every boundary the television world gives it, so I don’t think there’s too much farther they can go.
Sony’s alliwantforxmasisapsp.com has been ousted by the blogosphere as being a fake. Sony was trying to create some viral advertising through a blog made by Peter, an invented hip-hop maven whose “speech was a little too funky fresh”. Forced to admit their wrongs, Sony came clean and promised to use the site to give nothing but the facts on the PSP in the future. Nice.
Ever wonder what photos are filling the Internet’s tubes at any one moment?
