this makes me want to scrape out my own eyeballs

general 1 March 2007 | View Comments

update Thanks to Jeremy for pointing something so obvious that I hadn’t even thought to look…at the URL at the end of this video. Sure enough this is a joke…and I’ve been fooled. What I will say is that I am impressed by the fact that I saw this commercial on TV. And during Law and Order, SVU, no less. I owe it to the creators of the video, and its distributors, for finding a placement that was so convincing that I was fooled enough to make a fool of myself on my blog. Cheers, ziddeo.com

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i’m totally sick of people trying to pro-actively profit from “viral” campaigns.

For the LAST time. you CANNOT brainstorm, or plan, true viral marketing material. Viral spread is uncontrolled, unanticipated, and unplanned. Anything intentionally viral, isnt.

And now these jokers have created a whole program where they claim to be able to TEACH you how to create something that is impossible to intentionally create. Viral Learning Center – The ITT Tech of viral marketing.

What a load of garbage.

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  • dangerouslyawesome

    @Jeremy:
    Thanks so much for pointing out something I was too choked up on the ridiculousness of the video to see. What I guess is really great about this video is the fact that a video sharing site went out of their way to spread a message that is so important...just with a level of irony so high, it was unbelievably believable!


    Thanks for the comments, I hope you subscribe to the feed. I fixed the bug you mentioned, so also, thanks for that. Also, this theme isn't mine (though I'm already modifying it to my liking), it's actually an award winning design (see Most Creative Design) by Derek Punsalon. I really liked the way it worked and the tone of the design...I actually had a conversation tonight with one of my designers who is taking some cues from this design that we really like, and working on a custom theme due out sometime in the near future! So check back soon, check back often, lots of new content and a new theme are coming your way.

  • Jeremy Wright

    Would agree completely, if this were in fact a real program. This is a spoof commercial, which I confirmed through its appearance on YouTube/etc. and the site which is credited in the video for creating it.


    So either you were fooled by it or that was sarcasm and I've just been fooled by your post. One of the two.


    Oh, and I love your site, having just dropped by, but as a tip I've noticed that the navigation link to your 'about me' section refers to an anchored section that is only on the main page, so it leads nowhere when on an individual archive page like this one.


    Keep up the great design work.

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