After years of thinking the Internet was made of Skittles and Unicorn poop, my world has been shattered. Gabe & Max break it down in a viral video that makes you wonder what you ever did before seeing it (click here if you can’t view it). You will thank me for wasting the five minutes of your time. I still wonder if they were serious or if the gum popping was a cruel joke.
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Conan and Jay an Olympic pair?
The folks at JibJab are at it again. What started with a bunch of dancing elves has now turned into an Olympic figure skating application. Wonder if the Jay and Conan launch will help the Figure Skating Starring You go viral. Personally I would have gone with Nancy Kerrigan and Tonya Harding, at least there was some real bloodshed. Well I will still hold out for the masturbating bear mauling Leno.
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VW = Most Viral Video Ever?
Earlier today, I came across this article in Social Media Today that dubbed VW’s Swedish Piano Stairs video the most ever with over 7M views along with a giant number of Tweets and blog posts on it. Click here to see the full breakdown of the statistics.
Oh no, it's Jeff the Elf
The holidays must be upon us, the turkey isn’t even in the grocer’s freezer yet, but its full-tilt Christmas season for advertisers with OfficeMax’s annual launch of Elf Yourself. Granted, I think the whole thing is quite corny as hell, it is also an annual viral hit that has gotten them a lot of ink and links back to their site.
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Oscar Mayer takes franks to the Web
A few weeks back I came across an offer online for a free pack of hot dogs from Oscar Mayer. The offer was to 
celebrate a taste test win over Hebrew National and it tied into Memorial Day. I didn’t concern myself any of this nonsense as I was blinded by my love of the mixed meat treats.
A week after plugging in my email address I received a coupon for my pack of franks, which I have yet to redeem, but am looking forward to seeing what all of the fuss was about. Normally when I get a coupon in the mail its usually a safe bet that I won’t hear from the company anytime shortly. However with Oscar Mayer, it was different. On Monday I got an email with the following heading: Frank follow-up from Oscar Mayer (R). At first glance, I thought that it might be another survey to answer or a follow up coupon. (more…)