5 Steps to Going Viral on Twitter — Copyblogger
http://www.copyblogger.com/go-viral-on-twitter/

Good short read; success strategies

Good info from copyblogger

an outline, with graphs, about the 25 random things that spread across facebook

It's all evolution...

25 Things, Analyzed as an Infectious Disease

Guy1Emanuel Rosen is the author of the national bestseller The Anatomy of Buzz (Doubleday, 2000) and The Anatomy of Buzz Revisited: Real-life lessons in Word-of-Mouth Marketing (Doubleday, 2009). Prior to writing these books, he was vice-president of marketing at Niles Software where he was responsible for launching and marketing the company’s flagship product, EndNote. He holds an MBA from the University of San Francisco. In this interview he brings us up to speed on the techniques to generate buzz that every small business owner must master.

いつだって決定権は女の子にあります。

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Just cuz...

Josh Freese has a special offer to his fans for his new album.

Confessions of an Aca/Fan: If It Doesn't Spread, It's Dead (Part One): Media Viruses and Memes virus virusvirus

Confessions of an Aca/Fan: If It Doesn't Spread, It's Dead (Part One):

Blog on Twitter shutting down a site.

Yesterday a Twitter post (a tweet) by Mashable’s Pete Cashmore became so popular that traffic from Twitter crashed a blog. This sounds very similar to a common social media phenomenon originally known as the Slashdot effect (and later also the Digg effect), where a post on a popular social media site pushes more traffic than the target site can handle.

Per Manisha: "Jeremiah Oqyang discusses the power word of mouth marketing has in his article about WOM marketing and Twitter- "ReTweet: The Infectious Power of Word of Mouth". The repaid speed at which information is shared on Twitter makes it a powerful source for marketing- especially WOM marketing. If someone takes the time to "ReTweet" this means not only did they take it as a source of information, but that they also wanted to share this information with their friends by copying the original tweet and sending it on. He states "we trust the opinions of people we know more than anyone else", so how does this influence companies?"

We took to the hills of Wales armed to the teeth with sheep, LEDs and a camera, to create a huge amazing LED display. Of sorts.

AS 101 COISAS QUE VOCÊ DEVERIA TER VISTO NA INTERNET BRASILEIRA

Coletânea de vídeos e sabe lá o que mais. Muito bom!

good tips by Seth Godin

start a business by finding ten people who are interested in what you're doing. They will find other people they can interest in your work

This, in two words, is the secret of the new marketing. Find ten people. Ten people who trust you/respect you/need you/listen to you... Those ten people need what you have to sell, or want it. And if they love it,...

Urlesque - Internet Trends, Viral Videos, Memes and Web Culture

Good Article!

What do you do if it's your job promote toilet paper or minivans on the web? Find a great social media gimmick. Here are ten gimmick-building rules of thumb.

How to make a story work for you

Why is the gang-initiation tale so irresistible to pass on? Notice a few things about the idea. It's emotional -- in fact, if you believe it, it's terrifying. The French psychologist Bernard Rimé has found that people almost compulsively share emotional experiences (both positive and negative), and the more intense the emotion, the more likely they are to talk about it. There's another emotional angle: When someone shares this legend with you, they feel like they're doing a public service. They might believe they're saving your life. And that's the second trait of viral ideas. It's often a small favor: "Hey, it's Free Breakfast Day at Denny's!" or "Dude, have you seen the video of that David kid who was drugged up after his dentist visit?" It feels good to save our friends money, or del

An interactive view of the all the memes that swept across the internet and burrowed in our zeitgeist. Built from Wikipedia and Memelabs, open for you to add and maintain.

Timeline of internet memes

Dancing Baby, Susan Boyle, etc.

Viral growth resolves at least part of the expensive and complicated headache of actually marketing your application, by getting the application to grow all by itself.

Everyone wants their application to “spread virally”. And why shouldn’t they? Viral growth resolves at least part of the expensive and complicated headache of actually marketing your application, by getting the application to grow all by itself. So, then, the question that forms on the lips of any entrepreneur is: “How can I make my application viral?”

Even before the rise of YouTube as a central hub for video, we’ve been obsessed as a culture with sharing funny and amazing videos with our friends. While most videos get a couple views and fade into the background, a select few not only gain tens of millions of views, but make a lasting impact on culture as well. These videos quickly become Internet memes that nobody can ever seem to stop talking about.

sí que es cierto que lo que ve la gran masa del planeta no es lo que yo veo.

RT @guykawasaki The top 18 most watched videos of all time:http://adjix.com/4f7w See also http://video.alltop.com/ Los 18 vídeos mas vistos. [from http://twitter.com/FelipeMorales/statuses/1673747924]

See below for the result: the 100 Million Views Club is a first-of-its-kind listing (as far as we know!) of the online video campaigns that have accumulated a 9 figure (!!) total viewership. These 18 campaigns are measured on True Reach basis and collectively span more than 21,000 unique video placements (!!) and over 3.0 billion total views (

Seth does a great job reminding us that what's posted on YouTube shouldn't be the same as what goes on TV. Great list of tips, too.

TV advertisers are finally discovering that YouTube + viral imagination = free media.

Making commercials for the web /Seth's Blog/ - TV advertisers are finally discovering that YouTube viral ... http://tinyurl.com/chcl94 [from http://twitter.com/jorgefsb/statuses/1627779796]

This music video was shot for Sour's 'Hibi no Neiro' (Tone of everyday) from their first mini album 'Water Flavor EP'. The cast were selected from the actual...

アイデアも素敵だし、編集もがんばってる。

A Japanese band's music video that uses webcams.

A music video made up from webcam videos. One of THE most creative movies I've EVER seen.

the web, twitter, viral video measured by your topic, in realtime, at one amazing price

Your Twitter Retweet Source

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Fortune Teller makes you a media plan

muito bacana o hotsite da gringo mostrando sobre campanhas instantâneas na web..

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** Posted using Viigo: Mobile RSS, Sports, Current Events and more **

video search engine, aggregating and correlating video search results from a variety of sources.

Cool half-life-inspired short sci fi film

Research in to link occurrence, average syllables per word and readability grade levels of retweets vs. regular tweets.

Interesting. Linguistic analysis of tweets and retweets: http://tr.im/qsxn (via @NiemanLab) [from http://twitter.com/mkeagle/statuses/2420004728]

Could it be? A viral video that actually works? Hard to tell actually. The experiments are cool and people are watching, but the numbers on ROI? The world may never know…

"The Fun Theory" a series of experiments, can being fun can improve people’s behavior? http://ow.ly/u6br - these are pretty cool.... [from http://twitter.com/gideonking/statuses/4830916520]

Videos "the fun theory" Stiegen mit Tönen, the World's deepest bin

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The Fun Theory This site is dedicated to the thought that something as simple as fun is the easiest way to change people’s behaviour for the better. Be it for yourself, for the environment, or something entirely different, just so long as it’s change for the better.

How to Create a Highly Viral Blog

Viral is one of the biggest buzzwords these days in blogging world. Everyone wants to create something viral, so their blog or product will “market itself.” Despite all the buzz about creating “viral content” and a “viral blog,” not many people really understand how this is done. I’ll be honest, I’m not quite sure I’ve got it all figured out. There aren’t really any secrets. But, there are a lot of little tactics that can add up to creating something contagious.

some good advice here, if you're into that sort of thing....

retweet science

Post shows the best subjects, words, punctuation, days and times to maximize retweets.

interesting take. About Dan Zarella's report. http://twitter.com/danzarrella http://danzarrella.com/

Good list -

internet-memes-2009The instantaneous and shareable nature of the Internet is one of the things that separates it from other mediums. Viral videos and Internet memes can take hold and spread quickly. Thanks to social networking, the speed in which the latest phenomena can spread is lightning fast. More and more frequently, Internet memes are making appearances in other more traditional media like TV and film.

popular youtube videos this year

The Top Internet Memes of 2009 http://bit.ly/3NFc28 [from http://twitter.com/gohewitt/statuses/5348407147]

RT @MarvinHimel I can see why these videos became viral in 2009 http://ow.ly/yyQY [from http://twitter.com/LauraleeGuthrie/statuses/5399440719]

Nio memer du inte får ha missat i år. Och du har väl inte missat http://www.dipity.com/tatercakes/Internet_Memes

The Top Internet Memes of 2009 (mostly videos)

Every startup needs to pick a major among three drivers of growth. It's simply too hard to focus on more ...

Любое фото и фильм с его участием

tackfilm

good viral piece from Sweden

To give you a preview of this post, what you will learn is that there are two key parameters that drive how viral growth happens, the Viral Coefficient, and the Viral Cycle Time. To fully illustrate the arguments, I have included two spreadsheet models (embedded) that you can play with interactively to see how viral growth works. There is a risk with this level of depth, that some readers will find this too technical, and if you find yourself reacting that way, may I recommend that you jump straight to the conclusion, which is under the heading Lessons Learned towards the bottom of the article.

The Viral Coefficient (K)

Site variado, com os hits da internet e outros

You Tube Viral Ads Videos Socialmedia buzz

We're living in the YouTube generation, where not only are you consuming video at massive rates, but also uploading boat loads of it. However, only a select few

t mobile and samsung

video

email use primarily for positive and intelligent sharing

But it turns out that readers have more exalted tastes, according to the Penn researchers, Jonah Berger and Katherine A. Milkman. People preferred e-mailing articles with positive rather than negative themes, and they liked to send long articles on intellectually challenging topics. Perhaps most of all, readers wanted to share articles that inspired awe, an emotion that the researchers investigated after noticing how many science articles made the list. In general, they found, 20 percent of articles that appeared on the Times home page made the list, but the rate rose to 30 percent for science articles, including ones with headlines like “The Promise and Power of RNA.” (I swear, the science staff did nothing to instigate this study, but we definitely don’t mind publicizing the results.)

readers wanted to share articles that inspired awe, an emotion that the researchers investigated after noticing how many science articles made the list. In general, they found, 20 percent of articles that appeared on the Times home page made the list, but the rate rose to 30 percent for science articles ... two criteria for an awe-inspiring story: Its scale is large, and it requires “mental accommodation” by forcing the reader to view the world in a different way. “It involves the opening and broadening of the mind,” people who share this kind of article [are] seeking emotional communion, Dr. Berger said. “Emotion in general leads to transmission, and awe is quite a strong emotion,” he said. “If I’ve just read this story that changes the way I understand the world and myself, I want to talk to others about what it means. I want to proselytize and share the feeling of awe. If you read the article and feel the same emotion, it will bring us closer together.”

Sociologists have developed elaborate theories of who spreads gossip and news — who tells whom, who matters most in social networks — but they’ve had less success measuring what kind of information travels fastest. Do people prefer to spread good news or bad news? Would we rather scandalize or enlighten? Which stories do social creatures want to share, and why?

the spread of articles/content online...leading the way: awe!

contagion

Call it viral, buzz or word-of-mouth advertising: Getting customers to spread the word about a new product through their social or professional networks is a hot strategy in the marketing world. Its proponents insist that the technique -- whether online or face-to-face -- is sure to boost a company's return on investment (ROI).

research papers or on conference speaker lists. "Physician 184 was self-effacing. He did not want to stand on a soap box," said Van den Bulte. "He was respected, but not in a flashy fashion. He was the opposite of a rock star."

The Buzz Starts Here: Finding the First Mouth for Word-of-Mouth Marketing

Knowledge@Wharton Marketing Research ArticleView Article on Knowledge@Wharton Mobile

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Unlike its competitors, it’s effectively leveraging location awareness and social networking/human team building instincts to create a bit of a phenomenon. The result is a viral spread.

Smule uses location and visualization on a map to make their game viral.

You can optionally share your location information with the application, and when you light it you show up on a virtual earth-like globe. France and Japan are going absolutely crazy with users, which you can see quite clearly from the virtual globe and the screenshot to the right. The longer a person keeps the lighter going (I have mine sitting here burning while I write this), the more”KiloJoules” you burn. So why is this working? I told you loyal readers back in August. Unlike its competitors, it’s effectively leveraging location awareness and social networking/human team building instincts to create a bit of a phenomenon. The result is a viral spread.

Smule

Bizarre example of a social app leading to huge viral growth

Everyone keeps talking about Smule’s virtual lighter iPhone application called Sonic Lighter.

Smule has built in social and viral features that are helping this spread like mad, and they also give this ridiculous but effective incentive to use the app all the time. France and Japan are going absolutely crazy with users, which you can see quite clearly from the virtual globe and the screenshot to the right. With 69,000 downloads * .99 cents = US$68310 US$68310 - 30% Apple takes = $47,817

Have you ever given serious thought as to why marketers are so infatuated with the idea of "viral"? Think about it

Let Content, Context, Connectivity and Continuity Guide Your Efforts| David Armano

Girl in Your Shirt wears your company tee while showcasing your business through social media and demonstrates how you stand out.

girl in your shirt

Article Tools Print Email Reprints Related AddThis RSS Yahoo! Buzz Matt Harding is a 32-year-old videogame designer who quit his job in 2003 to travel around Asia. Along the way, he recorded and posted a short video of himself doing an elbow-intensive jig in Hanoi.

Viral images are the most powerful content to spread on the web due to their portability, instant gratification, and impact. Marketing and Public Relations..

Riley Crane claims every time a YouTube video turns into a hit, the development takes the form of an “attention spiral”, a geometric pattern that partly follows physical laws. He discovered that a decrease of popularity with certain videos, for example, can be explained through methods usually utilized in modeling the aftershocks of earthquakes. He believes social systems on the web follow the rules of physics and can therefore be analyzed mathematically.

Interesting perspective on the spread of information online. Curious how this fits with current social network research

Riley Crane, an American post doctoral fellow currently researching at the Chair of Entrepreneurial Risks at ETH university in Zurich/Switzerland, says he has the answer: According to him, the success of online videos can be explained with physics.

Naked Skydive Video

most amazing commercial ever

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