{"id":344,"date":"2007-03-11T12:25:56","date_gmt":"2007-03-11T16:25:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/getgood.com\/roadmaps\/?p=344"},"modified":"2007-03-11T12:25:56","modified_gmt":"2007-03-11T16:25:56","slug":"new-comm-forum-the-5-cs-of-viral-marketing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/getgood.com\/roadmaps\/2007\/03\/11\/new-comm-forum-the-5-cs-of-viral-marketing\/","title":{"rendered":"New Comm Forum: the 5 Cs of Viral Marketing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>The 5Cs of Viral Marketing<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Community<\/li>\n<li>Compelling<\/li>\n<li>Comedy<\/li>\n<li>Charity<\/li>\n<li>Contest<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>\u00a0I moderated a panel on viral marketing at New Comm Forum: called <em>Viral Marketing: It&#8217;s the Message Not the Media.<\/em> We started with a basic definition of viral marketing, and then used case studies to illustrate what works and what doesn&#8217;t. \u00a0A big thank you to <a href=\"http:\/\/andyabramson.blogs.com\/voipwatch\/\">Andy Abramson<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/belowthefold.typepad.com\/my_weblog\/2007\/03\/some_interestin.html\">Gary Goldhammer<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.socialmediaclub.org\/\">Chris Heuer<\/a> for joining me on the panel.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve uploaded <a href=\"https:\/\/getgood.typepad.com\/Viral_NewComm_March07.pdf\">a PDF<\/a> of the presentation but here&#8217;s the <em>Reader&#8217;s Digest Condensed Version:<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>In order for an endeavor to be viral marketing, it has to be both <strong>viral<\/strong> (spread exponentially and usually with some urgency) and <strong>marketing<\/strong> (have a clear and understood business objective).<\/li>\n<li>You don&#8217;t have to use video, provided you&#8217;ve got a good story and you are reaching out to the right people, but video certainly magnifies the effects of a message.<\/li>\n<li>The key is to tell a <strong>compelling<\/strong> story to the right <strong>community<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>The best campaigns include one or more of the following Cs: <strong>comedy, charity, contest<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>Examples and case studies included Weird Al, Will it Blend, Google, Campbell&#8217;s Chunky Click for Cans, Xbox Colony and AXE.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>BONUS LINKS:\u00a0 Not in the presentation, because I got the email minutes before the panel started, SciFi Channel just launched a viral campaign for Battlestar Galactica. Fans can use a whole library of sound and video clips to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scifi.com\/battlestar\/videomaker\/\">create their own short Battlestar videos<\/a> and exec producer David Eick will showcase one during an upcoming episode.<\/p>\n<p>In the Q&amp;A at NewComm, we discussed how this campaign will probably do quite well while similar efforts from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/results?search_query=chevy+tahoe\">car manufacturers<\/a> have backfired, with folks creating highly negative videos. The difference: SciFi is tapping into a tremendously loyal fan base that is already making their own video mashups. This contest just gives them another outlet for their creativity. Plus easier access to the materials they need to make the videos.\u00a0 And yes, my son Douglas and I have already started scripting our offering!<\/p>\n<p>By popular demand, Will It Blend?<\/p>\n<p><object height=\"350\" width=\"425\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/XaFB_sUo6VU\" \/><param name=\"wmode\" value=\"transparent\" \/><\/object><\/p>\n<p>**************<\/p>\n<p>More New Comm Forum Reports: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pardonthedisruption.com\/2007\/03\/newcommforum_wr.html\">Chip Griffin<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/belowthefold.typepad.com\/my_weblog\/2007\/03\/some_interestin.html\">Gary Goldhammer<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.propr.ca\/index.php\/2007\/leaving-las-vegas-and-the-newcomm-forum\/\">Joe Thornley<\/a><\/p>\n<p><small>Tags: <a rel=\"tag\" href=\"http:\/\/technorati.com\/tag\/viral+marketing\">viral marketing<\/a>, <a rel=\"tag\" href=\"http:\/\/technorati.com\/tag\/new+comm+forum\">new comm forum<\/a>, <a rel=\"tag\" href=\"http:\/\/technorati.com\/tag\/new+communications+forum\">new communications forum<\/a>, <a rel=\"tag\" href=\"http:\/\/technorati.com\/tag\/Battlestar+Galactica\">Battlestar Galactica<\/a><\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The 5Cs of Viral Marketing Community Compelling Comedy Charity Contest \u00a0I moderated a panel on viral marketing at New Comm Forum: called Viral Marketing: It&#8217;s the Message Not the Media. We started with a basic definition of viral marketing, and then used case studies to illustrate what works and what doesn&#8217;t. \u00a0A big thank you [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":""},"categories":[4,33],"tags":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/getgood.com\/roadmaps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/344"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/getgood.com\/roadmaps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/getgood.com\/roadmaps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/getgood.com\/roadmaps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/\/getgood.com\/roadmaps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=344"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/getgood.com\/roadmaps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/344\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/\/getgood.com\/roadmaps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=344"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/\/getgood.com\/roadmaps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=344"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/\/getgood.com\/roadmaps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=344"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}