Viral Videos
Can videos be made to go viral?
Some people think they can ... 3 Things Any Video Needs to Go Viral - psychological, shareability, data-driven strategy. Others like Xtranormal are trying to make money from helping you produce viral videos. (link) Here are supposedly 50 represented in the Klick! Holiday Video.
Let's look at a brief history of the viral video and efforts by business to commercialize them. Here are some case studies.
Diet Coke and Mentos
EepyBird.com was one of the first to produce a video that went viral. Read their story on the EepyBird website.
The Diet Coke and Mentos Explosion (Business Week)
Original video and explanation (link)
Follow-on EepyBird video shown on Samurai Warrior was Extreme Sticky Notes Experiment (Youtube link)
You be the judge - which is more "viral".
Piano Stairs
Can a corporate-sponsored video go viral? Case of the Piano Stairs ...
OK Go
Making the This Too Shall Pass Rube Goldberg Machine Viral Video
Do Viral Music Videos Sell Records? A Closer Look at OK Go
Original: Here It Goes Again (2005) aka Treadmill
Five years Later
Here is Levi's casting call for a model to be in a video that went viral.
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