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		<title>Growing Creativity</title>
		<link>http://www.socialmediaworx.com/2008/growing-creativity/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Dec 2008 14:22:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ryanmoede</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The South West Creative Growers Association &#8211; &#8220;the agricultural union of creative growers in the South West region of the UK&#8221; launched a simply fantastic video to promote the region&#8217;s creative work. &#8220;Behind the scenes tour of of an award-winning creative farm, juicing process and distribution in South West England. The South West produces some [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The <a href="http://www.creativejuices.org.uk/" target="_blank">South West Creative Growers Association</a> &#8211; &#8220;the agricultural union of creative growers in the South West region of the UK&#8221; launched a simply fantastic video to promote the region&#8217;s creative work.</p>
<p>&#8220;Behind the scenes tour of of an award-winning creative farm, juicing process and distribution in South West England. The South West produces some of the UK&#8217;s finest creative work (animation, web design, design, fashion, architecture&#8230;.) Now you know why&#8230;.nice conditions, space to breathe and opportunities with some of the best firms around.&#8221;</p>
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		<title>Design Trends in Online Video</title>
		<link>http://www.socialmediaworx.com/2008/design-trends-in-online-video/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Dec 2008 22:42:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ryanmoede</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Advertising]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Video]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Viral Marketing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[advent conspiracy]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m noticing a distinct trend over the last few months in the production type of videos being created. Everyone from Ford to Motrin and even the Girl Effect campaign all have created short videos in a very similar style. It&#8217;s an approach I happen to like, and I think its very well-suited for an online [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I&#8217;m noticing a distinct trend over the last few months in the production type of videos being created. Everyone from Ford to Motrin and even the Girl Effect campaign all have created short videos in a very similar style.</p>
<p>It&#8217;s an approach I happen to like, and I think its very well-suited for an online strategy:</p>
<ul>
<li>Short and to the point &#8211; easy to consume during the work-day.</li>
<li>Compelling visual storytelling</li>
<li>Built to be shared &#8211; each video gives the full pitch in just a few minutes, and then provides a call to action or web site for more information.</li>
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<p>That said, any idea why this approach seems to be all the rage right now? And are there others in this design genre that should be added to the list? I would also add some of the <a href="http://www.good.is/?p=12104" target="_blank">spots from GOOD Magazine</a>, but it doesn&#8217;t look like their videos can be embedded.</p>
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<p>UPDATE</p>
<p>And thanks to <a href="http://twitter.com/beautifulthangs" target="_blank">@beautifulthangs</a> for the reminder of the video I had blogged about earlier for the Declaration of Human Rights:<br />
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		<title>Facebook Gives Their Take on Viral Marketing Best Practices</title>
		<link>http://www.socialmediaworx.com/2008/facebook-gives-their-take-on-viral-marketing-best-practices/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Apr 2008 22:04:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ryanmoede</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Techcrunch has a brief post about a white paper Facebook published today with tips and suggested best practices for getting the most out of your Facebook Page. While not earth-shattering or entirely new, it&#8217;s easily a good primer for those still learning how to leverage Facebook for their brand.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Techcrunch has a <a href="http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/04/21/facebook-publishes-insiders-guide-to-viral-marketing/" target="_blank">brief post</a> about a white paper Facebook published today with tips and suggested best practices for getting the most out of your <a href="http://www.facebook.com/business/?pages">Facebook Page</a>.</p>
<p>While not earth-shattering or entirely new, it&#8217;s easily a good primer for those still learning how to leverage Facebook for their brand.</p>
<p><<object width="400" height="280"><param name="movie" value="http://www.docstoc.com/docs/wrapper.ashx?doc_id=520148&#038;swf_url=http%3A//content1.docstoc.com.s3.amazonaws.com/Facebook+Insider%27s+Guide+to+Viral+Marketing.pdf.swf&#038;enableFullScreen=1"/><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always" /><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true" /><embed src="http://www.docstoc.com/docs/wrapper.ashx?doc_id=520148&#038;swf_url=http%3A//content1.docstoc.com.s3.amazonaws.com/Facebook+Insider%27s+Guide+to+Viral+Marketing.pdf.swf&#038;enableFullScreen=1" width="400" height="280" allowScriptAccess="always" allowFullScreen="true" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"></embed></object><br /><font size="1"><a href="http://www.docstoc.com/docs/520148/Facebook-Insiders-Guide-to-Viral-Marketing">Facebook Insider&#8217;s Guide to Viral Marketing</a> &#8211; Get more <a href="http://www.docstoc.com/">documents</a></font></p>
<p>You can get a <a href="http://www.box.net/shared/u2e2f7i0ww" target="_blank">PDF of the full document here</a>.</p>
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		<title>Viral Marketing Like &#8216;Steroids&#8217; for Politics</title>
		<link>http://www.socialmediaworx.com/2008/viral-marketing-like-steroids-for-politics/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Feb 2008 14:33:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ryanmoede</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Social Media]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Viral Marketing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[election]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[super tuesday]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[will.i.am]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[With Super Tuesday now in the books, NPR has a great piece on role viral marketing is playing in this year&#8217;s election: &#8220;The conversations that would define political opinion that used to happen around a dining room table or around a water cooler or over the back fence are still happening, but they&#8217;re happening on [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>With Super Tuesday now in the books, <strong><a href="http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=18672653&amp;ft=1&amp;f=1048" target="_blank">NPR has a great piece</a></strong> on role viral marketing is playing in this year&#8217;s election:</p>
<blockquote><p>&#8220;The conversations that would define political opinion that used to happen around a dining room table or around a water cooler or over the back fence are still happening, but they&#8217;re happening on the Internet,&#8221; Rasiej says. &#8220;And because of these tools — whether it be YouTube, whether it be a blog post, whether it be just an e-mail message — they are in effect on steroids, and that is changing the nature and the control of politics away from top-down to bottom-up.&#8221;</p></blockquote>
<p>And couple that with the incredible user-generated content like this <strong><a href="http://www.dipdive.com/" target="_blank">piece</a></strong> from Black Eyed Peas frontman Will.ia.am, and now we&#8217;re talking about democracy on a whole new level.</p>
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		<title>Firefox Users Against Boredom</title>
		<link>http://www.socialmediaworx.com/2008/firefox-users-against-boredom/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Jan 2008 15:31:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ryanmoede</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Viral Marketing]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Join the fight.]]></description>
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<p><a href="http://www.fightagainstboredom.org/">Join the fight</a>.</p>
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		<title>Viral Classics</title>
		<link>http://www.socialmediaworx.com/2007/viral-classics/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Sep 2007 21:48:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ryanmoede</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[How many of these &#8220;viral classics&#8221; do you recognize?]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>How many of these &#8220;viral classics&#8221; do you recognize?<span style="text-align:center; display: block;"><a href="http://www.socialmediaworx.com/2007/viral-classics/"><img src="http://img.youtube.com/vi/2pPCkhYMQgY/2.jpg" alt="" /></a></span></p>
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		<title>Drumming Up Some Viral Attention for Cadbury</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Sep 2007 12:56:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ryanmoede</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Viral Marketing]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Because sometimes, you just need a gorilla drumming to Phil Collins. I&#8217;m not going to think too hard about it. Just enjoy it for all it&#8217;s Tuesday morning randomness.  Cadbury doesn&#8217;t seem to want you to worry too much about it either: Well it just seemed like the right thing to do. There&#8217;s no clever [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<span style="text-align:center; display: block;"><a href="http://www.socialmediaworx.com/2007/drumming-up-some-viral-attention-for-cadbury/"><img src="http://img.youtube.com/vi/TnzFRV1LwIo/2.jpg" alt="" /></a></span>
<p>Because sometimes, you just need a gorilla drumming to Phil Collins.</p>
<p>I&#8217;m not going to think too hard about it. Just enjoy it for all it&#8217;s Tuesday morning randomness.  Cadbury doesn&#8217;t seem to want you to worry too much about it either:</p>
<blockquote><p>Well it just seemed like the right  thing to do. There&#8217;s no clever science behind it &#8211; it&#8217;s just an effort to make  you smile, in exactly the same way Cadbury Dairy Milk does. And that&#8217;s what we  aim to continue to do; simply make you smile. So if a drumming gorilla&#8217;s not  enough, wait until you see what else we have up our sleeves.</p></blockquote>
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