The Engaging Brand

The Engaging Brand


Show 429 - The Viral Video Manifesto

April 07, 2013


The Engaging Brand podcast covering social marketing, business ideas and
brand marketing tips sees Anna Farmery talking with Stephen Voltz & Fritz Grobe, who were behind the Coke and Mentos phenomenon talking about their Viral Video Manifesto




  • How video online is not the same as other broadcast media such as television
  • Is television changing because of social media? Does television need to learn how to create a viral video?
  • The change in user experience by viral videos and You Tube
  • The concept of the circus sideshow and how that can help you undertand what is a viral video.
  • The characteristics of viral video...and why it is not about storytelling when marketing in video
  • Why you need to educate at the beginning of the video
  • How to create an emotional human emotion to trigger brand engagement
  • How viral video clips can work when you are hampered by the legal department and branding rules?
  • Don't tie your video to tightly to your product
  • Think about the demographic of your audience for viral marketing
  • Don't recapture reality...capture reality...make video in marketing authentic
  • How the best viral videos are not be scripted.
  • How video editing is only to remove clips that are not about setup and payoff.
  • How there will always be a difference between TV and online video

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