Update: District 9 Community Watch Nick Butler, June 20, 2009June 20, 2009 The page reads “Non Human Sightings in North America” and it consists of over 8 regions within which people are placing their calls claiming to have spotted Non-Humans. The website, like every other website developed for this viral, is very well designed. Check it out here.Personally, I love all the things they’ve been doing with the ARG side of the viral since June. But, with all the links to the other websites and just lack of updates for however many months, it’s hard to get back into. If you haven’t yet, check out the articles we posted a few days ago- Why can’t Sony do anything right and Why Sony has done everything right for two different takes on Sony’s use of viral marketing.Thanks to andyboy35 from the forum for spotting this!Follow Nick Butler on Twitter! Viral Marketing District 9
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