Cedar Rapids: Deanzie’s Guide To ‘Business’ Conventions Dan Koelsch, February 1, 2011 Fox Searchlight’s comedy Cedar Rapids debuted to mostly positive reviews at the Sundance Film Festival last week. They started some viral goodies for us, and now they have expanded to include another website, this time focusing on John C. Reilly’s character Dean Ziegler. Ziegler, nicknamed Deanzie, is an insurance agent that main character Tim Lippe (Ed Helms) meets at a convention in Cedar Rapids, IA. He’s a rather brash character, so it’s no surprise that his “Deanzie’s Guide to ‘Business’ Conventions” is hosted on the website DeanzieParty.com. Read all 5 of the innocently-titled sections to learn how to really get the full experience at a business convention. There’s also some clips from the film.Cedar Rapids opens in limited theaters on February 11th. Viral Marketing Cedar Rapids
CBS Wants To Give You $5,000 For Your Horatio Impression! January 25, 2010January 25, 2010CBS’s hit show CSI has spawned off two spin-offs so far. If there is one thing that we can say the network’s CSI: Miami has left behind as an enternal legacy, it’s the extremely cheesy openers featuring Horatio Caine (played meticiously by David Caruso). Why are they so memorable? Well,… Read More
Sony Brings “Heavy Rain” to the ARG World! January 30, 2010January 30, 2010This week, Sony began a 3 week (12 days total, 4 per week) viral campaign for their newest PS3 exclusive, Heavy Rain. The game centers on the hunt for a mysterious serial killer called “The Oragami Killer”, as told through the eyes of 4 playable characters, each with their own… Read More
It Starts With The Flu, It Ends With… September 7, 2010September 8, 2010One of the sites we’ve followed, yet never mentioned (until a week ago) is an odd site known as “It Starts With The Flu“. A site utilizing the all too familiar countdown method, with a date that ends, today. So, if you haven’t already figured out what happens at the… Read More