“Star Trek Into Darkness” Viral Finally Launches, Only a Chosen Few Can Be The 1701 Caleb Hamilton, April 24, 2013April 24, 2013 Last December, a link was hidden in the first Star Trek Into Darkness teaser trailer. It lead us to AreYouthe1701.com, to sign up for what many hoped would be a huge campaign centered on the USS Enterprise (1701 is the ship’s registration number), turned out to be a dud. Sitting unchanged for nearly 5 months, the site finally went live today. So just what is Are You The 1701? Find out after the jump!The first thing you’ll notice when you enter the site is that it has been redesigned. You still see the question “Are You The 1701?”, but now ‘the 1701’ is a hashtag (#The1701). Paramount has set this up as a contest using social networking site Instagram and Vine. Digging through the official rules, there will be 1701 winners and each will receive a prize with an ARV (Approximate Retail Value) of $2.00. Exactly what that prize is remains to be seen, but the contest ends on Monday, April 29th, so hurry and get those entries in!Star Trek Into Darkness hits theaters in 3D and IMAX 3D on May 17th! ARGs & Campaigns Viral Marketing Viral News AreYouThe1701ContestsParamount PicturesStar Trek Into DarknessViral marketing
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TubeRank Helps You Create Viral Videos February 12, 2013Viral videos are difficult to make. How can you be sure that your video will inspire people to share and talk about it? TubeRank is an online app from VAN that is designed specifically to help you come up with ideas with viral potential. Just select the triggers, interests, and… Read More
Viral Marketing Cool Viral Marketing for “Elysium” Around NY, LA and Vancouver July 6, 2013The makers of Elysium have already invaded the internet with a few viral sites to help promote the new sci-fi film by Neil Blomkamp. Now, they’ve gone into the real world with some new viral ads similar to some of the stuff they did for Blomkamp’s District 9 film. See… Read More