Category: Viral Marketing

What If: Surrogates

What If: Surrogates

We followed the viral campaign for the Bruce Willis film Surrogates for months before it was released. Our first article in February reported the film’s first viral website, ChooseYourSurrogate.com had gone live, and on initial reactions the site looked very promising. In May, we all watched the trailer and the concept seemed pretty promising as…

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Parks and Recreation: Welcome to Pawnee

Parks and Recreation: Welcome to Pawnee

NBC sets the gold standard when it comes to television viral websites. “The Office” has the best viral presence of any show on television, and shows like “Heroes” and “Community” have also received viral exposure. Well, we can officially add “Parks and Recreation” to that list. The official Pawnee, Indiana website has been around since the show premiered…

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2012: San Diego Drop Findings

2012: San Diego Drop Findings

Update: You can download the pictures here. It’s just more schematics of Noah’s Ark 2.0. Once again, the guys at Unfiction have come through for us. Today there was yet another drop for the 2012 viral, this time in San Diego. There were the same the items again (phone, flash drive, etc.), and we got…

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The Viral That Became More

The Viral That Became More

(Editor’s Note: This article is written by guest writer Kristopher Stoltz, a member of our forum) If you’re a fan of Virals, then there’s 3 viral campaigns you should know and respect: 1. Blair Witch viral 2. The Dark Knight viral 3. LonelyGirl15 viral Confused on the last one? Never heard of it? Well, if…

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2012: Chicago Drop Location Findings

2012: Chicago Drop Location Findings

For those following the 2012 viral campaign and the IHC conspiracy subplot, we’ve got a good update for you. Thanks to member Lightning257 of the unfiction forum, we now have the information from the Chicago drop location. They picked up the package and it had a coded memo and flash drive with diagrams just like…

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