On 6/15/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">Michael Lynch</b> <<a href="mailto:lynchmv@gmail.com">lynchmv@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<div><span class="gmail_quote"></span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
On 6/15/07, Brian Wood <<a href="mailto:beww@beww.org">beww@beww.org</a>> wrote:<br>> Please forgive the OT, but I had to share this.<br>><br>> Anyone on this list for a while knows I would not do this lightly.
<br>><br>> Myth would have totally eliminated this one, and I'm not so sure that<br>> would have been a good thing, as it is far better than any program I<br>> have seen in years.<br>><br>> <a href="http://homepage.mac.com/beww1/filechute/swear_jar_300k.wmv">
http://homepage.mac.com/beww1/filechute/swear_jar_300k.wmv</a><br>><br>> BEWW<br><br>Now, that is a commercial worth watching! I need to implement that<br>idea at work.<br>_______________________________________________
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</a><br></blockquote></div><br>The good news is that you won't see that commercial on TV. It's part of the newest scheme by advertisers. They make a video, post it to their website, as well as youtube, google video, and even e-mail it around. I believe it's "viral marketing".
<br><br>That particular commercial originated at <a href="http://www.bud.tv/">http://www.bud.tv/</a><br><br>Seems like a genius idea to me. Save all the money you would have paid to put it on TV, and let people forward it around for free. An aside here: I'm not bashing anybody who forwards this, and in fact, I love the idea. I already have seen that particular video and forwarded it to a bunch of my friends.
<br><br>What I think is the even bigger discussion item: What if this becomes the norm, and TV stations lose a lot advertising revenue? Will cable prices go up? Will the quality of shows decrease? (More reality TV makes me sad)
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