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Like I said… viral videos can be made

Take a home video like this one (posted January 24, 2007) – 1.1 million views

make it more extreme like this (posted August 03, 2009) – 2.7 million views

Promote the heck out of it through paid media and traditional PR support (i.e. seed it to every gullible news outlet) and let them put it on the news (for free).   And be sure to cover your tracks by turning off “statistics and data” on the YouTube video so people can’t back track where you promoted the video.

Unfortunately for Microsoft, no one will ever know if this viral video drove any sales like the JKWeddingDance one did for Chris Brown’s single “Forever” which hit the top of the sales charts on iTunes and Amazon MP3 the same week.

The JKWeddingDance video was real; the viral effect was MANUFACTURED – Post 1 of 2

How to manufacture a viral video sensation and make viral profits – Post 2 of 2

Here are a few more funny videos for your entertainment.

and an external link

http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/scary-rides/precocious-kids-mess-with-tracks-of-an-oncoming-train-327400.php

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