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- August 2012
- Teaching Note
Mekanism: Engineering Viral Marketing
By: Thales S. Teixeira
The Mekanism case introduces students to a digital media production company specialized in creating viral marketing campaigns for advertising agencies and their clients (e.g., Microsoft, AXE, eBay, Toyota, etc.). Mekanism has grown tremendously from 2007 to 2010 in... View Details
- April 2012 (Revised April 2013)
- Case
Mekanism: Engineering Viral Marketing
By: Thales S. Teixeira and Alison Caverly
Mekanism introduces students to a digital media production company specializing in creating viral marketing campaigns for advertising agencies and clients (e.g., Microsoft, AXE, eBay, Toyota, etc.) Mekanism has grown tremendously from 2007 to 2010 in part due to the... View Details
Keywords: Viral Marketing; Viral Advertising; Core Competencies; Growth Strategy; Online Media; Videos; Advertising Media; Internet and the Web; Expansion; Media; Marketing; Advertising; Advertising Industry; North and Central America
Teixeira, Thales S., and Alison Caverly. "Mekanism: Engineering Viral Marketing." Harvard Business School Case 512-010, April 2012. (Revised April 2013.)
- 14 Jul 2014
- News
USA Today Goes Viral
- 11 Apr 2012
- News
The New Science of Viral Ads
- 22 Jul 2024
- News
Viral Marketing’s Early Muse
Illustration by John Weber In 2008, Canadian musician Dave Carroll saw United Airlines employees manhandling his $3,500 Taylor guitar on the tarmac in Chicago. When he arrived at his destination, the guitar was in pieces. Carroll contacted United customer service... View Details
- March 2012
- Article
The New Science of Viral Ads
By: Thales Teixeira
It's the holy grail of digital marketing: the viral ad, a pitch that large numbers of viewers decide to share with family and friends. Several techniques derived from new technology can help advertisers attain this. In our research, two colleagues and I use... View Details
Keywords: Digital Marketing; Information Technology; Research; System; Marketing; Emotions; Television Entertainment
Teixeira, Thales. "The New Science of Viral Ads." Harvard Business Review 90, no. 3 (March 2012): 25–27.
- 17 Jun 2013
- Research & Ideas
Advertising Symbiosis: The Key to Viral Videos
expenditures. Advertisers can get the most bang for the buck if they post their videos on YouTube and then motivate consumers to disseminate the ads for them, via email or social media. Getting an ad to go viral is among the cost-saving... View Details
- 17 Jun 2013
- News
Advertising Symbiosis: The Key to Viral Videos
- 01 Feb 2012
- News
Viral Advertising via Ad Symbiosis: Self-Interested Sharing
- 3 Jul 2017
- Interview
Marketing Viral com Jeffrey Rayport
By: Jeffrey F. Rayport and Pedro Pinto
"Marketing Viral com Jeffrey Rayport." Ajuste de Contas (Television program), Lisbon, Portugal, July 3, 2017.
- 15 Feb 2012
- News
Why Some Ads Go Viral and Others Don't
- 13 Dec 2012
- News
Viral ads grab more Internet eyeballs
- 30 Jul 2020
- Interview
Viral Marketing and Truth with Jeffrey Rayport
By: Jeffrey F. Rayport, Tim Love and Rick Tocquigny
"Viral Marketing and Truth with Jeffrey Rayport." Tim Love's Discovering Truth Podcast, July 30, 2020.
- 24 May 2013
- News
Advertising Symbiosis: The Key to Viral Videos
- 24 May 2013
- News
Four Lean Advertising Campaigns That Went Viral
- January 2014 (Revised June 2014)
- Case
Dumb Ways To Die: Advertising Train Safety (A)
By: John Quelch
The case series focuses on Melbourne Trains' viral advertising campaign to improve safe behaviors around trains among young people. This iconic, low budget campaign swept the Cannes Lions advertising awards in 2013 and became a social media sensation. View Details
Keywords: Viral Marketing; Advertising; Marketing Communications; Social Marketing; Digital Marketing; Advertising Industry; Media and Broadcasting Industry; Public Administration Industry; Oceania; Europe
Quelch, John. "Dumb Ways To Die: Advertising Train Safety (A)." Harvard Business School Case 514-079, January 2014. (Revised June 2014.)
- 24 May 2013
- Video
Advertising Symbiosis: The Key to Viral Videos
- 25 Nov 2013
- News
Does successful viral marketing lead to a successful product?
- January 2021 (Revised August 2021)
- Case
ByteDance: TikTok and the Trials of Going Viral
By: William C. Kirby and John P. McHugh
In 2020, TikTok became the most valuable start-up ever. The short-form, video-sharing social media platform emerged as the crown jewel of the Chinese technology firm ByteDance, realizing 850 million monthly users and an estimated worth of $180 billion. However, a... View Details
Keywords: China; Technology; Startup; Start-up; International Strategy; Global Strategy And Leadership; Innovation; Political Risk; Regulations; Trump; Foreign Policy; Foreign Investment; Chinese Internet Market; Global Strategy; Crisis Management; Risk and Uncertainty; Entrepreneurship; Globalized Economies and Regions; Government Legislation; Innovation and Management; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Internet and the Web; Social Media; Technology Industry; China; United States
Kirby, William C., and John P. McHugh. "ByteDance: TikTok and the Trials of Going Viral." Harvard Business School Case 321-110, January 2021. (Revised August 2021.)