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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
Keywords: Viral Marketing; Viral Ads; Virality; Mekanism; Advertising Agency; Social Media; Influencer; Storytelling; Advertising Content; Advertising; Advertising Industry; North and Central America
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Teixeira, Thales S. "Mekanism: Engineering Viral Marketing." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 513-043, August 2012.
  • 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
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Teixeira, Thales S., and Alison Caverly. "Mekanism: Engineering Viral Marketing." Harvard Business School Case 512-010, April 2012. (Revised April 2013.)
  • Jun 2010
  • Conference Presentation

Viral Videos

By: Anita Elberse
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Elberse, Anita. "Viral Videos." Erasmus University, Rotterdam, The Netherlands, June 2010.
  • 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
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Advertising
  • 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
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Teixeira, Thales. "The New Science of Viral Ads." Harvard Business Review 90, no. 3 (March 2012): 25–27.
  • 3 Jul 2017
  • Interview

Marketing Viral com Jeffrey Rayport

By: Jeffrey F. Rayport and Pedro Pinto
Keywords: Social Marketing; Marketing; Marketing Strategy
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"Marketing Viral com Jeffrey Rayport." Ajuste de Contas (Television program), Lisbon, Portugal, July 3, 2017.
  • 30 Jul 2020
  • Interview

Viral Marketing and Truth with Jeffrey Rayport

By: Jeffrey F. Rayport, Tim Love and Rick Tocquigny
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"Viral Marketing and Truth with Jeffrey Rayport." Tim Love's Discovering Truth Podcast, July 30, 2020.
  • 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
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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.)
  • 2015
  • Other Unpublished Work

Viral Videos: The Dynamics of Online Video Advertising Campaigns

By: Lingling Zhang, Clarence Lee and Anita Elberse
Keywords: Digital Marketing; Advertising Campaigns
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Zhang, Lingling, Clarence Lee, and Anita Elberse. "Viral Videos: The Dynamics of Online Video Advertising Campaigns." March 2015. (In preparation for resubmission at Marketing Science.)
  • 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
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Quelch, John. "Dumb Ways To Die: Advertising Train Safety (A)." Harvard Business School Case 514-079, January 2014. (Revised June 2014.)
  • May 2011
  • Conference Presentation

Viral Videos: The Dynamics of Online Video Advertising Campaigns

By: Anita Elberse
Keywords: Internet and the Web; Advertising
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Elberse, Anita. "Viral Videos: The Dynamics of Online Video Advertising Campaigns." Paper presented at the Media, Technology and Society Seminar Series, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, May 2011.
  • Jun 2011
  • Conference Presentation

Viral Videos: The Dynamics of Online Video Advertising Campaigns

By: Anita Elberse
Keywords: Internet and the Web; Advertising
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Elberse, Anita. "Viral Videos: The Dynamics of Online Video Advertising Campaigns." Paper presented at the INFORMS Marketing Science Conference, Houston, TX, June 2011.
  • May 2011 - 2011
  • Conference Presentation

Viral Videos: The Dynamics of Online Video Advertising Campaigns

By: Anita Elberse
Keywords: Internet and the Web; Advertising
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Elberse, Anita. "Viral Videos: The Dynamics of Online Video Advertising Campaigns." Duke University, Fuqua School of Business, Durham, NC, May 2011.
  • June 2023
  • Case

ByteDance: TikTok and the Trials of Going Viral in 2023

By: William C. Kirby, Noah B. Truwit and John P. McHugh
In March 2023, Chew, with an army of well-paid U.S. lobbyists and TikTok creators, descended on Washington. In his testimony, he planned to highlight the 150 million daily active American users on TikTok and how the platform had benefitted small business owners and... View Details
Keywords: Social Media; International Relations; Government Legislation; China; United States
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Kirby, William C., Noah B. Truwit, and John P. McHugh. "ByteDance: TikTok and the Trials of Going Viral in 2023." Harvard Business School Case 323-120, June 2023.
  • June 2013
  • Article

How to Profit from 'Lean Advertising'

By: Thales S. Teixeira
This article introduces the concept of Lean Advertising, i.e., how to use non-traditional approaches to create and distribute advertising using extremely low-cost approaches online. A framework for Lean Advertising is proposed that identifies the four ways in which... View Details
Keywords: Viral Advertising; Viral Ads; Online Marketing; Lean Advertising; Digital Marketing; Advertising; Advertising Industry
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Teixeira, Thales S. "How to Profit from 'Lean Advertising'." Harvard Business Review 91, no. 6 (June 2013): 23–25.
  • January 2014 (Revised June 2014)
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Dumb Ways To Die: Advertising Train Safety (C)

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: Marketing; Marketing Communication; Viral Advertising; Advertising; Advertising Campaigns; Marketing Strategy; Digital Marketing; Advertising Industry; Public Administration Industry; Transportation Industry; Oceania; Europe
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Quelch, John. "Dumb Ways To Die: Advertising Train Safety (C)." Harvard Business School Supplement 514-081, January 2014. (Revised June 2014.)
  • January 2014 (Revised June 2014)
  • Supplement

Dumb Ways To Die: Advertising Train Safety (B)

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: Marketing Channels; Marketing Communication; Viral Advertising; Advertising; Advertising Campaigns; Public Sector; Marketing Communications; Marketing Strategy; Digital Marketing; Advertising Industry; Public Administration Industry; Media and Broadcasting Industry; Oceania; Europe
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Quelch, John. "Dumb Ways To Die: Advertising Train Safety (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 514-080, January 2014. (Revised June 2014.)
  • January 2014
  • Teaching Note

Dumb Ways To Die: Advertising Train Safety (A), (B) & (C)

By: John Quelch
Keywords: Advertising Media; Viral Advertising; Viral Marketing; Public Safety; Advertising; Marketing; Marketing Strategy; Internet and the Web; Digital Marketing; Media and Broadcasting Industry; Public Administration Industry; Oceania; Europe
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Quelch, John. "Dumb Ways To Die: Advertising Train Safety (A), (B) & (C)." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 514-082, January 2014.
  • August 2012
  • Background Note

Marketing Communications

By: Thales S. Teixeira and Thales S. Teixeira
This note identifies the main issues involved in the effective management of the marketing communications process. It first defines the purpose of communication. Then it classifies the tools available to communicate with consumers. In the sequel, it elaborates on how... View Details
Keywords: Marketing Communication; Advertising; Promotion; Social Media; Digital Media; Viral Advertising; Marketing; Communications Industry; North and Central America
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Teixeira, Thales S. "Marketing Communications." Harvard Business School Background Note 513-041, August 2012.
  • 2015
  • Working Paper

Online Word of Mouth and Product Review Disagreement

By: Frank Nagle and Christoph Riedl
Studies of online word of mouth have frequently posited―but never systematically conceptualized and explored―that the level of disagreement between existing product reviews can impact the volume and the valence of future reviews. In this study we develop a theoretical... View Details
Keywords: Online Word Of Mouth; Online Communities; Viral Marketing; Online Product Reviews; Quality; Internet and the Web; Consumer Behavior; Marketing Reference Programs; Social and Collaborative Networks; Digital Marketing; Analytics and Data Science
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Nagle, Frank, and Christoph Riedl. "Online Word of Mouth and Product Review Disagreement." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 13-091, May 2013. (Revised May 2015, selected for AOM Best Paper Proceedings.)
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