Ever wonder... how do I break into the Viral Video business?

Perhaps the easiest and the most profitable approach is to select a target and dose it with a highly contagious, virulent video, that has all the earmarks of a consumer-generated-content(CGC)video clip.

“The groundbreaking 74-second pitch for Democratic Illinois Sen. Barack Obama, which remixes the classic 1984 ad that introduced Apple computers to the world, is not on cable or network TV, but on the Internet."

"It may be the most stunning and creative attack ad yet for a 2008 presidential candidate -- one experts say could represent a watershed moment in 21st century media and political advertising," the San Francisco Chronicle’s (http://www.sfgate.com) web edition reported.

Sen. Obama team initially said it had absolutely nothing to do with the contagious video sneeze that attacks his principal Democratic rival, New York Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton. Indeed, the ad's creator was a mystery for almost an entire day! ;P

Follow this simple, step by step process and you too will smear with aplomb!

One: Develop a theme for your video and begin a search for a few unflattering pictures and clips of your political hero’s opponent.

Two: Render in B&W. After you remove all color dial up contrast and increase graininess. Next, slow down the footage of your target speaking just for a few seconds. People abhor slow moving political dialog almost as much as they fear a heart attack.

Three: Now plaster the name of your target in a rough graffiti like stencil accompanied by a deep voice-over with a background of a suicidal or necromantic pop singer such as a whining Ozzie O or a “my dog was killed by your car as you left me” C&W schlub or American Idol reject.

Four: Zoom in and ask the consumer a leading question about the "rumors" swirling about your targets predilections.

Five: Move rapidly into a full color image of The American Dream Realized with upbeat background from an Americam Pie icon such as J.J. Melancamp as our hero circulates among Boomers with a few Web 2.0ers and then show your candidate sincerely voicing well-tailored bullet points while his audience nods in agreement.

Six: Plant within appropriate sites that feature consumer generated content. Do not neglect your Black Blog Ops

Seven: Water with posted link to the video on political blogs.

Eight: email links to the contagin to college age students and wait for the sneezing to errupt into a fever.

Nine: Have a scapegoat for the repercussions that will likely arise. Preferably a hack at the agency that secretly produced the video with a trail that leads to their ISP or URL registration.

Ten: Deny any knowledge of this spurious video and accept as many TV, blog, podcast and radio interviews as humanly possible.

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