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Snakes on a Plane Voicemail: Best Marketing EVER

I am a media and advertising cynic. I pride myself on avoiding almost all marketing and never secumming to The Man. I never go out and buy something because I saw an advertisement. Well, I've met my match. This is the best viral marketing I've ever encountered. I will see this movie. I will spend money to see this movie. And right now, my brother in law is laughing his ass off at the personalized Samuel L. Jackson voicemail I just sent him from this marketing site. This is huge. It's revolutionary. It's disruptive.

Props to Hal Halliday for alerting us to this masterpiece. Outstanding.

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Anonymous said…
Very finny -- it's likely Seth's "turn stangers into friends..." thing that bloggers like you and Hal have done so well:-) Not a movie I'll be racing off to ... but I am visiting my daughter and son-in-law in Boston next week and they are just smart enough to possibly get me there. Thanks for the fun post!
Sunday, August 13, 2006 1:03:00 PM
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