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2011 New Year Viral Video Chart

RobinG — Wed, 05 Jan 2011 12:07:16 +0000

This week’s NMA Viral Charts are dominated by New Year videos in both Brand and UGC. At the top of the NMA Viral Brand Chart is the BBC’s coverage of London’s New Year celebrations.

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At number 3 is the beautiful infographic video from National Geographic. The video is a promotion of their new 7 part series on the worldwide population being set to exceed 7 billion this year.

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Finally, Channel 4 have 4 entries this week with the stylish promo for the new series of Skins being the highest at no. 4.

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For the full chart be sure to check out NMA Viral Brand Chart.

Over on the NMA Viral UGC Chart, no. 1 is DJ Earworm’s 2010 pop mashup of the top 25 hits according to Billboard.

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The rest of the chart is dominated by our favourite vloggers and their New Year videos. I particularly like Mystery Guitar Man’s interactive collage.

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Finally, my personal favourite on the UGC Chart this week are the 2010 viral superstars as performed by Mt Vernon Elementary.

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For the full chart, check out NMA Viral UGC Chart.

Social Media Nativity and Lonely Island top NMA Viral Charts

RobinG — Mon, 20 Dec 2010 15:04:24 +0000

This week’s festive NMA Viral Charts are sprinkled with christmas viral joy. Sitting at the top of the NMA Viral Brand Chart is the superb Social Media Nativity video from ExcentricPT, a web 2.0 spin on the birth of Jesus with the whole cast – including donkey.

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Number 2 is the not so festive but still geek-cool virtual translation app from Quest Visual.

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My personal favourite this week is No. 7, the teaser trailer for the annual BBC Top Gear Christmas Special. Having watched it, I immediately shared it with my Dad, a trend which I’m sure has pushed it into this week’s NMA Viral Brand Chart.

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For the full chart, check out www.nma.co.uk/resources/viral-brand-chart

Over on the NMA Viral UGC Chart, the lead single from The Lonely Island‘s second album takes the No. 1 spot with “I Just Had Sex” featuring Akon.

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2 parodies take chart positions 2 and 3, the first a GTA spin on Mario Bros and the latter an alternative ending to the new Yogi bear movie.

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Sadly this week there are no animals doing festive things……however, there is a return of Charlie is so cool like, and he’s got a couple of surprises – a better camcorder and, wait for it……a new haircut!

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For the full chart, check out www.nma.co.uk/resources/viral-ugc-chart

Sign up to VAN Viral Scoop!

RobinG — Tue, 14 Dec 2010 12:27:16 +0000

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Michael Jackson and Irish Christmas Viral Top Charts

RobinG — Mon, 13 Dec 2010 14:09:43 +0000

This week’s NMA Viral Charts certainly have a Christmas theme running through both Brand and UGC. At the top of the NMA Viral Brand Chart is a campaign by Irish comedy act The RubberBandits to gain an Irish Christmas Number 1. It may not be number one in the music charts, but they have earnt the top spot this week after gaining impressive Facebook shares.

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Other notable entries are Google’s Zeitgeist review of 2010 and a bizarre movie trailer featuring Mel Gibson and a Beaver…..!

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Finally, Cadbury are generating buzz with a new Spots Vs Stripes viral with David Seaman and Gavin Henson

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Check out the NMA Viral Brand Chart for more.

Over on the NMA Viral UGC Chart, Michael Jackson’s official music video for his posthumous single ‘Hold my Hand’ sits at the top.

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At Number 2 is a shocking roof collapse of Minnesota Vikings’ Metrodome.

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But my personal favourite is the scorpion kick from Hamza Boudlal of KACM Marrakech.

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Check out the NMA Viral UGC Chart for more.

Red Bull top of the viral chart again!

RobinG — Mon, 06 Dec 2010 16:22:58 +0000

For the third week in a row, Red Bull’s awesome video with Danny MacAskill is top of the NMA Viral Brand chart

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Qatar’s crazy new 2022 World Cup stadiums is a notable new entry at no. 2

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In the NMA UGC chart, Black Eyed Peas are new at no.1

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My personal favourite is no. 8

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VAN

RobinG — Fri, 11 Jun 2010 12:00:15 +0000

It’s the WORLD CUP – Hooray! But you’re stuck in the office and itching to see some football action. Spare a thought for DudeCorp:

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COME ON ENGLAND!

http://dudecorp.com

VAN

RobinG — Fri, 04 Jun 2010 12:00:12 +0000

At the Viral Ad Network we love a good read! Our book shelves are laden with the best writings from the worlds of development, advertising, design, business and more. Some people like to systematically read through a book, one at a time. I prefer to read a few on the go and dip in and out. Here are a couple of books I’m reading at the moment:

Let us know if you have any reading recommendations – leave a reply below, or send us a tweet.

You can find out more on interesting reading at the Rubber Republic Book Club or even sign up for the Rubber Library.

VAN

RobinG — Fri, 28 May 2010 11:00:16 +0000

Today the Viral Ad Network salutes the humble Panda. Eating bamboo and providing virality in a sneeze!

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“But where is this young panda cub now?” I hear you ask. Why, residing in our office driving Andy’s Lego trucks of course.

Viral Ad Network – New Media Age Viral Chart

RobinG — Wed, 26 May 2010 12:24:50 +0000

New Media Age is the UK’s leading weekly interactive media publication, so the perfect partner for the Viral Ad Network to power it’s viral brand and user generated content charts. Each week the chart is updated with the latest and most shared Brand and UGC videos in the UK.

This week’s charts have been dominated by the upcoming football world cup in South Africa and Britain’s Got Talent on ITV1. At the top of the brand chart is Nike’s World Cup 2010 campaign including a bearded Wayne Rooney! Also making the cut, but not the final Brazil 23 man squad, is Ronaldinho. Watch the ad below:

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Sitting at the top of the UGC chart is a remix of Eastender Phil Mitchell’s infamous punch. The scene where Phil Mitchell punches Ben is beautifully crafted to the backdrop of Lethal Bizzle’s “Pow! (Forward)”. Watch the video below:

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Check out the NMA Viral Brand Chart here

Check out the NMA Viral UGC Chart here

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RobinG — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 10:00:20 +0000

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