Comments on: Unintentionally Viral

By: Karl Long

Karl Long — Fri, 04 Aug 2006 15:30:03 +0000

Well, I actually gave them two thumbs up on my blog, although the 23 comments I got were a bit of a mixed bag.
My fav comment was:
“Let’s agree that it’s not a positive if 20,000 people watch something and 18,000 of them decide you’re a bunch of total wankers”
Certainly seems like the consensus was A for effort F for execution.
I personally think that social media turns a lot of interactive agency business models on their heads and Agency.com did this because their business is in trouble as opposed to “wanting to be innovative”.
I have written a follow up called Five Implications for the social media agency that I would be interested in your perspective on as an interactive agency.
Cheers,
Karl

By: Tim Howland

Tim Howland — Thu, 03 Aug 2006 14:32:43 +0000

This remix is worthwhile as well:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cE0SsmAWI5k
It may be inadvertently viral, but it sure makes them look like condescending weasels- especially the part where the Actual Subway Delivery Guy shows up… I guess they don’t have a subway in Westport, do they?

By: hyperman

hyperman — Thu, 03 Aug 2006 12:08:32 +0000

“Subway has just launched a new sub called “The Agency.com.” It’s a super-sized sandwich with no meat, but lots of cheese. It takes you 9 minutes to eat it and then you throw up.”
Nuff said!