Comments on: Cryptozoology Viral Ad or Sushi Anyone? http://www.cryptomundo.com/cryptozoology/cryptozoology-viral-ad-or-sushi-anyone/ for Bigfoot, Loch Ness, and More Fri, 22 Aug 2008 03:18:15 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Craig Woolheater http://www.cryptomundo.com/cryptozoology/cryptozoology-viral-ad-or-sushi-anyone/#comment-14339 Craig Woolheater Fri, 25 Nov 2005 17:40:56 +0000 http://www.cryptomundo.com/bigfoot-report/cryptozoology-viral-ad/#comment-14339 The ad was mentioned in the following <a href="http://snipurl.com/k87i">article in the Detroit Free Press</a>: <em>Sometimes marketers' ads start out as traditional commercials overseas, but take on a life of their own once they're circulated on the Web. Recently, an overseas <b>Toyota Motor Corp.</b> commercial in which a Loch Ness monster-like creature gobbles up a jogger who's attracted to the life-sized poster of a Toyota Vios that the creature uses as bait, was released online. The Vios sedan was designed for the Chinese market. Mike Michels, a Toyota spokesman, said he hadn't even seen the commercial before a friend e-mailed him the spot. However, he added, "It was an approved Toyota ad."</em> The ad was mentioned in the following article in the Detroit Free Press:

Sometimes marketers’ ads start out as traditional commercials overseas, but take on a life of their own once they’re circulated on the Web. Recently, an overseas Toyota Motor Corp. commercial in which a Loch Ness monster-like creature gobbles up a jogger who’s attracted to the life-sized poster of a Toyota Vios that the creature uses as bait, was released online. The Vios sedan was designed for the Chinese market.

Mike Michels, a Toyota spokesman, said he hadn’t even seen the commercial before a friend e-mailed him the spot. However, he added, “It was an approved Toyota ad.”

]]> By: Scarfe http://www.cryptomundo.com/cryptozoology/cryptozoology-viral-ad-or-sushi-anyone/#comment-14338 Scarfe Thu, 24 Nov 2005 00:53:12 +0000 http://www.cryptomundo.com/bigfoot-report/cryptozoology-viral-ad/#comment-14338 Could this really be considered a viral ad? If you consider viral ads as "buzz-generating advertisements whose content is unsuitable for traditional media (such as television), distributed through "unofficial" channels such as web sites," there's nothing viral about this spot. Also, it is pretty clear that this is a commercial and the connection between the company, the product, and the ad itself is quite clear whereas some viral ads try to obscure the connection. Regardless, that's a funny commercial. Could this really be considered a viral ad? If you consider viral ads as “buzz-generating advertisements whose content is unsuitable for traditional media (such as television), distributed through “unofficial” channels such as web sites,” there’s nothing viral about this spot. Also, it is pretty clear that this is a commercial and the connection between the company, the product, and the ad itself is quite clear whereas some viral ads try to obscure the connection. Regardless, that’s a funny commercial.

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