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Will It Blend’s Viral Video Success

Thursday, April 2nd, 2009

Will It Blend?

Will It Blend?


What happens when you blend one part Mr. Wizard with one part Spike TV and one part iPhone? Millions of viewers tune in to watch.

In late 2006, Utah-based Blendtec spent around $50 to launch a series of videos in which the company CEO, Tom Dickson, does a simple product demonstration of the Blendtec brand home and commercial blenders. He uses their blenders to grind everyday household objects including golf balls, soft drink cans, a Hannah Montana doll and an iPhone.

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DQ Offers A Sweet Deal For Bloggers And Gets Lots Of Buzz In Return

Thursday, April 2nd, 2009



I Love Dairy Queen!

Originally uploaded by Jim the Corsair


To promote the DQ Sweet Deals, the fast food chain recently offered free $5 gift cards to the first 250 bloggers who would “Write a blog post (or leave a comment) about what deal you’d make with us to try our Sweet Deals for free.”

Sure enough, they got their 250 bloggers in just a matter of days.

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