{"id":364,"date":"2008-03-12T10:58:00","date_gmt":"2008-03-12T15:58:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mccordweb.com\/weblogs\/?p=364"},"modified":"2012-03-04T18:56:06","modified_gmt":"2012-03-04T22:56:06","slug":"viral-marketing-done-well","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mccordweb.com\/weblogs\/2008\/03\/12\/viral-marketing-done-well\/","title":{"rendered":"Viral Marketing Done Well!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><object height=\"355\" width=\"425\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/WxwTC13f1PE&amp;rel=1&amp;border=0\"><\/param><param name=\"wmode\" value=\"transparent\"><embed src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/WxwTC13f1PE&#038;rel=1&#038;border=0\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" wmode=\"transparent\" width=\"425\" height=\"355\"><\/embed><\/param><\/object><\/p>\n<p>This is an excellent piece of viral marketing. It is funny to watch, surely will be all over the Web shortly, available on YouTube, and gets you laughing.<\/p>\n<p>If you are thinking viral, this is a good example of what you should be shooting for.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is an excellent piece of viral marketing. It is funny to watch, surely will be all over the Web shortly, available on YouTube, and gets you laughing. 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