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	<title>Comments on: Case Study:  White House Video Response to Video Attack</title>
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		<title>By: Katie Hawkey</title>
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		<dc:creator>Katie Hawkey</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Aug 2009 14:34:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I was just talking about this with my friend Vin (who happens to be the best brand consultant I know - vindesign.us).  I was trying to argue that if someone wants something to be &quot;buzz worthy&quot; it needs to be:

funny, freaky, phenomenal or free

Though he agreed that those words catch the majority of buzzy worthy content, he reminded me that it was important to also stay true to your brand voice. (He referred to Andy Sernovitz who we both agree is a master of creating buzz-worth, brand appropriate content - http://www.damniwish.com/)

I personally would like to see Obama use more humor to spread his message.  Obama can be very funny - his dry humor is part of his brand voice.  And the situation definitely merits comedy - Jon Stewart gets me giggling about healthcare reform on an almost nightly basis.  Of course, it&#039;d have to be done very carefully, but I think the late night circuit might be a more powerful medium to carry this debate than the town hall meetings.  And it be much more likely to produce &quot;funny&quot; content that would go viral in a way to actually war against the &quot;freaky&quot; content being put out by the right.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I was just talking about this with my friend Vin (who happens to be the best brand consultant I know &#8211; vindesign.us).  I was trying to argue that if someone wants something to be &#8220;buzz worthy&#8221; it needs to be:</p>
<p>funny, freaky, phenomenal or free</p>
<p>Though he agreed that those words catch the majority of buzzy worthy content, he reminded me that it was important to also stay true to your brand voice. (He referred to Andy Sernovitz who we both agree is a master of creating buzz-worth, brand appropriate content &#8211; <a href="http://www.damniwish.com/)" rel="nofollow">http://www.damniwish.com/)</a></p>
<p>I personally would like to see Obama use more humor to spread his message.  Obama can be very funny &#8211; his dry humor is part of his brand voice.  And the situation definitely merits comedy &#8211; Jon Stewart gets me giggling about healthcare reform on an almost nightly basis.  Of course, it&#8217;d have to be done very carefully, but I think the late night circuit might be a more powerful medium to carry this debate than the town hall meetings.  And it be much more likely to produce &#8220;funny&#8221; content that would go viral in a way to actually war against the &#8220;freaky&#8221; content being put out by the right.</p>
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		<title>By: Justin Bradshaw</title>
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		<dc:creator>Justin Bradshaw</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Aug 2009 09:01:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Nice summary of the debate and its relevance to social media. Too bad the side that plays nice seems to get less &quot;buzz&quot; for that reason.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Nice summary of the debate and its relevance to social media. Too bad the side that plays nice seems to get less &#8220;buzz&#8221; for that reason.</p>
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