Brand: Electronic Arts Goals: Build a viral and social version of the Smarty Pants Nintendo Wii game on Facebook Viral Hook: Smarty Pants is more fun played with friends! Metrics: 325,000 users played 3 million games of Smarty Pants resulting in over 10 million impressions in the first 100 days Media Spend: $0
Brand: Microsoft Office 2007 Goals: Create a hip and fun impression of Microsoft with a younger demographic through office humor Viral Hook: Use familiar concept of poking your friends with an office twist! Metrics: Over 100,000 users sent over half a million Microsoft Office branded pokes in the first 30 days of the campaign. Over 40% of user growth came from viral channels.