Numa Numa Flashmob in Amsterdam Theater

This is such a great video of a group of people in a Theater in Amsterdam Holland doing a group song and dance of the Numa Numa dance. It’s almost like a flashmob experience where all of a sudden a whole group gets involved in a cool and crazy activity.

What’s amazing about the Numanuma dance song is that it is so catchy. A lot of people who have never even heard of Numa Numa hear the song once and they’re completely and utterly hooked. It is without a doubt one of the catchiest and most entertaining songs that hit the Internet and is a clear cut winner when it comes to famous viral videos that have made their way across the world wide web.

UFO. The Greatest Story Ever Denied, and it’s not Numa Numa!

Millions of people continue to watch famous viral videos, of which Numa Numa is unarguably one of the most popular of all time. Now view something not quite so well known…this full length documentary reveals incredible scenes, interviews and revelations. Believe it or not, you have to see it at first hand, and then make up your mind!

Vizio Super Bowl ad with Gary Brolsma Numa Numa

We’re proud to say that one of the commercials from this year’s Super Bowl included Gary Brolsma the Numa Numa guy. Vizio’s commercial basically pans around a grid of blocks each of which contains some sort of character, show or logo. There are a series of robot hands (really made me think of Google’s Android phone “Droid Does” commercials) that are grabbing the characters and dumping them into some sort of hole in the middle of the floor. The message of the commercial is that Vizio has True LED performance TVs and a suite of Vizio Internet apps that let you experience the best of the web on your TV. The Numa Numa piece comes around two thirds of the way through as you see Gary doing his classic dance while being shifted away by the robots.

Devices like the Roku are also jumping on board with web related channels such as Pandora. I can’t say I’m in love with using a TV remote to post on Twitter or Facebook, but the general idea is awesome and obviously the future will definitely consist of a world where the web and TV are tightly integrated.

Now all we need is a new Numa Numa song and video to keep us happy.

Numa Numa style news reporting - Charlie Brooker how to report the news

Charlie Brooker’s “How to report the news” is one of the funniest and smartest videos I’ve seen in a long time and it’s a perfect example of how predictable we are when it comes to TV and the web. We tend to watch videos, podcasts and news reports that follow the same pattern over and over again. Yet until it’s actually pointed out to us, we usually don’t take any notice.

This video showcases some the techniques of news reporting on the web or TV that are repeated time and time again.

The truth is that some of these techniques are actually not simple to pull off and they come across as being rather impressive and important to the average Joe. That’s exactly the point Brooker is making in his video. Follow these predictable, yet impressive steps and you’re on to a winner.

The amazing thing is that this has turned into a hugely viral video. At the time of writing it has had over 1.2 million views on YouTube and is being shared by some of the coolest and trendiest reporters on the web such as Natali Del Conte on Twitter. This is not a classic Numa Numa type viral video because there was actually a lot of effort put into the presentation of the video and Charlie Brooker is a true journalist. It’s still one of those classics that make you want to go ahead and share it with the rest as it’s so darn brilliant.

Pursue Your Passion - Kirk Nugent Inspirational video

"For you, there is no such thing as the impossible dream"

Kirk Nugent is one of the most brilliant motivational speakers I have ever heard. I highly recommend that each and every one of you watch this video at least 3 times. It is absolutely amazing.

We all have our ups and downs. We all need some inspiration from time to time. Watching motivational and inspirational videos like this one is only a positive thing.

"you were born to control your future"

Cat Boxing Video

This video of two cats fighting is excellent because the sound effects are fantastic. It’s almost as if the cats had been trained to time their shots and use their jab at just the right time.

This video merits the Numa Numa stamp of viral video approval thanks to the perfect sound track. Kudos.

Do you feel lucky punk?

The success of the Numa Numa video was based on luck. The tune is catchy but the song isn’t even in English. The “actor” certainly isn’t a stud and the quality of the video is pretty bad. Why was this video a success? Luck.

We all need a little luck to help us succeed. It doesn’t matter how skillful or hardworking we are; luck is an essential ingredient for success.

You may start listing famous companies and individuals and try to convince me that they did it all through sweat and/or skill, but I’d disagree with you in each and every case that this was the deciding factor. Luck played a hand in each and every one of those successes.

Of course we have to remember the famous quote by Gary Player the great South African golfer: “The harder I work, the luckier I get.”

Amazing Sand Art by Ilana Yahav

I appreciate art just as much as the next guy, but I’ve never had a compelling reason to share a video about art until I started seeing videos on Facebook of the incredibly talented Ilana Yahav. Her sand art is incredibly beautiful. Here’s one of the most amazing videos I’ve ever seen:

I see more and more of these sand art videos spreading across Facebook daily. The above video has been viewed almost 1.5 million times at the time of writing this post and I’m sure it’s provided her with some great publicity, but it does raise some questions. If you look at the tags of this video on YouTube.com you’ll notice that her name has not even been tagged correctly by the poster. Her first name and last name are mapped to two different tags. So you can’t even click on a tag of her name to see all of her videos. For many viewers this could be just another cool or even amazing video that doesn’t entice them to buy anything or cause them to follow any specific leads. In this case the site URL has been included in the video itself, but what about the millions of videos that don’t take advantage of this?

Luckily, YouTube’s ‘related videos’ feature does a good job of leading viewers to other videos by the same artist. I’ll end up watching at least another one of her videos, getting even more impressing with her work and so even if the site wasn’t included, I could still get there by doing a Google search of her name which would ultimately lead me to her site: http://www.sandfantasy.com/. Mission accomplished and once again a video that may not contain a link to a site or a product, is still capable of converting thousands and thousands of leads. Viral video marketing strikes again.

You have never seen strength like this

I don’t care how strong you are. If you are not blown away by this video then there’s something wrong. This guy is incredible. His exercises are unbelievably tough to perform, almost impossible, and yet he actually never looks like he’s even breaking a sweat. Look at those abs. They’re insane.

Once again we have the web and Youtube.com to thank for this video. Here’s a guy working out in a park somewhere (I have no idea where it is), performing some of the most incredible feats of strength I’ve ever seen and would never have gotten to see. Of course you do have to wonder - if we didn’t have all these incredible videos around to watch, maybe we’d actually get more work done during the day and spend less time away from our machines. Man, that’s a terrible thought…

Extraordinary Pantene Commercial - a magical mini-movie

Every time somebody sends me a link to a cool commercial, I hesitate. Time is valuable and there are so many great videos to watch that I hate to waste my time on garbage. I also feel a little robbed when watching commercials because at the end of the day, the producers after my money. This makes it even more amazing when a commercial becomes a classic viral video. To do so, it has to be so funny or captivating that you are willing to risk good friendships and credibility by sharing it with your friends and family.

Simply put, this commercial is a gem. I’ve watched it numerous times already and will not hesitate to watch it again.

When you’ve finished watching this video you’ll feel like you’ve watched a short movie. It succeeds in drawing you in and leaving you feeling strangely satisfied at the end, even once you realize what the commercial is for and how it is not what you expected.

This Pantene commercial is yet another perfect example of how to produce an excellent commercial using viral video marketing. This video simply begs to be shared.

One final note - the video does not use sex to sell its message. Anybody can use a video of a gorgeous or half-naked girl and it WILL get views. Getting a lot of views successfully without resorting to sex appeal requires a lot more creativity, but when it’s done effectively the audience is left feeling strangely satisfied.

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