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	<title>Istok Pavlović &#187; Viral Marketing</title>
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		<title>Blogeri za Zorana Đinđića</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Oct 2010 23:14:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Evo jedne zanimljive socijalno odgovorne akcije koja mi je danas pala na pamet. Ako ste pratili tekst koji sam napisao o SEO optimizaciji sajta, videli ste termin &#8220;Gugl Bomba&#8220;. Da vas podsetim, pre nekoliko godina tridesetak blogera je linkovalo ka zvaničnom sajtu Džordža Buša sa frazom &#8220;miserable failure&#8221;. To je dovelo do toga da njegov [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Evo jedne zanimljive socijalno odgovorne akcije koja mi je danas pala na pamet.</p>
<p>Ako ste pratili <a href="http://www.istokpavlovic.com/blog/kratak-seo-kurs-ili-kako-da-moj-sajt-prvi-iskoci-kad-neko-na-guglu-kuca/" target="_blank">tekst koji sam napisao o SEO optimizaciji sajta</a>, videli ste termin &#8220;<em>Gugl Bomba</em>&#8220;. Da vas podsetim, pre nekoliko godina tridesetak blogera je linkovalo ka zvaničnom sajtu Džordža Buša sa frazom &#8220;miserable failure&#8221;. To je dovelo do toga da njegov sajt bude prvi rezultat na Guglu kada neko otkuca &#8220;miserable failure&#8221;.</p>
<p>Ideja je da uradimo isto ovo, ali u pozitivnom smislu. Da posthumni sajt Zorana Đinđića na adresi www.zorandjindjic.org bude prvi rezultat na Guglu kada neko kuca &#8220;najveći car&#8221;. Ako želite da podržite ovu akciju, potrebno je da na svom sajtu postavite link ka www.zorandjindjic.org sa frazom <a href="http://www.zorandjindjic.org" target="_blank">najveci car</a> (kao što sam ja ovde uradio). Najbolje da link stavite negde usred pasusa da bi sve delovalo &#8220;prirodno&#8221; za Google, ali ako ne možete, stavite ga negde na sajtu kao mali link, i super bi bilo da se link vidi i na vašoj Home strani jer ona verovatno ima najveći PageRank.</p>
<p><img title="djindjic2" src="http://www.istokpavlovic.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/djindjic2.jpg" alt="" width="470" height="326" /></p>
<p>Koja je svrha ovoga? Pa, prvo, ako daj Bože ovo uspe (Google je u međuvremeno malo usavršio algoritam), poslaćemo medijima saopštenje da su blogeri Srbije združenim snagama uradili ovu akciju u čast pokojnom Đinđiću koji je Srbiju počeo da vodi u modernizaciju, motivisao ljude da se pokrenu, i menjao uobičajeno depresivno raspoloženje ovog naroda.</p>
<p>Drugo, ideja je da se izazove &#8220;buzz&#8221; među mladim ljudima, i da oni jedni drugima prenose ovu informaciju putem chata, Fejsa itd. Iz ovih razloga smo odustali od nekih arhaičnih zvaničnih izraza poput &#8220;najbolji državnik&#8221;, &#8220;najbolji lider&#8221;, jer nažalost takve fraze imaju jako mali viralni potencijal. Želimo da dođemo do mladih ljudi koji će jedni drugima govoriti &#8220;<em>Brate izvali šta iskače na Guglu kada kucaš najveći car&#8221;.</em></p>
<p>Takođe, ova informacija će se širiti isključivo viralnom preporukom, uopšte nije poenta u tome da neko zaista jednog dana slučajno otkuca &#8220;najveći car&#8221; pa da otkrije ovo &#8220;na svoju ruku&#8221;.</p>
<p>I na kraju, napomena.</p>
<p>Ova akcija je potpuno apolitična i namenjena je isključivo ljudima koji Đinđića posmatraju kao motivacionog govornika i lidera sa vizijom, a ne člana neke tamo stranke. Komentare u ovom tekstu ću namerno moderisati i biće <strong>žestoke cenzure</strong> &#8211; neće proći nijedan pokušaj polemike poput &#8220;a zašto Đinđić a ne Nikola Tesla&#8221; ili &#8220;On je bio izdajnik i strani plaćenik a ne car&#8221;. To inače ne radim na drugim tekstovima, ali u ovom slučaju ću napraviti izuzetak jer želim da se zadrži fokus cele akcije. Ako bih pustio slobodno komentarisanje, u roku od pet minuta ovde bi došlo do požara i cela akcija bi pala u deseti plan. Dakle, prokomentarišite samo ako podržavate svim srcem akciju, u protivnom, komentar će vam biti obrisan. Hvala na razumevanju.</p>
<p>Još jednom, ako podržavate akciju linkujte na home stranici vašeg sajta da fraza &#8220;<strong>najveći car</strong>&#8221; vodi na www.zorandjindjic.org. Ako imate blog, napišite neki novi tekst i ubacite frazu <a href="http://www.zorandjindjic.org" target="_blank">najveci car</a> usred nekog pasusa kao u ovoj rečenici. Nije bitno da li je najveĆi ili najveCi, Google će da skapira i jedno i drugo. Nemojte preterivati sa ponavljanjem linka da Google ne protumači to kao &#8220;keyword stuffing&#8221;, neka sve deluje autentično. Dva puta u celom tekstu, kao što sam ja ovde uradio, je sasvim dovoljno. Možete jedanput i u nekom padežu, poput <a href="http://www.zorandjindjic.org">najvećeg cara</a>, čisto da deluje prirodnije.</p>
<p>Na osnovu razgovora sa ljudima sa SEO iskustvom, procenjujem da će trebati oko nedelju-dve da postignemo cilj.</p>
<p>Ovaj tekst možete do mile volje šerovati na Fejsbuku jer Google ne vidi unutrašnji sadržaj vaših profila. Ali nemojte linkovati ovaj tekst na svom blogu sa frazom &#8220;najveci car&#8221; da ne bi on isplivao na prvo mesto pre Đinđića. Ako se to nekim čudom desi, obrisaću ga.</p>
<p>Nadajmo se da će uspeti, a ako neko iz Gugla zadužen za Srbiju čita ovaj tekst i želi da podrži akciju, molim ga najlepše da se pravi da ovo nije video :)</p>
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<p><strong><span style="color: #ff0000;">UPDATE: Cela akcija je uspela i Zoran je posle samo 24 sata od početka prvi na Guglu za &#8220;najveći car&#8221;.</span></strong> Evo <a href="http://i52.tinypic.com/2ezjvvs.png" target="_blank">ovde </a>dokaza. Ako ste ulogovani na Gmail, moguće je da će vam iskakati drugi blogovi koji pišu o akciji, pa se izlogujte. Sve će to doći na svoje vrlo brzo. Ako niste još stavili link, uradite to za svaki slučaj da &#8220;osiguramo&#8221; prvo mesto.</p>
<p>Dakle, <strong>USPELI SMO</strong>! Bravo za nas! Mogu samo da zaključim da Srbi umeju da budu jako efikasni kada su složni i kada među njima vlada pozitivan duh &#8211; upravo ono čemu nas je Zoran učio!</p>
<p>Zato, Zorane, hvala ti za motivaciju i <strong>hvala ti za viziju</strong>!</p>
<p><img title="djindjic" src="http://www.istokpavlovic.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/djindjic.jpg" alt="" width="480" height="360" /></p>
<p>I evo ovde slike za ilustraciju akcije:</p>
<p><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-584" title="najveci-car" src="http://www.istokpavlovic.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/najveci-car.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="413" /></p>
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		<title>Obamarketing</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Oct 2008 11:22:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>istokpavlovic</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[online pr]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the year 2008, a single brand has established several new standards in viral PR, and created most of the noticed viral web content. The name of the brand? Barack Obama™.  So fresh are the ideas from his web campaign, that it got even an unique name: Obamarketing. More&#8230; In 2008, the web buzzwords vocabulary [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In the year 2008, a single brand has established several new standards in viral PR, and created most of the noticed viral web content. The name of the brand? Barack Obama™.  So fresh are the ideas from his web campaign, that it got even an unique name: Obamarketing. <a href="http://www.istokpavlovic.com/blog/obamarketing">More&#8230;</a></p>
<p><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-81" title="obamarketing" src="http://www.istokpavlovic.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/obamarketing.jpg" alt="" width="460" height="250" /></p>
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<p>In 2008, the web buzzwords vocabulary got enriched by one new phrase: <strong>&#8220;User generated campaign&#8221;</strong>. We have heard of user generated content a long time ago (In the context of web dynamics, &#8220;a long time ago&#8221; refers to a period of a few years), but this is quite a novelty: Hundreds, if not thousands of &#8220;users&#8221; all over the web create small Obama viral videos, images, games, all without any support or guidelines from the Democrats&#8217; marketing department. It is arguably if those people could be even called &#8220;users&#8221; any more, since among them there are semi-professionals and professionals in photography, music, design, movie industry&#8230; so we are not talking about webcam teenagers here.</p>
<p>The result? Here is just an example: In February 2008 Obama had raised $55 million for his campaign, and out of that amount, $45 million was raised via the Internet. The amount of his small donors is enormous comparing to McCain&#8217;s. They are all &#8220;ten bucks&#8221; contributors, but multiplied by a large number. The story is just too similar to epic success of some of the most popular websites &#8211; they get a cent for a click but millions of them daily.</p>
<p>This leads us to a new buzzword &#8211; <strong>Viral fund raising</strong>. (Yes, keep all those phrases in mind for the next executive meeting, they are neat, huh?). The old-school method of fund raising, used by McCain and even Obama&#8217;s ex-rival Hillary Clinton was litteraly blown away by this new approach. While opponents were raising money traditionally &#8211; using real-life connections, and connections of those connections, and so on, Obama did all this completely viral &#8211; by recruiting unknown Internet users as his micro fund raisers, or as Malcolm Gladwell notes in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Tipping_Point_(book)">&#8220;The Tipping Point</a>&#8221; &#8211; mavens, connectors, and salesmen.</p>
<p>There are also some elements of Social Networking included. For example, when you donate an amount of money on Obama&#8217;s website, they will send you an email with gratitudes, but they will also give you a &#8220;match&#8221; &#8211; a real person who has just donated the same amount of money as you did, and a chance to start a chat with this person. This interaction in many cases <a href="http://okdork.com/2008/05/27/obama-uses-viral-marketing-to-raise-money-and-love/">leads to another donation</a>, or refering a friend. Very powerful! Who knows, they may even introduce an advanced version where the system pops up an image of a handsome man or woman who has just donated and a chance to talk to that person if you double the amount. That would be even more effective.</p>
<p><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-83" title="obama-digg" src="http://www.istokpavlovic.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/obama-digg.jpg" alt="" width="460" height="345" /></p>
<p>If you go to the Digg and select any top list option: Latest 24 hrs, 7 days, month&#8230; it is most likely that four out of five stories will be about Obama. Here is a screenshot I took yesterday. And this is most likely to stay.</p>
<p>Explanation? Well, I think the most part of creative people &#8211; designers, musicians, directors are likely to vote for Obama. These are often people that consider themselves citizens of the planet Earth, no borders, no colors, let&#8217;s all live together, and so on&#8230; unlike republicans who are mostly non-creative and inside the box.</p>
<p>It is most likely that the Internet will be responsible for one of the greatest events in human history: The first black president.</p>
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