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Anatomy of a Viral Video 
#FUTUREM 
Kazi 
Ahmed 
@kaziahmed 
VP, 
Group 
Digital 
Director 
Mediahub/Mullen 
Eric 
Williamson 
@edubble_u 
SVP, 
Director 
of 
Digital 
& 
Content 
Strategy 
Mullen 
Jon 
Ruby 
VP, 
Crea@ve 
Director 
Mullen
THE 
ANATOMY 
OF A 
VIRAL VIDEO
FutureM 2014 - Anatomy of a Viral Video
www.mullen.com/worldstoughestjob
ADVERTISING
FutureM 2014 - Anatomy of a Viral Video
FutureM 2014 - Anatomy of a Viral Video
FutureM 2014 - Anatomy of a Viral Video
post·mor·tem 
pōstˈmôrtəm 
noun 
A methodical fact-finding mission of learning 
from previous actions that we all agree we 
should definitely do after every initiative… 
but never actually do.
SIX 
LESSONS
YOU KNOW 
WHAT THEY SAY
INSIGHT 1 
MOMS AREN’T THE 
PROBLEM, WE ARE
INSIGHT 2 
HARD WORK, BUT 
NOT A “REAL JOB”
THE NEW 
MEDIA HACK
PR: MEDIA 
FEEDBACK LOOP
BABIES OR CATS
MAKE IT COUNT
FutureM 2014 - Anatomy of a Viral Video
2.7M IMPRESSIONS 
800K SOCIAL SHARES 
MOST SHARED ADWEEK 
ARTICLE OF ALL TIME 
INFLUENCED 13+ 
OTHER MEDIA OUTLETS
FutureM 2014 - Anatomy of a Viral Video
FutureM 2014 - Anatomy of a Viral Video
FutureM 2014 - Anatomy of a Viral Video
DON’T SCREAM 
INTO THE WIND
FutureM 2014 - Anatomy of a Viral Video
FutureM 2014 - Anatomy of a Viral Video
CONTROVERSY: 
A GOOD THING
HATERS
FutureM 2014 - Anatomy of a Viral Video
What a surprise, the World’s 
Toughest Job video is just a 
corporate pitch for greeting 
cards
What a surprise, the World’s 
Toughest Job video is just a 
corporate pitch for greeting 
cards
What a surprise, the World’s 
Toughest Job video is just a 
corporate pitch for greeting 
cards
FutureM 2014 - Anatomy of a Viral Video
PEOPLE NEED 
TO FEEL
FutureM 2014 - Anatomy of a Viral Video
FutureM 2014 - Anatomy of a Viral Video
FutureM 2014 - Anatomy of a Viral Video
1. DON’T ASSUME ON INSIGHTS 
2. PR IS A MUST 
3. DAY ONE IS KEY 
4. LAUNCH ALONE 
6. EMOTION = SHARING 
5. BE COOL UNDER PRESSURE
SERIOUSLY, 
THERE’S NO FORMULA

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