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Another Trick from Jeremy Shoemaker (Shoemoney). It is so Easy to Fool People and Drive Traffic to a Website.

September 14, 2009 By: Sergey Rusak Category: Ideas, Social Media, Success Stories 2 Comments →

 AzoogleAds Fake Check from Jeremy Shoemaker

 Jeremy Shoemaker made fake picture of him holding $500 000 dollars check from AzoogleAds. He did not hide that it is a joke and it was saying on his blog that the image was made on Photoshop and everyone can post it on his blog or forum. Suddenly image appeared in numerous blogs and websites; some of them (who don’t know how to read) made sensation out of image saying that Jeremy really earned half million using AzoogleAds. Other blogs and networks accused Jeremy in lying to his own readers. Anyway, result was just great… Shoemoney blog and AzoogleAds got extra web visibility, more backlinks, higher traffic, and more leads.

 Jeremy stated on his blog: “It was an amazingly good campaign for them. Its been on numerous websites who think they have discovered it was fake… even though it says it here. Good for traffic” and added in different post “I am still amazed how all these sites get duped so easily, It’s great for traffic though so I will take it”.
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Dimitri the Stud, Year Long Viral Sensation is a Hoax

September 08, 2009 By: Sergey Rusak Category: Social Media, Viral Videos 32 Comments →

 I hate to be a party pooper but the most popular voicemail Dimitry the Stud is fake, hoax, staged, and not real! I don’t know how many people already showed me this YouTube video and blog posts… I am tired to tell everyone that the guy who stay behind Dimitri the Stud hoax is James Sears who call himself Dimitri the Lover and run a website with the same name. He lives in Toronto and used to work as psychiatrist but in 1994 he lost his licence. Now James call himself a pick up expert and sell books and advices for guys who want to be successful with women.

Dimitry the stud, fake viral voicemail

 For those who never watched or listened Dimitry the Stud I’ll remind, in 2008 blogs and social media sites posted recordings of the voicemail from a desperate guy name Dimitri who called girl Olga after she gave him her business card in the bar. In the first message Dimitry tells that “women approach him 6 or 7 times a day, but Olga is the one who got unique opportunity to meet him and let romance to begin”, in the second message Dimitry is getting really upset that Olga never called, he set a dead-line to call him back, tells her that she might have passion aggressive disorder, explain that he is a great “catch” who is great in bed. I mean, there are a lot of creeps out there and i guess most girls met guys like this in their life experience. Dimitri the Stud seems realistic, you need to hear: Read more to hear fake voicemail

“Mad Men Yourself” – Viral Web Application to Promote Mad Men Television Series

September 05, 2009 By: Sergey Rusak Category: Ideas, Social Media No Comments →

Web applications became a powerful tool in marketing. Success of Elf Yourself by Office Max turned web application into powerful marketing tool to generate brand awareness in online and offline media. Creation of web application and placing it on a corporate website brings more traffic to a website when “word of mouth” spreads across social networks like Facebook, MySpace, or Twitter.

Madmenyourself - web application to promote Mad Men television series

My “creation” on MadMenYourself, I called it “Me in 20 years”.

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