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Cheer Up

Australians may need to visit www.supporterscheerup.com after Australia lost to England during the rugby world cup quarter-finals this weekend.

This highly effective viral online campaign was created by DDB for Philips for the FIFA 2006 World Cup. It's a good example of how variable-data publishing campaigns don't always need to include print. It leverages streaming video in Flash to deliver a novel message for your 'mates' who may need cheering up if their team didn't win the world cup.

There doesn't really seem to be a call-to-action, but Philips are probably trying to publicise the fact that they're an official sponsor of the world cup and that they can relate to football supporters.

Posted on Sunday, 7 October 2007 at 10:29 PM | TrackBack: http://www.veedeepee.com/cgi-bin/mt-tb.cgi/36

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Eliot, when did you last test this? I can't seem to get it working. I think all the cheerleaders have gotten bored and gone home.
:<(

Posted by K. Duane Mackey on Friday, 12 October 2007 at 10:02 PM

Still works for me. Maybe they're not so keen on cheering for you.

Posted by Eliot Harper on Friday, 12 October 2007 at 10:19 PM

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