| Another one of the best viral marketing campaigns, | | | | spread of the video all over the internet. |
| this one in particular was part of a larger campaign | | | | -Subtlety |
| called the "Dove campaign for real beauty ". The viral | | | | There is no mention of any dove products through the |
| video consisted of an insider's look on the beauty | | | | entire video; the only mention of Dove is in the short |
| industry, revealing to the audience the internal workings | | | | end credits. But the underlying message implies that |
| of using beauty for advertising. | | | | you should stop trying to look like supermodels just try |
| The video begins with a normal pretty girl taking a seat | | | | to be clean, all you need is a bar of soap. |
| in front of a camera whereby a group of makeup | | | | -The feel good factor |
| professionals turn her into a model looking girl. The | | | | The feel good factor here is huge, what women |
| makeover does not end there however; a photo of | | | | doesn't want to know that she is beautiful even if she |
| the girl is then altered digitally to look even more | | | | doesn't look like a supermodel? None! This had a |
| beautiful. | | | | tremendous effect on the appeal of the video. |
| Finally the finished photo is then used on a billboard | | | | -Continuity |
| advertising a fake beauty product. The video was | | | | Dove quickly released a "making of" video of the |
| viewed 40,000 times in the first day of its release and | | | | original viral video, with interviews and behind the |
| 1,700,000 times within a month of its upload. Here is | | | | scenes footage, this kept the buzz alive till they |
| why: | | | | released the next viral video, Dove Onslaught. |
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