Comments on: Lead in Online Marketing…with ASCII http://ariwriter.com/lead-in-online-marketingwith-ascii/ Strategies and tips on social media and online marketing Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:20:22 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Ari Herzog http://ariwriter.com/lead-in-online-marketingwith-ascii/comment-page-1/#comment-984 Ari Herzog Sun, 26 Oct 2008 18:00:43 +0000 http://www.ariwriter.com/?p=699#comment-984 Since you brought up Facebook which has the stigma for attracting a large high school and college user base, I wonder how many of the above *use* Excel, let alone know what Visual Basic is even if they'd never used it. Since you brought up Facebook which has the stigma for attracting a large high school and college user base, I wonder how many of the above *use* Excel, let alone know what Visual Basic is even if they’d never used it.

]]> By: Jamie Scheu http://ariwriter.com/lead-in-online-marketingwith-ascii/comment-page-1/#comment-980 Jamie Scheu Sun, 26 Oct 2008 15:39:26 +0000 http://www.ariwriter.com/?p=699#comment-980 Interestingly, about three years ago I assessed the viral potential for ASCII art in Facebook. The profile Wall has always been limited to strictly text-only messages (until the Publisher interface launched with the new design, at least), so ASCII art represented an opportunity for brands to create unique viral messages. There were already a couple of ASCII art memes floating around at the time (do a google search for "you've been hit by the beautiful truck"), so the environment was at least reasonably conducive to a viral ASCII campaign. These days, though, there are fortunately many other channels for engaging users on Facebook, particularly through the development platform, so the potential of ASCII art has been diminished. Still absolutely love what AC/DC has done with it though. <abbr><em>Jamie Scheu´s last blog post..<a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/scheuguy/~3/428576999/" rel="nofollow">The Bubble Bursts for Facebook Applications</a></abbr></em> Interestingly, about three years ago I assessed the viral potential for ASCII art in Facebook. The profile Wall has always been limited to strictly text-only messages (until the Publisher interface launched with the new design, at least), so ASCII art represented an opportunity for brands to create unique viral messages. There were already a couple of ASCII art memes floating around at the time (do a google search for “you’ve been hit by the beautiful truck”), so the environment was at least reasonably conducive to a viral ASCII campaign. These days, though, there are fortunately many other channels for engaging users on Facebook, particularly through the development platform, so the potential of ASCII art has been diminished. Still absolutely love what AC/DC has done with it though.

Jamie Scheu´s last blog post..The Bubble Bursts for Facebook Applications

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