relish being cruel. Yet some companies, even some with the most sophisticated marketing in the world, have attempted to do viral marketing and failed spectacularly. These are 10 of the funniest ways in which online marketing fell apart all thanks to the work of trolls.
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Source/Further reading:
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/04/04/business/media/04adco.html
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5320442
http://www.thesportster.com/entertainment/top-25-longest-active-championship-droughts-in-sports/?view=all
http://www.thestar.com/sports/leafs/2015/11/24/maple-leafs-no-longer-nhls-most-valuable-franchise-according-to-forbes.html
http://www.thescore.com/nhl/news/729216
http://gawker.com/5962642/susan-boyle-temporarily-regains-relevance-by-inviting-her-twitter-followers-to-an-anal-bum-party
http://seekingalpha.com/article/1031271-coca-cola-the-worlds-most-recognized-brand-with-a-50-year-record-of-increasing-dividends?page=2
http://businesscasestudies.co.uk/coca-cola-great-britain/within-an-arms-reach-of-desire/sponsorship-and-brand-recognition.html#axzz44rEwz9nO
http://money.cnn.com/2015/12/08/technology/donald-trump-internet/
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https://youtu.be/3A3RSAO5Izc
http://www.rollingstone.com/culture/news/starbucks-scraps-their-race-together-initiative-20150322
http://www.livescience.com/39110-japan-2011-earthquake-tsunami-facts.html
http://abcnews.go.com/Business/story?id=8214818
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/03/27/seaworld-twitter-fail_n_6950902.html
https://twitter.com/hashtag/mynypd
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-nation/wp/2014/04/22/well-the-mynypd-hashtag-sure-backfired-quickly/