FutureM 2014 Anatomy of a Viral Video Speakers: Eric Williamson (@edubble_u) SVP, Director of Digital & Content Strategy, Mullen Kazi Ahmed (@kaziahmed) VP, Group Digital Director, Mediahub/Mullen Jon Ruby VP, Creative Director, Mullen In advertising, we work tirelessly to create what we hope is incredible branded content and then pay to get it in front of as many of the right people as possible. Our success is measured by some combination of business results, brand surveys and industry awards. But what really gets our blood pumping is when our work grabs the attention of the masses and goes viral. At Mullen, we recently had the good fortune of experiencing this with a video we created for American Greetings’ Mother’s Day campaign. Naturally, when you do something great, you want to understand how you did it, so you can do it again. Our project post-mortem revealed some interesting insights about how and why something spreads among consumers and media, which is what we will share in this presentation, “Anatomy of a Viral Video.”