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5 AMAZING Flash Mob Marketing Examples that Generated Buzz

October 13, 2010 by Ryan Lum - 9 comments

5 AMAZING Flash Mob Marketing Examples that Generated Buzz Guerrilla Marketing Photo

This week I wanted to bring your attention to this idea of flash mob marketing. If you are unfamiliar with the concept, Aflash mob (or flashmob) is a large group of people who assemble suddenly in a public place, perform an unusual and pointless act for a brief time, then disperse. The term flash mob is generally applied only to gatherings organized via telecommunications, social media, or viral emails. The term is generally not applied to events organized by public relations firms, protests, and publicity stunts.[

More than 200 dancers were performing their version of “Do Re Mi”, in the Central Station of Antwerp. with just 2 rehearsals they created this amazing stunt! Those 4 fantastic minutes started the 23 of march 2009, 08:00 AM. It is a promotion stunt for a Belgian television program, where they are looking for someone to play the leading role, in the musical of “The Sound of Music”.

Beyonce 100 Single Ladies Flash Dance in London


100 Single Ladies stop traffic with Beyonce’s famous leggy dance in Piccadilly Circus, to celebrate the
announcement by Trident of its free Beyonce gig in November.http://www.tridentunwrapped.co.uk

Michael Jackson Beat It Tribute in Sweden

Although this is not a marketing stunt, it is still a great example of generating buzz by the flash mob strategy.

The T-Mobile Liverpool Flash Mob Dance

This flash mob was sponsored by T-mobile to promote and create a stronger brand. It was done at the Liverpool Street Station. There is something about a group of people breaking into dance that just reads…this is fun, join us.

GLEE Seattle 1,000 Person Flash Mob

On April 10th, 2010 an estimated 1,000 people were a part of a Glee flash mob in Seattle, WA.

Organized and produced by Egan Orion and Bobby Bonsey of www.OneDegreeEvents.com and choreographed by Bobby Bonsey and Beth Meberg.

The mobbers performed 3 locations of downtown Seattle. Though this video only shows one of the locations.

Let us know if we missed any must see flash mob examples by commenting below!

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  • megapixel

    What E4 think of smug flashmobbers. Hillarious

  • megapixel

    What E4 think of smug flashmobbers. Hillarious

  • http://twitter.com/brittanynhouser Brittany N. Houser

    I am very interested in guerilla marketing strategies as a college senior who has never really been able to find much about it in my textbooks. I love the idea of flash mobs, they are bold and inviting and can make a great interactive first impression. You can spend hours on Youtube watching great examples. Where I struggle with the concept is with getting your message across. Sure, this method says we’re here and we’re proud of whatever it is we’re representing, but I feel that after the mystery of who or what was behind it goes away, a lot of the message is also lost. How would you go about integrating this demonstration with your long-run strategy? Or is it really just more of a stunt?

  • http://twitter.com/cameronday Cameron Day

    Hm I think a flash mob’s power is in the fact it generates a huge amount of buzz. It’s great if you are trying to promote a new product..but isn’t as effective for a long term strategy.

  • Laura

    what about the flash mom who was in the black eyed peas/oprah thing?

  • Laura

    mob*

  • http://twitter.com/CGuerrillaMBlog Guerrilla Marketing

    Hmm yea I saw that.. wonderful flash mob, but I wonder how much buzz it actually generated.

  • Shawn

    I guess to some degree it contributes to the audience’s goodwill towards the brand…People love seeing exciting things such as flash mob which generates a good feeling which they associate with the promoting brand…Also, these flash mob may have been used to promote one’s brand as fun, trendy and cool which appeals to the younger generation of consumers..

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