Burger King and P Diddy got together on the DiddyTV on YouTube to announce that they were entering into a partnership. The first episode features Diddy walking through a Burger King, chatting to the camera and ordering a Whopper.
Not everyone on YouTube enjoyed this though. LisaNova became something of a YouTube celebrity after posting her own version of this clip as a video response:
The LisaNova clip has twice as many views as the P Diddy clip! Think this is a good example of how brands now need to engage consumers, rather than just preach at them. The key thing is to operate within the 'rules of the universe' and give consumers something useful - two things that the Diddy clip didn't do.
Bo Hellberg from Ogilvy summed this up nicely at IAB Engage 2007. He says "if brands are going to gatecrash the party, they can at least turn up with some booze."
