It’s Gonna Be May

Background President Donald Trump announced on March 29th that he would be extending social distancing guidelines for at least another month, specifically until April 30th. The next time we could be outside and live a normal life again is possibly in May. Every year when the month of May approaches, memes would surface on social […]

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Marketing A Meme

My objective for this project was to just hit at least 100 views on my meme. I was expecting it to be difficult to draw a large number of views to Imgur because it was a platform I wasn’t familiar with and had never used before.   What I realized throughout this project is that […]

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The Viral Betty White

Objective: I believe the best way for me to measure the marketing of this meme is keep track of how many views I am at after I post on a social media site. For example, the day that I post on Instagram, a couple hours later I will check Imgur to see if I have […]

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Animal Crossing Meme

Objective The goal of the campaign is to go viral, or have as many people see it as possible. The measurable objective of this campaign is to hit at least 100 likes on Twitter and to have over 1k view count on imgur.  Background One popular format I have seen of a lot of text […]

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SpongeBob Goes Viral

Background This meme is based on the “Meets” Meme frame, combining the “To-Do List – Nothing” SpongeBob GIF and current culture during the coronavirus pandemic. This meme frame became popular on Twitter beginning in 2018 and continues to be popular, reemerging over the past year. Featured below is an example, using this meme frame, that […]

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Memes: Proceed with Caution

Memes have become synonymous with social media, as they are weaved throughout our social feeds. But has anyone considered that they may cause more harm than humor? A meme is typically a visual form of communication, in which a picture with a relatable message written on it expresses a certain feeling or emotion towards an […]

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