Odd Skype promotion: Call a phone booth
The Phone Box Experiment from the:viral:factory, the people who brought you the Skype Laughter Chain. Rob is hanging out at a Spanish payphone for ten days. Call Rob. Or Skype him at +34 951 055 675. See if Rob answers. Ad Age quotes a Henry Cowling statement: "We were inspired by the phenomenon of the Mojave Desert Phonebox, which became known as the loneliest phone booth in the world, and gathered a huge following of people who would either trek to the phone box or call it randomly, just to see if someone answered." That, and to demonstrate Skype click-to-call and international SkypingOut (SkypeOuting?). As stunts go, it’s pretty cheap. But I clicked. At two in the morning Spanish time. Rob didn’t answer. Hi, my name is Rob Cavazos, born and raised in Monterrey, Mexico. I?m 28 years old and a huge Manchester United fan. I speak German, Spanish and English and have lived in England, Mexico and Germany. My favourite film has to be a three-way tie between Chasing Amy, The Princess Bride and Amores Perros. I love to play sport, including American Football (come on Green Bay Packers!) and basketball. Some people say that I look like a hobbit, especially after I broke my nose shooting a fight-scene in a student film. I?ve been hit by a car twice (not the same one) which is probably why I like walking round London in the middle of the night when it?s really quiet. I?m always up for meeting new people so just give me a call. At a loss for what to say if he picks up the phone? Ask Rob to repeat Inigo Montoya’s line from The Princess Bride: "Hello. My name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my father. Prepare to die." With passion. Once again. Tell him Phil from Skype Journal sent you. tags: skype, marketing, promotion, stunts, spain, phonebooth, payphone, landlines, skypeout, robcavazosCall me at +1-510-316-9773, Skype me, follow @skypejournal and @Phil Wolff.
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