#zombiesarereal

Any way possible social media is causing less intelligence?

 Khan, Ali S. CDC, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: Preparedness 101: Zombie Apocalypse,

https://blogs.cdc.gov/publichealthmatters/2011/05/preparedness-101-zombie-apocalypse/. 16 MAY 2011

Last week I poured into the need to know the audience and stick to keeping the attention of that unique segment.  But how do you develop a following audience that not only enjoys your story but recommends it to others?  How do you make your audience so loyal that they become your brand ambassador?  Make them a part of the story. Opening the story up beyond your media - into their world.  If you start with a comic book that has a huge following, try setting up a website for the fans to discuss with each other.  If that grows, try making a TV show.  Then try starting a weekly podcast discussing the plot twists of the week and provide new insight to the audience.  Keep going until the audience can wrap themselves up in the story so much that they feel like a part of it.

It’s amazing now how many forms of media we have at our disposal to captivate an audience.  Traditionally, there was just printed media like books, newspapers, magazines, and comics.  Even these old school methods could reach a dedicated mass audience wanting more each week.  One of the biggest experiments in audience immersion started with a radio show.  In 1938, Orson Welles caused a nationwide panic with his broadcast of War of the Worlds. The dedicated listeners knew that the hour of his broadcast was meant for a radio drama.  Casual listeners just assumed that his story was a real life news broadcast -- the headline was “ALIEN INVASION.”  A panic ensued before everyone realized that the story was not real life but rather the best story told in decades.

Today if you want to immerse yourself in the zombie apocalypse, the world could easily begin to start to smell like rotting flesh.  You can wake up to a radio show trying to scare you in your boxers.

Then, for your morning run, put your headphones on and start-up the Zombies Run! app to hear the real world around you turn into an apocalyptic mission of running from zombies.

When you make your way to the bus stop for your morning commute, sit back and listen to  other people fight off Los Angeles zombies in an episode of the podcast, We’re Alive!

When you get to work, your groggy co-workers will look like zombies as they lumber over to the break room for coffee.

If you want to survive the day, it might be a good idea to read The Zombie Survival Guide by Max Brooks on your lunch break.

By the time you brave your way past all of the sick and coughing people in the subway ride home, you’ll be glad no one bit you because some of them will be running a 5K over the weekend with blood pouring from their face.

Finally, sit back and relax at home and laugh at how ridiculous the world could be in Zombieland.  Stick to the rules and you’ll be just fine, Woody Harrelson’s got your back, because like it or not, you’re a part of the story now.

Just watched this video and it was extremely disturbing! Everyone, the Zombie Apocalypse is really coming! Remember the movie 28 days later? The Rage virus? The government has manufactured and licensed a rabies hybrid of the ebola virus and now they're talking about vaccinating people with it! Be aware everyone!