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5 marketing wins that broke the internet this week

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Tom Orbach
Oct 06, 2025
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Monday inspiration time!

The biggest marketing wins this week came from brands doing things that shouldn’t work.

OpenAI released some *very* unexpected ChatGPT ads. A fintech startup faked UFOs and got thanked for it. Some guy built 276K followers by repeating one line in every post. And empty platforms where first-movers are getting millions in free reach.

It’s all working brilliantly.

I tracked down the five most viral marketing moves happening right now. Each one breaks different rules, but they’re all tapping into something marketers have been ignoring for years: being weird is more valuable than being right.

If you’re still playing it safe while your competitors are embracing chaos → you’re already behind.

Here’s what’s breaking the internet (and how to copy it):

🤖 The campaign that made AI feel like 1994
🌀 Secret empty platforms giving away millions in reach
🟣 The hoax that generated 3.7M views in 48 hours
🧠 One line repeated 200 times = 276K followers
📦 Packaging that shuts down critics automatically

Plus the two-word sign that beats any slogan ever written.

Let’s dive in.

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