Viral Video: The ParkMe Dudes Booting Austin
ParkMe is an app that AllThingsD writer Ina Fried wrote was “the best (and worst) marketing gimmick in Austin” at the SXSW Interactive festival last week.
Simply put, the Los Angeles-area start-up used fake tickets and boots to get the word out about their app, which recommends the “cheapest and closest parking around you.”
Yes, boots in Texas. Heh.
Here is a video ParkMe did about the effort: