Kevin Chan's Barbarian Blog

We got our game on... and you should too.

kevin@barbariangroup.com(Kevin Chan) — Wed, 16 Feb 2011 15:43:42 -0500

It’s not very often we get the privilege to think about cocktails as part of our jobs, but with our most recent campaign for SKYY Vodka, we were lucky to do just that.

We crafted the engaging, flirty, and curious Get Your Game On application for SKYY Vodka. More fun and intimate than your typical online personality quiz, we brought SKYY’s sexy sensibility alive online with a little help from Facebook and Hunch. We used Facebook’s inherently social environment to get people’s attention, and paired that with Hunch’s clever “taste graph” API to create a neat social experience that’s fun, intimate, and addictive.

After answering a series of saucy questions, you, the user, get your Game Name along with a bevy of tips and tricks to help them ramp up your nightlife game. You can even identify your Facebook friends that might be your social “best bets.” You can continue to compare yourself to and find out a little bit more about your friends on Facebook thanks to Hunch knowing secrets that we only wish we were privileged to. Beyond that, you even get custom tips helping you select the perfect outfit to wear out, a slick pick-up line tailored just for you, and your very own SKYY Vodka cocktail.

Go on – discover your game name. Are you the Sweet Talker? The attention-seeking Flirt? The generous Philanthropist that shows everyone his love? It’s anyone’s guess, but the Get Your Game On Application knows more about you than you may think. Go ahead and pour yourself a cocktail as you toast this awesome experience.

Now go and get your game on!

Formal Friday Salute: Burt For Best Dressed!

kevin@barbariangroup.com(Kevin Chan) — Fri, 01 Oct 2010 15:39:53 -0400

Dear Barbarians:

Let’s celebrate the peak of NY Fashion Week with a fun little Formal Friday contest. A stylish copy of Burt Bacharach’s Timeless box set has found it’s way into my possession (thanks Ben) and it could find its way into your hands if I deem you to be the best dressed Barbarian tomorrow.

Here is some inspiration for you…

And here is the prize…

Formal Friday Salute: Fight!!!

kevin@barbariangroup.com(Kevin Chan) — Fri, 20 Aug 2010 19:01:00 -0400

Blowing off some steam today.

Formal Friday Salute: Hanging

kevin@barbariangroup.com(Kevin Chan) — Fri, 06 Aug 2010 18:24:40 -0400

This is how we hang.

Formal Friday Salute: He's Watching You

kevin@barbariangroup.com(Kevin Chan) — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 18:11:10 -0400

And he knows…