Brooklyn Pizzeria Nails Viral Marketing With Its Safe, Edible Take on the Tide Pod ChallengeVinnie's Pizzeria jumped quickly on the disturbing trend and came out with PIEd Pods.

ByStephen J. Bronner

Vinnie's Pizzeria | Twitter

Tide Pods are notfood. They clean clothes. They should never go in your mouth.

But, that hasn't stopped kids and young adultsfrom ingesting themanyway, all in a bid for some quickinternetfame.

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Sean Berthiaume, co-owner ofVinnie's Pizzeriain New York, told狗万官方that he had a dream involving an edible item based on Tide Pods. He then created PIEd Pods, mini calzones with the hypnotic colors of Tide Pods. Once he posted an image of them online, "it blew up," he says.

Online fame and thesubsequent media coverageit brings is great, but what does it mean for his business? Customers coming to the shop from all over the country, he says.

I spoke to Berthiaume about creating new items based on pop culture and other methods to market your business. Check out the video below.

Stephen J. Bronner

Entrepreneur Staff

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Stephen J. Bronner writes mostly about packaged foods. His weekly column isThe Digest. He is very much on top of his email.

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