Now you can, for less than many small business spend on their monthly pay-per-click campaigns, create and use video ads to promote your business. To give you some ideas and inspiration we've put together a collection of the best video commercials and ads.
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The
Rowboat
A good example of what the small business
owner can do with online video without spending a
fortune to create an online advertisement.
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Will It Blend Ad
Want to increase your sales by 500%? That's what these insanely funny ads by Blend Tec have done by generating a tsunami of attention for their blenders. This one alone has over 5 million views. |
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Dove
Evolution Ad
This video commercial reportedly cost Dove $50,000
to make and has been viewed well over three and a half
million times or less than a penny and half per view.
Wouldn't you like that kind of exposure? |
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Slob
Evolution Spoof
(one of the dozens)
Spoof Ad cost probably less than $2,000 to produce.
Views - over 200,000 thousand. Sales? In most cases
a spoof like this won't help you increase sales but
if a video like this can attract thousands of viewers
shouldn't you think about using video commercials too? |
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PC
vs Mac - At work
The PC vs MAC war - from the pc's point
of view. Written and directed by Laurie mcguinness. |
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South
Park Mac vs. PC - Spoof
Don't watch it if South Park offends you but do note
that this spoof has been viewed over 750,000 times,
or four and half times as often as the single Apple
commercial above. |
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Tea
Partay
This commercial spoofs itself, making it entertaining
to watch, again and again resulting in well over 3
million views on youtube alone. |
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Suicide
- Hoover Ad for Electrolux, China
This commercial transcends the language barrier,
using suspense to keep you watching and the ending
has a surprise twist. |
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Snickers
- Get Some Nuts
This ad is funny but may not appeal to everyone. |
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Heinz -
It's Slow Good
I wouldn't do what the central character does in this
but I'd agree with this advertisement. |
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Use Condoms
Another commercial that transcends language barriers
and makes use of something all parents have experienced
at least once. |
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Travelers
Insurance Rabbit Foot Commercial
A good ad keeps you watching, gets the message across
and helps you remember the company that ran the ad.
This does all three. |
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Ford
Mustang with Steve McQueen
Almost great. This gets off to a slow start but works
in the end. |
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Rolling
Rock Beer Ape
I can't say as I love this really dumb commercial but
viewers love it. |
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American
Express Commercial - Wes Anderson
One of the best of this great series of celebrity commercials. |
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Lotto
Instant Kiwi - Exam
This ad has a great ending. |
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Volkswagen:
Un-pimp Your Ride
This VW commercial has been viewed over 3 million times. |
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Stem
Cell Research - Michael J. Fox
If this ad doesn't make you think twice, nothing
will. |
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Dorritos
- Checkout Girl
This commercial pulls out all the stops and made me
hungry too. |
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Bartles & Jaymes
- Perfect Ice Topping
Something to go with the chips? |
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iPhone
Ad
Simply but effective this ad works by detailing
the unique qualities of the product. |
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Swedish
Self Cleaning
This commercial is hard to forget and needs
almost no words to get the message across. |
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Speeding
Graphic commercial about the consequences of speeding. |
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IBM Servers
This is a great commercial take off on the heist idea. |
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GoDaddy
Whether you like it or not - sex
sells. GoDaddy has built their marketing around
it and built a hugely profitable business because of
their marketing. Their product is inherently boring
but their ads are anything but. This is one example
of their successful ads. |
