Sunday, November 7, 2010

Top 10 Most Influential Branded Viral Videos

Advertising professionals said you can’t plan a viral video. You can only make an awesome video and hope for it to go viral. They also said that there really isn’t anyone who can claim they are experts in this field because the world is just too big and people are so different that it is so hard to predict what kind of a video would click.

10. Inspired Bicycles = 20,841,872 hits


inspired Top 10 Most Influential Branded Viral Videos

Advertiser: Inspired Bicycles

Ad Agency: N/A

Made from Inspired Bidcycles. It was shot over a period of several days.

I think it clicked simply because he is a damn good biker and the music is wonderful.



9. Piano stairs= 13,063,853 Hits


piano Top 10 Most Influential Branded Viral Videos

Advertiser: Volkswagen

Ad Agency: DDB Stockholm

It’s just fun.



8. Boone Oakley 1,053,775 Hits


boone Top 10 Most Influential Branded Viral Videos

Advertiser: Boone Oakley Advertising Agency

Ad Agency: Boone Oakley

Boon and Oakley decided to walk the talk by converting their website to a youtube video as they try to get more digital projects.



7. Evian 103,867,704 Hits


evian Top 10 Most Influential Branded Viral Videos

Advertiser:

Ad Agency:

This is expensive to make and was actually intended as a TV material.



6. Will It Blend 9,054,432 Hits


blend Top 10 Most Influential Branded Viral Videos

Advertiser: Blendtec

Ad Agency:

The idea is so silly, it’s brilliant.




5. Google Chrome Test = 3,814,352 Hits


chrome Top 10 Most Influential Branded Viral Videos

Advertiser: Google

Ad Agency: Google

They said there’s gotta be “truth in advertising”. The claims in this video are all true. The truths are awesome.



4. Blairwitch Project = unknown


blair Top 10 Most Influential Branded Viral Videos

Advertiser: The Film Studio

Ad Agency: I don’t know

One of the earliest attempt to use the internet to promote anything that is branded, in this case, it’s a movie. Aside from releasing a trailer which was shot like it was a homemade, they also launched a site that talked about the supposed Blairwitch tale.



3. Kobe Jumping over A Car = 7,203,870 hits


kobe Top 10 Most Influential Branded Viral Videos

Advertiser: Nike

Ad Agency: I can’t remember the name

Just plain awesome.



2. Dove Evolution = 11,880,274 Hits


dove Top 10 Most Influential Branded Viral Videos

Advertiser: Dove

Ad Agency: Ogilvy

First time the power of Photoshop was demonstrated in public!



1. Old Spice = 57,132,669 Hits


old Top 10 Most Influential Branded Viral Videos

Advertiser: Old Spice

Ad Agency: I don’t know

They are said to be the number one in the market now. All because of this series of videos.



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