This is the week marketers wait for all year – Super Bowl! While the week’s top performing viral videos remained Youtube’s “Rewind” video, the rest of the top 10 were aired at the Super Bowl and included Hyundai’s “A Better Super Bowl” tribute to U.S. forces, a racy Shades of Grey type of video from T-Mobile, and Mr. Clean “The Cleaner of Your Dreams,” Airbnb video on acceptance, and Kia’s “Smarter Way” staring Melissa McCarthy, plus many more.
The chart highlights viral video ads that appear on online video sites. Each ad measures viewership of brand-syndicated video clips as well as social video placements that are driven by viewers around the world. Visible Measure’s True Reach™ quantifies the total audience that has been exposed to a viral video campaign. There are three key factors for viral video success:
- Reaching the tastemakers.
- Building a community of participation.
- Creating unexpectedness in the video.
Regardless of the type of product or service, the country of origin, or the importance of the message, what matters is reaching the audience in a way the both entertains and informs.
Check out the top Super Bowl videos and discuss what makes them “go viral.”
Group Activities and Discussion Questions:
- Bring up Ad Age’s weekly Viral Video chart: http://adage.com/article/the-viral-video-chart/viral-video-chart-02-13-17/307973/
- Divide students into teams. Have each team select an ad on the top video chart and analyze the ad.
- What is unusual?
- Who will it interest?
- What is the key message?
- How effective is the ad at getting the company’s brand and message across to viewers?
- In teams, have students design a viral video for a product of their choosing. What are the elements that are needed to go viral?h
Source: Advertising Age
