Viral videos are cool and all, but most of them don’t drive sales.

Samsung LED Sheep – how do I even buy an LED from Samsung, if I wanted one?

T-Mobile Dance – not sure exactly what it means or how it is related to cell phone service, but it SURE was cool!

Cadbury Eyebrows – cool, and forwardable video. but what does Cadbury make again? So I can go buy some of whatever they make?  ;-)

etc. etc.  you get the point…

the only videos (below) that actually have anything to do with the product are Filet-O-fish, condom bunnies doing their thing, and Denny’s banana on pancakes.


Source:
http://adage.com/digital/article?article_id=135717

Last Week Brand Campaign Agency Current Week Views* % Change in Views** Watch the Spot
1 1 Samsung Extreme Sheep LED Art The Viral Factory 2,866,364 +39% viral samsung ledsheep 100 Viral videos are cool and all, but most of them dont drive sales.
2 2 T-Mobile T-Mobile Dance Saatchi & Saatchi, MediaCom 876,946 -15% viral tmobile dance 100 Viral videos are cool and all, but most of them dont drive sales.
3 4 Cadbury Eyebrow Dance Fallon 636,418 +27% viral cadbury eyebrowdance 100 Viral videos are cool and all, but most of them dont drive sales.
4 New Geico It’s the Gecko/ Numa Numa The Martin Agency, Horizon Media 442,653 New viral geico numanuma 100 Viral videos are cool and all, but most of them dont drive sales.
5 5 McDonald’s Talking Filet-O-Fish Arnold 378,488 -2% viral mcdonalds filetofish 100 Viral videos are cool and all, but most of them dont drive sales.
6 9 E-Trade E-Trade Baby Grey, New York 323,100 +17% viral etrade babies 100 Viral videos are cool and all, but most of them dont drive sales.
7 New Ray-Ban Never Hide Cutwater 304,970 New viral rayban neverhide 100 Viral videos are cool and all, but most of them dont drive sales.
8 8 Durex Get It On Fitzgerald & Co., SuperFad 235,290 -18% viral durex balloonanimals 100 Viral videos are cool and all, but most of them dont drive sales.
9 Back on chart Denny’s Nannerpuss Goodby, Silverstein & Partners 178,359 -3% viral dennys nannerpuss 100 Viral videos are cool and all, but most of them dont drive sales.
10 6 Vodafone Lewis Hamilton and the RC Office Grand Prix Outsider 171,123 -49% viral vodafone grandprix 100 Viral videos are cool and all, but most of them dont drive sales.
lg share en Viral videos are cool and all, but most of them dont drive sales.

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