7 of the Best Promotional Product Videos Ever

 One of the wisest things I've ever read about product marketing came from the writer of a children's book.

"If you want to build a ship, don't drum up people to collect wood and don't assign them tasks and work, teach them to long for the endless immensity of the sea," said Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, creator of The Little Prince.

The goal in crafting a perfect product video is not far off. If you want your video to resonate, it should be about more than just the product. It should be about the problem, the solution, the experience, and the larger vision of what you're trying to build.

Considering the right video can put a product on the map for the first time or reinvigorate a company that has long been stale, it's important that marketers have a strong grasp on this. So to inspire your own efforts, we've collected a list of impressive product videos for marketing a product or new release.

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What is a product video?

Product Videos Defined

A product video is one that explains and visually exhibits a product's tangible benefits. A lot of product videos tend to emphasize a product's unique features, but one chief thing that truly differentiates a good product video is its ability to exhibit how it solves problems.

What Makes a Good Product Video?

As a rule, remarkable product videos encompass the following:

  • Engaging dialogue and narration
  • Long enough to fully explain the product and its benefits, but short enough to keep the viewer's attention
  • Professionalism, without being "stuffy"
  • Empathy and relatability

Want to see how these elements are put into action? Check out the examples below.

7 Promotional Product Videos That Make You Want to Buy

1) Blendtec: Will it Blend?

I'm digging into the archives for this one, but in the world of videos that add life to a product, few have done it better than Blendtec. The company's CEO, Tom Dickson, became a YouTube icon back in 2006 with the introduction of his Will it Blend? series.

Since then, Blendtec has expanded the tremendous success of these videos to other channels, enabling viewers to suggest things to blend on Facebook. The company even has its own Wikipedia page dedicated to the series.

The success of this video comes down to two things: a clear, unwavering message and a company with a personality. In seven years, the series has never changed. The point of each video and the underpinning of the product positioning is essentially, "Why yes, it will blend."

For years, we've been watching this product blend everything from glow sticks to an iPhone. The videos are minimally expensive, product-focused, and garner millions of views. In a recent interview, Dickson explained the history and success of the video series:

"'Will it Blend?' was developed accidentally by a new marketing director hired in 2006. I have always been one to try to break my blenders to find their fail points and determine how I can improve them. George, the new marketing director, discovered some of the wacky things I was doing to my blenders ... With a $50 budget, George bought a Happy Meal, a rotisserie chicken, Coke cans, golf balls, and a few other items, and they made five videos. Six days later, we had six million views on YouTube. Six years, 120-plus videos, almost 200 million views later, 'Will it Blend?' has been named as the number one viral marketing campaign of all time [by Ad Age]."

Here's Tom blending a Facebook request: Justin Bieber. The video earned 2.8 million views (and counting) on YouTube.

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