Engagement, Not Views, is Driving Today’s YouTube
We all are a bit guilty of checking out a video’s view count and using it as its one and only metric for success.
We all are a bit guilty of checking out a video’s view count and using it as its one and only metric for success.
Super Bowl commercials unsurprisingly dominate February’s Global Ads Chart.
Last week, Advertising Age published a piece about the growth of YouTube in Brazil.

There is no doubt that 2011 has been an epic year for social video.
Do you suppose we’ll see many Black Friday ads, Small Business Saturday stories, and Cyber Monday deals this week?
Back on Oct. 19, 2011, Ronda Carnegie, Head of Global Partnerships at TED, announced on the YouTube Blog that TED and YouTube were teaming up for the second year to present their challenge called “ Ads Worth Spreading .” Last year’s winners included “ The Girl Effect: The Clock is Ticking ” from the NIKE Foundation. This 3-minute ad uses animation brilliantly to make clear the benefits of investing in a single worthy cause.

AdAge, one of the most respected marketing and advertising publications in the world, has just updated their list of the top 10 viral video ads of all time . The list is ordered based on total view counts, and while new branded online videos have scored major hits in the last year, several “classic” viral video ads remain in the top ten.
