Zorbeez WINNERS!
And the Top 5 videos from the Zorbeez assignment on XLNTads as chosen by the good folks at Zorbeez HQ (in no particular order) are… *drumroll, please*
Zorbeez Old School - FreshSqueezedMedia
Super Absorbent Cloth - jhbmw007
Cleans Just About Everything - majordiamond
Bloody Good Zorbeez - Plato33
Zorbeez Eco Friendly - jenneleudtke
Great job, everyone. Congratulations! Fantastic creative work.
Tags: zorbeez, commercial, winners, video, advertising, xlntads
March 31st, 2008 at 9:24 pm
Congrats to the top 5 winners. I’m a little surprised that the brand would approve a video promoting the use of their product to clean up after a murder.
March 31st, 2008 at 9:28 pm
Truth. But it is a very good video.
Viral potential?
March 31st, 2008 at 11:53 pm
Wow… these are the winners hahaha… my buddy’s video was better then that girl talking on the phone, and the rap… lol… figures .:.
April 1st, 2008 at 1:00 am
@Robert - which one was that?
April 1st, 2008 at 4:17 am
Of course I would have liked to have been in the running (Dam Absorbant), but I guess I’m surprised that “Zorbeez Milk Mishap” isn’t up there.
April 1st, 2008 at 4:42 am
Zorbeez ‘Satisfied Customer’… Maybe because he didn’t use the exact functions and qualities of the cloth, but he got the votes and started the idea… i dunno…
April 1st, 2008 at 12:33 pm
Congratulations, winners — Great work!
April 1st, 2008 at 1:43 pm
Yes, congrats. Which one won the top prize?
April 2nd, 2008 at 3:24 am
I don’t think anyone won any prize- due to Zorbeez company run into “financial issues” is what I was told. It’s a shame xlntads does not back their stated contest prizes- I hope this type of thing does not continue to happen
April 2nd, 2008 at 3:18 pm
I guess to be fair, the prizes were only guaranteed if Zorbeez chose to use the ads on television or the Internet.
April 2nd, 2008 at 3:24 pm
Also, it is my belief that these 5 winners will receive $100 worth of Zorbeez products. I guess that’s equivalent to about 24 jumbo cloths, 36 large cloths, and 6 Micromen dusters?
April 2nd, 2008 at 6:08 pm
Just wondering when was Bloody good Zorbeez submitted because I dont remember seeing on there until just recently? Hmmm
April 2nd, 2008 at 7:23 pm
Bloody Good Zorbeez was submitted fairly early on, but we put a hold on it because we weren’t sure that ZorbEEZ would be comfortable with it…. apparently they were!
April 3rd, 2008 at 9:37 pm
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April 3rd, 2008 at 11:11 pm
Congrats to the winners! There were a lot of great ones submitted. I didn’t participate but I really dug all that stuff - talking towels, murder, hip hop - very cool. I am inspired.
P.S. - can I borrow one of your free zorbees? I make a mess every time I film one of these things
April 4th, 2008 at 5:49 am
There were better videos who were not chosen.
Bad decisions, I never imagine that a crime were a finalist, if I were a zorbeez customer I will never buy a towel with that crap ad. and wasn’t posted, may be was submitted by xlntads or zorbeez friend?
this shows me the lack of professionalism in xlntads and their customers.
what target group are you reaching with a crime scene?
what target group will buy zorbeez.
think in that when selecting winners.
April 4th, 2008 at 2:13 pm
Hi Carlos, the Bloody Good Zorbeez add was made by one of our creators, and we didn’t make it live on the site because we thought it was questionable. But the brand loved it and thought it was funny. Obviously, it’s a joke, right? We’re in the business of sometimes making ‘viral’ videos and that was one we thought people would laugh at and pass around to their friends. Maybe we’re wrong. But in the end, we didn’t choose these finalists, Zorbeez did. I do sincerely apologize if it offended you!
April 4th, 2008 at 4:57 pm
It’s not about offending anyone its about XLTADS held on to it because you felt it wasnt right for Zorbeez which to me means you had discretion on the content. I was always under the assumption that these video’s were being made solely on the purpose of TV advertisement. Which now I am understanding that it is not. If they wanted Youtube ads I would have geared my work that way. I didnt know that I could make an ad that would be for web viral use. I mean most people have posted their work on youtube and other sites such as youtube even before the clients chose a video. So to me that means they are getting free advertisement anyway.
April 5th, 2008 at 6:20 am
Brett you are right so many creators are working for free.
April 7th, 2008 at 6:38 pm
Brett - when we started out, it’s true that we wanted to make TV-quality content for our clients. But once we got into it, we saw more and more videos that would be more fit for a ‘viral’-type campaign. And then our clients started asking more and more for that as the buzz around that model keeps getting hotter in the marketplace and as they believe it to be a less-expensive outlet for their media.
You did right. That’s what we asked for, and that’s what they wanted.
As for posting to YouTube, we say specifically that we don’t allow people to post their videos on sharing sites. If people do, that’s of their own accord, no because we told them to. Brands are very careful about this and have a vested interest in protecting their brand image online and off. They do not plan on letting these videos loose in the wilds for free.