Created to promote the company’s original auto parts, Volkswagen’s ‘One Click’ campaign is a brilliant appropriation of YouTube.
The entire idea of the advertising focuses around the idea of originality. Noticing an insurmountable amount of YouTube spin-offs from original content, VW decided that they would intervene in a way that worked for them. The auto company placed ads on imitation clips, and clicking on those ads led viewers to the original copy of a YouTube video. For example, someone watching a terrible rendition of ‘Thriller’ would be directed to the original by Michael Jackson. Remarkably in touch with web trends and providing a welcomed service at once, this approach is outstandingly innovative.
Volkswagen, a company who has always held a solid cultural connection, has really hit it out of the park with this YouTube campaign.
The entire idea of the advertising focuses around the idea of originality. Noticing an insurmountable amount of YouTube spin-offs from original content, VW decided that they would intervene in a way that worked for them. The auto company placed ads on imitation clips, and clicking on those ads led viewers to the original copy of a YouTube video. For example, someone watching a terrible rendition of ‘Thriller’ would be directed to the original by Michael Jackson. Remarkably in touch with web trends and providing a welcomed service at once, this approach is outstandingly innovative.
Volkswagen, a company who has always held a solid cultural connection, has really hit it out of the park with this YouTube campaign.
