
Honda's
advertising agency RPA selected Ultramercial to carry five
different Honda models on five different Ultramercial
network sites: ABC.com, Rhapsody, TheStreet, Motor Trend and
Salon. The campaign, which ran throughout October, was a
huge success. 28% of viewers interacted with the ads,
stretching a 35-second spot into a highly engaging 50-second
long interactive unit. This extra level of interactivity
generated enough interest in the five Honda models that
almost 14% of visitors sought out more information by
clicking through.
More impressive was the demonstration of the effectiveness
of the patented Ultramercial business model where
consumers elected to watch the Honda ads as a way to "pay"
for their content. In addition to screen time, Honda got an
extra boost of goodwill from the campaigns because of the
benefit of the premium content that they were
sponsoring.
In one of the ads, for the Honda Ridgeline, people who
wanted to access the Motor Trend Future Vehicles section
were given the option to play a "concentration" card game.
Although the game was optional, almost one third of viewers
clicked on the cards at least once. See these campaigns in
action by clicking on the thumbnails below.

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