Congratulations to Joe Herbert, the creator of the spot “Free Doritos” for not only winning the contest itself, netting him $25,000 and a trip to Florida, but his commercial aired during the Superbowl, and was rated the number one ad in USA Today’s Ad Meter, beating out heavyweights Budweiser, Coca-Cola, and Pepsi. According to the terms of the contest, Doritos now will be paying Joe $1,000,000 for his efforts, making 2009 pretty much the opposite of a recession year for Joe Herbert.
What’s exciting for the rest of us independent video producers is that these guys got a chance to play in the big leagues, and walked away with the top spot, based on their ideas and skills alone. Budget and connections didn’t enter into it, simply using the internet to connect the content creators directly with the audience reaction was all it took to come out on top.
From the article:
“For the first time, it wasn’t an ad agency that created the best-liked Super Bowl commercial. It was two unemployed brothers from Batesville, Ind., whose ad for Doritos — created for an online contest for amateurs — won them $1 million from Doritos maker Frito-Lay, and leaves ad pros with a lot of ’splaining to do.”
Nothing breeds opportunity like success, and I’m sure we’re going to see more high value video contests in the future. Maybe you should start polishing up your skills and take a look at our contest page?
How does $1,000,000 sound for a 30 second ad? Well if you’re a major production house, it sounds like a small budget. But a cool million for an independent video producer isn’t that shabby.
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