Video Marketing

Product Marketing Video Examples: 28 Ways to Make the Case

Introduction

A product marketing video makes one case

Picture your buyer at a desk. Sound off. Your product video in one tab, a competitor's in the next.

They aren't asking what your product does. They're asking what it can prove. Is the problem real? Does it work? Can I check the claim? Do I want it?

A video that tries to prove all four proves none. A video that makes one case, and makes it well, gets the next click.

The short answer: the product marketing videos that work make one of four cases. Smoke Alarm shows the gap before the product. Skeleton View shows the parts moving. Ledger pairs every claim with a number or a named feature. Daydream puts the buyer in the world the product makes. The 28 examples below cover software, hardware and consumer brands, sorted by the case they make. For ads sorted by the role the product plays instead, see these product advertisement video examples.

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28 examples

Product Marketing Video examples

Way 1 · Smoke Alarm

If your buyer doesn't feel the gap, show it before the product.

Nobody buys a smoke alarm while the kitchen smells fine. Your buyer treats their workaround the same way. Until the cost is on screen, your product answers a question nobody asked.

I call it the Smoke Alarm: one scene of the problem or the missed chance, played before the product shows up. Five examples.

PartsSource on-site service video

PartsSource sells on-site equipment repair to hospital HTM and CE directors. The video opens on medical staff putting out fires, then turns repair into a managed process.

What works here:

  • The problem is a picture. Staff fighting fires is what reactive equipment repair feels like to the people doing it.
  • The model borrows trust. PartsSource compares itself to Angie's List, Uber and Amazon, so a complex service reads like an app the viewer already uses.
  • Control closes the case: repair status tracking, cost savings on every job and warranties on services.

The move: Compare your product to one app your buyer already trusts. If they need a second sentence to get the comparison, pick a different app.

ExpleoNóra anti-smishing video

ExpleoNóra protects banking apps from smishing, the fraud that arrives by text message. Expleo calls it the world's first anti-smishing solution for banking apps.

What works here:

  • The threat gets a face. Dark, neon-lit CGI and a hacker figure send fraudulent messages around the world before any product appears.
  • Then the fix, in one step. Links are checked in real time against a blocklist, and the user sees an instant warning.
  • Privacy answers the next worry. Processing happens on the device, so messages never leave the phone, and GDPR compliance is named.

The move: After the threat, answer the objection your buyer's security team will raise next. If your fix creates a new worry, close it on screen.

LexisNexis Nexis research video

LexisNexis sells Nexis to teams that make decisions from research. The video starts with the pile of decisions a person faces every day, and the data behind the big ones.

What works here:

  • The old way gets named: generic web searches with vague results, paywalls and fake news.
  • Then one place. Nexis is shown pulling credible reports, data and insights together.
  • The close is the work after the search: personalized dashboards, alerts and analyses the viewer can share.

The move: Name the three things wrong with how your buyer does it today. Make each one something they hit this week.

Accenture generative AI video

Accenture's 31-second spot sells generative AI work to financial institutions. It moves from a data challenge to new opportunities, with doors opening on screen.

What works here:

  • Abstract 3D carries the idea. Morphing objects and particle systems stand in for data being transformed.
  • The promise is three plain outcomes: more efficient, wiser and faster.
  • One picture closes it. Doors open, and the viewer reads new business opportunities without a line of explanation.

The move: If you sell a service, not a screen, give the outcome one picture. A door opening needs no voiceover.

Printify product lines video

Printify's video announces new product lines for sellers: skincare, supplements and coffee. It opens on the size of those markets, then shows how a seller gets in.

What works here:

  • The gap is an opportunity, not a pain. Busy consumer markets come first, so the viewer wants in before Printify appears.
  • The path is four steps. Pick products, personalize them, list them across sales channels, and Printify handles production and shipping.
  • The close is about money: sellers keep their earnings and reach buyers worldwide.

The move: If your buyer isn't in pain, show the market they're missing. Then show the way in, one step at a time.

Way 2 · Skeleton View

If they doubt it works, show the parts moving.

Once they feel the gap, the next doubt arrives. Does this thing actually work?

A watch with a clear case back sells the movement inside. Your buyer's technical evaluator wants the same view of your product. I call it the Skeleton View: the inside of the product, or the flow through it, shown one part at a time. It's the idea behind every 3D exploded view video. Nine examples.

Opel Corsa-e electric car video

Opel's video sells the Corsa-e, an electric small car. The animation goes beneath the body to show the battery, the motor and how they work together.

What works here:

  • The battery placement is shown, not described, with a hint at what it does for handling and cabin space.
  • The motor's response is animated, so acceleration is felt before any figure appears.
  • Regenerative braking is shown recapturing energy. A technical term becomes efficiency a driver understands.

The move: Show where your key part sits and what it does for the user. If the viewer needs the spec sheet to follow, add a shot.

BD Kiestra 5 lab automation video

BD's 33-second MedTechMinute clip shows Kiestra 5, lab automation for microbiology samples. CGI opens the machine so you can watch samples move inside it.

What works here:

  • A ghosting effect makes the housing see-through. The inner mechanism and the sample path stay in view.
  • The workflow runs end to end, from sample loading to final analysis, at a brisk pace.
  • It fits in 33 seconds because it follows one flow, not every feature.

The move: If your product runs where nobody can see it, make the case transparent. Then follow one item through it.

Provisur Barracuda meat separator video

Provisur's video explains the Barracuda, a machine that separates meat from bone. The animation takes you inside to the screw that does the work.

What works here:

  • The core process is the hero. A screw action extracts meat from bone, shown up close.
  • Options get their own shots. Tapered and cylindrical heads are shown controlling yield.
  • Reliability features close it: soft start and auto reverse.

The move: Find the one part that makes your product work. Give it the longest shot in the video.

REG biodiesel engine video

Published on Chevron's fuels channel, this video goes inside a diesel engine to show what REG biodiesel changes. Each benefit is tied to a part.

What works here:

  • High lubricity is shown reducing wear on critical components. That's the case for longer engine life.
  • A higher cetane number means the fuel ignites quickly, for more complete combustion.
  • Less particulate buildup means fewer DPF regenerations, which saves fuel and lowers maintenance costs.

The move: Tie every benefit to the part it changes. A claim with a location is easier to believe.

Ansys computational fluid dynamics video

Ansys answers the question in its own title: what is computational fluid dynamics? It uses the airflow around an F1 car to show it.

What works here:

  • The invisible gets drawn. Airflow around the car becomes visible through simulation.
  • The CAD model is split into a mesh, so the viewer sees how the software breaks a problem down.
  • The payoff is speed: quick virtual tests of design variations before anything is built.

The move: If your product works on something invisible, borrow a famous object to show it. An F1 car makes airflow worth watching.

Legrand LINKEO C cabling video

Legrand's LINKEO C video shows a network cabling system going together. The focus is toolless termination and fast assembly.

What works here:

  • Modules click into panels on screen. Easy installation is proven by watching it happen.
  • Cable management is shown as part of the setup, not an afterthought.
  • The performance promise is specific: up to Cat. 6A.

The move: If your buyer's fear is setup time, show the setup. Every click on screen is one less objection on the sales call.

Valley center pivot irrigation video

Valley's Pivot 101 explains what a center pivot is. The system crosses varied fields and delivers water to crops with accuracy.

What works here:

  • The title is the buyer's question: What is a Center Pivot?
  • The machine is shown moving across different landscapes and crops.
  • The case is resource math: bigger harvests from less water and effort.

The move: If your category is new to the buyer, title the video as their question. Answer it before you sell.

Appwrite Cloud backend platform video

Appwrite Cloud is a backend platform for developers. The video walks through the pieces in order: authentication, databases, storage, functions and real-time APIs.

What works here:

  • SDKs for Web, Flutter, Apple and Android come first, so a developer sees their own stack before the pitch.
  • Each piece gets one benefit: image transformation in storage, serverless functions deployed from Git, unlimited real-time subscriptions.
  • The line that sticks is the one in its YouTube title: build like a team of hundreds.

The move: List your building blocks in the order a developer uses them. If one block needs a paragraph, it needs its own video.

Mindray mWear patient monitoring video

Mindray's mWear is a wearable patient monitor. The video follows the data from the patient to the clinician who acts on it.

What works here:

  • Pairing is one step. Clinicians scan to connect devices for vital sign monitoring.
  • The hard part is named. Patients move, so anti-motion algorithms reduce interference.
  • Abnormal signs trigger real-time alarms on Mobile Viewer, and the same system extends to home hospital care.

The move: Follow one signal from its source to the person who acts on it. That path is your product.

Way 3 · Ledger

If they doubt the claim, put a number or a named feature on screen.

It works. But how well? That's the doubt your buyer takes to their boss.

A restaurant bill lists every dish with its price. A total on its own gets questioned. Your buyer's CFO reads your product claims the same way. I call it the Ledger: every claim paired with a number or a named feature the viewer can check. Seven examples.

Voith BRIDGE offshore vessel video

Voith's video sells its VSP drive for offshore wind vessels, under the name BRIDGE. The case is built from operating days, not engine specs.

What works here:

  • One comparison does the proof. VSP's area footprint is overlaid against conventional Azimuth thrusters.
  • The result is in the operator's units: up to 15 more operating days and 25% more transfers a year.
  • Track record closes it: over 30 ships operated since 2007.

The move: Convert your spec into the unit your buyer reports on: days, transfers, tickets. Then show the comparison that earns it.

AMD Ryzen Embedded V2000 video

AMD's video launches the Ryzen Embedded V2000 processors. 3D renders open the chip, and on-screen text puts a number on each gain.

What works here:

  • The architecture comes first: a 7nm process and Zen 2 CPU cores.
  • The gains are numbers. AMD claims a 15% generational IPC uplift and 40% better generational graphics performance.
  • Range is a number too: designs from 10W fanless up to 54W, and four 4K displays at once.

The move: Put one number on screen per claim, worded the way your source states it. If a claim has no number, prove it another way or cut it.

Bosch Unlimited 7 vacuum video

Bosch's video sells two things at once: suction power and reach. X-ray CGI shows the motor, then live action shows the flexibility.

What works here:

  • The motor gets numbers: 66,000 RPM for the TurboSpin motor, and over 99.9% dust pickup.
  • Features are named, not described: Flex Tube, Quick Stand and Easy Parking Clip.
  • Each named feature gets a scene, like the bendable tube reaching under low furniture.

The move: Give your key features names and one scene each. A named feature is easier to remember, and easier to ask sales about.

Lendi home loans TV spot

Lendi's 30-second TV spot sells home loan comparison. It makes a slow, daunting process look quick.

What works here:

  • Choice is a number: thousands of home loan options from over 25 lenders.
  • Time is the contrast: answers in minutes rather than weeks.
  • Refinancing gets a mention too, so existing borrowers see themselves in it.

The move: Turn your speed claim into a before and after: weeks to minutes. Two time units beat one adjective.

GitHub Octoverse 2024 video

This one isn't a product video. GitHub's Octoverse 2024 video reports trends from its own platform, and the product is the place they happen.

What works here:

  • The data is the pitch: a near doubling of AI projects, and Python rising to the most used language.
  • Growth is shown by region, with developers in Africa, Latin America and Asia.
  • Open source shows up in new places too, like Jupyter Notebooks.

The move: If your product holds data your market wants, publish the trend report. It sells the platform without a feature on screen.

BlueBet betr app video

BlueBet's video announces the betr app, built on the BlueBet app its users already know. It's a merger message, told as a feature list.

What works here:

  • Existing users hear it first: the features they already like stay.
  • New features are named: fast withdrawals, multi-bet options, and real-time tracking across racing and sports.
  • At 41 seconds, each feature gets a quick shot and nothing else.

The move: When you change a product people already use, name what stays before what's new.

Logitech Signature Slim MK955 video

Logitech's 31-second video sells the Signature Slim Combo MK955 for Business, Copilot Edition. One key carries the message.

What works here:

  • The Copilot key is the hook. It lights up on screen and ties a keyboard to AI at work.
  • The rest is a short spec list: slim profile, laptop-style typing, partly recycled plastic.
  • The YouTube title names the buyer's setting: business, on Windows.

The move: Pick the one feature that's new this year and show it first. The specs can follow as a list.

Way 4 · Daydream

If they buy on feeling, put them in the world the product makes.

Some buyers don't doubt the specs. They need to want it first.

A travel poster sells the beach, not the flight. Your brand film does the same job when a software buyer is choosing between two equal products. I call it the Daydream: the world your buyer lives in after they buy, shown before the details. It's how most product videos built on emotion work. Seven examples.

Acura ADX launch film

Acura Canada's French-language spot introduces the all-new ADX. It isn't a tutorial. It's a mood: the car turns iridescent, then digital, then drives into a fantasy landscape.

What works here:

  • Form is the subject. The car shifts from physical to iridescent, so design is the first message.
  • A deconstructed digital sequence hints at the technology underneath.
  • The landscape sells an escape from the everyday.

The move: If design is your edge, give the first 10 seconds to form alone. Save the specs for the product page.

Heesen Yachts XV67 film

Heesen's Meet the XV67 film sells a yacht through the trips it makes possible: remote landscapes and underwater worlds.

What works here:

  • The experience comes first. The vessel is framed as a platform for adventure.
  • Features answer the life shown. Redesigned tender storage frees guest space, and there's a helideck and a beach club.
  • It blends two buyer types, explorer and luxury, into one crossover.

The move: Show what your buyer does with your product before you show the product. Then attach each feature to one of those moments.

Sofitel Legend brand film

Sofitel's Simply Legendary film sells a hotel collection, not one product. A collage style mixes archive moments with modern visuals.

What works here:

  • History is the product. Each hotel is framed as a place where history and art are still alive.
  • The collage gives the film the feel of a living storybook.
  • Every property ties luxury to local heritage and French art de vivre.

The move: If you sell a portfolio, find the one trait every product shares and make that the film.

Noonday Collection community film

Noonday Collection's film isn't about a product. It invites viewers into its community with one metaphor: a woman carrying the world alone.

What works here:

  • The burden is a picture. A woman struggles under a world-sized egg.
  • Then a community lifts it together, and the globe blooms.
  • It closes on real artisans, so the 2D metaphor ends in real people.

The move: If your product is a community, show the burden it shares. Then show the people sharing it.

Vantiva Soundscape video

Vantiva's video sells Soundscape, a home entertainment device. It shows sound as energy, then turns the living room into outer space.

What works here:

  • Specs become sensation. Abstract energy flows stand in for the engineering inside the device.
  • The room dissolves into space, a picture of total immersion.
  • Named specs ground the fantasy: Dolby and wattage.

The move: Pick one picture for the feeling your product creates. Then name one spec that earns it.

Dyson New Year purifier spot

Dyson's 7-second spot ties its air purifiers to New Year family reunions. Engineering parts turn into glowing lanterns, then into the purifiers.

What works here:

  • Parts become culture. Familiar Dyson components are redrawn as lanterns.
  • The benefit is a moment: clean air for a family gathering at home.
  • Seven seconds is enough because the picture does the talking.

The move: Tie your product to one date your buyer already cares about. The season does the context work for you.

ASUS ROG Strix SCAR 16/18 video

ASUS sells the ROG Strix SCAR 16/18 gaming laptops with high-speed fantasy action, then cuts to the technology underneath.

What works here:

  • The world is hyper-real. Performance is staged as action, not as benchmarks.
  • Glimpses of Conductonaut Extreme liquid metal cooling and power boosts explain how.
  • The ROG Nebula HDR display gets its own moment.

The move: If you sell performance, stage it as action. Then cut to the one part that makes it possible.

Pick your case

Which case does your product marketing video make?

The short answer: ask one question. What does your viewer still doubt: that the problem is real, that it works, that the claim holds or that they want it? The answer picks the case. One case per video. If two doubts are loud, make two short videos instead of one long one.

If your buyerUseDo thisExample to copy
doesn't feel the gapSmoke AlarmOne scene of the problem or the missed chance, before the productPartsSource
doubts it worksSkeleton ViewThe inside, or the flow through it, one part at a timeREG biodiesel
doubts the claimLedgerA number or a named feature beside every claimVoith
needs to want itDaydreamThe world after the purchase, before the detailsHeesen Yachts

Now go back to that buyer with two tabs open. They'll close one. The one that stays made a single case they can repeat to someone else.

The move: write your product's case in one sentence. If the sentence needs an and, cut one half. Make that half the video, and save the other for the next one.

A video that shows everything asks the buyer to build the case. A video that makes one case lets them repeat it.

FAQ

Product Marketing Video Examples FAQ

What is a product marketing video?
A product marketing video is a short video that makes the case for buying a product. It shows a buyer why the product matters to them, then gives them one next step. The best ones make a single case: the gap, how it works, proof of the claim, or the feeling of owning it.
How long should a product marketing video be?
Long enough to make one case. 20 of the 28 videos on this page run under 2 minutes. The shortest is Dyson's New Year spot at 0:07. The longest is the REG biodiesel video at 3:15, because it walks through an engine part by part.
What's the difference between a product marketing video and a product demo?
A product marketing video makes the case for buying. A demo shows the product doing a real task, so a buyer can judge the fit. Marketing videos suit ads, launches and product pages. For the task-led format, see these B2B product demo videos.
Should a product marketing video open on the problem or the product?
Open on the problem if your buyer doesn't feel it yet. ExpleoNóra opens on a hacker sending fraudulent texts before the product appears. If your buyer already feels the pain, skip the setup and go straight to the product. They won't wait through a problem they already know.
Which case should a software product video make?
Usually the Ledger or the Skeleton View. Software buyers want to see how it works and check the claim. Appwrite lists its building blocks in order. GitHub shows its platform data. For more software formats, see these SaaS product video examples.
Should a product marketing video use 3D animation or live action?
Use 3D to show what a camera can't: the inside of an engine, a chip or a sealed machine. Use live action to show the product in a real place. Bosch uses both: X-ray CGI for the motor, live action for the tube reaching under furniture.
How many numbers should a product marketing video show?
One per claim, at most. Voith uses two that matter to its buyer: more operating days and more transfers a year. Every number should be worded the way its source states it. A number nobody can check does more harm than no number.
Can a product marketing video sell a feeling instead of features?
Yes, when your buyer has to want the product before they compare it. Heesen sells the XV67 through the trips it makes possible. Dyson ties its purifiers to a family reunion. Then the features attach to the feeling.
How do you market a product that works where nobody can see it?
Make it see-through, or borrow a famous object. BD's Kiestra 5 clip uses a ghosting effect to show samples moving inside the machine. Ansys uses an F1 car to make airflow visible.
How do you market a new version of a product people already use?
Name what stays before what's new. BlueBet's betr video tells existing users their favorite features remain, then lists the new ones. Changing a product people rely on creates worry, so answer it first.
What should the call to action be in a product marketing video?
Ask for the one thing the video was made to get: a demo, a trial or a visit to the product page. Use a clear call to action with an action verb, and match it to the case the video made.
How do you measure a product marketing video?
Pick the goal first: awareness, demo requests or sales. Then track the numbers that match it. Click-through on the call to action tells you whether the case landed. Drop-off points tell you where it stopped making sense.

Patterns from the analysis

Product Marketing Video Best Practices

None of these 28 videos were broken down from full transcripts. The counts below use two facts anyone can check: each video's runtime and its YouTube title. Read them as patterns in this set, not as market data.

Length by Case

Does the case a video makes change how long it runs?

Observation
Videos that show the inside run longest. Provisur, REG biodiesel, Valley and Mindray all pass 2 minutes. Smoke Alarm videos stay short, because one scene of the gap doesn't need more.
Data
8 of 28 run under 1 minute, 12 run 1 to 2 minutes, 8 run past 2. 4 of the 9 Skeleton View videos pass 2 minutes. 0 of the 5 Smoke Alarm videos do.
The move
Let the case set the length. A gap needs one scene. A mechanism needs one shot per part, so cut parts before you cut shots.
Buyer in Title

Should a product marketing video name its buyer in the title?

Observation
PartsSource names HTM and CE directors. Expleo names banking apps. Voith names offshore vessels. Logitech names business users on Windows. The rest name the product, a benefit or a mood.
Data
4 of 28 YouTube titles name the buyer or the buyer's setting.
The move
Put your buyer's job title or setting in the video title. The right viewer clicks. The wrong one scrolls past, which saves your sales team a call.
Question Title

Should a product marketing video be titled as a question?

Observation
Valley titles its video What is a Center Pivot? Ansys titles its short What is Computational Fluid Dynamics? Both explain a category before selling, and both are Skeleton View videos.
Data
2 of 28 YouTube titles are a question a buyer would type into search.
The move
If your video explains a category, title it as the buyer's question. Then answer it in the first 10 seconds.

How to plan

Where to use your product marketing video

Put each case where its doubt shows up. That one rule decides most placements, and it fits most tech marketing videos too.

  • Ads and social. Smoke Alarm and Daydream cuts. They work on a viewer who wasn't looking for you.
  • Product pages. Skeleton View, above the fold, for the buyer checking how it works.
  • Sales follow-ups. Ledger videos, sent after a call, so your champion can forward the numbers.
  • Launch announcements. The case that's new this release, not the whole product again.

How to plan a product marketing video

Eight decisions, in order. Each one narrows the next.

  • Buyer. Who's watching decides what the video has to prove. Buyers care about what the product can do for them, so start there.
  • Doubt. The one thing they don't believe yet.
  • Case. Smoke Alarm, Skeleton View, Ledger or Daydream.
  • Proof. The scene, the part, the number or the world that makes the case.
  • Script. Write the last line first. Then the first line. Then the middle.
  • Style. 3D for what a camera can't show. Live action for real places. Screens for software.
  • Length. One case, as short as the proof allows.
  • Call to action. Decide the ask before you record, so the whole video builds to it.

Product marketing video production process

Every product video runs through the same three stages. Knowing them keeps a project from drifting.

  • Pre-production. Write a creative brief with the buyer, the doubt and the case. Then the script, the storyboard, the budget and the timeline.
  • Production. Model and animate the product, record live action, or capture clean product screens. Record the voiceover.
  • Post-production. Edit, add motion and sound, get feedback in one round, then cut a version for each channel.

If your product is physical, budget the most time for 3D. Like most hardware demo videos, the inside view is where the hours go.

About the author

About Jai Ghosh

Jai Ghosh
Video Producer at Advids · LinkedIn

Jai Ghosh is a Video Producer at Advids, where he has planned and produced videos for B2B software and technology companies for 7 years. He works on product demos, explainer videos and brand videos, from the first script to the final cut, for clients from startups to enterprises.

Before Advids, Jai spent over 11 years in freelance media consulting, after starting out in digital journalism. He writes the Advids blog's breakdowns of product and demo videos, sorting real examples by the question each one answers for a buyer.

  • Focus: SaaS product demos, explainer videos and brand videos
  • Experience: 7 years at Advids, over 11 years in media consulting
  • Background: digital journalism

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