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B2B Introduction Video Examples: 14 Ways to Show the Unseen

Introduction

A B2B introduction video shows what the buyer can't see

Most of what a B2B buyer is asked to pay for is out of sight. Data moving through a pipeline. Code moving through a build. Oil hiding in a compressor's waste water.

So most B2B introduction videos fall back on a logo and three adjectives. Faster. Smarter. Simpler. The buyer can't check a single one.

The intros that work pick one hidden thing and put it on screen. Which thing depends on what your buyer can't see yet.

The short answer: the B2B introduction videos that work make one unseen part visible. Junk Drawer shows the mess of the old way before the product. Marble Run animates the data, code or language your product moves. Sliced View cuts the casing open so buyers see the build. Utility Bill turns the payoff into a number a buyer can read. The 14 intros below are grouped by the unseen part they show. Introducing the whole company rather than one product? Start with these B2B company intro videos instead.

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14 examples

B2B Introduction Video examples

Way 1 · Junk Drawer

If the old way feels normal, show the mess before the product.

Every kitchen has a junk drawer. Nobody sees it as a problem until they need batteries in a hurry. Your buyer's five-tab workaround is that drawer, and it feels normal to them.

I call it the Junk Drawer: open the old way on screen first, so the product arrives as the way out. Three examples.

ZoomInfo Engage demo video

ZoomInfo Engage sells one sales platform in place of many tools. The video opens on an animated sales rep juggling apps, then brings the whole cycle into Engage.

What works here:

  • The mess comes first. A rep overwhelmed by separate tools is a scene every sales leader has watched on their own team.
  • Then the fix gets specific: prospecting, outreach and CRM logging in one place, with an automated sales dialer and pre-recorded voicemails.
  • A live feed tracks delivered and opened emails, and managers create, prioritize and assign call or email tasks to the team.

The move: Show your buyer's juggling act in one shot before your product appears. If a sales leader wouldn't recognize the scene, it's too generic.

Pitch 2.0 introduction video

Pitch introduces version 2.0 of its presentation software. It opens on a feeling every team has: getting “stuck at the start” of a big idea.

What works here:

  • The blank start is the junk drawer here. Nobody budgets for it, but every team loses hours to it.
  • Then a text prompt becomes a multi-slide draft. A “rewind” effect hands control back to people, who change colors, fonts and content together.
  • It ends after the deck is sent. Charts and visitor activity logs show who opened it and what they looked at.

The move: Name the stuck moment your buyer never puts on a budget line. If it takes more than one sentence to say, keep cutting.

SVT Robotics SOFTBOT introduction video

SVT Robotics introduces the SOFTBOT Platform, which connects robots to enterprise systems without custom code. The old way, slow custom-coded integration, is on screen before the platform.

What works here:

  • The barrier gets a picture. A shattering-glass effect breaks the wall of traditional deployment, and the promise becomes “hours, not months.”
  • The platform sits in the middle as a hub, linking robotic arms and AMRs to systems like WMS or ERP.
  • Features appear as cards you can swap, so a new robot or a system update doesn't touch the rest of the operation.

The move: Turn your buyer's slowest step into one image, then break it. If the before scene doesn't show time lost, it's decoration.

Way 2 · Marble Run

If your product works out of sight, animate the thing it moves.

The mess is visible now. But the fix still runs where nobody can watch it.

A marble run is fun because you can follow the marble all the way down. Data, code and language move just as much, but no buyer ever sees them. I call it the Marble Run: build a track on screen and let the viewer follow one piece through your product. Four examples.

Deloitte DataHub introduction video

Deloitte UK introduces DataHub, a data management solution. CGI shows scattered data points being collected, checked and processed through a plinko-style board.

What works here:

  • Data becomes objects. Each data point is a sphere, so the chaos of distributed data is something you can see, not something you're told.
  • The board is the product. Spheres drop through it and come out sorted, which shows collection, validation and processing in one motion.
  • The ending shows where the data goes: color-coded streams flow into separate outputs, with on-screen text and a configurable dashboard for reporting.

The move: Turn one unit of what your product handles into an object, then follow it start to finish. If you can't name the object, the idea isn't clear yet.

Appen NLP explainer video

Appen's video introduces natural language processing before it introduces Appen. It explains NLP as the bridge between human language and machine understanding.

What works here:

  • Motion graphics and on-screen text break the idea into short parts, from slang and sentiment to how a machine reads them.
  • Familiar uses carry the abstract part: virtual assistants and translation software.
  • The company arrives through the problem. NLP works only with high-quality language data, which is the part Appen supplies.

The move: If buyers don't know your category yet, explain the category first and make your role its key ingredient. If your name appears before the problem, move it.

CircleCI resilient teams video

CircleCI's video shows software teams moving from disconnected stacks to one delivery system. Abstract shapes and color stand in for code moving to production.

What works here:

  • Geometric shapes come together on screen, so “integrated deployment and repository tooling” reads as a picture, not a phrase.
  • The story is about reaction: teams spot a new challenge, work on it together and ship the fix fast.
  • Named customers ground it. Condé Nast and Click Mechanic appear as real teams using CircleCI.

The move: If your product's work is abstract, pick one shape for it and keep that shape all the way through. Then name one customer who runs it.

Clarivate IP lifecycle video

Clarivate introduces itself as one partner for creating, managing and protecting intellectual property. It turns an idea's path to market into something you can watch.

What works here:

  • A car goes from wireframe to finished render. That one shot shows an idea becoming a protected product.
  • Familiar pictures, like penicillin's formula and DNA, stand in for inventions buyers already know.
  • Data, software and expert services line up along the full IP lifecycle, backed by over 50 years in the field.

The move: Show one idea's whole path through your product in a single shot. If the viewer can't point to where your product starts, add a marker.

Way 3 · Sliced View

If the value is inside the box, cut the box open.

Watching it move helps. But some buyers judge the build, not the flow, and the build sits behind a casing.

A cake cut in half shows every layer. Your buyer's engineer wants the same view of your hardware, your module or the engine under your software. I call it the Sliced View: open the casing on screen and name each layer. Four examples.

Watson-Marlow Bioflex Ultra video

Watson-Marlow introduces Bioflex Ultra, a PTFE hose for pharmaceutical and biotech fluid transfer. 3D cross-sections reveal the parts a buyer could never inspect in a catalog.

What works here:

  • Layered animation peels the hose open: a smooth bore PTFE liner inside, a convoluted outside, and no adhesive anywhere.
  • Each layer answers a purity worry. The smooth bore leaves no entrapment zones, which matters for Clean-in-Place and Sterilize-in-Place cycles.
  • Then the options: anti-static liners, five external cover materials and a large choice of end-fittings.

The move: Cut your product open and tie each layer to one buyer worry. If a layer doesn't answer a worry, skip it.

Vertiv SmartCabinet video

This video introduces Vertiv's SmartCabinet Premium, an all-in-one data center cabinet. It answers a space problem with 3D cutaways and X-ray views.

What works here:

  • The X-ray shows the room inside: 42U of usable space, with 0U vertical mounting for non-core gear.
  • Security is built in, not added: a biometric fingerprint lock, full HD CCTV with DVR and a fire alarm system.
  • It looks ahead. Remote monitoring sends email alerts, and dual rack expansion and an optional lithium-ion battery cover growth.

The move: If your edge is how much fits in the box, X-ray the box. If the viewer can't count what's inside, the shot is too fast.

Atlas Copco OSC introduction video

Atlas Copco introduces the OSC, an oil-water separator for compressor condensate. It opens on “Let's talk condensate treatment,” then walks through every chamber inside the unit.

What works here:

  • The reason comes first. Owners of oil-injected compressors need a separator to comply with local rules, and the video says fines can be significant.
  • The cutaway follows the water: a diffuser and expansion chamber, a polypropylene filter, then activated carbon, until the outlet holds less than 10 ppm of oil.
  • Service gets its own scene: a saturation indicator, an overflow warning, a test outlet and a 4,000-hour service interval.

The move: Follow one drop through your product, chamber by chamber, and end on a number at the outlet. If the stages blur together, slow down.

Roson dental chair introduction video

Roson introduces its KLT-6210 S3 dental chair to clinics. It isn't software, but it shows how 3D turns a spec sheet into something a buyer can turn and inspect.

What works here:

  • Comfort is shown, not listed: a “butterfly” backrest, a rotatable armrest and a 380mm lowest position for easy entry.
  • 3D scenes switch between top-mounted, hanging and cart installations, so a clinic sees which one fits its room.
  • Color options such as orange, dark blue and grey appear on the model, along with a three-color light.

The move: If your buyer picks a configuration, show each one on the same model, one after another. If they need the brochure to compare, add a scene.

Way 4 · Utility Bill

If the payoff is invisible, put it on a bill they can read.

The build is visible. One gap is left: the payoff, which nobody feels until money moves.

Nobody notices the electricity they waste. They notice the bill. Your product's savings work the same way: invisible until they land as a number the finance team reads. I call it the Utility Bill: end on the result as a figure. Three examples.

Jooby smart lighting video

Jooby introduces smart street lighting for cities. It opens on lights blasting at full power, which the video says costs Europe 27 million euros a day.

What works here:

  • The waste has a price before the product has a name. That turns a lighting upgrade into a budget conversation.
  • The mechanism is simple to watch: wireless LoRa sensors on existing lights dim them when nobody is there and brighten them on movement.
  • The close is the bill. Jooby claims 80% less power use, up to 50% cheaper maintenance and a three-year payback.

The move: Put the cost of the old way and your payback period on screen as numbers. If a finance lead couldn't repeat them, simplify them.

Tarkett ReStart explainer video

Tarkett introduces ReStart, its program for recycling used PVC flooring at industrial scale. Motion graphics walk through the cleanup, then put the result in numbers.

What works here:

  • The steps are shown in order, from removing putty and glue to granulation, so “recycling” stops being a vague word.
  • Then the bill: “23,000 tonnes of PVC flooring waste” collected and “9.8kg of CO2 saved per m² recycled.”
  • It answers a quality doubt too. The recycled material goes into phthalate-free homogeneous flooring.

The move: Give your result two numbers: one for volume and one per unit. If the per-unit figure is missing, your buyer can't scale it to their own account.

ANTStein SQUARE introduction video

AntWorks introduces ANTStein SQUARE for transport and logistics billing. It shows the delays and manual work first, then the platform.

What works here:

  • The problem is a familiar desk: piles of billing documents in many formats, some with handwritten notes.
  • The engine gets one name, Fractal Machine Learning, and one job: straight-through processing of those documents.
  • The headline is the figure: AntWorks titles the video on 92% extraction accuracy, with less processing time and fewer errors.

The move: Put your strongest accuracy or time figure in the title and the last scene. If it only appears once, buyers will miss it.

Pick your way

Which unseen part should your B2B intro show?

The short answer: ask what your buyer can't see today: the cost of the old way, the work your product does, the build inside or the payoff. The answer picks the way. One unseen part per intro. If two are hidden, make two short videos.

If your buyer can't seeUseDo thisExample to copy
the cost of the old wayJunk DrawerOpen on their workaround, then the productZoomInfo
the work your product doesMarble RunTurn one unit into an object and follow itDeloitte DataHub
the build insideSliced ViewCut the casing open and name each layerWatson-Marlow
the payoffUtility BillEnd on the result as a numberJooby

Now go back to the logo and the three adjectives. Faster, smarter, simpler. A buyer can't watch any of them happen. Every way above swaps an adjective for something the buyer can see.

The move: write down the one part of your product a buyer can't see today. Put it on screen in the first 20 seconds of your intro.

An adjective asks the buyer to trust you. A visible part lets them check.

FAQ

B2B Introduction Video Examples FAQ

What is a B2B introduction video?
A B2B introduction video is a short video that introduces a product, platform or company to business buyers. The good ones make one hidden thing visible: the cost of the old way, the work the product does, its build or its payoff. Most of the 14 examples on this page run between 1 and 3 minutes.
How long should a B2B introduction video be?
Most run 1 to 2 minutes. 10 of the 14 intros on this page fall in that range. The shortest is Clarivate at 1:05. The longest is Atlas Copco at 3:12, because it walks through every chamber of the unit. Cut anything that doesn't show the unseen part.
What's the difference between a B2B introduction video and a product demo?
An introduction tells a buyer what the product is and why it matters. A demo shows it doing one task in detail. Intros come first in the buying process, and demos follow once the buyer is interested. For that format, see these B2B demo video examples.
What should a B2B introduction video show first?
The thing your buyer can't see yet. If they think the old way is fine, open on its mess, the way ZoomInfo opens on a rep juggling tools. If they already feel the problem, open on your product doing the work. Your logo can wait for the end.
How do you introduce a product that has no user interface?
Turn what it handles into an object. Deloitte shows data points as spheres falling through a board. CircleCI uses shapes coming together for code moving to production. The same approach drives most technical animation videos.
How do you introduce a hardware product to B2B buyers?
Open it up. Watson-Marlow peels its hose into layers. Vertiv X-rays its cabinet to show 42U of usable space. Atlas Copco follows condensate through each chamber of its separator. Name every layer you show, and tie it to one buyer worry.
Should a B2B introduction video name customers?
Yes, if you can. CircleCI names Condé Nast and Click Mechanic, and it's the only intro of these 14 that does. A real customer name tells the buyer that teams like theirs already run the product. One or two names are enough.
Which numbers belong in a B2B introduction video?
The ones your buyer will repeat to someone else. Jooby shows a three-year payback. Tarkett shows CO2 saved per square meter recycled. AntWorks puts 92% extraction accuracy in its title. Pick one number per intro and say it twice.
Should a B2B introduction video use a voiceover?
Usually, yes. A voiceover lets the screen carry the unseen part instead of filling it with text. Add captions too, since many viewers watch with the sound off.
What should the call to action be in a B2B introduction video?
Ask for the next step a new buyer is ready for: a demo, a spec sheet or a call. One ask, as an action verb, at the end. A clear call to action matters more in an intro, because the viewer has just met you.
How do you measure whether a B2B introduction video works?
Pick the goal first: demo requests, spec downloads or reach. Track clicks on the call to action against that goal. Then check watch time and where viewers drop off. Run A/B tests on two openings with the same audience.
How do you cut a B2B introduction video for LinkedIn?
Lead with the unseen part, not the logo. On LinkedIn video, many viewers scroll with the sound off, so put the one number or the one image in the first seconds with on-screen text. Keep the full version for your product pages.

Patterns from the analysis

B2B Introduction Video Best Practices

These counts come from the 14 breakdowns above: one full transcript (Atlas Copco) and the written breakdowns of the other 13. Fourteen is a small sample, so read each count as what these 14 did, not as market data.

Problem Open

Should a B2B introduction video open on the problem?

Observation
ZoomInfo opens on a rep juggling tools. Pitch opens on being “stuck at the start.” SVT Robotics opens on slow custom-coded integration. Jooby opens on lights at full power. AntWorks opens on billing delays. Atlas Copco opens on compliance rules.
Data
6 of 14 clearly opened on the buyer's problem before the product.
The move
If your buyer thinks the old way is fine, open on its cost. If they already feel it, open on your product.
Checkable Number

Should a B2B introduction video include a number?

Observation
Jooby shows a three-year payback. Tarkett shows 23,000 tonnes collected. AntWorks titles its video on 92% extraction accuracy. Atlas Copco gives less than 10 ppm at the outlet. Vertiv shows 42U, Roson 380mm and Clarivate over 50 years.
Data
7 of 14 put a specific number on screen or in the title.
The move
Use one number your buyer can check. “Fast” is a feeling. “Hours, not months” is close. A figure is a reason.
Existing Stack

Should a B2B introduction video show what the buyer already runs?

Observation
ZoomInfo logs to the CRM. SVT Robotics links robots to WMS or ERP. Jooby fits sensors to existing streetlights. CircleCI joins disconnected stacks. Deloitte sends data on to downstream services.
Data
5 of 14 showed the product working with systems the buyer already has.
The move
Name one system your buyer already pays for, on screen. A new piece that fits is easier to approve than a new puzzle.
Named Customer

Do B2B introduction videos name customers?

Observation
Only CircleCI does, with Condé Nast and Click Mechanic. The other 13 rely on the product, a process or a number instead.
Data
1 of 14 named a customer.
The move
If one customer will let you use their name, put it in the intro. It's the rarest proof on this list, so it stands out.

How to plan

Where to use your B2B introduction video

Put the intro where a buyer meets you for the first time. That one rule decides most placements.

  • Product pages. The main intro, above the fold, before any feature list.
  • Outbound emails. A short cut that shows the one unseen part, for buyers who have never heard of you.
  • Trade shows and sales meetings. The intro opens the conversation, so the rep can go straight to questions. Pair it with a longer B2B overview video for buyers who want the full picture.
  • Social feeds. The first seconds only: the mess, the moving object or the number.

How do you script a B2B introduction video?

Seven decisions, in order. Each one narrows the next. For more on the writing itself, see these script writing tips.

  • Buyer. One job title. The engineer and the CFO need different intros.
  • Unseen part. The one thing that buyer can't see today.
  • Way. Junk Drawer, Marble Run, Sliced View or Utility Bill.
  • Last line. Write it first. It's usually the number or the after-state.
  • First line. Then write the opening: the mess, the object or the cost.
  • Middle. Only the steps that connect the first line to the last.
  • Ask. One next step, decided before anyone records.

Choosing animation, 3D or screen capture

The unseen part picks the style. Match the tool to what the camera can't film.

  • 2D motion graphics. For flows and ideas: data, code, language. Deloitte, Appen and CircleCI all use it, and so do most animated process explainers.
  • 3D and CGI. For builds: hoses, cabinets, separators, chairs. It can cut a product open without a saw. See these 3D exploded view videos for more.
  • Screen capture or UI animation. For software buyers who need to see the interface, like Pitch's prompt-to-deck sequence.
  • A mix. Most intros pair a 2D problem scene with real product shots, the way many animated B2B explainers do.

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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