Google Launches Free TV Ad Creator

19th January 2009

It just got cheaper and a lot easier to advertise products on television. Google has launched a free television ad creation service for AdWords advertisers.

Google has forged into a new deal with online video advertising company, SpotMixer, that allows advertisers to use SpotMixer’s video creation technology to create television commercials for their products free of cost, and then air them on TV as well as online.

Ads can be made either in the form of images, audio and / or video content selected from a vast database provided by Google, or from the advertisers’ own uploaded content. There is also an adjustable soundtrack so that advertisers can record the ad in a voice of their choice if they so desire.

The service can be accessed from the “Submit Ad” page when creating a Google TV ads campaign. Google has provided the short video clip shown below to teach advertisers how to use this service.

Creating a new TV ad with the tool is quite a simple procedure really. After logging into the AdWords account, users have to select an appropriate categories for the industry concerned or the type of product to be advertised and then select from relevant images, audio or video content using a drag and drop interface. Advertisers can customise the ad to their requirement by clicking the link to “Add more images and video”. They can also dynamically change the templates to give the ad a more personal look. Completed ads need to be downloaded and then added to the TV Ads Campaign.

This is a great idea for a cheap, do-it-yourself system to advertise products and service to a wide audience. It should help start-ups with limited budgets advertise on television alongside big brands without needing to spend a lot on ad production. The service was launched in beta back in September 2008, for a few clients and they are already reporting positive feedback.

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  1. jack : 2 November 2009 at 6:06 pm

    how do you start there is no link or button to click on

  2. AccuraCast : 2 November 2009 at 10:57 pm

    The free TV ad creator can be accessed on the SpotMixer homepage. It’s pretty evident what you need to do, once you’re on the site.

  3. usauk : 27 October 2010 at 12:40 pm

    That’s nice ads, Advertise is important part in marketing of any products Free Classifieds ads posting is also biggest idea for advertising, free classifieds website not only usa-uk but also published for all over world, so it is best for publishing any your products ads, listing your product in feature list, bold listing, Better Placement Upgrade, so do it what you like for best

    Thanks

  4. mathew : 27 February 2011 at 1:40 pm

    it is a nice initiative from google to support the small businesses. thanks

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  1. Google Still Lets Advertisers Create TV Ads For Free | AccuraCast Digital Media News : 22 March 2011 at 6:34 pm

    [...] online advertising behemoth had announced a partnership with SpotMixer, back in January 2009, in order to help AdWords and TV advertisers, to create video ad for free. [...]

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