🧐 What Do These 3 Ads Have in Common? (Hint: They Hook You Instantly)

Welcome to, or welcome back to this week’s VidTao 3 Ad Thursday!

Each Thursday we’ll be diving into our VidTao YouTube ad competitive intelligence platform to uncover 3 high-performing YouTube ads driving results.

This week we’ve got three high-performing YouTube ads for you to check out & model, including:

• 🎒 Premium backpack ad with over $196k in adspend…

• 👀 American Aid ad with nearly $300k in adspend…

• 🩸 Type 2 diabetes-focused ad with over $278k in adspend…

Ready to check the ads out?

Let's dive right in and take a closer look at this week's YouTube ad standouts and discover what makes them so successful.

 🎒Premium Backpack Ad With Over $200k in Adspend (Mous)

For this week, we picked out this premium backpack ad by the brand Mous we found inside VidTao!

Check it out:

This ad's estimated total ad spend is $200K+! 💰

These are some of the elements this ad combines for its success:

1️⃣ Strong Hook with Curiosity & Intrigue

2️⃣ Authority & Social Proof

3️⃣ Unique Selling Proposition (USP) – "Looks First, Then Functionality"

4️⃣ Rapid-Fire Feature Stacking = High Perceived Value

5️⃣ Problem-Solution Format for Key Features

6️⃣ Sensory & Visual Persuasion

7️⃣ Reinforcing Brand Identity & Lifestyle Appeal


This advertiser has many other big-spenders too! Here’s a sneak peek:
In VidTao, you can find ALL of this advertiser’s ads + all the relevant stats! Here’s a sneak peek:

 👀 American Aid Ad With Nearly $300k in Adspend

Next up, check out this ad by the advertiser American Aid:

This ad’s estimated total ad spend is $2.1M+! 💰

This ad's estimated total ad spend is close to $300k! 💰

These are some of the elements this ad combines for its success:

1️⃣ Strong Hook with Exclusivity & Urgency

2️⃣ Social & Political Angle

3️⃣ Highly Desirable, No-Risk Offer

4️⃣ Repetition of “Guaranteed Approval” to Overcome Skepticism

5️⃣ Urgency & Scarcity to Force Immediate Action

6️⃣ Simple, Low-Friction CTA

.. and so on!

Now let’s also take a quick look at their lander:

Don’t forget to use VidTao’s ad spy tool to check out not only all ads and stats on your competitors, but also their landing pages for the additional inspo!

 🩸Type 2 Diabetes-Focused ad With Over $278k in Adspend

And as the last one for today, we will be analyzing this type 2 diabetes-related ad we found inside VidTao!

Here’s what it looks like:

This ad's estimated total ad spend is $278k+! 💸

Let’s dissect some of the elements this ad combines for its success:

1️⃣ Strong, Fear-Based Hook
2️⃣ Authority Positioning & Trust Building
3️⃣ Problem-Agitate-Solution Framework
4️⃣ Curiosity & Viral Social Proof
5️⃣ Emotional Benefits & Lifestyle Transformation
6️⃣ Simple, Low-Friction CTA

This advertiser has quite a few landing pages in use, and you can check them all out using VidTao’s ad library…

… and don’t forget to check out other ads by this advertiser as well, there’s some good inspo hiding in there! 👀

And that’s all for today! 💥

We hope this week’s selection of high-performing ads has sparked new ideas to test yourself!

Want more insights like these?

Stay tuned for next week’s VidTao 3 Ad Thursday, where we’ll continue breaking down winning strategies from the best YouTube ads in the game!

And btw… If you have questions about YouTube ads?

Go here to schedule a free chat with our friends at Inceptly. Inceptly is a top Direct Response video ad agency, specializing in high-performing YouTube ad creatives & media buying.

Have a great week!

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