It's cute. It's simple. It's relevant. It packs a punch in terms of getting a lot of brand features in one spot. And no weird guys shows up at the end and says, "can you hear me now?" All in all, it's a great new spot for Verizon Wireless small business technology featuring the ultimate small business – a lemonade stand.
The spot starts with a dad on his way to work handing off his smartphone to his daughter at her lemonade stand, with a "it's got a calculator" comment. With a gleam in her eye, she starts using the phone's various capabilities to set up a series of stands and parlay that into a giant industry by the end of the day. When the dad gets home and asks the little tie-wearing boy assistant "where's Susie?" – the assistant asks, "is she expecting you?" Priceless.
It could be the fact that we're working with the Lemonade Day charity, both in Houston and Detroit, that this caught our eye. Lemonade Day a charity dedicated to teaching kids to be entrepreneurs by running a lemonade stand, so you can see the connection. But, I think this commercial would have resonated with us anyway. It's a well put together spot with lots of nice little moments. Take a look for yourself.
Verison Wireless – Lemonade Stand
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Mike McClure - drinking the Verizon lemonade.
Brilliant advert Mike – great pick!
Hey it’d be great to chat sometime, i’ve enjoyed your posts on Social Media Club and thought it’d be good to reach out.
Drop me a line or a message on Twitter (@marcusataylor) if you’re up for having a chat!
Glad you enjoyed Marcus, and that you’ve enjoyed the SMC posts as well. I’ve followed you on twitter, we’ll definitely have to chat soon.
Cheers
Mike
Please tell me who is the artist or band that is playing music to this commericial? Whats the name of the song?
Hi Steve,
It’s “I want candy” by Bow Wow Wow. You can see the song video on YouTube at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aMICD3aMZpw
Mike
who is the actor that plays the father? He looks a lot like the person that played Mahony in police academy.
I’m not sure who that actor is, Shawn, but he’s definitely not the guy who played Mahony – he’s younger than that actor is now.
Mike
Who is the little girl who plays Susie? I think I’ve seen her before in an ad.
And, who is the little fellow who plays her assistant, the boy in the tie at the end?
Sorry, Peter, I have no idea who the kid actors are. They are pretty darn good little actors though, aren’t they. Espcailly love the girl who plays Susie.
Mike
I took a good look at everything I’d done, looked at all the sweat and hard work. But when I looked, I saw nothing but smoke. Smoke and spitting into the wind. There was nothing to any of it. Nothing.
Way cool! Some very valid points! I appreciate you penning this write-up andd the rest of the site is also very good.