If you have watched some of my recent car videos, you may have noticed a bottle of Mr Boerboel Ceramic Detail Spray placed near the corner of the car—usually beside the front or rear bumper.
The placement is intentionally subtle. I do not want the product to distract from the vehicle, because the car should always remain the focus of the video. At the same time, including the bottle gives me a natural way to introduce and promote a product that I am proud to put my name behind.
There is another important reason I started doing this.
Over the years, I have discovered that some of my original videos have been copied and used by other people without my knowledge or permission. In a few cases, scammers have reused my footage while pretending to own the vehicles shown in the videos. They have then advertised those cars for sale on websites or social-media accounts where they did not belong.
Placing the Mr Boerboel bottle in the frame serves as a type of physical watermark. It creates a recognizable visual connection between the video and the Mr Boerboel brand. Although it cannot completely prevent someone from copying my work, it makes the original source easier to recognize and makes the footage more difficult to present as someone else’s content.
For me, the bottle represents more than an advertisement. It is becoming part of the visual signature of my videos—quietly positioned in the corner while some incredible cars remain front and center.
So, the next time you spot a bottle of Mr Boerboel Ceramic Detail Spray near the bumper, you will know why it is there. It is helping me promote the first Mr Boerboel car-care product while also putting a recognizable mark on the original automotive content I create.