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Microsoft + Seinfeld = Yadda, yadda, yadda
After putting out two or three (depending on how you count them) ads that left a lot of people scratching their heads, Microsoft is apparently pulling the plug on its ad campaign featuring Jerry Seinfeld. ValleyWag reports that Microsoft will launch phase two of its new advertising strategy tomorrow, and the new campaign will be Seinfeld-free.
Whether you liked the Bill Gates and Jerry Seinfeld show about nothing or not, it certainly generated a lot of buzz about the company. Not about Windows Vista, Office 2007, or any particular product. But certainly about Microsoft. So perhaps Microsoft really is following through with a carefully crafted plan to build buzz and then roll out a new phase of the ad campaign. But I'm certainly not the only one to note that it looks like Microsoft is firing Seinfeld for a job poorly done.
| Hells yeah, I was ROTFLMAOBBQ | |
|---|---|
| Were they supposed to be funny? | |
| What were they about again? | |
| They weren't funny, but they help get people talking about Microsoft |
Comments
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Subscribe to commentskojo87Sep 17th 2008 11:31PM
i liked em. they just had something about them that i liked. and they weren't attack ads. yes it is possible to promote your own product without trying to trash the other guy Apple.
meOct 2nd 2008 10:25AM
There's truth to that. After awhile, the Apple ads get kind of predictable. It used to be Apple actually advertised its features, now they are busy bashing Vista.
These Microsoft ads are at least interesting because they are so unpredictable. And unpredictable can be pretty funny.
MattSep 18th 2008 6:40AM
There next ad should just be Bill Gates taking a bite out of an apple lol
hazardSep 18th 2008 6:41AM
By a curious confusion, many modern critics have passed from the proposition that a masterpiece may be unpopular to the other proposition that unless it is unpopular it cannot be a masterpiece.
G. K. Chesterton
RususeruruSep 18th 2008 6:41AM
The shoe circus I didn't care for, I kind of like the "you're not so real!" ads though.
sybgtwySep 18th 2008 9:56AM
they were effin' funny, period. too bad they're pulling them, i really liked them
glaciaSep 18th 2008 12:05PM
So the options are 3 negative choice and one extreme positive choice? Not too obvious in what answer you're trying to get.
I liked the ads. The shoe store one was better than the other. I like them a lot more than the "please hate our competitor" ads from Apple.
DigitalkingSep 18th 2008 1:55PM
The Jerk Store called and they are all out of Seinfeld. This isn't '98. 10 years too late, Microsoft.
happy girlDec 15th 2008 10:28PM
Look at this one,ad by apple in response of microsoft's campaign