Comments on: Microsoft Decides Sharks Have a Better Personality than Jerry Seinfeld

By: Terry Howard

Terry Howard — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 18:58:28 +0000

So now they've taken to building off of Apple's advertising initiatives too. Someone needs to pass them a memo that clues them in that the era of ham handed mass marketing being able to paint over their product deficiencies is over. In this "radically transparent" new world, everyone can hear your customers scream. Terry Howard's last blog post..Brevard County Set to Charge Fire Rescue Fees

By: Dean

Dean — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 15:05:34 +0000

@ Andy – They were funny in a number of ways but I especially like when Gates pulled his “Shoe Circus Clown Club” card that had his old mug shot on it.

I have no idea what MSFT’s overall strategy was behind the campaign – other than trying to give MSFT a warm fuzzy personality and leverage/test viral media – and if that was the point I guess they made some headway.

I would have loved to have seen Ballmer enter the scene and start breaking things

By: Josh Catone

Josh Catone — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 15:02:24 +0000

To be honest, as clever and entertaining as the Get A Mac ads have been, they don’t make me want to go buy a Mac either (I did just buy a Mac, but it wasn’t because of any advertisement).

What those ads DID do, was make me like John Hodgman and Justin Long more…

By: Andy Beal

Andy Beal — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 14:22:20 +0000

@Dean – you know, I was just starting to warm up to the awkwardness of the Seinfeld/Gates ads.

By: Dean

Dean — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 14:15:57 +0000

Q: Now, you tell me, does a dude surrounded by sharks make you want to rush out and buy a Windows computer?

A: No, but then again neither did the Seinfeld ads. From a pure entertainment standpoint however the Seinfeld /Gates ads were really amusing.

By: Nicole Price

Nicole Price — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 14:14:08 +0000

Somebody's head will roll on this one too. Nicole Price's last blog post..Weird eBay Listings