Comments on: The Second Bill and Seinfeld Ad from Microsoft http://www.redmondpie.com/the-second-bill-and-seinfeld-microsoft-ad./ Covering Microsoft and its competitors like no one else! Thu, 18 Mar 2010 15:07:27 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Microsoft takes on Apple with “I’m a PC” Ad Campaign | Redmond Piehttp://www.redmondpie.com/the-second-bill-and-seinfeld-microsoft-ad./comment-page-1/#comment-617 Microsoft takes on Apple with “I’m a PC” Ad Campaign | Redmond Pie Fri, 19 Sep 2008 10:11:41 +0000 http://www.redmondpie.com/the-second-bill-and-seinfeld-microsoft-ad./#comment-617 [...] campaign have started to air and surprisingly they have stopped experimenting  with Bill Gates and Seinfeld pair for good. This is the first time that Microsoft has responded to Apple’s popular “I’m a [...] [...] campaign have started to air and surprisingly they have stopped experimenting  with Bill Gates and Seinfeld pair for good. This is the first time that Microsoft has responded to Apple’s popular “I’m a [...]

]]> By: Imran Hussainhttp://www.redmondpie.com/the-second-bill-and-seinfeld-microsoft-ad./comment-page-1/#comment-506 Imran Hussain Fri, 12 Sep 2008 14:43:42 +0000 http://www.redmondpie.com/the-second-bill-and-seinfeld-microsoft-ad./#comment-506 Well, yes the ad is funny, no doubt about it. But, will that convince or market their products?? Maybe, the next few ads could market them well. Well, yes the ad is funny, no doubt about it. But, will that convince or market their products?? Maybe, the next few ads could market them well.

]]> By: cgdamshttp://www.redmondpie.com/the-second-bill-and-seinfeld-microsoft-ad./comment-page-1/#comment-501 cgdams Fri, 12 Sep 2008 14:28:29 +0000 http://www.redmondpie.com/the-second-bill-and-seinfeld-microsoft-ad./#comment-501 Well, that leads us to the reason for the whole campaign. As far as i see it, the problem Microsoft has to solve is a perception problem, not a problem with their products. Vista is a decent OS, by far better than XP was, and yet the public perception ist heavily distorted, in my opinion mostly because MS is the big fish in the pond that everybody has grown fond of to hate, over the dark years of security problems and often stubborn behavior. You can't change that with a campaign that simply touts your products. It's what people expect, and it's what many people are immediately ready to sweep aside, as just another boring and foreseeable ad.Obviously, and i may say finally, they acknowledged that, and do the right thing: present themselves in a self ironic and at least to me quite funny way, thereby slowly, but (i hope) steadily correcting the perception problem they have.I'm convinced it can work out, and heck, if it doesn't, at least i will have had a good time watching the videos... Well, that leads us to the reason for the whole campaign. As far as i see it, the problem Microsoft has to solve is a perception problem, not a problem with their products. Vista is a decent OS, by far better than XP was, and yet the public perception ist heavily distorted, in my opinion mostly because MS is the big fish in the pond that everybody has grown fond of to hate, over the dark years of security problems and often stubborn behavior.

You can’t change that with a campaign that simply touts your products. It’s what people expect, and it’s what many people are immediately ready to sweep aside, as just another boring and foreseeable ad.

Obviously, and i may say finally, they acknowledged that, and do the right thing: present themselves in a self ironic and at least to me quite funny way, thereby slowly, but (i hope) steadily correcting the perception problem they have.

I’m convinced it can work out, and heck, if it doesn’t, at least i will have had a good time watching the videos…

]]> By: Imran Hussainhttp://www.redmondpie.com/the-second-bill-and-seinfeld-microsoft-ad./comment-page-1/#comment-500 Imran Hussain Fri, 12 Sep 2008 13:24:53 +0000 http://www.redmondpie.com/the-second-bill-and-seinfeld-microsoft-ad./#comment-500 I don't think Microsoft is an entertainment company. They have to sell their multi billion dollar OS using this campaign. And the smart thinkers of the blogosphere don't see that happening. It amazes us how the $300 million campaign is crap so far. I don’t think Microsoft is an entertainment company. They have to sell their multi billion dollar OS using this campaign. And the smart thinkers of the blogosphere don’t see that happening. It amazes us how the $300 million campaign is crap so far.

]]> By: cgdamshttp://www.redmondpie.com/the-second-bill-and-seinfeld-microsoft-ad./comment-page-1/#comment-499 cgdams Fri, 12 Sep 2008 11:19:10 +0000 http://www.redmondpie.com/the-second-bill-and-seinfeld-microsoft-ad./#comment-499 I don't get it. The two ads are the first Microsoft Ads in years that i like. I might even say, love. Granny in the latest spot is hilarious.Sure, a sense of humour was and is in short supply within the blogosphere. Just how short that supply really is continues to amaze me. I don’t get it. The two ads are the first Microsoft Ads in years that i like. I might even say, love. Granny in the latest spot is hilarious.

Sure, a sense of humour was and is in short supply within the blogosphere. Just how short that supply really is continues to amaze me.

]]> By: ahttp://www.redmondpie.com/the-second-bill-and-seinfeld-microsoft-ad./comment-page-1/#comment-488 a Fri, 12 Sep 2008 03:10:58 +0000 http://www.redmondpie.com/the-second-bill-and-seinfeld-microsoft-ad./#comment-488 Confusion. Why are Bill and Jerry sleeping together? No. Really. Why are Bill and Jerry sleeping together? Melinda must have kicked Bill out. Confusion. Why are Bill and Jerry sleeping together? No. Really. Why are Bill and Jerry sleeping together? Melinda must have kicked Bill out.

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