Tagged: advertising

Microsoft Crosses Line In Attack Ad on Google Docs – Microsoft and Google

Microsoft and Google – Tech’s New Rivalry? Microsoft really needs a new marketing team. In a new ad released Friday, Microsoft attacked its’ rival, Google Docs, for not being able to open Office documents without reformatting. Not only is it just a generally nasty ad, which is in very poor taste. The ad also blames Google for something that is Microsoft’s fault. The reason...

Apple Preparing To Sue Amazon Over New Ad?

  If you’ve seen Amazon’s latest ad, maybe you had the same thought that I did. How long until Apple files a lawsuit? When comparing the Kindle Fire HD and the iPad 4, the narrator said “you may not be able to tell the difference”. Before I argue the merits of that point, might I remind you that Apple sued a company for having...

Amy Poehler’s Best Buy Ad- Good or Bad?- Gameday Special

For Best buy’s Super Bowl Ad this year, they hired Amy Poehler to play the part of a “clueless” shopper in a homage to the ease of use of their stores. The problem was… she wasn’t that dumb. She asked less “man that’s stupid” questions, and more double-meaning, trying-to-be-funny questions which just fell flat. 5 Examples of Lines That Fell Flat What’s the difference...

Have Snooki Tweet Your Business- For only $6000

Are you a big Jersey shore fan? Do you want to get your business in front of over five million young people? Guess what crazy folks who are actually considering this? You can. For the low low price of  $6,250 (wink). Here’s how. It’s all done through a site called Buysellads.com (click to see Snooki’s profile) which sells sponsored tweets in addition to standard sponsor, CPC, CPM, and...

Nikon Features Creepy Stalker in New Camera Commercial

This is a commercial you have to see to believe. Ashton Kutcher plays stalkerish-dude-who-peeps-on-girls at the beach, but the girls don’t seem to care that he’s looking at them with his ultimate Nikon Zoom lens ;). None of the comments on the video seem to point out the obvious creeping that Kutcher’s doing on the good looking girls on the beach. Am I the...