Sep

11

Thoughts on the 2nd Microsoft Ad

Filed Under Advertising, Branding, Videos 

We can definitely start to see the overall theme behind this $300 million campaign is going to be Bill and Jerry doing normal everyday things with comedy thrown in. Of course you’re supposed to associate these ads with Microsoft and think wonderful things like loving, caring, human, etc. This is not the approach everyone expected, which was to fight back against all the abuse from Apple. The fact that they did not fight back in itself is proving to help this become a very successful campaign because everyone is talking about the different approach they took with these ads. By the looks of it on Twitter, you either love or hate them. Just like the leaked internal memo on TechCrunch describes:

The first phase of this campaign is designed to engage consumers and spark a new conversation about Windows – a conversation that will evolve as the campaign progresses, but will always be marked by humor and humanity.

I am sure CP+B knows what they are doing and somewhat expected this type of response. The more obvious product associations will come further down the line in this series so it’s still way too soon to measure if this campaign is actually effective in giving Microsoft a lift. Overall, I enjoyed this second one very much and didn’t mind sitting through the whole 4 and a half minutes of the uncut online version. I’m actually even looking forward to the next one now which I really wasn’t after the first ad. Did you catch the connection they made when Bill Gates is still trying to break in his new shoes? Very clever.

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