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Mr. Bean is a PC
In light of Microsoft’s new “I’m a PC” ads, let me show you someone else who’s a PC: Mr. Bean.
Watch him demonstrate how PCs are more… flexible than Macs.
Microsoft: Be Funny, But Sell Something
Now that Microsoft is dropping their utterly pointless Seinfeld ads, perhaps they can learn to make a point while still being funny. Pointlessness may be the hallmark of Seinfeld’s humor, but advertising shouldn’t be pointless, and humor doesn’t have to be pointless. Take for instance the Mac switch ad parodies by TrueNuff. They make me glad I’m not a Mac fanboy.
That takes care of the consumer market. What about the enterprise market, where Microsoft has a huge stake? You can use pointed humor there, too. For years, IBM ads have made enterprise computing hilarious. Click here to continue reading “Microsoft: Be Funny, But Sell Something”…
