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I was particularly surprised to see how aggressive the TV campaign was. I've seen these all over. They're really running with this thing: https://www.youtube.c
by rpm4321 14y ago
I was particularly surprised to see how aggressive the TV campaign was. I've seen these all over. They're really running with this thing:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-WIluNt0mvA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-WIluNt0mvA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R_6bSCW_UI0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R_6bSCW_UI0
Not surprisingly, they've apparently hired a former political hack to help run this campaign. It's interesting, because these ads definitely have a dirty politics feel to them:
http://www.forbes.com/sites/petercohan/2012/07/23/can-mark-penn-fix-microsofts-bing/ http://www.forbes.com/sites/petercohan/2012/07/23/can-mark-p...
http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2012/07/19/mark-penn-microsoft%E2%80%99s-new-strategist-hopes-to-boost-bing/ http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2012/07/19/mark-penn-microsoft%E...
http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2012-12-03/did-mark-penn-swiftboat-google http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2012-12-03/did-mark-pen...
- quotemstr 14y agoHoly cow: I knew about the Penn hire and the Scroogled campaign, but the connection didn't "click" until I read your comment. I should have realized that there was a connection. The dirtiness I feel when loading the Scroogled site now makes a ton of sense.