http://blogs.msdn.com/johnmullinax/archive/tags/advertising/default.aspxTags: advertisingenCommunityServer 2.1 SP1 (Build: 61025.2)http://blogs.msdn.com/johnmullinax/archive/2009/10/29/the-windows-7-whopper-really.aspxWed, 28 Oct 2009 23:31:01 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:9914413john.mullinax0http://blogs.msdn.com/johnmullinax/comments/9914413.aspxhttp://blogs.msdn.com/johnmullinax/commentrss.aspx?PostID=9914413http://blogs.msdn.com/johnmullinax/rsscomments.aspx?PostID=9914413<p>Seven patties and 2120 calories.&#160; Wow!&#160; </p> <p><a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/blogfiles/johnmullinax/WindowsLiveWriter/TheWindows7WhopperReally_11063/Windows%207%20Whopper_2.jpg"><img style="border-right-width: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; margin-right: 0px" title="Windows 7 Whopper" border="0" alt="Windows 7 Whopper" src="http://blogs.msdn.com/blogfiles/johnmullinax/WindowsLiveWriter/TheWindows7WhopperReally_11063/Windows%207%20Whopper_thumb.jpg" width="174" height="244" /></a></p> <p>Read about the <a href="http://www.businessweek.com/globalbiz/content/oct2009/gb20091028_626293.htm?campaign_id=yhoo" target="_blank">Windows 7 Whopper</a>, or see the video below.&#160; </p> <div style="padding-bottom: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; float: none; padding-top: 0px" id="scid:5737277B-5D6D-4f48-ABFC-DD9C333F4C5D:70628813-2d39-43f3-ba3d-7bb8cfe38ff1" class="wlWriterEditableSmartContent"><div id="8dcc6344-9282-4acf-b0a0-4e72aaab693a" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; display: inline;"><div><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=naLXo1TAYV8&amp;color1=0xb1b1b1&amp;color2=0xcfcfcf&amp;feature=player_embedded&amp;fs=1" target="_new"><img src="http://blogs.msdn.com/blogfiles/johnmullinax/WindowsLiveWriter/TheWindows7WhopperReally_11063/video3b0de73a76ac.jpg" style="border-style: none" galleryimg="no" onload="var downlevelDiv = document.getElementById('8dcc6344-9282-4acf-b0a0-4e72aaab693a'); downlevelDiv.innerHTML = &quot;&lt;div&gt;&lt;object width=\&quot;425\&quot; height=\&quot;355\&quot;&gt;&lt;param name=\&quot;movie\&quot; value=\&quot;http://www.youtube.com/v/naLXo1TAYV8&amp;color1=0xb1b1b1&amp;color2=0xcfcfcf&amp;feature=player_embedded&amp;fs=1&amp;hl=en\&quot;&gt;&lt;\/param&gt;&lt;embed src=\&quot;http://www.youtube.com/v/naLXo1TAYV8&amp;color1=0xb1b1b1&amp;color2=0xcfcfcf&amp;feature=player_embedded&amp;fs=1&amp;hl=en\&quot; type=\&quot;application/x-shockwave-flash\&quot; width=\&quot;425\&quot; height=\&quot;355\&quot;&gt;&lt;\/embed&gt;&lt;\/object&gt;&lt;\/div&gt;&quot;;" alt=""></a></div></div></div> <p></p> <p></p> <p>&#160;</p> <p> <div style="padding-bottom: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; float: none; padding-top: 0px" id="scid:0767317B-992E-4b12-91E0-4F059A8CECA8:690da811-8d04-481a-bdab-da210ac2d56c" class="wlWriterEditableSmartContent">Technorati Tags: <a href="http://technorati.com/tags/Windows+7" rel="tag">Windows 7</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/promotion" rel="tag">promotion</a></div> </p> <p><a class="addthis_button" href="http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php?v=250&amp;pub=johnmullinax" conf="[object Object]" share="[object Object]"><img style="border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px" alt="Bookmark and Share" src="http://s7.addthis.com/static/btn/v2/lg-share-en.gif" width="125" height="16" /></a><script type="text/javascript" src="http://s7.addthis.com/js/250/addthis_widget.js#pub=johnmullinax"></script></p><img src="http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=9914413" width="1" height="1">advertisingwindows 7http://blogs.msdn.com/johnmullinax/archive/2008/10/03/so-bad-it-s-good.aspxFri, 03 Oct 2008 22:46:00 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:8975848john.mullinax1http://blogs.msdn.com/johnmullinax/comments/8975848.aspxhttp://blogs.msdn.com/johnmullinax/commentrss.aspx?PostID=8975848http://blogs.msdn.com/johnmullinax/rsscomments.aspx?PostID=8975848<p>Ok, so you may or may not have been a fan of the Bill and Jerry ads.&#160; Either way, <a target="_blank" href="http://blogs.msdn.com/jonbox">Jon</a> and <a target="_blank" href="http://blogs.msdn.com/neilhut/archive/2008/10/03/announcing-the-pdc-boy-band.aspx">Neil</a> point to something surely far worse – so bad, in fact, it’s absurdly funny!&#160; Don’t believe me?&#160; Think boy band singing about computers – and not in a Bill Gates kind of way, but in a <a target="_blank" href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0357413/quotes">Ron Burgundy</a> kind of way.&#160; </p> <p>&#160;</p> <p>Take a look.&#160;&#160; </p> <iframe height="325" src="http://channel8.msdn.com/Posts/8466/player/" frameborder="0" width="320" scrolling="no"></iframe> <br /> <p>&#160;</p> <p>“Let me use directory D: to unlock your GPU!” ?!?&#160;&#160; </p> <div style="padding-bottom: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; float: none; padding-top: 0px" id="scid:0767317B-992E-4b12-91E0-4F059A8CECA8:3a32fe9e-d1fc-4542-a52a-a496c964ea50" class="wlWriterEditableSmartContent">Technorati Tags: <a href="http://technorati.com/tags/PDC" rel="tag">PDC</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/Microsoft" rel="tag">Microsoft</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/Windows+7" rel="tag">Windows 7</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/advertising" rel="tag">advertising</a></div><img src="http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=8975848" width="1" height="1">Microsoftadvertisingwindows 7PDChttp://blogs.msdn.com/johnmullinax/archive/2008/09/05/tech-tracks-microsoft-launching-windows-ad-campaign-at-5-15-p-m-with-spot-on-nfl-season-opener-tonight.aspxFri, 05 Sep 2008 06:00:01 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:8925834john.mullinax2http://blogs.msdn.com/johnmullinax/comments/8925834.aspxhttp://blogs.msdn.com/johnmullinax/commentrss.aspx?PostID=8925834http://blogs.msdn.com/johnmullinax/rsscomments.aspx?PostID=8925834<p>Here's the ad, courtesy of a Seattle Times.&#160; So what do you think?&#160; </p> <div style="padding-bottom: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; padding-top: 0px" id="scid:5737277B-5D6D-4f48-ABFC-DD9C333F4C5D:623c96f1-968e-4af3-b10e-4f279c7d919b" class="wlWriterSmartContent"><div id="8d0df3d4-d313-4c40-ad85-b90db30dcf0e" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; display: inline;"><div><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uz6amk3P-hY&amp;color1=0xb1b1b1&amp;color2=0xcfcfcf&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1" target="_new"><img src="http://blogs.msdn.com/blogfiles/johnmullinax/WindowsLiveWriter/TechTra.withspotonNFLseasonopenertonight_14367/video3584ec0c9807.jpg" galleryimg="no" onload="var downlevelDiv = document.getElementById('8d0df3d4-d313-4c40-ad85-b90db30dcf0e'); downlevelDiv.innerHTML = &quot;&lt;div&gt;&lt;object width=\&quot;425\&quot; height=\&quot;350\&quot;&gt;&lt;param name=\&quot;movie\&quot; value=\&quot;http://www.youtube.com/v/uz6amk3P-hY&amp;color1=0xb1b1b1&amp;color2=0xcfcfcf&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1\&quot;&gt;&lt;\/param&gt;&lt;param name=\&quot;wmode\&quot; 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If so, you'll be happy to know that Ian Thomas from <a href="http://www.liesdamnedlies.com/" target="_blank">Lies, Damned Lies...,</a> wrote <a href="http://www.liesdamnedlies.com/2008/06/online-advertis.html" target="_blank">a good introduction</a>.&#160; Part one focuses on the players in the value stream: content publisher, ad network, ad agency, and advertiser.&#160; Worth a look.&#160;&#160;&#160; </p> <div class="wlWriterSmartContent" id="scid:0767317B-992E-4b12-91E0-4F059A8CECA8:a1abc91d-d319-4f8e-af6b-0416cf2b7169" style="padding-right: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-top: 0px">Technorati Tags: <a href="http://technorati.com/tags/advertising" rel="tag">advertising</a></div><img src="http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=8571545" width="1" height="1">advertising