LiveSide.net

Join LiveSide!

or Live ID: Sign In

0 out of 8,425 members
are online, & 30 guest(s).

Recent Comments

@Sunshine, ah thanks :) Running dutch w7 here... @Rex Dee, ofcourse :) GL

–Brammie2118

re: New from Live Labs: Pivot

@Brammie, any chance you could share one with a fellow reader who didn't get a chance to...

–Rex Dee

re: New from Live Labs: Pivot

Brammie, take a look at www.getsatisfaction.com/.../faq_what_to_know_about_pivot Make sure...

–Sunshine

re: New from Live Labs: Pivot

I've got 2 codes in my mail, but they don't work...

–Brammie2118

re: New from Live Labs: Pivot

Kip, any chance you can send me a code seperately. I'm partyplanstars, the one that posted...

–Rex Dee

re: New from Live Labs: Pivot

Log in or Join to leave a comment!

PDC Liveblog!

Join us next week as we liveblog the PDC keynotes!
More info soon!

LiveSide Links

LiveSide on Mobile

Our latest posts and our favorite links,
all on your phone or mobile device
Visit m.LiveSide.net
Or go to www.LiveSide.net
on your mobile device and we'll redirect you!

Tweets We Like

US Stock Market

Stock Market Finance Widgets

LiveSide Time

Redmond

Dallas (server)

London

Shanghai

Windows Live Calendar

PDC LA Nov 17-19

Follow us on Facebook

    LiveSide.net

    Promote Your Page Too

LiveSide - News blog » All Tags » Advertising (RSS)

MSN, Twitter, etc. get to tag along with new Windows Phone

You just can’t make this stuff up. It’s like Microsoft is living in some parallel advertising universe where the object is to generate as much jaw dropping disbelief to their ads as possible. If the Windows 7 launch party videos weren’t...

Published Sat, Oct 10 2009 1:57 AM by Kip Kniskern

Filed under: Advertising
Laptop Hunters, Behind The Scenes

Another “Laptop hunters” video appeared. No, not another one looking for a laptop, this time it’s a behind the scenes one. Enjoy! Via: The Microsoft Blog

Published Thu, Sep 09 2009 12:36 PM by Sunshine

Filed under: Advertising
New Laptop Hunters Ad – Meet Matt And Olivia

A new laptop hunter add appeared. This time with Matt and Olivia who are looking for a laptop with a large screen, long battery life and the ability to share pictures for under $700. That rules out a Mac, the Mac is too small in this case. “What...

Published Thu, Jul 07 2009 5:31 AM by Sunshine

Filed under: Advertising
Japanese Rookies

Remember the Rookies ? After the US and the UK , Japan has now entered the Rookies campaign. The children in these series are the children of actual Microsoft Japan employees! Enjoy! Via Rob Margel

Published Tue, Jun 06 2009 8:18 AM by Sunshine

Filed under: Windows Live, Advertising
More TV Commercials from Bing, set to air tonite

Now Bing has its own YouTube Channel , complete with 2 new ads. These are variations on a “search overload” theme, much more focused than the initial ad we posted last night. Here are the two ads up so far (the third, original one is on the...

Published Wed, Jun 06 2009 4:16 PM by Kip Kniskern

Filed under: Advertising, Bing
New Laptop Hunters ad (I think we get the point)

Another Laptop Hunters ad is out (this time they buy a Dell), and the ad sticks true to form – Go to Best Buy, thumb your nose at the Mac, walk away happy. These ads were good right out of the gate, but, truthfully, aren’t they beginning to...

Published Thu, May 05 2009 11:28 PM by Kip Kniskern

Filed under: Advertising
Sheila the Laptop Hunter: Only 2gb ram for $2k? - meh

Our friend Imran Hussain has spotted the latest Laptop Hunter ad , this time featuring Sheila the videographer: Sheila ends up with an HP HDX 16t , after passing on a $2000 Mac with a classic shrug.

Published Fri, May 05 2009 2:09 AM by Kip Kniskern

Filed under: Advertising, I'm a PC
Microsoft pubCenter beta goes public

Microsoft pubCenter, an ad publishing tool (think Google Adsense) from Microsoft Advertising, after existing as a private beta for a number of months, goes into public beta today, April 22. Kevin McCabe, Senior Product Manager for pubCenter beta, will...

Published Wed, Apr 04 2009 10:54 AM by Kip Kniskern

Filed under: Advertising, Featured, Microsoft Advertising, pubCenter
Ad Agencies vie for “Pink” campaign: Zune enabled phones coming soon?

Hot on the heels of Twitter as a source of breaking news, we’re getting a lot of good stuff lately from ad agency watchers like Ad Age and Ad Week. The latest comes from an Ad Week article reporting on a bidding war for a new Microsoft “mobile application...

Published Tue, Apr 04 2009 4:30 PM by Kip Kniskern

Filed under: Advertising, Zune
Microsoft lands Deadliest Catch, beats YouTube and Yahoo to 7 figure deal

In its first ad campaign to simultaneously combine Internet, mobile, and video game ads, Microsoft beat out Google’s YouTube and Yahoo! for an ad deal with Discovery Communications, Inc. to promote the upcoming 5th season of “The Deadliest Catch”, according...

Published Mon, Apr 04 2009 2:22 AM by Kip Kniskern

Filed under: MSN, Advertising
"I'm a PC because I'm really picky"

Another commercial, another sly slam at Apple. In the latest "I'm a PC" commercial, Giampaolo goes on his own hunt for a laptop. We'll leave it for Todd Bishop to dig up the dirt on this guy, for now, just enjoy:

Published Sat, Apr 04 2009 11:27 AM by Kip Kniskern

Filed under: Advertising
Microsoft readies $80-$100 Million ad campaign for new search brand

via Todd Bishop at TechFlash Microsoft has selected ad agency JWT to run the campaign, according to a news posting in Advertising Age : Industry executives expect JWT, part of WPP, to unveil an estimated $80 million to $100 million push for the new search...

Published Wed, Apr 04 2009 11:46 PM by Kip Kniskern

Filed under: Advertising, Live Search, kumo
Advertising festival names Steve Ballmer “Media Person of the Year”

The 56th annual Cannes Lions International Advertising Festival has named Steve Ballmer, Microsoft CEO, as Media Person of the Year . The annual award will be presented to Ballmer, who will speak at the event in a Microsoft Advertising seminar, at the...

Published Mon, Mar 03 2009 7:53 PM by Kip Kniskern

Filed under: Advertising
Windows Live Mythbusters Part II

A few weeks ago our friend Dena over at Neowin caught a Windows Live live commercial on Mythbusters, and tonight, LiveSide reader Orion was able to capture a new one: Thanks to Orion for taking the time to and having the presence of mind to capture the...

Published Sun, Mar 03 2009 1:26 AM by Kip Kniskern

Filed under: Windows Live, Advertising
Windows Live on Mythbusters

Windows Live Photo Gallery has been featured in a number of commercials recently, and tonight in a variation on a theme, Photo Gallery made an appearance on the Discovery Channel’s Mythbusters . LiveSide reader Orion commented on it , and as luck...

Published Thu, Feb 02 2009 1:34 AM by Kip Kniskern

Filed under: Windows Live, Advertising, Photo Gallery

1 2 3 Next >