The Canonical Marketing guys have put out some adverts which are apparently running in the US for a few weeks on some IT websites. See below for the videos hosted on youtube.
If you’re viewing my blog via an RSS reader or planet syndication then you may have to click through to the blog to see the videos. Alternatively you can go direct to the youtube videos here and here.
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If they were shot and directed at better quality, they could even qualify to be TV ads. Nice job people
Whilst I’m glad that Canonical have cottoned on to idea of video
marketing (I’m a bit of a proponent myself!), I can’t help be but a
wee bit disappointed at the quality of the videos. The end titles
look a little bit like they were made on Impress or Powerpoint, and
the video segments seem a little amateurish.
The problem is, if the video looks like you made it yourself it’s
going to look like you haven’t got the cash to pay for a proper
advertising campaign. This isn’t the impression you want to give to
people. You’re asking them to trust your server operating system to
run their businesses…. Not good…..
Chuck a few quid at the problem and employ a media company. You might
even be able to encourage a University to put some media students on
task with this. If you want help from the community side of things
trying to get something like this set up, give me a shout. I’m sure
there are others here who’d help out too. There may even be media able
people reading the list. I suggested a competition a while ago in the
‘Ubuntu Viral Video’ thread.
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