Comments on: Is This The Most Smug Marketing Campaign Ever? – New iPhone Ad (If You Don’t Have an iPhone…)

By: Why Videos Go Viral on YouTube and How Yours Can Too! |

Why Videos Go Viral on YouTube and How Yours Can Too! | — Sat, 17 Mar 2012 14:09:52 +0000

[...] This type of virality is relatively easy if you can create a funny parody, like our very own parody of Apple’s ‘If you don’t have an iPhone’ commercial. As Kevin mentioned: ‘We don’t just enjoy now, we [...]

By: Matt

Matt — Mon, 11 Jul 2011 22:42:51 +0000

Haha, thanks Audrey!

Yeah, I just found it so congratulatory that I had to make a point of doing a parody. Truth is, I’ve only really promoted them more, but hey, I get to be more creative than the average blog post for 5 minutes!

Matt

By: Audrey Ross

Audrey Ross — Thu, 07 Jul 2011 19:01:53 +0000

Completely true Matt, the Apple guys should have conducted a poll before airing it on TV. I’ve always been an Apple fan but I do find some of their ads quite meaningless. It was a pleasure reading this post and I’ll look forward to come across more such interesting and creative post.

By: How To Make Money Online Fast - Skills To Pay The Bills |

How To Make Money Online Fast - Skills To Pay The Bills | — Thu, 02 Jun 2011 02:33:12 +0000

[...] I was able to do, by releasing videos where I was the featured voice. An example of this was my iPhone ad parody, which I posted to [...]

By: Matt

Matt — Tue, 10 May 2011 19:21:50 +0000

True. I didn’t feel the need to edit the video as I could talk about what was on the screen, just adding my own version of what I felt Apple were really saying.

By: mondo

mondo — Tue, 10 May 2011 08:44:41 +0000

it was cool except there was no editing good stuff

By: Discover What To Write In A Blog and What To Blog About |

Discover What To Write In A Blog and What To Blog About | — Tue, 10 May 2011 02:04:38 +0000

[...] I blog about marketing online, but I could relate a blog post to this TV ad. I actually created my own parody of the ad which poked fun at the original campaign. It struck a chord with people who’d seen the ad and [...]

By: Matt

Matt — Mon, 09 May 2011 19:57:07 +0000

Hahaha! And Alan wins for the best comment on the blog this month!

Hope your wife gets the message soon Alan and that she’s not too upset.

Thanks for the comment.

By: Alan

Alan — Mon, 09 May 2011 19:20:05 +0000

But – I DON”T have an iPhone!

So I can’t Face Off, or whatever it’s called, to my ex wife show her that I’m on a beach in Thailand with a beeootiful Thai girl and a cocktail.

Maybe I should get her one?

PS dear. If you read this – I sold the house.

Alan

By: Matt

Matt — Mon, 09 May 2011 15:37:01 +0000

Haha! Good skills that man! I bet he bought all their iPhones…

Glad you enjoyed the post.

Matt

By: David R

David R — Mon, 09 May 2011 13:18:10 +0000

Well..! spot on Matt.
In Starbucks on Saturday, family of 4 next to me and my wife, Mother on iphone,The Son,and the daughter both on iphones, The father sat there on his I-todd. Funny really.he must have manifested all that,clever bugger.;-)..

By: Matt

Matt — Mon, 09 May 2011 12:44:35 +0000

Thanks Sarah!

By: Sarah

Sarah — Mon, 09 May 2011 12:28:00 +0000

Brilliant! And so true. Thanks!