topic Re: Eh up, we're on telly! in Community Announcements

Eh up, we're on telly!

adamwalker — Thu, 07 Oct 2010 12:02:34 GMT

Yes, we've launched our TV advertising campaign today.
This is a massive step for Plusnet and we're very proud of what's been done, lets hope this helps spread the word further afield than ever before.
As always we're interested to know what you think, these are the first 2 of 3 TV ads we've created so keep your eyes peeled for these and the third one which should be coming later in the year.
In the meantime have a look at these and tell us what you reckon:
http://www.youtube.com/user/PlusNetTV
PS the giant stone version of Samson the dog may be paying a visit to a town near you soon!

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Be3G — Thu, 07 Oct 2010 12:11:07 GMT

I suspect these ads might not to down too well with some of the forum community, for well known reasons… I think quite a few people would have preferred the money being spent on advertising to have been spent on, say, support instead.
Having said that, I do quite like the adverts – they're quirky and a little amusing. I'm not really sure I think Plusnet deserve to call themselves ‘honest’ though (the O-turn around unlimited broadband last year somewhat spoilt my trust in these matters), but we'll see.

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thisoldman — Thu, 07 Oct 2010 13:17:10 GMT

who were the people in the advert? Mand and James-h?

i thought i had patented the word pigeonhead, and I am shocked you have stolen it

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Steve — Thu, 07 Oct 2010 13:30:42 GMT

Never heard of Samson the dog, Who Is he/she? A customer?

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thisoldman — Thu, 07 Oct 2010 13:33:27 GMT

he is the boyfriend of delia............

dont you read the old testament steve?

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Steve — Thu, 07 Oct 2010 13:34:42 GMT

Afraid not no.

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thisoldman — Thu, 07 Oct 2010 13:46:33 GMT

sobs sobssobs and the advert on youtube had no subtitles so i couldnt make out a word they said.

Shame Shame

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adamwalker — Thu, 07 Oct 2010 14:24:06 GMT

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Never heard of Samson the dog, Who Is he/she? A customer?

Did you actually watch the ads Steve? to be fair his name isn't mentioned. The Yorkshire terrier is indeed Samson

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thisoldman — Thu, 07 Oct 2010 14:28:45 GMT

why was the advert not subtitled adam . are you people at plusnet anti deaf?

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Chris — Thu, 07 Oct 2010 14:40:29 GMT

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why was the advert not subtitled adam . are you people at plusnet anti deaf?

I'm sure they'll have subtitles when they're shown on television, sorry that the YouTube ones haven't

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nadger — Thu, 07 Oct 2010 16:13:01 GMT

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dont you read the old testament steve?

He doesn't think it's Kosher

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artificer — Thu, 07 Oct 2010 18:35:15 GMT

telly ads? won't be seeing those unless they get posted on youtube.

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LiamM — Thu, 07 Oct 2010 18:54:12 GMT

Err... http://www.youtube.com/user/PlusNetTV ; 😉

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Strat — Thu, 07 Oct 2010 20:16:15 GMT

Quote from: thisoldman
he is the boyfriend of delia............

Would that be Delia Smith

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idlewis — Thu, 07 Oct 2010 21:43:30 GMT

With all the rain that we are having, I hope Samson the dog won't step in to a poodle.

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Santiago — Thu, 07 Oct 2010 22:08:00 GMT

What a crap advert. I am glad Plusnet didn't waste a lot of our money on that. £5.00 for the ad agency and £2.50 production cost would just about cover that.
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nadger — Fri, 08 Oct 2010 08:41:59 GMT

Ad was on More4 at 10.30pm yesterday

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adamwalker — Fri, 08 Oct 2010 13:40:00 GMT

Oddball,
I prefer the Quarry ad to the one with the Pidgeon in it. What didn't you like about it in particular? Don't worry I won't get defensive, just interested to know.
Most people seem to like the ads, some don't (which is to be expected with anything like this).

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Santiago — Fri, 08 Oct 2010 14:11:15 GMT

I think positioning yourselves a Yorkshire provider is a mistake as your advert is broadcast nationally.
If you are positioning yourself for local business the advert should have been restricted to local TV in your area.
Why do you think buying broadband is preferable from Yorkshire? Is the broadband mined deep below Rotherham or is it cast at Forgemasters in Sheffield?
Is it because all the staff are born and bred in Yorkshire? I think not.
I wouldn't particularly choose to buy something from Yorkshire per se and I am even less inclined to be persuaded by advert filmed in Bob Pullen's conservatory with phoney local accents and a pigeon on someone's head.

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xpcomputers — Fri, 08 Oct 2010 16:55:38 GMT

LOL.... Bob probably hasn't even got a conservatory!
I much preferred the quarry one, which I think is great, but not sure the pigeon one has the right sort of message ("don't worry if your marriage is going down the pan, at least you can get cheap broadband"!) ... although both have a fun self-deprecating idea.
Having said that, neither is really bad (especially compared with the really rubbish adverts on TV these days!)
Basically they are a bit of fun and are trying to say Plusnet is about no-nonsense broadband at a great price, and that you can trust a Yorkshire man to hunt out a bargain!!!
Mike