Tom Krazit is reporting at cnet news Digital Media that Google Apps will be advertised on billboards in New York City, Boston, Chicago, and San Francisco during August 2009.
http://news.cnet.com/digital-media/?tag=rb_content;overviewHead
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[moved from "Google launches rare ad campaign to sell more apps"]
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5iidbFzNgcqp_257yqqAjIingXTmAD99R64C00
"Google Inc. is so well known that it has become a synonym for search, making advertising unnecessary. Getting businesses to buy Google's online suite of office applications requires a little more elbow grease and marketing muscle.
In a rare commercial campaign, Google is leasing billboards along major highways in New York, San Francisco, Chicago and Boston this month to promote a bundle of business applications that sells for $50 per worker annually. A different message will be displayed each weekday through August, starting with Monday morning's commute. ...." |
I've been seeing the web ads of this campaign for months now, mainly on Engadget |