“Perhaps in concert with this week’s TV commercial campaign, the retail stores will debut a 12-page fold-out brochure that highlights the international reach of the stores, the helpful personnel, and the variety of creative applications that Apple offers. The brochure will be accompanied by new, dark-green employee T-shirts imprinted with a new set of slogans,” ifoAppleStore reports. “The cover of the brochure lists the types of capabilities that Mac software allows, including blog, compose, jam, share, photocast and ‘Switch.’ The cover text also notes, ‘We can help you do it all.’”
Full article with pictures of the flyer’s front and inside contents (click ifoAppleStore’s images) here.
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Report: Apple TV ad campaign to launch next week will be for Macintosh – April 28, 2006
Great to see from apple
Dark Green? Where’s the White?
I know allot of people who work at the Apple Store and no one of them look like those people. Is that an Apple Brochure or a fashion magazine?
Green is the new white.
If Apple is going to offer extensive help at the Apple Stores they had better up the staff numbers. I tried to get in to have my old G4 looked at, which AppleCare recommended on the phone) and found the Genius Bar was booked solid for a long time–the web site said no more reservations were being taken at this time. My sister couldn’t get an appointment for an iBook speaker problem, it was full again.
As a shareholder, I’m glad Apple is doing so well that they’re booked full. As a user, I was ticked. However, I found out there are other local places here that support AppleCare, BUT was told Apple does not offer up the name and address info of every licensed Apple Care store if the place doesn’t SELL a certain amount of computers and only does repairs. When I called AppleCare I was given only the Apple Store and another computer chain store as licensed AppleCare professionals, and no mention of a licensed repair place right in the town I live.
I think the whole Genius Bar is a fantastic idea, they just need to anticipate use rates better. Or separate Genius appointments for help with apps and OS questions from AppleCare repair needs. And level with people on the location of ALL licensed repair companies.
a lot of the girls in the SOHO store are pretty hot.
MDN word “all” like “ok, so not all of them”
Actually, I’ve been less than impressed with most of the geniuses I’ve spotted in the Orange County stores. I only go to the Apple Store for Apple Software if it’s not available at other stores and I need it now or for “event” release (like Mac OS X Tiger). Buying machines? I’ll hit CompUSA or MicroCenter. Non-Apple software or hardware, definitely CompUSA, MicroCenter, or an on-line store.
Someperson,
Come to Florida and check out the ladies at the Falls or West Palm store. Personally, I can’t wait for South Beach to open! YUMMY!
Heh, heh . . . heh . . . I, uhhhh . . . heheh . . . I can, you know . . . I can . . . ehhhh, I . . . I can help you “Jam”, miss.
Yaah . . . I’m, uhhh . . . I’m really good at the . . . “jammin'”!
Heh . . . heh . . .
“Buying machines? I’ll hit CompUSA or MicroCenter. “
Yeah because certainly you will find all kinds of Mac people to help you at those places.
(sarcasm detector off the scale)
“gentlemen… start your engines!”
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Peter…. I go the the apple store in mission viejo, Chris (one of the managers) is real knowledgeable.
You can make Genius Bar appointments from home — go to
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Glad to see the new ad blitz when it starts — sounds like Apple’s really going after the “You need Windows to do (whatever)” canard…
MW = met, as in “Hopefully, Micro$oft has finally met its match…”
A lot of the guys in the Apple Store SoHo are pretty hot!
It looks like Apple and Co. have been listening to MDN… took their advice of actually advertising WHY the software is better, not just telling people that, they are mentally damaged, and their Windows boxes are merely that… A metal box with some stuff in it and personal touches. It’s about time! Now… Let’s see some ads all over the place showing Mac OS X at its best!
I hate to say this, because I’m no Windows fanboi, but Apple really needs to support those who come into their stores and wants to be able to install and run Windows on their Intel Macs. They need to be trained in how to install it, show people how dual booting works, and let people see Windows running on iMacs and Macbook Pros and Mac Minis first hand.
Even if Apple does not wish to sell, or support Windows, they could still sell hardware to those who wish to use Windows, and just want to see how well it works first hand. This is part of them being able to completely take care of customers. They are currently falling short in this area.
re:twilightmoon
Maybe because BootCamp is a beta that will never actually ship as a product? It’s features and capabilities will be integrated in Leopard so that training people to use or demo BootCamp is a moot point. Besides, instructions are on apple web site, pretty detailed.
BootCamp has only a very short life span before disappearing as “product”.
Back on the ad campaign: This should silence the doubters who though Boot Camp signified Apple was going to ditch OS X. With OS X and iLife, it’s only getting started! (And will show people how to “switch”).
‘We can help you do it all’ ad / pr campaign.
That is going to effect Apple sales by about…oh, say…0 percent. As in nothing, as in a waste of time to print it.
Looks like some corporate PR fluff piece put out by every company that you can find collecting dust on the counter next to the cash register or stuffed in your plastic bag that you throw away without looking at it.
I pity the female Apple worker that has to wear the t-shirt that says ‘We can help you do it all’.
“Heh…heh…so you can…help me do it…heh, heh all???
Like I need help with my dongle…heh, heh.
And I got a really big…heh,heh…hard drive…wanna´see it?”
ppeople know there is apple software for apple macs, need to let them know there is a variety of other software they need!
Apple needs a separate Genius Bar for ipod-related problems. Every time I go into the Apple Store someone is always fixing an ipod at the Genius Bar. Don’t penalize Mac users because people don’t know how to reset their ipods.
Add an ipod Bar where you can get help, view videos and purchase music direct to your ipod.
We can help you do it all… except, like, help you with the operating system that the other 95% of the world relies on…
But look at our cool iPods!!
What a waste, reminds me of an MS campaign.
Coolio
you want help with that popular bug ridden, crappy OS that 95% of the world relies on, go back to MS and let them do it.
Apple didn’t create that piece of shit, so why expect them to support it…do it all with Apple software and hardware
whats with the microshit advertising
‘fight invisi-business’ office live BETA ???
Maybe the big tv campaign to promote the Mac and how it fits into our lives will finally happen? A ‘we can help you do it all’ campaign might just be the ticket to push more folks to switch.