stunning visuals

That’s how to do a TV ad: Stunning! Well done – SONY Bravia

TV as an advertising media has been extremely abused by the marketers – rarely you will see someone utilizing the strength of this medium which is display and sound. Finally, a brand has realized it and not surprisingly it is a TV brand – SONY Bravia. Just see the ad below. Amazing visuals and wonderful […]

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Front Page Print Ads: Building Anticipation and Awareness-Uber and OnePlus

The front page print ads in newspaper cost a lot and mostly used as the announcement for brands either to create anticipation or build awareness. The Cricket WC is just round the corner. Uber has used the grand occasion by placing ads on the first two pages of World’s largest selling English daily Times of

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sapiens a brief history of humankind

Humans are the worst cold-blooded murderers! Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind

Yes, before you get me wrong – I am talking about Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind – a bestseller listed in Amazon “100 books to read in a lifetime”, and nothing to do with business or corporations but with “Us – the humans”. The book covers the human evolution with multidimensional perspectives – culture,

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Break clutter

Breaking Clutter on TV – Shock Therapy by Goel TMT

How to break the advertising clutter in TVC space when the big brands are ready to hijack everything from IPL to Elections? When the scripted nautanki (jargon) from established ad agencies are falling flat like a house of card, and everything looks lost – Avengers: Endgame is the solution. The second-best solution is the final

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Indian consumers

Transforming Brand Image – Traditional to Modern – Paridhan from Patanjali

How marketing communications can create new brand images or transform a brand from traditional to modern? Patanjali has been known for its unique blend of swadeshi and herbal themes in marketing communications. When it decided to enter apparel category which is highly dominated by youth – there were questions in the mind about how they

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How one should go about building brands for product categories

It’s School Time: Different Approaches to Build Stationery Brands.

How one should go about building brands for product categories – which have seasonal peak / interest, target consumers from age 3 to 15, and buyers (parents) do not use the product? Stationery is a very complex category due to distinct characteristics of users, buyers, and most importantly peer norms. It was quite surprising to

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IPL 2019: Is it Happening? Jubaan Kesariya

Has IPL 2019 started for marketers, Any ad worthwhile to remember or talk about – any sharing of interesting ads on Facebook? Almost nothing is happening. While the matches are awesome but the media communication is almost non-existent and forgettable. This season Lowe Lintas got the contract by replacing Ogilvy. The first few ads were

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Print Media in a Digital Marketing Strategy? A Curious Case of Nestle

Print media is the first building block for a successful digital marketing strategy which is trying to launch a new product. Sounds unbelievable? Well, here is the truth and the example is of FMCG giant Nestle. Nestle used a creative fold concept in their ad in the national newspaper. The ad is spread on two

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How a Leader Brand Should Communicate to Consumers?

When a brand is Global leader, how it should communicate to its consumers? Should it focus on its features or follow the prevailing emotional route to reach its consumers? In fact, for any brand which is a leader, faces the same question? It is like when you have reached at the top, what next? The

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Smartphones: Enhancing lives and improving businesses!

Recently, there has been a wide coverage on the negative effects of smartphones which include addiction, behavioural issues such as anxiety and temperament, and most importantly fake news which spreads via Facebook or WhatsApp. But as famous adage goes – “Technology is a good slave but a bad master!”. Science or technology is just a

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