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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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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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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Paper

Paper or Touchscreens? The Challenges of Advertising

The Advertising decision to chose media is very tricky and crucial which can make or break the whole campaign. Some popular media types are print , video or digital. While global trend is that expenditure on traditional print (paper) media is slowing down, the expenditure on digital marketing (touchscreens specially mobile) is seeing a health

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Selfie, Emoji, and Smartphones, Live the Moment!

Today’s teenagers use their smartphones extensively to take selfie, and communicate using emoji features. How does all this affect the behavior of teenagers – the digital generation? In fact, the Selfie and usage of Emoji gives a new meaning to online impression management, and word-of-mouth recommendations. You ask your friend (via smartphones) how was the

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