Video Ads

Review of video ads launched on TV or digital media.

Crowd-source

Why Crowdsource Creativity? Part 2: Video Ads

Whether a firm should crowd-source for advertising (or communications) which is a do-or-die outcome? In Part 1, as part of academic exercise, the best of the best print ads are discussed. This post covers the top rated video ads. Vim Vim is a dish-washing product by Unilever. Ad is focused on the feature appeal which […]

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NIKE Dream Crazier

Emotional or Rational: Another senseless campaign from Ford SUV.

Emotional or Rational  debate exists even before the big bang happened! And majority of brands are still falling in the endless pit of social/cause specific ad content to make an emotional connect with their consumers. Read more about rational decisions here. In India, SUV means power, status and a license to kill (on road of-course!).

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PhonePe: A creative campaign with Daddu Amir Khan and Dablu

PhonePe, a Unified Payments Interface (UPI) based mobile app made use of Amir Khan in their latest campaign. As per the NPCI (National Payments Corporation of India) records, in terms of value and volume of transactions, Google Pay is the leader, closely followed by the PhonePe and Paytm. The mobile wallet (digital transaction) industry is

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Smartphone Camera, Selfie, Low light – Action!

Smartphone Camera, Selfie, Low light – Action! It took a little time to get this post about new Smartphone launches addressing selfie and low light portraits. (IPL is long time back and Cricket World cup is on). Vivo and Oppo launched two new phone models during IPL. It was an interesting battle of advertising between

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Ganges

When Legends Sachin and Rahman come together, Sheer Magic of Music!

Oscar winner A R Rahman and Living Cricket GOD Sachin tendulkar come together for Apollo tyre and results is sheer magic, amazing, soulful rendition, harmonious tribute to the holy Ganges. Apollo Tyres is running a corporate advertising campaign, Ganga: the River of People, to reflect that India is progressing and so is the brand. When

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When sense doesn’t make any sense!

After the big fiasco with James Bond, Pan Bahar (chewing gutkha/pan masala) does it again! Yes, the elections are over and the footprints of nationalism are seen everywhere. The Indian Army has been in spotlight in last few months. But, that does not give anyone any right to start abusing the new found patriotism. Already,

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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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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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