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Author: Karthik S

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The mystery of movie stars vs. social media ‘availability’

The mystery of movie stars vs. social media ‘availability’

February 20, 2023February 20, 2023 by Karthik S

Ana de Armas was recently quoted in Vanity Fair about why she is not on social media: “The concept of a movie star is someone untouchable you only see onscreen. That mystery is gone”. And, “at this point I only have Instagram,…

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Swiggy’s screenlife ad for Valentine’s Day is a winner

Swiggy’s screenlife ad for Valentine’s Day is a winner

February 14, 2023February 14, 2023 by Karthik S

Swiggy’s Valentine’s Day 2023 ad film by the agency Talented is possibly* (see update at the end of this post) India’s first ad that uses the screenlife format. Screenlife is a visual narrative device that tells the story using a digital screen,…

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Personification as a creative device in advertising

Personification as a creative device in advertising

February 13, 2023January 20, 2024 by Karthik S

Here we go, exactly one year later! 🙂 Last year, in February, I had written about the use of anthropomorphism as a creative device in advertising. Simply put, anthropomorphism is giving human form to things/objects. This works very well in advertising since…

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What’s in a nameplate?

What’s in a nameplate?

February 8, 2023February 8, 2023 by Karthik S

I have written about regionalization and localization in advertising very often, particularly in the context of the use of local languages when it comes to local media and locally targeted advertising. A significant part of localization is also about understanding local nuances…

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Zlade goes for the lowest hanging fru… balls

Zlade goes for the lowest hanging fru… balls

February 6, 2023February 6, 2023 by Karthik S

Have you seen the new ad for manscaping trimmers where a famous actor talks about how we treat our balls and how we should really treat our balls while removing unwanted hair in men’s nether regions? Did you assume I’m talking about…

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Southern delights superstar

Southern delights superstar

February 3, 2023February 3, 2023 by Karthik S

I wouldn’t really care to buy Murukku from Haldiram’s considering the plethora of brands available in Bengaluru (including Coimbatore’s own A1 Chips brand murukku, among others like A2B, etc.) but when I stumbled onto a pack online recently by chance, my first…

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Personal branding vs. Influencers

Personal branding vs. Influencers

February 1, 2023February 1, 2023 by Karthik S

It doesn’t happen often, but occasionally a potential client does pop in the question: “How many followers do you think I (or the concerned business leaders for whom the personal branding workshop is being discussed) would get after this workshop, and in…

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