Dense commentary on social media, PR, marketing, advertising and branding.
A PR effort by Stanley, the maker of cups, bottles, and tumblers went massively viral recently. Here’s what happened: Danielle’s car (a KIA, as we can see from the video) caught fire and she posted a short video of the burnt car…
I found the Pixel 8 campaign from Google (agency: FCB Group) with Anil Kapoor reprising his role as Mr. India to be interesting enough, but not as exciting as I assumed it would be. The idea of officially using the Mr. India…
If you have been watching the Cricket World Cup 2023 (CWC2023) matches, I’m fairly sure you may remember this PhonePe ad – watch: Almost anyone who watches the ad for the first time has an opinion… not about PhonePe being interoperable with…
“Human beings are the only species that deliberately deprive themselves of sleep for no apparent gain”, says preeminent neuroscientist and sleep expert Matthew Walker, in his book, ‘Why We Sleep’. Even more alarmingly, he adds, “Our lack of sleep is a slow…
Notice anything unusual about these three clusters of news headlines? While the headlines call the drivers from ride-hailing platforms like Uber, Ola, and Rapido as ‘drivers’, for Rapido alone, there is an adequate number of headlines (and news reports) that use the…
The purpose of any kind of corporate communication is to leave a positive impression about the organization in the minds of people. Ironically, I recently came across a piece of corporate communication from a company that was being shared online for its…
Infosys recently made a media splash about launching its own sonic identity. A sonic identity is nothing but an audio logo of sorts. The basic idea is that you hear a piece of sound or music and you identify the brand behind…