Dense commentary on social media, PR, marketing, advertising and branding.
When I wrote a note on deepfakes last year, I was merely looking at it from the perspective of disinformation. But, besides perpetuating disinformation (and misinformation), it is heading in a really interesting direction that is not so bad (though still questionable)…
A recent ad for Airtel Nigeria, by the agency Noah’s Ark (Nigeria), made me ponder quite a bit. When I saw the ad for the first time, I loved the idea and thought that it was a fantastic way to showcase how…
The broader topic is gun violence – something we, in India, could also relate to, and it is a global problem. It is also a morbid topic to deal with, in communications. But within that broader theme, three advertising efforts approach focused…
Alcohol and water already have a significant connection – the latter is used in cocktails, and also frozen water (ice) is a default addition to many alcoholic drinks. Then there are the utterly funny surrogate ads from India where a well-known alcohol…
The British advisory body The Sleep Council coined the phrase ‘junk sleep’ in 2007 after looking at the results of a poll it conducted of 1,000 teenagers from the UK. The poll of 1,000 youngsters aged 12 to 16 found that 30%…
I have always looked at ads from chappal brands with a lot of interest. I say ‘chappal’ because I don’t want to call it ‘footwear’ and include all kinds of footwear. Chappal is a category, based on pricing and socio-economic target audience…
Last month, an elephant that smashed through a kitchen wall at a home in Thailand made news globally. While it was funny to see countless memes around it (including one that made me laugh out loud; it had the elephant’s pic along…