Dense commentary on social media, PR, marketing, advertising and branding.
I’m sure you’d have heard about the , “If a tree falls in a forest and no one is around to hear it, does it make a sound?”. These days, the marketing and advertising equivalent of that is, “If a campaign is…
Given how badly the airline industry is impacted, airline brands have been desperately trying to engage their ex-users. Some of it is utterly corny and pointless… and makes it obvious that they are trying too hard. Some ideas that are beyond airline…
Ariel launched its first Share The Load film back in 2015. The framing was from the perspective of 2 elderly women completely oblivious to the fact that in their own home, the woman, though earning more than the man, is seen doing…
We humans use the timer for everything these days. To wake up. To remind us things to do during a day. To alert us that your silent prayer time is over. To remind us about meetings that are now through video conferencing….
Britain’s ITV, a TV network that competes with BBC, has been running a mental wellness campaign called ‘Britain Get Talking’ since October 2019. The launch was quite dramatic, to put it mildly! Conceived by ITV’s agency, Uncommon, they literally paused live TV…
Ever since our species was forced to stay at home, we have been using up video calls a lot more. Companies like Zoom have become as mainstream as Google all of a sudden (for both good and terrible reasons, involving privacy breach…
Amul is on a nostalgia trip! But I loved the fact that it wasn’t for no reason, but for a specific context! And across media formats! The context is this: since Ramayana is on our TVs again, Amul dug up and shared…