Dense commentary on social media, PR, marketing, advertising and branding.
The 1976 Xerox TVC for their 9200 copiers is iconic and very famous, since its Superbowl launch. The ad, called ‘Bother Dominic’ (or Monks) was a clever spin on ‘spreading religious manuscripts’ and using the copier to do the trick, fast! ‘It’s…
I came across an utterly gimmicky—and mildly funny, to be honest—attempt by Old Spice in creating he world’s longest commercial (aka advertisement), last week. The context was good – “the commercial can last as long as the all-new scent for men that…
This was a thoroughly engaging branded film by Paisabazaar. It got me curious in the beginning when they added that small twist of the groom’s brother being mute. And his insistence that the groom be his voice for his speech – very…
Before watching this 2-minute film, I had no clue about the existence of BRAC, or knew that it was the world’s largest NGO (by the number of employees). I saw the film a few days ago and thought it was well conceived….
A few days ago, my daughter had given me and wife a Christmas presents wish list. Both my son and daughter do this every year. One item in the daughter’s list was interesting, though we know why – she has always been…
This film, made by Ogilvy India, for client Hindustan Unilever, literally made me tear up. I could sense what they were getting at but definitely did not anticipate the denouement. That was mighty impactful! I had to wrestle with minor logical inconsistencies…
Let me not mention the client/brand behind this advertisement. When I saw it first, I did not know the brand and 3/4ths into the ad, a thought came to my mind… and as I started wondering about that, the ad ended perfectly,…