Which toothpaste did you use last night?
Have you wondered why none of the major toothpaste brands in the world have a separate variant for night brushing?
Category: ideas
GenAI in advertising, done right!
The clear buzzword of 2024 was AI. And going by the way things are moving, AI may be dominating 2025 too. Besides all the use-cases of AI, one specific use-case that was also very visible was using Generative AI in advertising. We…
Godrej Cinthol, ITC Fiama, and a little less water!
Scenario 1: Almost every Indian city is facing some amount of water shortage during summers these days. Some of the cities, like Bengaluru (earlier this year) and Delhi (now) make more news than others. Scenario 2: There are a LOT of shower…
Colgate MinFresh
There are broadly 3 kinds of toothpaste advertisements in India: ones that primarily pitch strong and healthy teeth, ones that mainly sell sensitive teeth protection, and ones that primarily promise fresh breath. Colgate’s MaxFresh variant is the third kind. The product competes…
Insure your career by paying periodic premiums
Personal branding is a form of insurance for your career. Not just your career, but also your identity. Most people not only confuse ‘personal branding’ and being an ‘influencer’ (See: ‘Personal branding’ vs. ‘Influencer model’), but also assume that personal branding is…
A big bar of chocolate, all for yourself?
I have a confession to make: I have never—ever—eaten a full large or medium-sized pack of chocolate in one go. No, not the 5-star kind of bar. I’m referring to the Cadbury’s Dairy Milk kind of chocolate bar that has indentations on…
Google Pixel x Mr. India: Exciting idea, perfunctory execution
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…