Dense commentary on social media, PR, marketing, advertising and branding.
In marketing, advertising and sales, we have the concept of decision-makers and decision influencers. For instance, in the famous Old Spice 2010 campaign, “The Man Your Man Could Smell Like” by Wieden+Kennedy, the decision-makers were men, but the decision influencers, and to…
Imagine: You try to enter a departmental store. Before you enter, they tell you, right at the gate, that to enter the shampoo section even to window shop and check out the options and prices, you’d need to give your phone number…
Back when I was at Text 100 (now called Archetype), my largest client was Lenovo. As part of understanding the client’s context, I had done a lot of reading on the OLPC (One Laptop Per Child) project by the co-founder and chairman…
I purchased this bar of Amul white chocolate 2 weeks ago. I am a big of white chocolate (besides dark/bitter chocolate) and buy it occasionally. The usual shelf at MK Retail near my place has very limited options for white chocolate –…
Note: This is an updated version of my earlier post from 2018. Imagine a busy town square. There are a LOT of people. Many are talking, many listening. Some are influential people who talk from a podium. There are people from all…
Now, this is one of the most wonderfully original marketing ideas I have seen in recent times. Owing to social distancing norms and lockdown/stay at home calls, it seems . The logic is simple, actually – we usually use gum/mint not for…
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…