Two blocks and a second chance
An angiogram in 2011 (with no blocks), another in 2025 (two blocks), and an angioplasty (two stents later), here I am!
Category: long-form
Marketing team career promotion yojana, on LinkedIn!
Companies are spending money on LinkedIn to promote the careers of their marketing teams. Bizarre? But that’s what is happening!
The 10 best Indian ads of 2024
I started compiling the 10 best Indian advertisements since 2021 and share the list on the first Monday of every year. 2025’s first Monday gave me a lot of time to work on my compilation since it falls on the 6th of…
McDonald’s cheesy handling of a reputation crisis
Let me start by confessing that I am a HUGE fan of McDonald’s. Not just the food there, but also the overall marketing of the brand, across the world. There is impeccable consistency in both, the kind and quality of offerings—food and…
Why does Infosys need a sonic identity?
Infosys recently made a media splash about launching its own sonic identity. A sonic identity is nothing but an audio logo of sorts. The basic idea is that you hear a piece of sound or music and you identify the brand behind…
Exploring the fundamentals of meme marketing
Let me start by confessing that I did like CRED’s new ad campaign for Bidblast where they made use of The Times of India’s classified section. It’s not a new idea, and other brands like Zomato have used it before. But the…
What next, after returns and refunds?
We order fresh vegetables often via BigBasket’s BB Daily which allows us to place the order by night so that it can be delivered along with the milk in the morning. So, my wife and I decide on the food for the…