Dense commentary on social media, PR, marketing, advertising and branding.
A couple of days back, I recall seeing a rant on Twitter. Completely normal, you’d say…Twitter seems like the Rant Headquarters of the world, anyway. But this was interesting enough to notice and blog about. It had a guy tweeting (not the…
I stumbled on this interesting effort by Tanishq from a tweet by @manuscrypts. It does sound interesting – interesting enough for me to put my male’ness aside and get into blush territory. So, what does it do? You start with the instructions,…
Ever read a Facebook status update (or a Tweet) that you did not agree with? Saw something online that made you mad? Found something offensive online? Bad language? Cuss words? Half-baked perspective? Ignorant rant? I suppose you get the drift, but the…
One of the sentences that I always use in a social media pitch with a new/prospective client is, ‘Social media engagement is not rocket science’. And I go on to explain why so, and why they still need an agency if it…
I have written about online influence earlier. Today, I stumbled on a post by Shonali (On influence in public relations and social media) on this topic where she refers to 3 specific points, it’s not how many people or who you know…
I was in a family gathering last week…the one where the extended family arrives, mostly from Chennai (Madras!) and we all indulge in small talk about happening eating joints in India; advertising, marketing and PR updates (considering most of the family is…
That is a conversation on twitter between a celebrity, Ranvir Shorey and another tweeter. Ranvir may be a celebrity or not depending on how many films of his you’ve seen and how much you like him. And I’m not here to pass…