Do you think?
December 16, 2020Do you think? No, there’s nothing more in that question 🙂 It usually is, “Do you think X is good?” or, ‘Do you think Y is better than Z?”. But just consider, “Do you think?”. On a daily basis. Just sit and…
Category: opinion
How Doc Morris won Christmas 2020
December 15, 2020As far as Christmas season ads go, this is one of the very best. The client is Doc Morris, one of Germany’s largest online pharmaceutical services. The agency is Jung von Matt/SAGA. The narrative technique is prolonging the intrigue, without letting us…
The sound of advertising
December 14, 2020When we talk about sound in advertising, it is usually associated with and thought to be about music. The kind of music, no doubt, plays a big role in shaping our perceptions and guide us towards feeling a particular emotion. If you…
Honey, I shrunk the market!
December 11, 2020When the Center for Science and Environment (CSE) first announced ‘Honey Fraud’ by top brands in India, it was noon of December 2, 2020. As the news of the murky honey industry in India started to gain traction, Dabur, the market leader,…
Imagination coming alive
December 10, 2020A few days ago, I had shared the list of and two of the books in the fiction list were by Blake Crouch – Run, and the Pines trilogy (that makes it 4 books!). There are 2 other books by Blake I…
Ryan Reynolds – actor, platform, influencer, or marketing agency?
December 9, 2020Ryan Reynolds’ agency, Maximum Effort has released its latest effort, for the client Match. It’s both hilarious and on point for the client’s context! The idea to showcase satan as the hero of an ad to sell that product/service is audacious, but…
Communicating with our own body
December 8, 2020My first fitness band was a Xiaomi Mi band that I bought in 2016. Till then, even though I have been clocking a 5-kilometer run every day (since 2009), I had never known the impact of that on my body. My band…