Dense commentary on social media, PR, marketing, advertising and branding.
In my earlier avatar working in PR and advertising agencies, I have occasionally worked with famous celebrities (film stars, sportspersons, etc.) for specific promotions, events, campaigns, and so on. Most of them, as I recall, are in the mindset of coming to…
I had written about BigBasket’s cease & desist letter to Coimbatore-based DailyBasket and how the latter fought back publicly through a show-and-tell website that almost decimated the former’s points and showcased some of BigBasket’s points in bad faith. Since I write every…
Rashmi Samant was all over the news in India (and in Karnataka, given that she studied in Manipal Institute of Technology earlier) as recently as February 12-13. After all, she became the first Indian woman to occupy the position of president of…
If you have been creating and sharing content online, on any of the social media platforms, there is a natural tendency to look at the ‘engagement’. Social media platforms have conditioned us to consider Likes, Shares, Comments, Replies, Retweets, Reshares, etc. as…
Volkswagen CEO Herbert Diess joined Twitter in December 2020, but his first tweet was posted only on January 20, 2021. In his few replies so far, he has confirmed that the tweets from the handle are his own. What is truly interesting…
A customary annual round-up! This is also the only time I seriously look at the post views using Google Analytics. Looking back, WordPress informs me that I have written 256 posts in 2020. My usual target is 1 post per weekday and…
LinkedIn India’s Top Voices 2020 list was announced yesterday (here’s the post by Abhigyan Chand) and I’m glad to find a spot in the list. But, instead of simply sharing it as a badge of honor, allow me to make it contextually…