Paid-for spots – FM radio crossing the line?
One of my morning listens as I drive to office is Radio One (94.3 FM, from Mid Day Group). The RJ for the morning show is Prithvi and he does a fairly good job of keeping me engaged through my drive. But…
Category: short takes
The seemingly seamier side of social media
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…
PR within the family!
Last evening, I was trying to get my 7 year old son for his evening bath. Like most 7 year olds, his priorities were elsewhere – on his Nerf gun…on the paper planes he has made…basically on everything else besides a bawling…
The Ashok Lalla model for community building
What is the Ashok Lalla model, you ask? If you didn’t know, Ashok Lalla is the President – Digital, Euro RSCG. I have been following his tweets for quite some time and noticed that he started a new LinkedIn Group, back in…
The angst of an online content creator
Imagine! You are a movie director. You make a movie…and you think it is a brilliant film. You plan the release date 60 days from now and your movie is ready. What would you do to ensure that people know about the…
Collaborative feedback session…Edelman style!
I just finished a fantastic session with a group of Edelman employees in Delhi and David Brain, Edelman’s new APAC CEO. Fantastic…because of the way it was structured and handled, operationally. Being the pioneers in all-things-digital (ahem…!), we did it digitally, online….
Opine – provocation – abuse…repeat.
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…