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There are brands that have done terribly when choosing a hashtag. The most famous blunder was the hashtag created for Susan Boyle’s album release in 2012. The chosen hashtag was #susanalbumparty – now try to read that hashtag s-l-o-w-l-y. But Amazon turned…
Tiger Shroff is the new face of Pepsi? Tiger Shroff?! What were his managers thinking? The man is known for his fitness (and incredibly cool dancing skills, of course!). He has got his own custom workout that Cult.Fit sells very proudly! (See:…
Given the amount of money the so-called ‘health’ drink brands spend in targeting children and parents, you’d by now know by heart what each one of them stands for. Complan? Growth, in terms of height. The pack itself has a height scale!…
The connecting link to all these tweets: Tea! Note that I have not taken the tweets from others/other news sources that report Modi’s speeches or quips. These are all his own tweets, from the 2 handles he owns (not even the PMO…
I saw this HDFC Life ad in today’s Economic Times with a lot of curiosity. Most insurance ads have photos or visuals that are usually relatable to a lot of people – father, mother, daughter/son, a full’ish looking family with parents, kids,…
When McDonald’s launched their all-day breakfast service, they searched Twitter for people who requested for that and replied to them. Here are a couple – McD replying in 2015, to tweets from 2007 and 2008. If you thought going back to old…
I don’t recall where I first heard this story. But it is a story that I always would remember for more reason than one. The story goes… A man and a woman are married for more than 30 years. They are very…