Dense commentary on social media, PR, marketing, advertising and branding.
What would a movie about the impact of social media posts, written and directed Sai Paranjpye look like? Sai is 82 and I don’t think she’s directing anymore. But do take a look at the recent Malayalam film Vikruthi (or Vikrithy, meaning…
I could argue that Coca-Cola, that over-sweetened, carbonated water that spends gazillions of money in advertising globally and is a dominant cause of obesity (along with other junk, fast-food brands), but I fully understand if you want to counter-argue that it is…
US-based local business search and reviews website Yelp had released two kinds of communication last week. When looked side-by-side, they warrant an interesting observation. To start with, both communications were released on the same day – April 9, 2020. The first one…
With regard to brands trying various kinds of content in Stage 3 of this pandemic (), my favorite right now is Steak-umm, a brand of thin-sliced frozen steaks. As a content format for social media, this is a brilliant subversion of the…
Amul is on a nostalgia trip! But I loved the fact that it wasn’t for no reason, but for a specific context! And across media formats! The context is this: since Ramayana is on our TVs again, Amul dug up and shared…
“Do we have enough stock of flour for the coming week?”“Does this tweet sound right, or am I missing something?”“Oh God… no milk today! And the customer care is not responding!”“I have already changed that headline thrice and boss still isn’t happy!”“The…
This work-from-home situation seems to be the new normal. In the advertising world, the reaction to it has been mixed. There’s famous inside joke about the advertising industry (and to some extent PR industry too) that if you do not smoke, you…