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So, after the Burnol episode early this year, Ola’s Bhavish Aggarwal is at it again, with veteran automobile industry journalist Hormazd Sorabjee. The last time, the issue was Bhavish’s nudge-wink hint about an electric car. This time? Hormazd’s Ola S1 Pro did…
No matter what kind of brand it is these days—B2C or B2C—one critical element in their content strategy is ‘topical days’! ‘Seize the day’ (Carpe diem) has a very different meaning for social media content teams and agencies 🙂 It means they…
I was very pleasantly surprised by this new Uber Moto ad made by the agency FCB India. Watch it first and tell me if you also thought what I thought was going on 🙂 And then read below. I’m fairly sure the…
Back in March 2008, the media was agog with a telephone chat audio recording purportedly by cricketer Sreesanth where he professed love for Priyanka Chopra. The media played it up significantly, as expected, till Sreesanth called for a press conference. Priyanka attended…
Yesterday, in either higher secondary classes or in a college. A significant element in that process, particularly geared towards a professional career, is the use of LinkedIn. Here are some hands-on tips about what to do on LinkedIn, specifically for students. 1….
I had spoken about this topic briefly in the when he asked me about the ways to handle a personal brand during the early stage of one’s career. It could be perfectly applicable to students in higher secondary classes or in college….
Having worked on quite a few corporate employee advocacy programs, and having trained over 1,000 employees across large organizations on how to handle employee advocacy content on social media, I have given the topic a lot of thought over the last 10+…