Dense commentary on social media, PR, marketing, advertising and branding.
What’s common between Asian Paints Royale Health Shield, Crompton Anti Bacterial Bulb, Tropicana, Quaker Oats, Eureka Forbes Water Purifier, Kent Water Purifier, Dettol Skincare soap and Odomos? All of them have been ‘endorsed’ by the Indian Medical Association (IMA, a national voluntary…
Last week, my daughter (she’s 8) came to me and said, ‘I want to make a video where I teach how to floss (dance). Could you put it up online? I want to see how many Likes I get!’. Back when we…
The latest Lloyd TV ad featuring ‘power couple’ Deepika Padukone and Ranveer Singh is definitely one of the better-scripted ones I have seen. I didn’t like the earlier one (Lloyd air conditioner) as much as the new one for the TV range…
The new Volkswagen ad is truly path-breaking. It actually starts by referring to the ! This is the first time Volkswagen has owned up to its wrong-doing, but without really apologizing! There are 2 ways to consider this narrative. The good: The…
The Department of Environment Northern Ireland (DOE, NI) doesn’t beat around the bush when it comes to road safety. Some of its videos are downright gruesome and dramatic. (Watch these 2 videos at your own discretion. They ARE GRUESOME and have been…
The new Ford Endeavour ad that premiered yesterday during the India vs. South Africa match made me sit up immediately. Watch the ad here: First, it took me back to Mahindra Verito’s 2011 campaign featuring Jimmy Shergill. Called ‘Verito Man’, the ads…
During Facebook’s F8 earlier in May, Ronald Mallet, a researcher at Facebook Reality Labs, showed how Facebook is approaching avatars. Now, avatars have already been explored to the hilt in science fiction, and more recently in Ready Player One. What Facebook is…