Dense commentary on social media, PR, marketing, advertising and branding.
Update – June 21, 2010: Story in The Times of India, today, titled, ‘Filmmakers get tweet-o-phobia’ (click on thumbnail for larger view). As a personal update, I wasn’t really planning to see the film after all those nasty reviews…at least not in…
I came across this case study on Media.Asia today – about Parle’s Hippo using Twitter as a channel for retail inventory tracking. I have written about Hippo’s tweets earlier and I like the tone and outlook of this twitter feed. But, at…
Update (June 11, 2010): US Consulate, Chennai, responds on Facebook: “Karthik, we want to first thank you for being engaged with the blog contest. The primary goal of the contest was to give youth in South India the opportunity to learn about…
Leroy Stick, the man behind the very funny satire twitter profile, BPGlobalPR, has finally spoken out about his motivations, in Gizmodo. Reads great…and has some very valid points about PR’s degeneration into utter bullshit in the name of corporate brand building. But,…
Leading Indian film maker, Karan Johar, tweets, “Critics on television,newspapers,facebook,twitter,websites…and some even send sms’s…everyone is now a critic!! Where is the audience???” (Link) It does sound profound, but give it a deeper thought – and go beyond just films…into products and services…
The tragedy that happened yesterday morning in Mangalore hit me this morning as I read the newspaper. The way the stories of death and survivors were narrated in the paper was far more impactful than what I saw sporadically yesterday on TV….
Yes, I use the word ‘can’ – not ‘should’. Should brands apologize online? Of course – it moves a needle in people’s (customers’) mind. It shows that brands can act human, repent for something wrong (in product quality or service) and are…