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What does Frooti and Apple have to do with the colour of a bra?

January 9, 2010February 8, 2019 by Karthik S

Now that the whole world knows a lot more about ladies undergarment colors… I don’t need to explain it again. Here’s a good gist. Without getting into whether it was worth it or if it really helped raise awareness of breast cancer…let…

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Does ICICI Prudential have a secret document titled, ‘FAQs for dealing with irate customers during December, January & February’?

January 9, 2010 by Karthik S

I had recently commented about (tweeted!) how brilliantly LIC’s online premium paying service works. The best part about it is the fact they seem to have spent time in understanding customers’ requirements. Almost every single corporate in India demands premium receipts from…

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Evaluating owned, earned and paid media using involvement

January 8, 2010January 8, 2010 by Karthik S

Forrester Research recently published a report on defining earned, owned and paid media. This concept has been in circulation for some time now, but what Forrester released, at least from Sean Corcoran’s blog post, made for a lucid explanation. While I haven’t…

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Social media lessons from a 70+ year old man!

January 7, 2010 by Karthik S

Beyond all this social media engagement conversation, something really simple happened yesterday that I had to pause and ponder. My dad bought a pack of oats last month – he was bored with Quaker Oats and wanted to try another brand. So…

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Nexus One…Skylight…sigh!

January 6, 2010 by Karthik S

So, we have more stuff to droll over…other than the iTablet from Apple, which, at this point, merely sounds like a bad medicine. Nexus One went official sometime ago. But, as with many other drool-worthy things, there’s that caveat…this darn thing is…

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Is K&N the automobile equivalent of ‘Intel Inside’?

January 5, 2010 by Karthik S

Seen this logo? I see it every single day, outside almost every single  roadside automobile mechanic in Bangalore. Remember seeing this logo in Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai and other cities as well! Its the logo of a brand of automobile air filter, called,…

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Is Twitter the new comment system?

January 4, 2010January 4, 2010 by Karthik S

Take a look at this much-tweeted post titled, ‘2 Advertising Tools PR Pros Should Have‘, by David Mullen. As of writing my blog post, that David’s post has 12 tweets/ retweets. Surprisingly, David himself has not tweeted about this post, again as…

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