Dense commentary on social media, PR, marketing, advertising and branding.
In December 2019 (when the world was an old-normal place), I had wondered, on the back of Pepsi signing long-time Thums Up face Salman Khan as their brand ambassador, if Pepsi would do something brave and allude to ‘thunder’ or something along…
I love Bluetooth earbuds/headphones. I don’t know why – my usage is fairly standard: some music (I listen to write notes for my playlist on my other blog, Milliblog), work-related calls on my phone and on the laptop (video calls), an hour…
Can a product or service promise ‘greatness’ in advertising? Of course, why not? It does need to seem at least reasonably convincing though because ‘greatness’ is a positive extreme feeling/emotion and when less-than-deserving or barely-functional products or services promise to offer greatness,…
Back in December 2019, I had written about the Malayalam film ‘Android Kunjappan Ver 5.25’ and how machines/bots/robots simulate human emotions and feelings. Within that context, I had written about how my daughter treats Alexa: Does the bot really feel when it…
We (the public) witnessed Hitesha Chandranee’s video on Instagram on March 9th. That was one perspective for us to observe and form an opinion. View this post on Instagram A post shared by HITESHA | Beauty Influencer (@hiteshachandranee) We read about it…
Within the larger theme of smartphone addiction is the specific depiction of how smartphone usage affects human relationships. In this focused area, I recall two campaigns to be incredibly incisive and thoughtful in terms of how they depict the nature of smartphone…
PS: The title of the post is inspired by the Suryakant campaign too. If Swiggy can call all of ‘Suryakant’, why can’t I call Swiggy… Foodpanda? 😉 There’s a massive conspiracy theory online that Starbucks’ Baristas get your name intentionally wrong while…