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How to hack the LinkedIn algorithm and game your engagement rate… not!
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How to hack the LinkedIn algorithm and game your engagement rate… not!

June 26, 2023June 26, 2023 by Karthik S

These days, when I scroll through my timeline on LinkedIn, it almost feels like every second post has a selfie (or a photograph where they are just posing for the camera)! In most cases, the photo has nothing whatsoever to do with…

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Bravo, Tanishq!
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Bravo, Tanishq!

June 16, 2023June 16, 2023 by Karthik S

Tanishq’s new ad for the sub-brand Rivaah is the kind that makes me cheer loudly with a ‘Bravo, Tanishq!’. The agency behind the ad is Lowe Lintas. Here’s the ad: Why ‘Bravo!’? Consider the backdrop. In October 2020, Tanishq was literally hounded,…

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The beginning of the end of Twitter as a customer support channel?
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The beginning of the end of Twitter as a customer support channel?

May 4, 2023May 4, 2023 by Karthik S

In one of my earlier agency-side stints, there was a particularly tough person at a client, a large, technology company. Tough would be putting things mildly given the relentless barrage of pointlessness directed at us, the agency. At some point during the…

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Polling booth = Point of sale?
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Polling booth = Point of sale?

April 27, 2023April 27, 2023 by Karthik S

Just wondering about this aloud, considering elections are around the corner in Karnataka: Individual candidates from assorted political parties communicate through many methods – door-to-door campaigning, public meetings, mainstream media, social media, and so on. Through all these modes, they purport to…

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Spinny – Gone too far?
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Spinny – Gone too far?

April 24, 2023April 24, 2023 by Karthik S

Spinny, the pre-owned car retailing platform (industry jargon for ‘used car buying and sales’) launched its first national brand campaign during IPL 2022. The campaign, called ‘Khushiyon Ki Long Drive’, had 2 versions featuring Sachin Tendulkar and PV Sindhu, respectively, and was…

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Bournvita: Tayyari crisis ki
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Bournvita: Tayyari crisis ki

April 21, 2023March 6, 2025 by Karthik S

After Bournvita’s legal notice to Revant Himatsingka, even those who were blissfully unaware of the entire imbroglio got to know about it because a LOT more people started talking about the entire episode. As I had mentioned in my post earlier this…

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Bournvita Ultimatum
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Bournvita Ultimatum

April 17, 2023April 21, 2023 by Karthik S

Related read— (4 mistakes by Bournvita that led to the mishandling of this reputational crisis). The Indian Government is considering two kinds of regulations when it comes to the health of the Indian people. The Department of Consumer Affairs will soon make…

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