Archive for September, 2011

Soft Porn – Bring it on

I remember ‘Advertising’ classes by Santosh Sood during my IMT days. Nothing sells anything better than SEX & RELIGION. Only our advertising industry has taken the former too seriously. It is not a recent phenomenon though. One would obviously remember the MR Coffee & Tuff Shoes ad blasting from the past. Today it is a [...]

A trip to the Byculla Zoo

If you are wondering what a Zoo is doing in a ‘Brand blog’, I would strongly suggest that you visit Singapore Zoo. That said, this is NOT a comparison between an ailing loss making government venture and a successful, profit making, world renowned… guess what! Government venture! Yes. The Singapore Zoo is also a Government [...]

Post transaction dissonance

I recently attempted to make a purchase on a baby products website www.letbabyplay.com. It was quite harrowing and hence just felt like documenting it. And also comparing this failed transaction with a competitive website www.firstcry.com.
The arrival of #SidNanda (as my 6-month old son is referred to on Twitter) has heralded many changes at home and [...]

A hard look at my media habits

Many a times when we marketers are in the process of planning media for a campaign, the sword of dilemma hangs perilously close to our head. Our personal preferences!
It is true that many times the best sample size for a market research activity is ‘1’, but can we really do that when we choose media? [...]