Archive for the 'Advertising' Category

Tit for Tat

Warning: Long post. Very close to my heart and hence…
By this time everyone who had anything to say must have already said it. In this quick-fire world, people tweet their entire blog posts / thoughts as 140 characters. I didn’t participate much in such discussions, but I still have a few things to say. I [...]

Slow death of a giant

For many TamBrahms like me there was a point in time when the morning coffee will taste bad without the morning newspaper – The Hindu. I remember days when I used to fight with my brother for the paper in the morning to read the sports column. And then, there were times when I have [...]

The War of the Wallet on Afaqs!

My article The War of the Wallet on Afaqs!
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Beware – Your competitor is from your category. NOT!

A few years back, while at B-School, I was introduced to management jargon and one of it was ‘Share of Wallet’. To de-jargonize, it means how much of an average human’s share of disposable income will you corner for your company, by making him / her spend on products and brands from your stable. This [...]

Unlikely Heroes

Disclaimer: I have oft repeated that I don’t write about Financial Services as a category (refer disclaimers). But this is an exception and would discuss only the brand.
Pretty recently a campaign broke out in National Media for Union Bank of India. It was pretty visible at least to me. I saw the ad on TV, [...]

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 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? [...]

Featured in 4Ps magazine

Over the weekend the latest issue of 4Ps would have hit the stands. I have been featured in an article called ‘Marketers@War’, which is about the marketing war between Cadbury’s & Nestle. The questionnaire that came by from the correspondent Shephali Bhatt and the answers I shared are here. The link for the final article [...]

Samiksha – Panel Discussion at NITIE

It was a pleasant surprise to receive an invitation from National Institute of Industrial Engineering (NITIE), Powai. The invite was for a panel discussion on the topic ‘Advertising – Is it all about creativity or strategy?’
Classic conundrum! But fun topic.
The panelists were:

Mr. Ravi Banka – CMD – Eggfirst Advertising and Design Pvt Ltd
Mr. Raghu Bhat [...]

Krishna’s Lessons on Brand Management – Afaqs!

Afaqs! – The leading portal for Advertising, Branding & Marketing folks has been kind and published an article that I had written about Brand Management lessons one can get to learn from Lord Krishna. The article can be found here. Do check and give your comments.
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