Archive for the 'PR' Category

Marketing Movies

Going back to T Nagar!
I used to live in a place called Mambalam Road, which was once an integral part of a thriving industry. Film Hoardings.
There used to be two large players in this market with the largest being J P Krishna. Almost every single hoarding in the state for all large banners Tamil Film [...]

Social Movements as brands

Building a social movement brand is an awesome experience as well a tiring one. Many such brands have been able to garner unconditional support in the recent past and some have even been able to get a lot of money pledged for the cause. Many times it depends on who is the man (or woman) [...]

Bayerische Motoren Werke – The position

I had in my previous post committed that I will discuss positioning statement and the way it can morph for different stakeholders.
I am trying my best to live up to this commitment. Just a disclaimer! As a policy I don’t write about the category I work for. And since I am attempting a category I [...]

PR & Brand Building

Having broached PR in my last post, I wanted to take up a related theme, with a brand perspective.
Many of us would have witnessed press briefings either as part of the company, media or at least on TV. If yes, then it is possible that you would have seen a backdrop which is just a grid [...]

PR as a function of Marketing – a few experiences

I started off as a sales guy in a Yellow Pages company after a graduation in Physics. Can’t get any confusing right? Okay, I concede. But I have considered myself to be a people person and found a decent foothold in Tata Press Limited selling Yellow Pages space to retail shops across Mount Road in [...]