Picture abhi wonky hai (movie marketing)
I had a lot of fun using a business and brand framing to look at movie marketing in the context of the Pan-India vs Bollywood debate. Thank you Guru […]
An interview with ET Brand Equity on PR
I spoke to ET Brand Equity for their series ‘My experiments with PR’ on challenges, learning, long -term communication, and how one sees the role of PR in the larger CMO portfolio.
Content Strategy with Pepper Content
In the initial years of my career, I worked with brands where content was the product. In the last decade, a part of my job has been the creation and marketing of content as a component of brand and digital acquisition strategies. The video captures what has been an interesting journey. We also briefly chat about the future of content.
Marketing @ Scripbox during Covid
A chat with exchange4media on what we have been up to at Scripbox in terms of brand and marketing strategy, and a few thoughts on the role of digital, […]
A System 3 path to brand building
We already know about Systems 1 and 2 in decision making, and it has had many use cases in marketing (Nudge). But I recently learned about System 3. This post is some thinking on how it can be applied in marketing.
2020 (1)
A bit of crystal-gazing for 2021, in the context of brand narratives. Many aspects of our lives are in a chimeral state, and we’re continuing the balancing act from 2020. How does this affect brand communication, customer engagement, and media choices?
Brands, Activism & Morality
Across the world, inequities are becoming more stark, and increasingly, brands are being pushed to move from activism to action. Where do things go from here for a business and its communication, for us as consumers, and for (some of us) as marketers?
Can brands be truly empathetic?
On one hand, the pandemic has taught us the value of empathy, on the other, marketing efficiency continues its race to convert the customer into a numerical possibility. Can a brand then be truly empathetic?
The future of Fintech marketing
First published in ET Brand Equity Fintech is one of those small words that contains worlds. Just like marketing. While the former could be payments, lending, insurance, wealth management, […]
The business of brand
In the not-so distant past, determining the audience of a brand, and the success of its campaign was not very complicated. Relatively speaking. But with VC funding and digitisation, ways of building a business have changed. And so must brand storytelling. Add to that a polarised world and social media amplification, and there’s enough material for a smart brand to game it.