Marketing

I saw online that a TV priced at Rs. 60,000. I went shopping at a local electronics store that offered it for Rs 59,000, which I happily accepted. Except that another dealer was s…

Everybody aspires for something. A footballer wants to be the best A spiritual guru aspires to spread his teachings among more followers A poor man wants to move up in li…

Photographs & pictures make us feel good sometime later when we look back and look at the time gone by.  Taylor Swift has no problem associating with Keds. She wore it…

The number of brand collaborations LEGO has had with unlikely brand partners has piqued my interest. In a matter of a month, they have announced collaborations with Ikea, Adidas a…

In 2004, Arthur Miller wondered, “How can the polls be neck and neck when I don’t know one Bush supporter?” Since he did know any, he wondered where were all these people?  …

Technology has forced us to interact 24 hours. We would like to be connected virtually as we'd prefer to stay in touch, continue with our multiple friends on FB, Twitter, Instagra…

We Zoom or Facetime but not Google Meet. We Whatsapp each other but not FB Messenger. We Google for information rather than search. We Xerox copies of documents rather than photoc…

Most people think that humans make logical decisions. The reality is that our rational brain has little effect on our decision-making. Even when we think we are being rational,…

 Classic demographics like age and gender are losing importance among marketers.  Some observations Global connectivity is hastening the spread of information.&nbs…

I prefer Bacardi to Old Monk; I like Absolut to Grey Goose; I like Puma to Reebok; The list goes on Putting the products aside, there are reasons why I prefer the brands mentio…

We have been advised as marketing professionals to reach out to the maximum number of people in our target audience at the lowest cost. So our goal is to reach out to many people …

Who is your target audience? And why? Can you describe them? If you don’t have specific answers to these questions, then you are in big trouble.  Time and again, I am g…

Loss of Faith The last few years have seen an increasing ‘loss of faith’ against politicians and media (because all communication happens through offline and online media) than…

Raksha Bandhan or Friendship Day has seen an outpouring of emotional creativity from brands. This is an indication of social mores, as we as consumers have become more socially aw…