Tag: 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…

The buzzword in marketing today is influencer marketing. Finding influencers isn't difficult, but getting the good ones are. The ongoing COVID 19 crisis has increased the impor…

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…

Email overload. Inbox bombarded Competition for the reader’s attention. People spend a microsecond evaluating subject fields. If it doesn’t capture their attention imm…

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?  …

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

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…

The Tata Nano was a great product at a great price. Launched in 2009, it was the cheapest car in the world. History was being created; a blue ocean amid all the other coloured one…

I fly a lot on the domestic circuit. I fly on airlines that have frequent flyer programs and also on those which do not. Since I also fly on value airlines like Indigo, Spice, Go …

Why can't we have a commonsensical approach to business in general and marketing in particular? We have this habit of complicating things way beyond what is necessary. There are i…