V Ramani- the charismatic media personality from India is no more.
I found about this from Alok Kejriwal’s post on Facebook and his tribute- and then found out more through various news articles. Absolute shock. He was a little young to go.
Ramani was probably by far the most imposing personality I have met in my career. Tall, bald, with a deep voice and a completely no nonsense attitude.
He was an absolutely polarising personality – but the thing is- you could love him or hate him, but you could never ignore or …

What makes for a good video? And how can you integrate it in your marketing agenda? Here is a sponsored video featuring an internationally acclaimed video series

 
 
This market. Is dead.
The digital ‘market’. In Asia.
It’s booming- you say. Growth continues. Well, depends on the lens you put on.
Let’s come down from a macro viewpoint- to some factors that could have driven this market, its people, its place.
Instead- we choose Same old rhetoric. Same old routine. Chronically.
Media
Chronic ‘Ad sales’ focus- sell inventory. Buy inventory. Whichever way you slice it.

Vs
Solution focus? Content focus? Product innovation focus? Super niche segments/category focus?
Who is bringing a new audience definition, new engagement approaches, new ways of reaching out?
And yes- Cost per sale ceased …

As a collector and as someone who has a fetish for things illustrated, drawn, sketched, music-tized, videotized and demonstrated- especially information in a graphical format – I try to spread, bookmark and pin whenever/whatever I can/find something of value. Helps me keep a repository and go back to it when I need it- say if I am working on a strategy or need to get inspired for visualizing something.
One thing that struck me recently is that companies/brands have been sending many infographics. These are professionally developed graphics or hand drawn …

Came across this interesting collage for the possibly upcoming trends in Display media.
Well at some point or the other we all have advocated many similar ad formats. And even wondered why publishers were still running standard ad formats from the stone ages.
A few years ago, the IAB formalized ad sizes & formats. And that has been both a good and a bad thing.
Good because it helps set expectations and establishes standards. Bad because it commoditizes the display inventory, creates blindness from viewers and obviously and templatizes creativity by putting it …

The economics of money. It has been a great success since centuries- and is proving to be a colossal disaster in the present times. So it is perhaps time to change the world. Tweak the economics of money. First of a two part muse. Read on…

Internet was always about faster access- access to content and access to people.

And just about lately- the powerhouses of the web are moving towards real time internet- in an unprecedented manner.

The phenomenon is noteworthy because the net product is more than the sum of its parts.

Digital Marketing field is a field where you can either be like a monkey- sitting on a tree and making some noise- or you get into the jungle and ride the tiger. I am finding myself at the center of another big change agent role- and a wonderful opportunity…

A presentation to make people appreciate that all marketing disciplines need to work together; engagement led marketing thinking is the glue in integrated marketing; and the key steps in drafting an engagement led integrated marketing strategy.

Historically exchanges have been widely utilised by agencies and clients as an effective way to drive DR goals… but for building brand? Can this channel ever be utilised to achieve branding goals? Could a brand-focused client take advantage of the available reach and frequency that exchanges offer?

Privileged to be chairing a day at the “Social Media World Forum” for 23rd September in Singapore.
Will write more about the experience- though for starters- here is my Introduction note for the day…

Interesting video and presentation on how did Starbucks become the most ‘social’ brands on the internet. Download or watch.