Category Archives: ADVERTISING MARKETING

Missing the ‘TIP’ of a Tipping Point

The annual Pitch Madison Advertising Report is out and quite a few faces in media are smiling. It is a sunny forecast. Words people were waiting to hear. The euphoria is evident. The trust exists in the forecast. Like earlier PMARs, the industry is sure 2016 report will continue to accurate and directional. Then what… Read More »

Change the team! suggest you change the agency

AGK- Man with a Spine. An episode shared by CK GUNTUR. If you want to share an episode from your professional life  do connect with me. It was 1992, I was 23 years old, working as a management trainee in a pharmaceutical company in Ahmedabad. But, I had that inane desire to work in the… Read More »

The Ides of March: Are you ready for your next innings?

So, you are happy with your current job. You are doing so well. Everyone praises you. Is that making you complacent? Have you stopped looking at the future?Are you too secure in your current profile? The answers are best known to you. The answers will tell you where you are headed. May be the ‘T-junction’… Read More »

Do Publishers respect Abby?

I hope the answer is a resounding ‘Yes’. But hope means nothing. It is the result that counts. The experience of the first two years points in another direction. In 2014, Goafest added ‘Publisher and Broadcaster Abby’. I was one of the many winners in 2014 and part of the jury in 2015. Hence, this stupid-sounding… Read More »

I don’t see peace coming down with kabootar

Mumbai is a city battling with the nuisance of many problems and one of them is really the over population of kabootar (dove).  There are kabootar khanas (where dove can be fed) and people eager to feed.  Everyone is aware of the diseases and allergies caused by kabootars and their droppings, yet the universal symbol… Read More »

Will opening the house to India rejuvenate BIGGBOSS ?

BiggBoss Season 9 (BB9) came to an end yesterday night. Prince was declared a fitting winner among a host of miscast participants. Many viewers including me have been voicing dis-satisfaction. We pledged not to watch if unfriendly Mandana seemingly anti-Indian attitude wins. Her reaching the last 3 stage was a statement on her PR team… Read More »

How and why Belgium’s top ad exec donated sperm for a national cause ?

I can imagine, the uproar such a campaign would have caused in India. If, that is IF, our Ad Club thought of running such a campaign. I don’t think that will ever happen. We move very small steps. We have taken some positives of pushing for a membership drive with life membership and linking event… Read More »