Tweet Follow @twitter The second edition of the Dainik Bhaskar Ink Awards was held in Mumbai on August 21. It is unique with awards given out in two categories – creative and media. Something that is important to retain and build on. Everyone congratulated each other and went home happy. I was party… Read More »
Tweet Follow @S_kotnala ‘The Ray Synchronicity’ is different, as different as it can be. And just to promote such thinking I would ask you to read it. There is no neutrality expected in reaction. You will love it and be excited or you will hate me for asking to read. Allow yourself some… Read More »
Tweet Follow @S_kotnala Here are my set of Advertising – marketing episodes with MUDRA. If you would want to add to this list- come join- connect with me BREAKOUT AT MUDRA Tweet Follow @S_kotnala 57th EPISODE. First let me warn you this is part of unknown history of Mudra and may… Read More »
Today we are part of a hypersensitivity and chaotic environment. Brand learning is no longer an annual review process. The frequency of media and creative initiatives is ever increasing. The life of a campaign is shorter than ever before. There is information overload. And in such situations the brand is under stress and threat from… Read More »
A fairly senior advertising professional in the digital part of a well-respected advertising agency made an observation. Last month, he pitched to a hugely funded e-commerce business. He had nothing against the fairly half-his-age fresh professional sitting to comment and decide on his strategy and approach. He respects their approach, passion, ambition, ideas and a… Read More »
Tweet Follow @S_kotnala 76th Episode. Pratibha joined my team at Dainik Bhaskar Group in September 2006. As we had a lean team structure, even as a trainee she was reporting to me directly. I think I hired her more from a gut-feel than anything else on the resume and I have been proven right.… Read More »
Tweet Follow @s_kotnala August 15, freedom songs are blaring from loudspeakers at every street. People take that extra effort to be dressed in traditional attire. They spend time and carefully select the combination of saffron, white and greens that makes Independence Day a lot more powerful experience. The raised head with palms raised next… Read More »
Tweet Follow @S_kotnala Last Thursday as I was driving down the Delhi-Gurgaon-Jaipur Highway I could see Kawarias (carrying the pious water from Ganges) walking back from Haridwar. On an average every one of them walks 300-odd km. But they have a promise to keep. A promise they made to their deity. On Saturday, I saw… Read More »
Tweet Follow @S_kotnala For a change, here is a book that s what it promises and proposes to be. Brand Cliches is all about ‘Conventional Thinking in building extraordinary brands’. All the clichés you could think of and some more introduced by Raman Kalia within the scope of the book. It is a book of directional… Read More »
Tweet Follow @s_kotnala As usual it is the illiterate and the man of no-means that gets crucified at these illogical irrational ‘Looking Tokyo Talking London’ decisions of the government. In a ridiculous attempt to contain child pornography, the Indian government has banned a set of adult content sites creating a panic knee-jerk reaction from lovers… Read More »
