Tweet Follow @S_kotnala ‘Is media taken care of’ or ‘I hope someone is taking care of media’ used to be pregnant thought with the event organisers. It was one of those things that defined their success, something that made them anxious. With time the things have changed. The meaning and needs from media have changed. To… Read More »
Tweet Follow @S_kotnala The festival period is right here. It will decide the fortune of many media brands. There is nothing new in the system. Every trick has been experimented with. The relationship strengthening parties are over. The experiential engagements are on the high. The contest and rewards have slowly started lost their sheen. If you… Read More »
On Thursday morning in my timelines I found a re-tweet ‘Ad Club’s night of shame: ‘Condemnation by Mumbai Press club, Shiv Sena MLC’. It was a detailed version of the unwarranted incident post EMVIES and it raised a few questions. In an impulsive reaction, I re-tweeted it tagging IAA, AAAI, ADCLUB and ISA. A senior fraternity… Read More »
Corporate Social Responsibility or CSR is not a new thing for Indian culture. It has been present in one form or another through ages. Remember how the Jodhpur Palace was created. It was made so that the proud Rajasthanis who would not take alms, could work during famine and earn from the king. CSR seems… Read More »
Tweet Follow @s_kotnala Quota’ is in the air and you can shout out the word loudly without being in a minority. It is time that we take this opportunity for pushing something selfless in our agenda. Before you get me wrong, here is the disclaimer. My focus is to appreciate the relentless selfless industry… 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 75th Episode. One of the proudest moments in Dainik Bhaskar history has been the Orbit Shifting Innovative Launch of Jaipur Edition on 19th December 1996. It in many ways defined how newspaper titles reevaluated their launch strategies and geographical boundaries. Cut to 2006, Dainik Bhaskar was celebrating the 10th Anniversary of the… Read More »
