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 »
Tweet Follow @S_kotnala This is from early 80’s; I was a student in Jabalpur perusing my engineering degree. I was day scholar in a college that was some 15-17 KM away from home and the distance was covered on cycle. One did that easily with friends. I had a HERO MAJESTIC and my dear close… Read More »
Tweet Follow @s_kotnala I was sitting in the office of Ashraf bhai, an understated person well known for his ability to create wealth. He had invited me to help him recruit a candidate for his go-to-market strategy. Like many owner-driven organisations, in his office too the master colour control screen of the CCTV… Read More »
One of my friends not from advertising and media world was working on a presentation for his Senior Vice President. A part in it dealt with the current status and future trend in the media and entertainment scene in India. Somewhere, he decided to bring it alive pictorially in the digitally visual driven world. Once… Read More »
