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What are 'influencers', and how do companies use them for marketing?

Influencers work with companies to promote their products and services

Updated On: 23 Jan 2023 | 1:38 PM IST

Remarketing adoption in India jumps 50% during festival season: Study

Remarketing is a paid marketing tactic that allows users to serve ads to individuals who have previously visited a website or engaged with his (the user's) content on a social platform

Updated On: 04 Nov 2022 | 6:07 PM IST

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Is the revival of iconic brands driven only by nostalgia?

Brands like Campa Cola, Chetak and Yezdi remind us of simpler times - when we were not spoilt by choices. Companies are now trying to revive these classic brands. Will the nostalgia turn into sales?

Updated On: 14 Sep 2022 | 7:00 AM IST

Not-so-hidden persuaders

The whole field of cookie-based marketing and "retargeting" is aimed at persuading you, wherever you may be

Updated On: 13 Sep 2022 | 7:13 PM IST

Zomato's slim ad-spend sets marketing benchmark for firms seeking to list

Despite the frugal ad spends, Zomato's IPO managed to generate bids worth Rs 2.1 trillion

Updated On: 03 Aug 2021 | 12:55 AM IST

Creating 'Me Inc'

Book review of Control the Narrative: The Executive's Guide to Building, Pivoting and Repairing Your Reputation

Updated On: 24 Jun 2021 | 10:57 PM IST

'Brand dissidence': Ronaldo eschewing Coca-Cola has a lesson for companies

In taking on Coke, Ronaldo may have unintentionally set a precedent for other players

Updated On: 18 Jun 2021 | 7:40 AM IST

Eyes and ears of marketing

Media experts point out various flaws in the BARC television rating system. But what they don't point out is that BARC ratings (or the earlier TAM ratings) are not used by advertisers in isolation

Updated On: 09 Feb 2021 | 9:41 PM IST

The price of influence

Advertising has ceded power at the pulpit. From being one of the key custodians of the brand and its persuasive voice, it has let itself be hostage to the pied pipers of social media

Updated On: 07 Nov 2020 | 1:06 AM IST

Rejection? Face, process, learn, reboot

If applied well, this simple four-step formula can help you revive the falling fortunes of any brand

Updated On: 13 Oct 2020 | 9:20 PM IST

Fallacy of trusting ad truisms

Becoming data-rich has not necessarily meant that brands and marketers have become data-savvy

Updated On: 30 Nov 2019 | 1:02 AM IST

Response India's Ram Ray left the world of advertising a better place

He was so knowledgeable about design that any astrologer could have predicted that one day there would be a Ray & Keshavan

Updated On: 13 Nov 2019 | 3:17 AM IST

Amul to Jio: Ads with attitude give brands punch in fight with rivals

It is the age of the aggressive marketer as brands jostle to get up-close and personal with the consumer

Updated On: 03 Sep 2019 | 11:12 PM IST

Au revoir, brands?

The current focus on data to measure marketing success could herald the end of an era - or the beginning of a hype cycle

Updated On: 24 Jul 2019 | 12:21 AM IST

Amul, Santoor, Castrol join election frenzy ahead of 'pollitical spectacle'

Brands are turning up the pitch on voter participation, targeting millennial consumers in their fold

Updated On: 20 Mar 2019 | 10:37 PM IST

Top brands in marketing frenzy as India catches Euro fever

SPN is continuing an experiment it started in 2014 where it had multi-lingual feeds for the FIFA World Cup with a Bengali feed on Sony Aath, the Bangla entertainment channel under the network

Updated On: 08 Jun 2016 | 8:27 AM IST