Author: Aashrey Baliga

Marketing Mocktail: The purpose of Brand Purpose explained!

Today, while many marketers have bought into the idea of Brand Purpose, it has its share of critics who label it as mumbo jumbo. While the cheerleaders argue that today a successful brand must have a reason for being, not just a reason for selling. (Images sourced via Twitter)

The biggest trend of the past decade – Purpose. But what does it really mean? Here’s the only primer you need on Purpose and how to wield it in marketing and brand building.

Simply Speaking: Buy or Bye Bye?

Humans have high risk consciousness but low risk assessment capability. The human mind does not appreciate probability instinctually. Therefore, risk is beaten by belief. Shared stories create belief. (Representational image by Jeffrey Grospe via Unsplash)

The tug of war between perceived risk and perceived value.

Why is Krafton taking aim at the Indian gaming market with Road to Valor: Empires?

KRAFTON’s self-developed new titles are set to connect with fans, starting from 2024. Among these, ‘Dark and Darker Mobile,’ an extraction RPG independently developed by Bluehole Studio, and ‘inZOI,’ a life simulation game featuring realistic graphics, will be the first to meet the fans. (Images sourced via Steam, Epic Games and Krafton)

Global gaming major Krafton is set to launch India-specific customizations for Road to Valor: Empires, in a bid to capture a slice of India’s rapidly growing gaming market.

Smriti Mandhana, Mithali Raj knock it out of the park; the duo score high on popularity, likeability: Hansa Research

Smriti Mandhana and Mithali Raj have excelled on a variety of metrics against some of their male counterparts on fit/energetic/has stamina, and overall personality parameters. (Representative image via Twitter)

Smriti Mandhana and Mithali Raj are currently the most likeable and popular female sports personalities in the nation surpassing some of the popular and young male cricketers such as Ishan Kishan, Rishabh Pant and Prithvi Shaw. Storyboard18 brings to you highlights from the Brand Endorser Report by Hansa Research.

HMD Global’s Sanmeet Singh Kochhar and Adam Ferguson on reviving Nokia for the consumer of today

Sanmeet Singh Kochhar, Vice President - India & MENA at HMD Global and Adam Ferguson, Global Head of Proposition, Partner and Product Marketing at HMD Global

In an exclusive conversation with Storyboard18’s Shibani Gharat, Sanmeet Singh Kochhar, vice president – India & MENA at HMD Global and Adam Ferguson, global head of proposition, partner and product marketing at HMD Global, speak on the love for Nokia brands, its durability, sustainability and long battery lives.

Plagiarism charges, credit hogging in adland sour social media timelines

Ad spats in adland continue. From plagiarism to credit hogging, agencies and brands battle it out on social media. (Representative image by Etienne Girardet via Unsplash)

Adland is no stranger to plagiarism and credit hogging. Recently, Ajay Shukla, ECD, Dentsu Creative has been accused of plagiarism by a former colleague, Diwesh Dishu for an idea that was conceptualised by him at his previous agency Publicis

How are product folks, marketers and designers using ChatGPT in India?

Speaking to Storyboard18, Nisarg Shah, CEO and co-founder of Affable Technologies, said that their goal is to improve the end-to-end influencer management for marketers.

Given that it’s easy to use, ad-free, not SEO-driven and gives precise answers to queries, initial predictions were that it will replace search engines. In response, search engine giants announced that they will integrate chatbots into their search experience. Google launched its own AI chatbot named BARD. Earlier this week, OpenAI released GPT-4, a new version of the underlying AI technology that powers its viral chatbot.

72 percent Indians love to snack when feeling happy: Godrej report

Another aspect that came up in The India Snacking Report by Godrej Yummiez was the food-mood connection in both genders, revealing that 74 percent women and 70 percent men snack more when they are happy. (Representative image by Mae Mu via Unsplash)

Delhi tops list of cities who snack more when they are happy. Chennai and Hyderabad ranks second amongst cities who snack more when they are happy. 66 percent of people in Bengaluru snack more when they are happy