Month: October 2022

Decoding the evolution of typography in the brand universe

People buy into the brand not just for its product or services but also for its experience. Brands must create a beautiful experience for the customers, and one good way to do that is through clear, legible, and appropriate typography.(Representational image via Unsplash)

An explainer on the science and art behind typography.

Goal! Goal! Goal!: How brands can score (big) at the FIFA World Cup

Advertisers look to tap FIFA World Cup 2022 buzz in India. (Representational image via Unsplash)

As live sports events resume, advertisers are looking to reconnect with fans leveraging big scale tournaments. With increased enthusiasm and a loyal set of football fans, brands are chalking out plans as football viewership continues to increase.

Amitabh Bachchan in Ads: Journey of Big B, the Biggest Brand Ambassador ever

The badshah of brand endorsements, Amitabh Bachchan has been the face of brands as varied as Cadbury’s Dairy Milk, Navratna Oil, Dr. Fixit, Gujarat Tourism, Mankind, Pepsi, Rin, Ghari Detergent, upGrad, Flipkart, Tata Sky, Cycle Agarbatti, FirstCry, Tanishq and Kalyan Jewellers. He's pictured here in a new Dabur Red ad.

Amitabh Bachchan has appeared in hundreds of ads over his career. As he turns 80, we take a look back at his journey as a brand ambassador.

Influencer agencies groom gaming creators as demand soars

With professional gamers and content creators attracting millions of followers on YouTube and Instagram, marketing agencies are trying to groom them, develop their brand and pitch them to companies. (Image: Top gamers - Lokesh Gamer, Rawknee, Techno Gamerz and Mythpat)

‘The real opportunity in marketing, the thing that few people are talking about right now, is influencer marketing at scale.’

Al Ries, known as the father of ‘positioning’, dies at 95

Al Ries entered the advertising scene in the early 1970s along with American advertising executive Jack Trout with the radical concept of positioning. It emphasised that marketers must fix a place for the brand in the consumer’s mind rather than centering their focus on brand benefits. (Image source: Ries.com)

Al Ries is recognised as a “positioning pioneer” and is credited with establishing one of marketing’s most powerful principles.

Govt action to make media cheap is populism, creates pressure on broadcasters: Aroon Purie

Media has to do a balancing act – achieve financial viability and handle the pressure from the government and advertisers at the same time, Aroon Purie said while delivering the Subhas Ghosal Memorial Lecture 2022. (Representational image via Unsplash)

Capping prices for consumers has only led both print and broadcast media to rely heavily on advertising revenue, says India Today Group chairperson Aroon Purie