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Frenemies turned partners: How CMO-CFO union is helping firms achieve growth

Interactive Avenues is tasked with expanding the brand’s consumer reach and engagement in digital medium and ultimately strengthening Dawaat in the consumer packaged food segment. (Representational image: Claudio Schwarz via Unsplash)

The relationship between finance and marketing is evolving into a symbiotic one, giving rise to a new jodi No.1 in the brand marketing ecosystem – the CMO-CFO partnership.

Simply Speaking: Brands Need Editors. Here’s Why.

Stories serve as fundamental ingredients in allowing people to create a shared sense of being. Shared stories lead to shared values which in turn leads to a shared world view. This calls for attention to the goings on in the world as an Editor would give it. (Representational image Mayur Deshpande via Unsplash)

The rise of brand journalism signals an exciting time in media, and it shows no signs of slowing down.

There will be a complete change in how people perceive real money gaming: Deepak Gullapalli

Deepak Gullapalli, Founder & CEO, Head Digital Works

In an exclusive chat with Storyboard 18, Deepak Gullapalli, Founder and CEO, Head Digital Works talks about change in messaging, growing marketing spends, getting Shah Rukh Khan as brand ambassador and perception change around real money games

What Herman Melville’s Moby-Dick teaches us about leadership

'Ahab, who's the captain of the ship, is a charismatic leader and he loves his people, but he's driven by personal ambition to take revenge on the whale. And he basically sinks the ship.' (Representational image: Zoltan Tasi via Unsplash)

Leaders on leadership and how to build careers: Godrej’s Sudhir Sitapati shares a business lesson from a classic and what he looks for in young leaders.

Engineering the viral: The science behind meme marketing

The post quickly went viral, with more than 273K views and 4.6K likes on X (Twitter). (Image source: News18)

Can viral memes be manufactured? Meme marketing companies would certainly say yes to that question.

Mast & Meh: Bournvita, McDonald’s, Asian Paints, Sleepyhead, Man Matters, Chess & Country Delight

Image: A still from McDonald's 'Meals Make Families' ad.

Find out who made the cut and who got cut in this week’s Mast & Meh, Storyboard18’s weekly picks of the best and boring ads. Read on.

Biz Moves: BBH, Rediffusion, Schbang, Publicis, Wavemaker, Social Panga & Dentsu win big accounts

Keep up with key new business and account movements in the advertising and marketing world in Storyboard18’s Biz Moves. Here’s a round-up of the agencies who’ve scored new clients and big business.

Advertising is in the position where tobacco was: IPG’s Arun Kumar

Arun Kumar, Chief Data and Technology Officer, IPG

Part of the blame for this position the industry is in lies with marketers who “don’t talk about what they do and why it is valuable,” says IPG’s Chief Data and Technology Officer, Arun Kumar

Why are Indian brands advertising in NYC’s Times Square?

Nasdaq billboard at Times Square, NYC

Indian companies are putting up ads in Times Square, shelling out up to $50,000 for a day’s inventory. We find out why.

How deep is your love for deepfakes? We ask marketers

Nasscom’s Generative AI Foundry programme is aimed at nurturing technology startups in the AI domain to elevate India's standing in the global Generative AI startup landscape. (Representative Image via Unsplash)

How AI-driven technologies like deepfake are being deployed in advertising campaigns and why some agencies and marketers are thrilled about it. But it’s tricky territory.