Tag: Brand Makers

Exclusive: Mastercard’s Raja Rajamannar on the BCCI deal, cricket and sports marketing

"We are truly a mass brand and we want to be able to connect to people. Our brand positioning is about “connecting everyone through priceless possibilities”... cricket provides us with deep penetration across all the segments," says Raja Rajamannar, global CMCO, Mastercard.

The global CMO of Mastercard talks about sponsoring cricket and other sports and how to break advertising clutter.

Media Mavens: The return of ratings has been a big relief, says Madison Media’s Amol Dighe

Amol Dighe, CEO, Investments & Business Development, Madison Media, says, planning and buying is becoming media neutral, which is the right direction.

Amol Dighe, CEO, Investments & Business Development, Madison Media on ad rates, the return of ratings and medium neutral strategies.

Bookstrapping: The Disciplined Mind by Zoe McKey

The book is also a reminder that having a disciplined mind eventually pays off. Everyone is a 'work in progress' and mistakes will be made, but those will turn into learnings with time. (Representational image: Daniele Franchi via Unsplash)

“The world is not responsible for you, you are responsible for yourself in the world,” an excellent reminder when we are tempted to complain. Bookstrapping Rating: 3.5 stars

People are bored and they want to see the Nothing team bring some change: Carl Pei

Kunal Shah in conversation with Carl Pei during a Cred Curious session. Pei said, "We believe in functional design where everything needs to have a function. Even if it looks cool, there needs to be a functional element. Some brands can focus on ornaments, but that is not what we do."

Highlights from a conversation between Cred’s Kunal Shah and Nothing founder Carl Pei.

Media Mavens: Conversations have become easier with BARC ratings’ return, says Niti Kumar, Starcom

Overall, I think everyone is much happier. Conversations have become easier because one knows now where the genre stands. It has become much easier for a planner or an advertiser to make choices and select what works for them, says Kumar.

Niti Kumar, COO, Starcom India, on the return of ratings and how it has made decision-making simpler for media buyers and advertisers.

How Curefit saw 300 percent increase in engagement after redesigning its app

"In March 2021, we set a vision for ourselves that in the next 2 years we want to join the league of world’s best apps and we called it Design+. This vision led us to building a robust design language," says Shriya Malpani

In an exclusive interview with Storyboard18, Shriya Malpani, Head of Design, Curefit, talks about the role of app design in brand growth.

Bookstrapping: Influence Empire – The story of Tencent and China’s tech ambition

A master of creating products so convenient and intuitive that billions of users want to join his network, Pony Ma is a private entrepreneur in a state dominant economy with a gift for survival.

Lulu Chen’s book is a window into the brainchild of Pony Ma, Tencent’s ‘influence empire’. Bookstrapping Rating: 4 stars