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Edtech Advertising: ASCI’s report on bad practices in edtech ads points to deeper issues

The industry body states in the latest report that like traditional education ads, edtech ads overemphasise marks and ranks, with mathematics and science dominating the subjects depicted in advertisements. (Representative Image: Ahmed Hindawi via Unsplash)

ASCI flagged off edtech brands for ads full of tall claims, stereotypes, over-emphasis on marks/ranks, perpetuating an unhealthy view of education.

Dentsu-Kantar report: How marketing can help companies attain sustainable development goals

This offer will remain valid until 6th August. (Representative Image: Markus Spiske via Unsplash)

Dentsu and Kantar’s Sustainable Transformation Practice launched a study into the role APAC marketers play in achieving corporate sustainability ambitions.  Here are the highlights.

Piramal Finance’s Jairam Sridharan on the brand’s maiden ad campaign: Our aim is to create awareness

"In financial services there are a lot of ads that look nice and pretty. Customers laugh merrily over a table of pizza in a restaurant which almost looks like a social media profile of customers, as opposed to their customers' real lives. We wish to show the real customers in the real situations, not their social media personas," says Jairam Sridharan in an exclusive interview with Storyboard18.

Jairam Sridharan, MD, Piramal Finance, talks about the genesis of a new campaign, building brand Piramal Finance and creating awareness through muti-media platforms.

Advertising on Elon Musk’s Twitter: Why are brands still on the micro-blogging platform?

Experts suggest that this GST will apply if the total annual income from various sources, including income from X, surpasses Rs 20 lakh. (Representative Image: Bastian Riccardi via Unsplash)

Industry experts weigh in on the challenges of advertising on Elon Musk’s Twitter.

Shark Tank judges Vineeta Singh, Peyush Bansal and more: Ads that feature brands’ founders and CEOs

Founders have often taken part in their brands advertisements. It has evolved from cheeky one-liners to being active parts of a storyline.

Take a look at some of the ads that featured founders of brands in ads as themselves.

Jobs in advertising, market research, public relations in demand: Report

Ahmedabad (+14 percent) is the only city to register double-digit annual growth, with the elevated demand in the pockets of advertising, market research, PR and media and entertainment industries. (Representative Image: Jason Leung via Unsplash)

With the increase in marketing efforts and adoption of Artificial intelligence (AI) by brands, jobs in advertising, market research, public relations, and related industries have increased, states foundit Insights Tracker.

Mast & Meh: Lenskart, Zomato, Smallcase, Red Label, Pidilite, Sofit India

Stills from the Mast and Meh ads this week. Take a look at unskippable commercials and the ones we wish we could have skipped.

Find out who made the cut and who got cut in Storyboard18’s weekly picks of the best and boring ads.

S4 Capital’s Sir Martin Sorrell: India is increasingly seen as an alternative to investment in China

"India is very well positioned and with very strong growth potential. India will be the third largest economy of the world by 2025. I remain a raging (India) bull," said Sir Martin Sorrell. (Image source: Twitter)

Martin Sorrell, currently Executive Chairman of S4 Capital and former CEO of WPP shares his views on how the past year’s woes and opportunities shaped the advertising and media landscape.

What will drive the $86 million ad spend on connected TV in India in 2023?

Brands are looking for incremental reach and making an impact by getting premium ad inventory across OTT platforms, especially at the time of big sports events like FIFA and the T20 World Cup. Since CTV has a shared viewing experience, it leads to a higher emotional response to ads. (Representational image by Karla Hernandez via Unsplash)

Digital first brands, affordable smart TVs and better ROI will be major boosters for connected TV growth in India.

Bombay Shaving Company’s Shantanu Deshpande on Shark Tank’s new season, founders-investor relationship

"All the investors on the show are founders and many of them are close friends of mine and have been public about their relationship with fundraising and they will absolutely agree with this. So, I hope for the future seasons of Shark Tank they show this relationship to be one of equals." - Shantanu Deshpande, founder, Bombay Shaving Company (Representative image via Twitter - @ISushmaPandey & @world_dais)

Shantanu Deshpande emphasises on the need to treat founders of the companies coming on the show equally.