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Trap your rival before it traps you

The other day while weaving through difficult Mumbai traffic, I came across this ad of Jet Airways.

Just tweet it!

It’s a strange dichotomy — while a customer may spend many thousands on various marketing strategies and have just a few Twitter followers, another may spend only a meagre amount and yet have a band o

Think big and desirable

When two competing brands, Uni-lever & Procter and Gamble, collaborate on something, it’s time to sit up and take notice. Both companies, it seems, want to make a difference to people’s lives.

The tale of the tablet

I was reading about the presifact. Republican hopeful, Mitt Romney is on an advertising overdrive and his favourite medium of communication with the electorate is… guess what?

Think negative, and connect

Do you remember a particular scene in Baazigar where Shah Rukh Khan, in a bid to propose to Shilpa Shetty gently kneels down at her feet but tips her off balance to throw her to the ground at least 10

Branding is actually a verb

I still remember how a telecom major made a splash while entering the market. Besides the usual paraphernalia of media teasers, and advertisements, its founder-director created quite a stir when he descended upon a well-decorated stage in a parachute.

A slice from the past

The other day while watching the IPL on TV, I was amazed to see the latest commercial from Havells. It showed a gaunt Rajesh Khanna talking about how fans do not change — they are forever.

Success is an inward journey

The man behind the Virgin empire and one of the most dynamic and successful entrepreneurs of our times, Richard Branson, has a very interesting analogy to offer every time someone asks him how he made

Especially for you

You are a corporate high-flier who jets around the globe. Making and breaking deals is a game that you love to indulge in. Your favourite pastime is playing chess.

Beeping a message

There was a time when no one paid much heed to the younger generati-on. While the elders blabbered on, the younger generation was supposed to listen. Cut to the present.

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I want to begin with a little story that was told to me by a leading executive at Aptech. He was exercising in a gym with a lot of younger people.

Shekhar Kapur’s Bandit Queen didn’t make the cut. Neither did Shaji Karun’s Piravi, which bagged 31 international awards.