The intermediary is no longer relevant to get your message out. What you need is a platform that has your target audiences. In PR terms stakeholders. In my early days as Head of Corporate Communications I would do media rounds. I had to build what was called Media Relations. ‘Reputation’ is one of the most critical assets for an organisation. Negative media coverage could damage … Continue reading HOW PUBLIC RELATIONS HAS CHANGED
Data and I have not been on the best of terms . I have been told I operate from my gut 🙂 I am anecdotal. Gandhi has been one of my marketing inspirations ! ( you will know why later in the post ) Heading sales teams I always leaned on gut feeling to turn around loss making businesses. I observe , almost like a … Continue reading HOW IS INTUITION RELEVANT IN MARKETING ?
Post pandemic average time people spend on their smartphones has gone up by 25%. 80% of the traffic in the digital world is video. Consumers have switched off from interruption advertising . They consume content. Visual content is what is consumed. A well told Story is consumed , touches the heart , entertains , educates is shared can go viral in the digital world. Brand … Continue reading THIS IS THE FUTURE OF MARKETING
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We get on any social media platform and we find it filled with Advertising. Everyone seems to be selling something. We are identified by various data points stored on us by the platform, maybe thousands , some even we may not be aware of. The trail we leave behind on the digital world is monitored. Algorithms try figure out what we are most likely to … Continue reading WHEN EVERYONE IS SELLING , TELL A STORY
Nithya Shanti a close friend had organised a session with BSR Coach a highly successful YouTuber . As a marketeer I am always keen to learn and took up this opportunity. BSR started making YouTube videos because he was not confident and came from a vernacular medium school. This was his way of getting over that fear of speaking . He started with a goal … Continue reading HOW BSR COACH GOT 1 MILLION SUBSCRIBERS IN ONE YEAR
It is a cliche to say PR has changed, we all know that . Internet and smart phones with low data costs changed not only how we consume news and views but what we consume. Today we use our smart phones for entertainment , education , information, shopping , booking cabs , flights , hotels , food delivery , making payments.. and the list is … Continue reading IN THE WORLD OF MEMES AND VIRAL VIDEOS – PR CHANGED
Our story begins at Starbucks where two storytellers met over a cup of coffee. and the journey of storytelling began . We saw gloom in our world, and we started telling stories of good , of real Heroes, their life , their struggle, their impact , their message, because we believe stories of good need to be told . http://www.YouTube.Com/heroesofindia As storytellers, we tell stories … Continue reading STORIES MEAN BUSINESS
A few years back while taking a morning walk in Pune city I saw a stray dog that had been hit by a car , he was in bad shape . I could not walk away . I believe that within every human being there is good and there is a deep natural instinct to care and help those that are weaker than us or … Continue reading WHY NONPROFITS NEED TO BECOME STORYTELLERS
Subscribers vs Views what must one chase on YouTube? Let us understand this from the case study of Rachana Ranade who crossed one million subscribers I just one and half years without chasing subscribers. So what did she do right ? Continue reading OVER ONE MILLION SUBSCRIBERS IN ONE AND HALF YEARS ON YOUTUBE – AND SHE DID NOT CHASE SUBSCRIBERS!
Organisation cultures are built around stories,founders have stories, organisations have stories,employees have stories, clients have storiescommunities you work in have stories, there are stories around work you do , impact you make in the world. Tell your stories , because stories cut through communication clutter , stories touch hearts , stories are remembered and stories are passed on . Stories mean business. Organisations don’t buy … Continue reading EVERY ORGANISATION HAS MANY STORIES , TELL YOUR STORIES
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