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MARCOM, The Marketing Cell
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Brand.I | February 2015
editorial team
about
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Raunaq Kalia
Batch of 2015
Deepak Mann
MarCom, the marketing
cell of MIB (Master of
International Business),
Faculty of Commerce &
Business, Delhi School of
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Anshul Jain
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Navin Sharshar
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Batch of 2016
Chirag Mahajan
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Parull Sharma
contents
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Brand Exchange
The stock exchange for brands
Selfie Marketing
The billion dollar madness
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Brand Engagement
Techniques and scope
Brand Voyage
The World Cup Journey of Team India
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Brand Personality Depiction using Character
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Sketch Modeling
Printacular
Print Adverts for Social Causes
Featured Adverts
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#1 Are you
'Content'ed
yet?
Content Marketing looks like the biggest trend this year too.
An insight.
by
Saumya Sadana
Content Marketing is the only
marketing left.
-Seth Godin
I am a huge fan of the way Zomato,
the food discovery platform, has
been using content on social media.
Their content is fun, captivating
and leaves you feeling happy and
informed. They dont bombard you
with a-post-a-day rule on Facebook
yet manage to successfully garner
enough attention, so much so that
the followers eagerly look forward
to the next post.
One of Indias favourite brands,
Amul was able to master the art of
great content with their topicals,
way before the onset of digital
marketing. It has thus created a
uniqueness in its marketing that
no brand can easily replicate, even
today
What have Zomato
and Amul done right?
The answer lies in the power of
Content in their communications.
In this internet-driven age, there
has been a lot of talk around
digital marketing and the needs for
businesses to have online presence.
The question arises, how many
brands are actually able to leverage
the benefits of being able to reach
Content is King.
There is nothing better than a piece of
original and interactive content.
Smart marketers know that todays consumer
prefers valuable information to advertising
while making purchase decisions. Also, great
content generates great word-of-mouth buzz
and spreads wide through social media sites.
It catches the reader off-guard, interests him
and looks more credible than advertising
campaigns.
While the fundamentals of good content
remain the same, the need of the hour is to
adapt to the changes in channels, tactics, and
changing consumer behaviour. Smartphones
and the power of mobile applications cannot
be ignored, and hence the need for smartphone friendly mobile content too.
Videos play a major role in Content
Marketing as great storytelling tools.
Vogue India has been able to effectively use
#2
Brand
Exchange
by
Chirag Mahajan
#3
selfie
marketing
The billion dollar madness
by
Deepak Mann
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In India, we have seen a huge share of innovations in the mobile segment to accommodate
the selfie culture, be it Samsungs Galaxy Primes wide angled front camera best suited for
groupfies, or Panasonics Eluga S which clicks with a blink. Sony figured out ways to blind
yourself by adding flash in the front cam, while Lava Iris Selfie 50 became pioneer in using
the word selfie in the name of the phone itself! Even Hritik Roshan is endorsing OPPO
Mobile N1, the phone with a selfie clicker! Nokia, Apple, Motorola, Micromax and LG have
all come up with their share of upgradation too.
The scope of using this viral trend isnt just limited to this; instead many of the other
members of the mobile industry have been active in adapting too. Hundreds of apps have
also been built to make your duck faced pics look as pretty as your wedding photos. Several
apps have thrived using this concept to the maximum, eg. Snapchat, a platform where
you can share photographs about whatever you are upto. Many other mobile apps TV
advertisements have ingeniously and occasionally smartly incorporated the selfie culture.
Even outside the mobile segment, many other leading brands have run campaigns online
asking people to post selfies with opportunities to get featured on their website or just for
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reward
money.
campus selfie campaign was amongst the first of this sort.
The key to marketing success of this madness is not only the market it creates but it also
helps to create various segments for mobile and related industries. It helps differentiate
customers with respect to demographics, psychographic and by far stretched logic
behavioral aspects too. Hence it gives a better understanding of the market and if properly
utilized can help create a customer base of its own.
Its been an amazing journey as to how making a duck face in front of a cam has become
a billion dollar industry in itself. It sure is bizarre, but in a world where we witness Oscar
selfies and Obama selfies, who can doubt the reach and power of a single click/blink/touch/
smile of your mobiles front cam.
#4 Y o
uTube
and
Video Marketing
Ad Worlds new Fetish?
by
Raunaq Kalia
When Ranveer Singh did the Rex on computer and smartphone screens across India, for the
condom brand Durex, a lot changed over-night. The power of moving images with sound
and animation was unleashed over the Indian cyber world. Since then, more and more
brands have started coming up with long-form Ads specially created for the Digital space.
Be it the heart-warming Kindle Ad or the emotional Sundrop one, marketers are trying to
engage with the audience on a deeper level. These long-form versions of their 20 second
primetime TV counterparts, have a meaningful story, are generally not trying to sell the
brand directly and have an element of raw emotional appeal.
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Google started this trend in India with the Reunion video which was first seen on
YouTube. Its a beautiful story about two friends separated during the partition and how the
granddaughter of one plans to reunite the two aged mates with a little help from Google. It
instantly is able to establish a connection with the Indian viewer as the stories of partition
have been passed down to us by our grandparents, mass media, even our textbooks in
school. Not just that, the feeling associated with the Brand after watching the video is that
of trust, commitment and oneness. This doesnt happen at a cognitive level but at very
emotional or affective level of the attitude building process.
Thomson, MacInnis, and Park in their 2005 research paper suggest that as a construct that
describes the strength of the bond connecting the consumer with the brand, attachment
is critical because it should affect behaviours that foster brand profitability and customer
lifetime value. Are marketers then, by creating these bonds, trying to change and build
attitudes corresponding to their brands? The construct hasnt been proven empirically
but there is surely a critical relationship between attachment and the attitude associated
with the brand. With attitude branding, your brand contributes to the consumer's sense of
identity and self-expression. In todays world of social media, self-expression is becoming
more and more important to people and brands are one of the common ways to project
ones personality to the world.
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Lets look at two of the recent popular Ads on YouTube to verify this proposition and to try
and find out if brands are trying to inculcate attitudes with these videos.
1.
This Advertisement for Diu Tourism, which is running on TV now with a 30 seconder
was actually a 2 minute YouTube video. We see a working woman leading a busy life and
trapped in the vicious circle of eat, work, eat, work, eat, sleep, repeat. Finally, she wakes up to
a pleasant sea breeze and a beach with a
lighthouse, calming waves and cool dark caves. Do we see places being named or star attractions being marketed? No. All you get to experience is a feeling. A feeling that makes
you want to take a break, smell the sea laden air on the beach and take naps in the warm
sand. Is that not an attitude building process? Well, it is not revolutionizing like the Mumbai Mirror Ads but it is definitely serving its purpose.
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2.
I was ready for my daily dose of Buzzfeed, when this hilarious video interrupted me. I had
the option of skipping the Ad but it really grabbed my attention. A newly wed sassy Punjabi girl complains about the relatives of her in-laws and questions her decision to get married in this family. Why? Because they dont have Odonil in their bathroom. After searching online, I found out that this was a series of videos in different Indian languages. The
Marathi Ad features a woman in Bombay making fun of a friend who boasts about her plush
apartment in South Bombay but doesnt have Odonil in the bathroom. All these videos
have great comic timing and are short and crisp. The brand, by constantly bombarding you
with these videos about the necessity of Odonil in you homes, is subconsciously drilling
the thought in your head. The next time you see Odonil in the aisle of a supermarket, you
are absolutely consider buying it. Do we hear about the beautiful fragrances or the special
odour eliminating properties? No. They are just trying to dwell of the feeling of insecurity in
the buyers mind.
Video marketing on YouTube is being taken seriously by all major Indian brand for many
reasons there is too much clutter on TV, digital entertainment is popular among the youth,
it is economical and most importantly, time is not an issue if your content is engaging. But,
will we see a remarkable change in Ad spending patterns and a shift towards video marketing online in 2015? Only time will tell but till then, I have some YouTubin to do!
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#5
Brand
Engagement
Techniques and scope
by
Anshul Jain
Every ride is an escape with a sense of
freedom found nowhere else, each road
trip is and adventure that gives us lifelong
memories.
Karen Davidson, great grand daughter of
William Davidson who was the founder of
Harley- Davidson bikes quoted this statement, in the company's efforts to grab the
attention of women in US as customers
for their bikes. The step was being taken
after CBS showed a research that 23% of
the motorcyclists in US are women.
Harleys hard work to engage this market
have been well planned, dedicated and
consistent. Check out their web site, click
on the Women Riders link and get ready
to be wowd by the detail of information
that is highly relevant to the female rider.
#6
Now to hone in on the message of this
article. Nestle Maggie is not just a company
manufacturing and distributing a variety
of 2 minute noodle and Harley is not just a
motorcycle maker. These brands have deep
passion revolving the essence of what their
brand outbring and work to be on their toes
of how their customers experience their goods
and services to develops emotional bonds with
them. The storytelling is the most trending
method of brand engagement, but without
association of authentic values may create
hindrance in your path of brand engagement.
Some of the significant considerations for
effective brand engagement:
Brand values - what is your brand
about and who for? Define and
embrace whats true about your brand,
and make sure you can back up the
stories and philosophy you put forth.
Generate Meaning- do not just present
data but create meaning by associating
it with your brand value and try to
present it in a narrative style.
Inspire people- now in this point the
only thing which come to my mind
is Steve Jobs giving presentation or
his storytelling art of apple. These
stories motivates people in solving
complexity in their lives.
Brand Experiences- Include people
in your storytelling, which generates
a source of realism for a alien person
towards your brand.
With the birth of the internet, its power
and the capabilities of social media
Businessmen of small and mid-sized
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Brand Voyage
Team Indias World Cup Journey with Technology
1979, Nitin comes to know via the newspaper
that from the next week, the World Cup is going
to take place in England and the Indian team
has reached the hosts destination. He goes to a
nearby telephone booth and calls his friend to
intimate him about the event and asks to join
him for the match. On the day of the match,
Nitin and his friend sit close to the radio and
come to know about the playing eleven. They
didnt know about two of the players but could
not do much about it. Gavaskars four could only
be visualized through a voice which produced
more noise than information.
2015, Nitin has been listening to and watching
advertisements about the world cup for more
than one month now. He has been on various
portals to make the best eleven and has asked
his Facebook friends to compete on the same
portal. He follows the entire team on Facebook
and twitter where he even knows where Virat
and Anushka are having a good time. He
comments on one of Virats posts to put some
brains into the game and criticizes Dhoni for not
playing Yuvraj Singh. He has a whatsapp group
to discuss the plans for the game and cracks
jokes about Shikhar Dhawans moustache. On
the day of the match, Nitin subscribes to TataSkys HD pack where Star Sports is delivering
HD visuals and giving him various language
options. He congratulates Anushka for Virats
century over twitter.
Such dramatic has been the journey of Cricket
World Cup. A mix of marketing opportunities
technological advancements has attracted a lot
of money and has changed the dimension of
the game. The game is becoming brighter and
colorful with the sponsors and media partners
deep pockets. Prudence Plc, the sponsor for
1975 cup, awarded the winning team with 4000
Pounds(Rs 72,000) whereas for 2015, commercial
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Fun
#7
vipul
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DEFINITION OF 'BRAND PERSONALITY'
A set of human characteristics that are
attributed to a brand name. A brand
personality is something to which the
consumer can relate, and an effective brand
will increase its brand equity by having a
consistent set of traits. This is the addedvalue that a brand gains, aside from its
functional benefits. There are five main types
of brand personalities: excitement, sincerity,
ruggedness, competence and sophistication.
Customers are more likely to purchase a brand
if its personality is similar to their own.
How would a brand portray its personality?
Brands try to portray themselves as an ideal
or a relatable figure, eg. Motherly , so that the
consumer may relate the characteristics of a
mother with the brand. The marketer in return
is able to derive a positive image. The possible characteristics he is able to relate with the
brand could be- loving, caring, concerned etc.
Adventurous
Boy-next-door
Vibrant
Young
Dynamic
Creative
sagar
Social
jain
k e s h av
Punctual
Sincere
sharma
Loyal
Cool
Professional
Sophisticated
Out-of-the-box
Trustworthy
Hardworking
Youthful
#8
Printacular
Print ads are one of the oldest and effective ways of marketing. One might feel this mode of
advertising is slowly declining, but digital technology has given an all new boost to it. This
section features interesting print ads used on social networking and other online platforms
for social causes. Take a look.
4 Courage India
Light up your lungs: Courage India, a leading NGO, came up with a unique device
demonstrating the harm smoking can do.
This year Marcom received a lot of interesting ads for various competitions conducted. Lets
take a sneek peek into a few of them:-
STITCH FIX
Stitch Fix is a personal stylist company
based in India. In our Minimalistic Print
Ad, we have showcased a scissor with a tag
line Crafting the New You. As a stylist
we work to enhance your style, fashion and
personality.
In todays rapidly changing world we are
persistently judged on the way we carry
ourselves. Outward appearance is as
important as your personal and professional
skill. This is where we try to contribute by
polishing up your image and appearance,
but also give professional advice on creating
looks that work best for you.
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Why be a KING
When you can be GOD
Context: A print ad for KFC that the fast food chain can use to tackle the competition it will
face from the recently launched Burger King.
The tag line is inspired by an English song-: RAP GOD, and in straight away context to
BURGER KING as burger king think they are king in fast food chain but GOD of fried
chicken is KFC.
Images speak for itself, the combination of boiling oil and chicken gives you fried chicken
and rest logo and background combination is inspired by past years print ad by KFC.
Written and Designed by
Tarun Narula, DSE
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