Author: Priyanka Nair

Simply Speaking: The Psychology of remembering, forgetting, knowledge and common sense

A brand’s positioning merges with other things we know or have experienced. We chatter about this with other people and share our thoughts. Its attitudes become organized. Its values become established. (Representational image: Dan Farrell via Unsplash)

What we remember, why we remember and more interestingly – why we forget. After all, a brand is memory.

Doodh, doodh, doodh: NDDB’s milk campaign was a glassful of surprise

Under the leadership of Dr. Kurien, Operation Flood was launched in 1970 to form a nation-wide milk grid connecting milk producers and customers. This was to increase milk production and regulate variations in prices. Sustaining the appeal of milk as a drink was vital in this effort. (Image: Representative image via Unsplash)

Dr Verghese Kurien of NDDB gave FCB Ulka a simple brief – to create advertising that made milk relevant.

Ecomm players clock $3.5 bn in festive sales in four days: Redseer report

TV still commands significant festive ad spend, especially for big-budget campaigns that focus on mass reach. However, advertisers are more selective, prioritizing prime-time slots and integrating with digital strategies (such as using QR codes or encouraging social media engagement), says Deleise Ross, Senior VP & Business Head, DDB Mudra.

During the first 4 days of the sale on large e-commerce platforms, 1,100 mobile phones were sold each minute, valuing around Rs 11,000 crore.

Moonlighting Debate: Advertising is a profession of many professions!

A former creative chief of a network agency tells Storyboard18, “Advertising agencies shouldn’t lecture on ethics and moonlighting. They are notorious for handling conflicting clients by creating sub-divisions. It’s a mess and everyone has made peace with it.” (Representational image: Ashim Silva via Unsplash)

Adlanders moonlight for money and creativity. Sometimes, agencies have no choice but to let employees take up side-hustles. Here’s why.