Brand Makers – Page 273

Bookstrapping: The Wicked Wit of Queen Elizabeth

The Queen occasionally muddled people up. When coming upon historian Andrew Roberts giving Kate Middleton a lesson on the history of the monarchy shortly before her wedding to Prince William, the Queen was convinced he was one of the Palace butlers! (Image: Richard Surman via Unsplash)

The Queen’s humour might be unintentional – when meeting guitar legend Eric Clapton in 2005, she enquired ‘Have you been playing a long time?’. Bookstrapping Rating: 3 stars

EVolve 2022: ‘EV campaigns are more avant garde,’ says Mercedes-Benz’s Santosh Iyer

Mercedes-Benz to create an innovative ‘AMG Speed City’ for performance enthusiasts to hone their performance car driving skills, test the latest AMGs under expert guidance, and enjoy an immersive AMG brand experience.

Iyer talks about cracking the EV market, understanding the customers and addressing larger industry issues like the EV fires.

Decoding brands’ in-film integration strategies

A still from Netflix's Darlings starring Alia Bhatt and Shefali Shah. (Source: News18)

A recent case of “mistargetting” by brands in Netflix hit Darlings raised questions about in-film promotions.

Devika Bulchandani is Ogilvy’s new global CEO; Andy Main steps down

In this role, Bulchandani will be responsible for all aspects of the creative network’s business across 131 offices in 93 countries.

Exclusive: Mastercard’s Raja Rajamannar on the BCCI deal, cricket and sports marketing

"We are truly a mass brand and we want to be able to connect to people. Our brand positioning is about “connecting everyone through priceless possibilities”... cricket provides us with deep penetration across all the segments," says Raja Rajamannar, global CMCO, Mastercard.

The global CMO of Mastercard talks about sponsoring cricket and other sports and how to break advertising clutter.

Media Mavens: The return of ratings has been a big relief, says Madison Media’s Amol Dighe

Amol Dighe, CEO, Investments & Business Development, Madison Media, says, planning and buying is becoming media neutral, which is the right direction.

Amol Dighe, CEO, Investments & Business Development, Madison Media on ad rates, the return of ratings and medium neutral strategies.

CXO Moves: Colgate-Palmolive new MD joins; Execs in and out at Dentsu, Ogilvy Asia, Reliance Retail and Unilever

A round-up of executives who moved up, in and out. (Representational image: James Ree via Unsplash)

All the key executive moves in the world of brands.

Media Mavens: ‘Ratings allow one to rationalize cost,’ says Sanchita Roy of Havas Media

Finally, it’s about understanding the consumer decision journey that will form the base of all recommendations, says Roy.

Roy, who is head of strategy at Havas Media Group India, talks about the importance of ratings in decision making and engagement.

Bookstrapping: The Disciplined Mind by Zoe McKey

The book is also a reminder that having a disciplined mind eventually pays off. Everyone is a 'work in progress' and mistakes will be made, but those will turn into learnings with time. (Representational image: Daniele Franchi via Unsplash)

“The world is not responsible for you, you are responsible for yourself in the world,” an excellent reminder when we are tempted to complain. Bookstrapping Rating: 3.5 stars

Sidharth Rao and Madhu Sudhan launch mar-tech services venture, Punt

Sidharth Rao was the former group CEO of Dentsu McGarryBowen Group and the co-founder of Dentsu Webchutney, which was the Global Agency of the Year at Cannes Lions in 2022. Madhu Sudhan has led growth teams at SaaS companies such as Lio, Sensehawk and has founded startups Loanzen & Voxapp. Earlier this year, the duo announced the launch of Punt Partners, India’s first full-serviced martech venture that uses first party data, technology and design to deliver better user retention for brands.

The company aims to target the $100 billion digital services opportunity at the intersection of marketing and technology.