Category: How it Works

Weekly Shorts: Granfluencers’ experimentations with social media

According to affable.ai, there are over 106 granfluencers in India, making it the second top country with a high number of granfluencers, after the USA. Compared to India and USA, brands in Southeast Asia and UAE countries have yet to tap into the potential of these older content creators. (Representative Image: Tiago Muraro via Unsplash)

What’s buzzing in influencer marketing and the creator ecosystem? What’s the next big thing coming down the line? Catch the big trends and hot topics in our weekly shorts.

Goafest 2023: GOZOOP’s Ahmed Aftab Naqvi calls ABBYs the Indian Premier Advertising Fest. Here’s why

"The high quality of entries made the task of selecting the winners extremely challenging for the jury. It is a testament to the remarkable talent and competitiveness within the advertising community," says Ahmed Aftab Naqvi. He was a Jury Chair at ABBY One Show Awards.

GOZOOP’s Ahmed Aftab Naqvi was the jury chair of the Mobile category of the ABBY One Show Awards.

Goafest 2023: What made the cut at ABBY One Show Awards this year?

Goafest 2024 will be a three-day extravaganza, showcasing the pinnacle of creativity, knowledge, and networking in the advertising, marketing, and media industry.
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Ahmed Aftab Naqvi, Ashwini Deshpande, Pallavi Chakravarti, PG Aditiya and Sabyasachi Mitter on judging ABBY One Show Awards.

JioCinema to grab two-thirds of total IPL AdEx this season

According to BCCI (Board of Control for Cricket in India) sponsorship guidelines, highest bid submitted by the parties are subject to Tata Sons Private Limited exercising its ‘Right to Match’, wherein BCCI is required to notify Tata of the highest bid amount (highest bid) received for the Title Sponsorship Rights. (Image source: Twitter - @IPL)

This season, the number of sponsors during IPL’s digital streaming has reached 26, which is the highest ever for any sporting tournament.

Brands in the news for their trade secrets

Whenever a big company’s trade secret is exposed, the company’s brand image is on the line. So are the profits. Conspiracy theorists claim that it could be a profit-making marketing scheme for the companies as well. (Left image by @TrungTPhan via Twitter, right image by Abenteuer Albanien via Unsplash)

Whenever a big company’s trade secret is exposed, the company’s brand image is on the line. Critics feel trade secrets and conspiracies are nothing but marketing schemes by brands.

Why is there a sudden rise in scam messages in agency business

78% of Indians are more concerned about online shopping scams this festive season than they were a year ago, particularly due to the rise in deepfake scams

Scamsters posing as advertising or digital marketing agency representatives have seen a constant rise. They often pose as representatives from agency’s HR teams making job offers and extracting information. Storyboard18 decodes the scam and measures to prevent it.

Goafest 2023: AAAI vows to make Goafest, Abby’s relevant for younger adlanders

Ajay Kakar feels that over the years Abbys has also become a testing ground for international award success because entries that win Abby tend to do well globally as well. (Representative Image: Calvin Craig via Unsplash)

AAAI is looking to engage the new gen and younger advertising executives by hosting discussions on the future of creativity.

Marketing Mocktail: Sight to Insight – consumer insights explained

An insight is like “When you open the fridge, and the light comes on." (Representative Image: Annie Spratt via Unsplash)

If brand marketing is the business of ideas, then consumer insights are the illuminating force behind them. Unfortunately, marketers use the word ‘insight’ loosely. Everything from data to research findings to general observations are termed as insights.