Micro-transactions leading revenue stream for digital publishers

Experts suggest that micropayment helps in user retention and ultimately leads to more subscription and ad revenues. (Representational image via Unsplash)

After seeing immense growth in traffic in the last two years, digital publishers are now focusing on micro-payments that are emerging as a new revenue channel alongside subscription and advertisements.

Mast & Meh: what3words, Fuse, Fastrack, Shyam Steel, Ferns N Petals, MSD pharma show us acts and ads

Vijay Raaz nails the part of a customer giving directions to a delivery person, in location-based tech app what3words' first commercial in India.

Find out who made the cut and who got cut in this week’s Mast & Meh, Storyboard18’s weekly picks of the best and boring ads.

Making of a smear campaign and the dark side of digital marketing

Advertising tactics similar to this incident have been implemented by various Bollywood stars and big brands, often causing consumer backlash and disillusionment. (Representational Image via Unsplash)

Smear campaigns are designed differently than regular campaigns and can run from one or two days to several weeks.

CXO Moves: Fresh exits and entries, a first-ever CMO position, a streamer’s loss and more

Keep up with all the key people movements in the advertising and marketing world in Storyboard18’s weekly column CXO Moves. Here’s a round-up of the executives who are in, out, and in-between.

Keep up with all the key people movements in the advertising and marketing world in Storyboard18’s weekly column CXO Moves. Here’s a round-up of the executives who are in, out, and in-between.

Bookstrapping: The Man Who Bent Light by Narinder Singh Kapany

Narinder Singh Kapany (1927-2020) wrote about successfully transmitting high-quality images through a bundle of optical fibres in a 1960 edition of 'Scientific American'. (Representational image: Compare Fibre via Unsplash)

The fusion of ‘science as a universal need’ and ‘religion as a universal truth but private practice’ emerges beautifully from this book. Bookstrapping Rating: 3.5 stars