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Mast & Meh: Parle serves a crisp ad, a Licious biryani spot flops; plus Naukri, Duroflex, Redmi ads review

The new Naukri.com commercial scores high on relatability. (A still from Naukri.com's ad film)

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. Read on.

Throwback: Wah Taj! Effort that leads to perfection

Ustad Zakir Hussain. (Photo: Krupasindhu Muduli via Wikimedia Commons 3.0)

The famous television commercial featuring Ustad Zakir Hussain portrayed the perfection in playing the tabla as the result of hours of dedicated work, just like the work of a master tea blender.

All about what3words’ maiden ad for India

Vijay Raaz was not the first choice for the what3words commercial - the ad film-makers were initially thinking of casting a rap artist like Badshah or Diljit Dosanj.(Representational Image: A still from what3words' ad film)

Raj Kamble walks us through Famous Innovations’ journey to arrive at the right way to introduce what3words to India. The ad earned a Mast in Storyboard18’s weekly ad review column Mast & Meh.

Behind Leo Burnett’s PepsiCo scoop

A still from "Ye Dil Maange More" Pepsi campaign.

This was a big win and an equally intriguing one, given that PepsiCo has chosen to end its 30-year partnership with WPP Group-owned agencies including Mindshare and Wunderman Thompson. Here’s the full picture on the pitch, loss and win.

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.

The Great Skill Reset: How are companies hiring for marketing and brand roles these days?

Companies are also looking to hire candidates who would take ownership of products or services they work on. (Representational image via Unsplash)

Marketing has become more customer-centric, the skill sets in demand today include ‘analytics’, ‘data’, ‘statistics and ‘systems thinking’.

Are Indian marketers prepared for a cookie-less world?

In a world without third-party cookies, 36 percent of marketing professionals surveyed said they expect customer purchase history will become their most valuable source of data, 32 percent see social media profiles as key, and 31 percent plan to rely on website registrations. (Representational image: Alexander Sinn via Unsplash)

Top Indian marketers highlight their reliance on first-party data to prepare for the cookie apocalypse. But what’s the workaround? Storyboard18 finds out.

With no celebrity quotient, how can crypto brands change their ad strategy?

Given India's regulatory landscape, crypto platforms are navigating a complex environment where government regulations are still evolving.

Given the inherent category challenges, crypto brands need to advertise with caution.

Stacks & Strategies | Martech trends that will dominate India market in 2022 and beyond

Using machine learning and deep learning algorithms, marketers can seamlessly gather, analyze, and integrate key data into their strategies and craft personalised messages to customers at every stage of the marketing funnel. (Representational image via Unsplash)

From AI-based marketing and voice-based tech to hyper-personalisation, experts decode trends that will dominate the martech space in 2022.

What TikTok’s possible comeback means for brands & creators

Representative Image via Unsplash

Brands will have to think like creators and original TikTokers will possibly not put all their eggs in one basket this time around if the app makes a comeback in India.