15 things your digital marketing agency may have forgotten to tell you.
With many “old economy” brands now starting their “digital marketing” journey, here are a few things I learnt – that your digital agency may have missed telling you.
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The Kingdom of Poyais and the ‘new normal’.
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First make people laugh and then make them think.
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Waiting for ‘Aal Izz Well’
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Going Viral
Simon Weckert, an artist, borrowed phones from friends, until he had 99 devices, these he piled onto a little red wagon. Over the course of a day, he walked up and down a random street, towing his smartphone-packed wagon behind… Read More ›
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Lessons in Consumer Behavior from a Rajni film.
The crowd was growing impatient, waiting for the doors to open. The hands seemed to be plodding wearily across the clock face. Finally, the usher throws open the doors, and people hurry to their seats. Soon, the theatre is full,… Read More ›
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Eighteenth Century FOMO
In eighteenth-century Europe, potatoes were considered a leprosy inducing invention of the devil and this belief was particularly pernicious in France, so no one ate them. The humble tuber might not have attained its preeminent status in European cuisine, if… Read More ›
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The perils of the Piyush Pandey we think is hidden inside us.
Harry Baals – and, yes, it is pronounced as “Balls”, remember this, it is important to the story – was the mayor of Fort Wayne from 1932 to 1947 and again from 1951 until his demise in 1954. During his… Read More ›
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Onoda’s War
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What headphone personality type are you?
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What headphone personality type are you?
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What this image by EHT, the Ever Hungry Tamilians, really means.
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First make people laugh and then make them think.
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Of Rivalry And Its End.
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