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Wonders of Bad Publicity

Wonders of Bad Publicity

| June 3, 2009 | 14 Comments

We’ve seen or heard about a lot of bad publicity of many brands every now and then. Sometimes it becomes responsible for the decline of some of the biggest brands, but we have also seen brands grow because of their negative publicity, somewhat like politicians and a few celebrities. How many people remember the incident [...]

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ZIP & ZAP: Channel Switching in Today’s Era

ZIP & ZAP: Channel Switching in Today’s Era

| May 28, 2009 | 2 Comments

Variety is the spice of life…I have heard this one a zillion times. Not many years ago there was hardly any variety and viewers had no choice but to watch one channel, which was PTV. There was nothing else to do but to watch the programs on it and then watch the 9 pm khabarnama. [...]

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Lays – 100% Halal

Lays – 100% Halal

| May 23, 2009 | 16 Comments

As I had been doing the media planning for Pepsi Foods for a couple of years, I remember that just before resigning some negative hype was being created by Royal News against Lays. The channel kept on claiming that Lays is not Halal to grab some attention from all ends, which it did but for [...]

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