All Entries in the "Media" Category
Ufone Spampaign: Spamming The Pakistani Blogosphere!
I don’t know what is wrong with the Telecom Sector in Pakistan? In order to try and get hold of social media, they have been trying everything possible left, right and centre! Although, some of them have been trying their best to understand the mechanics of social media, the rest continue to be shameless to [...]
Free Media: Good or Evil?
Media affects our attitudes, behavior and our daily lives in numerous ways. Mass media has the power to alter and change our perception of individuals, society, politics as well as nations. In an era where media freedom is being considered as an essence of democracy and where privatized media is advocating liberalization, many of us fail to understand the negative consequences of media freedom on audience behavior and thought processes.
Pepsico Launches Sting
Pepsico has now entered the energy drinks market by launching ” Sting” in Pakistan recently. The media break is pretty much visible with good frequency on selected TV channels. The quick feedback is that the selected channels are hitting the right audience. Besides, we can hear the disruptive radio executions also on most radio channels.
Sting [...]
Elements That Help To Generate The Viral Impact
We have all been watching and consuming video content on the web since our bandwidths increased through DSL and other options. Because of the social sphere nowadays, all of us have the ability to share such videos with our friends and family through social networks that we are a part of.
This is an opportunity that [...]
Lessons in Financial Health
The information age sparked from the 1990’s has created a false sense of total & complete knowledge over the masses in managerial circles. They fail to note that simple having access to information does not translate to having the tools to understand it.
Now more than ever; managers, investors and stakeholders need to start understanding how [...]
Pakistan’s Pioneer Filmmaking Academy
The South Asian Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Television (SAAMPT) is Pakistan’s pioneer academy providing comprehensive and extensive hands on training in the diverse fields of media arts and sciences.
SAAMPT currently offers one year programs in Digital and Documentary Filmmaking, and two year advanced programs in Directing for Camera, and Cinematography.
SAAMPT also offers short courses in Broadcast [...]
Nazar Mein Rehtey Ho Jab Tum Nazar Nahin Aatey… The Grand Aman Project
Recently after flicking channels about, which I normally do when I don’t have anything to do, I came across this amazing video which had a great song and mind you, two of my favourite singers (Shanker Mahadevan and Rahet Fateh Ali) singing. At first I thought that it is some kind of movie trailer going [...]
IPL (Indian Prejudice League)
Yet again all my hue and cry has fallen on deaf ears has failed to wake up the authors who think they’re some kind of revolutionists. We are too busy monitoring marketing and advertising campaigns and miss out on the big ASS events. Recently the Indo Pak peace process (I [...]
Brand Façade (Yes! We can’t)
Intertwined as it may seem a brand can be given maximum leverage if the nuances of a brand and human psychology are on the same wavelength. Taking into account our social behavior and the moral values or the lack thereof which we practice/preach the brands need to cash in on the constantly changing human behavior.
The [...]
‘Cherry-Pick-ism’ Is My Brand of Religion
Talk about brand of religion! I say rather than calling mullahs extremists* we should call ourselves ‘Cherry-Pick-ists’. This term specifically means to follow what is easy part remaining heedless to the difficult bit. Just like the ripe cherries are plucked and the unripe ones are not, our religious conduct meets a similar fate.
This is a [...]
Dairy Milk TV Ad (2009)
I just saw the Cadbury Dairy Milk Ad for 2009. The ad is again based on youngsters with the brand positioning towards the teenagers and not directly towards the kids audience. This was an intelligent move by Cadbury for Dairy Milk, as initially they used to target the kids and adult audiences separately with entirely [...]
Sugar Boycott… Playing with the Nation’s Sweet Tooth Are We?
Sugar is the talk of the town these days . . . with stock hoarding, it’s merely a matter of supply and demand. And to ad icing to the scenario, media has it’s own ways to getting people embrace the fashion, ‘Sugar Boycott”.
To me it’s just a matter of deviating the nation’s attention to petty [...]
The Next Big Thing- Online
Broadband penetration is on hype and people do use internet while they’re working i.e. obviously hi-speed internet connection. Internet users surf for a lot of different things in Pakistan specifically it is entertainment and then comes communication and knowledge. In the recent days if we look at our facebook live feeds we will notice a [...]
Wake Up Marketers! Spamming is not Blogging!
So is there really a difference between blogging and spamming? Those of you who are familiar with the ‘internet’ jargons might understand each term separately and might also be able to differ between the two. Yes, I deliberately used the word ‘might’ because a lot of people still can’t figure out if they are really [...]
Rebuilding Trust? Start with Flowers
Just Kidding.
Recent events have heightened the consumers need to control every little aspect of his life. Add in the lovely mix of social media tools and now he had the power to vent with millions around the globe. It gives them empowerment and best, instant voice. Consumer voice has significantly transformed along with any loyalty [...]
