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The Dirty War of Advertising!
Since the times are changing we are moving on to modernization. Our advertising industry is also incorporating aspects some of which are culturally misfit. However, let’s not be too critical as they are catering to the new generation. They only show what we want to see. But taking that point forward, are we forgetting the [...]
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 [...]
Happy ‘Not So’ Valentine’s Day
Yes it’s that time of the year when love is in the air (kind of), When local based condom brands start offering a premium to their faithful, When hotels/motels/rest houses/flowers/bouquets go over board and overpriced. Are we thinking on the same lines?? I guess we are.
Culture serves as a best reflection to a nation and [...]
‘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 [...]
Pepsi World
It’s been a while once again, since I wrote anything here…though I did read many posts that other writers have
contributed. I was just going through some sites for my research and in the process also came across this website created by Pepsi Cola.
http://www.pepsiworldpk.com
I am glad that at least there is a local website finally, though [...]
HP Bloggers’ Meet UP!
Greetings Everyone!
Once again I hop in after taking a long break from writing. Well this is going to be a short post as I just wanted to inform all of you that HP is calling all bloggers for a meet up. The occasion is the launch of HP Mini and the event will take place in Karachi, [...]
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 [...]
Banksters! Get Your Dirty Hands Off My Children
One fine morning I had guests over at my place that had children with them. My mom told me to take them children to the lounge so that they could watch some cartoons. As soon as I turned on the TV the cartoon characters were making out like crazy, I was a bit embarrassed the [...]
Four Indispensible Tools For Any Marketer
1. Google Reader
If you don’t know what an RSS feed is, learn about it now and start using them! For the rest of us, we all know the number one challenge (in any industry) is keeping up to date with what is happening in your field.
RSS feeds make life 1000% easier since you can easily [...]
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 [...]
‘Falling Prey to the System’
I will be challenging a few assumptions in this article only for you guys to open your minds and look at the big picture. The IQ of a mob is considerably lower to that of an individual. A practical incidence of this is seen in riots when clearly a single person alone wont commit a [...]
Worst. Job. Ever.
Trump made it look easy on “The Apprentice”. I assure you it is one of the most difficult & mentally demanding tasks you will, at some point of your professional career (regardless of the industry or field) have to undertake in a management position (unless you work at one of those traditional Japanese companies that [...]
Ufone: A Satanic Organization – 666!
Yes I knew I’d intrigue you with the title of this post. In fact I actually wanted to do that because one thing caught my attention this very morning when one of my cousins jokingly said that Ufone is using the code “666″ which is the number of the Satan. And then another person present [...]
“Ramzan and Below the Line Activities… Buy Big and Still Act Low”
With Ramzan we witness a number of blessings, some are genuine while some are forced such as the case with goodwill paid under the table to police men, in simple words, bribe. However, it’s visible nature makes the premium quality of bribe quite obvious which further gets classified into various subtypes. These people simply get to [...]
Aftar/Dinner by Weblounge – Telenor Connecting With Its Customers
As always, Telenor has taken another great step towards building up its strong relationship with its customers. In the holy month of Ramadan it was Telenor, which invited its Web-Lounge customers to an Aftar-Dinner in Pearl Continental Karachi on Monday the 14th of September 2009. Telenor has always been one of the innovative companies, and [...]
