In my search for an image for a monkey in my previous post, I discovered this story about monkeys and the stock market. Very relevant to what’s happening today. So thought I’d share it with you “Once upon a time in a village, a man appeared and announced to the villagers that he would buy [...]
Archive for November, 2008
Monkey Business – An old story revisted
Posted: November 8, 2008 by noshtradamus in Common Sense, LearningsTags: Economics, Monkeys, Stock Market
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Y’Obama – Learnings from the US Presidential Elections
Posted: November 7, 2008 by noshtradamus in Advertising, Brands, Common Sense, Learnings, Marketing, Politics, Public Relations, Strategy, UncategorizedTags: Marketing, Public Relations, Brands, Obama, Politics, Adverting, Agenda, Value Proposition, USP, US Elections, Voters
The election of Barack Obama as President of the United States of America is landmark in many ways. In fact, Obama’s slogan of “change” holds true in many more ways than perhaps even the man and his spin doctors would have imagined. But that’s not the point of this post. Enough has, and will be written about what [...]
Copyright fraud (?) by a “blogger”
Posted: November 7, 2008 by noshtradamus in Business Ethics, Internet, New Media, What Were They Thinking??Tags: Bloggers, Copyright Violation, Link Farms, Plagiarism
Every now and then I spot incoming links to my blog, from a site called Business Way which I discover is using my content as is, to attract traffic. And I am not alone in getting my stuff streamed without credit – there are other sites too – there are sites from the US and elsewhere whose [...]
Bharti wears new colours and showcases new corporate identity!
Posted: November 6, 2008 by noshtradamus in Advertising, Brands, Marketing, Public Relations, StrategyTags: Advertising, Bharti, Corporate Identity, Logo, Marketing
Wow. I just picked up The Times of India which I hadn’t read all day and *boom* it hit me – the full page ad revealing Bharti’s new logo and corporate identity. I don’t much care for the ad which is sweetly written with all the right things thrown in (amateur copywriter at work) but [...]
Top Bollywood Female Brand Ambassadors
Posted: November 5, 2008 by noshtradamus in Advertising, Common Sense, Endorsement, Marketing, Strategy, TrendsTags: Advertising, Aishwarya Rai, Brand Ambassadors, Kareena Kapoor, Kurkure, Priyanka Chopra, Vivel
Last week, in a live show in Delhi, comedian Russel Peters joked about how Bollywood was all about looks and less about acting. He made it a point to speak about the extremely beautiful former Miss World who is all wooden and terrible as an actress. So today when I read the news that Kareena [...]
Chill Pill – from Happy Slip
Posted: November 3, 2008 by noshtradamus in Advertising, HumourTags: chill, humor, happyslip, YouTube
Here’s a video from one of my favourite youtube channels – Happy Slip. It is about, as the name suggests taking the proverbial “chill pill” – relevant for all you marketers who conjure up product USPs out of thin air, as well as inspiring for the producers of infomercials!! Enjoy! Take a Chill Pill!
