Category: Digital

  • ASCI reveals dark patterns used by digital platforms that cause consumer harm

    ASCI reveals dark patterns used by digital platforms that cause consumer harm

    Mumbai: An extensive discussion paper released by the Advertising Standards Council of India (ASCI), the self-regulatory body of the advertising industry, has highlighted how UI/UX deployed by digital platforms could manipulate consumer choices and consumption patterns.

    According to the paper, these manipulative tactics or dark patterns come in many forms and are present across multiple platforms. Practices like drip pricing, trick questions, nagging, disguised ads, bait and switch, among others, are just some of the commonly found dark patterns on the internet.

    With online commerce growing rapidly, consumers’ vulnerability to such practices is increasing. In FY 2021-22, 29 per cent of the advertisements processed by ASCI were disguised by influencers as regular content, which is also a part of dark patterns in advertising. Categories found to be major violators were cryptocurrency, personal care, fashion and e-commerce.

    Taking note of the growing global concerns around such practices, ASCI formed a 12-member task force comprising stakeholders from different tech platforms, legal experts, civil society and domain experts. The task force examined key issues related to dark patterns to understand which of these practices potentially violate the ASCI code which inter-alia states: “Advertisements shall not be framed so as to abuse the trust of consumers or exploit their lack of experience or knowledge.”

    Not all dark patterns fall under the domain of advertising and hence may be out of ASCI’s remit, however, they could amount to unfair trade practices which compromise consumer interest. ASCI hopes that in the near future, such dark patterns will be addressed by the regulators as they see appropriate in the interest of consumer protection.

    ASCI has outlined 4 key practices that it intends to address through expanding its code: namely drip pricing, bait and switch, false urgency and disguised advertising. ASCI has invited comments from all stakeholders and the members of the public on this proposed expansion of the ASCI code. One could send their comments to contact@ascionline.in; the last date to receive these comments is 31 December.

    ASCI CEO and secretary general Manisha Kapoor said, “There is a thin line between dark patterns and legitimate targeting and persuasion tactics. Dark patterns cause consumer harm and with the ever-increasing presence of advertising on digital platforms, these are now under sharp scrutiny of ad-regulators around the world. Eventually dark patterns ruin consumer experience and increase abandonments, and make the consumer suspicious of the online space. By choosing fair practices that enhance both consumer and shareholder value, brands can develop sustainable ways of consumer engagement. ASCI continues its investment in technology to track and monitor digital advertising to help keep the online experience safe for consumers.”

    The paper cites examples provided by UX experts of alternative practices that are fair to consumers and that can be adopted by brands. These alternatives can clean up the online space of malicious patterns and build consumer confidence in the digital world.

  • Burger King India onboards Havas Worldwide India as its digital partner

    Burger King India onboards Havas Worldwide India as its digital partner

    Mumbai: Burger King India has assigned its digital mandate to Havas Worldwide (Creative) India. As a part of this mandate, the agency will be responsible for creating cornerstone digital campaigns, social media management, and online response management, among other things.

    Havas Worldwide India has been focusing on fortifying and updating its core expertise and offerings over the last two years. Havas Worldwide India grew by more than 30 per cent in 2021 across its Mumbai and Delhi offices, thanks to significant business wins such as Tata Cliq Luxury, Bel Cheese, P&G, Vivo, and Celio, to name a few. The agency has also been strengthening its teams to bring in the best talent. As the agency’s growth momentum continues in 2022, it will continue to come up with clutter-breaking work to deliver on its promise of making a meaningful difference in the lives of brands, businesses, and consumers.

    Sharing his thoughts on the association, Burger King chief marketing officer Kapil Grover said, “We are excited to have partnered with Havas Worldwide India, which comes with a track record of path-breaking digital campaigns for brands across markets and categories. We are confident that their expertise and market understanding will help us deliver innovative and groundbreaking digital campaigns, thereby further strengthening Burger King India’s position to become the most lovable brand in the digital space. We look forward to a long and fruitful partnership.”

    Commenting on the partnership with Burger King, Havas Worldwide (Creative) India managing director Manas Lahiri said, “In today’s cluttered digital ecosystem, only brands that come up with engaging, differentiated content make people sit up and take notice and we at Havas Worldwide India have been doing exactly that over the past few years. Burger King is one of the most audacious brands in the world today, known for creating truly innovative campaigns that become the talk of the town, and we’re confident we will be able to create more such path-breaking, meaningful work for them.”

  • Inuxu Digital Media Technologies appoints Rohan Joshi as head of partnership for Adgebra

    Inuxu Digital Media Technologies appoints Rohan Joshi as head of partnership for Adgebra

    Mumbai: Adding fuel to the rocketing speed of its expansion in India, Inuxu Digital Media Technologies has appointed Rohan Joshi to strengthen Adgebra’s strategic positioning in the adtech industry.

    Exclusive advertising strategies are being adopted by named and fabled digital brands in 2022–23. The advertising industry is currently exploding with competitive opportunities. Inuxu feels that it is the right time to introduce Joshi. In his new role as head of partnerships at Inuxu Digital Media Technologies, Joshi will strengthen advertisers, media agencies, and brands’ relationships and revenue streams for Adgebra.

    He has experience of more than 12 years. These 12 years are a growth story of when and where he developed media industry relationships within Mumbai and many non-metro markets in the West India region. Joshi previously led the Pune & ROM portfolios in the West region for Times Internet. He has outshined with intrapreneurial qualities that play an imperative role in building a team and the company’s position in the digital ecosystem.

    The digital spend in India is projected to be more than Rs 35K crores by 2023, and it is expected to boom in the next five years. Innovation, targeting, delivery, and ROI are the critical differentials with Adgebra, and that’s what most brands are looking for. Introducing a partnership lead will enable the organisation to better communicate its differentials with the brands, advertisers, and agencies and will bring lasting value to the table.

    On his appointment, Joshi quotes Adgebra’s position as, “Adgebra is a fantastic ad-tech platform that has distinct local attributes as compared to many other platforms competing in the market currently. It is a leading multilingual-multimedia ad platform. The young and vibrant leadership team, especially the boundless motivation provided by Rohit Bagad, Sumeet Dubey, and Shashikant Anpat, led to a perfect mix of innovation and audience targeting, which is reflected in the product. This makes me want to work my tooth and nail towards closing valuable partnerships for the platform. Inuxu, being a large organisation, has a great company culture with a distinguished work environment that allows me to independently contribute more than I have.”

    “Adgebra is known for its performance with high-impact ad units, and I am looking to promote these and also create invaluable partnerships. I will be working closely with the new-age marketers and onboarding them for the innovative features across metros and the emerging markets in India,” he adds.

    Welcoming Joshi into Adgebra’s leadership team, Inuxu Digital Media Technologies chief business officer Sumeet said, “Adgebra is strengthening its position as India’s largest multilingual native advertising platform. Joshi’s position presents brands, agencies, and advertisers with an opportunity to have a direct view of the best of Adgebra and its unique offerings. We investigate our potential to further scale the business and reach local brands by focusing on these relationships. With Joshi coming on board, we are sure to accelerate growth and build progressive partnerships. With his unique self-motivated, proactive, and action-oriented personality, he is certainly a stimulus to our partnership’s forefront. This appointment reinforces the company’s belief in the potential of Indian markets and is expected to propel regional demand.”

    Adgebra empowers businesses to connect, engage, and win the trust of billions of digital consumers. Adgebra caters to native, video, and rich media ad formats and presently reaches over 500 million monthly active users via its network of 2000+ partner publishers managing 30 billion+ monthly ad serving opportunities.

    Adgebra is the only digital ad tech platform that supports and serves ads in 10+ different Indian regional languages. Adgebra is monetizing millions of daily active users for top publications and news aggregators like DailyHunt, Sharechat, ABP, Lokmat Media, TV9 Network, Manoramanews, LiveHindustan, NavbharatTimes, Maharashtra Times, and more.

  • Must Watch Netflix Films – Recommended by Daily Research Plot

    Must Watch Netflix Films – Recommended by Daily Research Plot

    Online Content Consumption has increased after the Worldwide lockdown in 2019, Audiences are enjoying watching movies and series online now more than in theaters and here we have brought a list of the must-watch Netflix Films which has been recommended by Daily Research Plot, which is an Online News and Articles Portal for Movie, TV Series, and Technology Reviews and Updates launched in 2019 by Crisp Multimedia Solutions Pvt. Ltd.

    So we were discussing the list of must-watch films on Netflix, The year 2022 was really very bad for Bollywood Industry but other industries in India and Hollywood had achieved so much as the few critically acclaimed and entertaining films have been released on Netflix in 2022. And the Author and Owner of Daily Research Plot have curated a few of the titles which you must watch on the streaming giant.

    So, here is the list of Must Watch Movies on Netflix:

    End of the Road

    The film was released on Netflix in September 2022 has been directed by Millicent Shelton, the murder thriller film revolves around a road trip of a woman with two children and her brother, it’s one of the most-watched films worldwide.

    Do Revenge

    Do Revenge is another coming-age comedy-drama available on Netflix, directed by Jennifer Kaytin Robinson (co-writer of Marvel’s Thor: Love and Thunder). The story follows one school girl’s revenge on her boyfriend.

    Love in the Villa

    If you are a fan of Romantic Stories in Italy, you should definitely watch this film directed by Mark Steven Johnson (who directed the film Daredevil starring Ben Affleck and the famous film Ghost Rider). Love in the Villa is also one of the most-watched films on Netflix in different countries.

    Persuasion

    It’s one of the most watched critically acclaimed films on Netflix in 2022 based on a novel of the same title.

    Other titles which you should watch-

    There are various other titles that you should watch from different genres are Gray Man, Senior Year, The Sea Beast, Hustle, This is Not a Comedy, The Adam Project, Day Shift, and Metal Lords.

    All the films have been watched and reviewed by the team and authors of Daily Research Plot, which was started by Balram Jee Jha and his partner under their Digital Marketing and Media Agency to provide fun facts, reviews, and production updates on Comics, Movies, and TV Series and now the team has started few more section their websites like Celebrity Gossips, Tech Reviews, Business, Lifestyle, and Gadgets News Updates.

    This year in 2022, the team has also started their new venture for Indian and Hindi Audiences with two new Portals – For Bollywood News and South Industry News and Celebrity Gossips, they have launched TollywwodLife.Com and for Hindi General News and Updates – GazetaPost.Com.

    The team and company have also planned to work on Video Content and they have already started reviewing Hollywood Series on Daily Research Plot’s Youtube Channel and have planned for a few more Channels too.

  • ‘Twitter has spoken’, says Musk as 65% back his claims on fake users in poll

    ‘Twitter has spoken’, says Musk as 65% back his claims on fake users in poll

    Mumbai: The Twitter-Elon Musk wrangle does not seem to be resolving itself any time soon, with both sides trading charges and counter charges. A Twitter poll by the Tesla CEO has revealed that nearly 65 per cent of his followers do not believe Twitter’s claims on the percentage of fake/spam accounts on the platform.

    The Tesla CEO conducted the poll on Saturday on whether “less than five per cent of Twitter daily users are fake/spam?” to be answered with a Yes/No. The billionaire triumphantly declared the results of the online poll on Monday: “Twitter has spoken …”, disclosing that 64.9 per cent of over eight lakh users who participated in the poll believe that Twitter’s claims that less than five per cent of its active users are bots is not true.

    Some of the Twitterati went so far as to accuse the networking giant of trying to hide its actual bot count, with Musk emphatically agreeing to the accusation.

    The Tesla CEO is engaged in a fierce legal battle with Twitter after he backed out of his $44 billion acquisition deal, claiming the social media giant did not keep up its part of the deal by disclosing the correct data on spam and bot accounts on the platform. Twitter claims that spam profiles account for only five per cent of its daily active users.

    Earlier, Musk challenged Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal to a “public debate” over the issue of fake accounts on the platform. In multiple tweets, while replying to a follower’s tweet summarising the highlights of the $44 billion acquisition offer to buy Twitter, Musk asserted that the social media company’s method of estimating spam bots and accounts is flawed and “materially false.”

    The billionaire currently faces a lawsuit after breaching the $44 billion acquisition agreement of the social media company.

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  • Sandu Pharma partners with Vavo Digital for digital influencer campaign

    Sandu Pharma partners with Vavo Digital for digital influencer campaign

    Mumbai: The leading name in the Ayurveda sector, Sandu Pharma, has collaboarted with India’s holistic digital marketing agency, Vavo Digital. The main objective of the digital campaign is to go beyond Sandu Pharma’s traditional set of audience of senior citizens and reach out to the younger generation and millennials by using modern mediums of advertising & influencing.

    Receiving encouraging response for the already deployed two campaigns for Sandu Pharma’s signature products – Makarprash and Gulkand, Vavo Digital is now planning to design campaigns delivering impactful key messages of the brand through collaboration with a relevant set of 15 micro and macro influencers. The key message is that the science of ayurveda has an array of options for immunity building supplements with minimal side effects yet extremely cost effective. The designing of the campaign comprises identifying the appropriate influencers that matches the image of a brand like Sandu Pharma, and who own a significant, pertinent yet real followers.

    Speaking on the collaboration, Vavo Digitq CEO & founder Neha Puri shared, “It is a matter of honour to not only be associated with a brand like Sandu Pharma but also be a catalyst for their marketing campaign with a fresh outlook. We have the advantage of working with the pioneers of the Ayurveda industry and help propagate the ideology and benefits of the age old ethnic medicinal practice to the current generation of our nation. We look forward to creating and designing effective campaigns for Sandu Pharma and delivering the key message to the end user.”

    Sandu Pharma marketing head Shivani Sandu said on the partnership, “Our interaction with VavoDigital helped us explore a new form of marketing on the social media platform Instagram. The proposed plan was to undertake influencer marketing via influencers appropriate to the brand and the product at hand. The research behind the campaigns were detailed and noteworthy. The target brand values and target audience were in tandem and thus helped achieve desired results. The team at VavoDigital is young, eager to put out the best possible campaign and values time.”

  • BC Web Wise bags the digital duties for Gatsby

    BC Web Wise bags the digital duties for Gatsby

    Mumbai: Gardenia Cosmotrade men’s grooming brand Gatsby onboarded BC Web Wise for the digital duties. The agency will drive the brand’s positioning and awareness for its entire range of products and help capture a greater share in the men’s grooming space.

    Japanese company Mandom Corp., which owns Gatsby, has owned the brand since its establishment in 1927. Since then, it has evolved with the times and trends to become a total grooming brand with products in various categories including hair styling, face care, body care, beard grooming, and fragrance. Through its product line targeted at young Indian men, the company is currently looking at reinforcing and expanding its presence in India.

    Gardenia Cosmotrade designated partner Puneet Motiani said, “The male grooming market in India is at an inflection point, the youth today is globally aware and demands products that are world class, to which they add their own style of expression. Gatsby, born in Japan and consumed across the world, provides one of the best quality and range of products in the male grooming category. We’ve got a variety of exciting new launches of styling and skincare products coming up. And I am certain that the audience is going to love them. We’re looking forward to this creative partnership with BC Web Wise to position the brand ‘Gatsby’ as their preferred choice.”

    Gardenia Board brand & marketing expert and advisor Pankaj Bhawnani said, “Chaaya is transforming BC Web Wise with a fresh talent pool and brings to the table a unique blend of creative, social, performance and ecommerce capabilities, making them the right partner for the growing ambitions of Gardenia Cosmotrade.”

    Speaking on the appointment, BC Web Wise founder & MD Chaaya Baradhwaaj added, “Gatsby is an exciting brand that continuously innovates driven by data. It aligns seamlessly with the BC Web Wise DNA and we are excited to partner in the growth story of the brand with creative and impactful digital marketing solutions.”

  • Twitter sues Elon Musk for breaching $44 bn deal, he reacts with a meme

    Twitter sues Elon Musk for breaching $44 bn deal, he reacts with a meme

    Mumbai: Tesla CEO Elon Musk was quick to react to a lawsuit filed against him by Twitter for breaching the $44 billion contract in his trademark maverick style – with a meme.

    Twitter recently sued the billionaire for violating the deal to buy the micro blogging platform, accusing him of hypocrisy and asked a Delaware court to order Musk to complete the merger at the agreed $54.20 per Twitter share, according to a court filing.  

    “Musk apparently believes that he – unlike every other party subject to Delaware contract law – is free to change his mind, trash the company, disrupt its operations, destroy stockholder value, and walk away,” stated the lawsuit.

    “Twitter brings this action to enjoin Musk from further breaches, to compel Musk to fulfil his legal obligations, and to compel consummation of the merger upon satisfaction of the few outstanding conditions,” Twitter asserted in the lawsuit.

    In response to the news of the lawsuit, Musk took to the microblogging site and simply tweeted, “Oh the irony lol.” Earlier, he had responded to reports of Twitter taking him to court with a hilarious meme which seemed to take potshots at the social media giant’s decision.”

    The meme, accompanied by images of a laughing Musk, read: They said I cannot buy Twitter. Then they wouldn’t disclose bot info. Now they want to force me to buy Twitter in court. Now they have to disclose both info in court.

    The lawsuit could be the beginning of a long-drawn-out legal battle with both parties unwilling to climb down from their stances, as Twitter seeks to hold Musk to his deal to pay $44 billion for the company. The litigation accused Musk of “a long list” of violations of the merger agreement that “have cast a pall over Twitter and its business.”

    Last week, the Tesla CEO said he was terminating the merger because Twitter violated the agreement by failing to respond to requests for information regarding fake or spam accounts on the platforms. Musk said the lack of information about spam accounts and inaccurate representations amounted to a “material adverse event.”

    The standoff between the two parties has been ongoing for a while now, specifically since April this year when Musk reached an acquisition agreement with Twitter at $54.20 per share in a transaction valued at approximately $44 billion. Since then, however, Musk has been challenging Twitter’s claim that less than five per cent of accounts on the platform are bots or spam, even putting the deal on hold in May to allow his team to review the veracity of Twitter’s claim.

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    In June, Musk had openly accused the social media company of breaching the merger agreement and threatened to walk away and call off the acquisition of the micro blogging site for not providing the data he has requested on spam and fake accounts.

  • B2B Email Marketing: 5 Top Tactics for Lead Generation

    B2B Email Marketing: 5 Top Tactics for Lead Generation

    The use of an opt-in email form to gather leads is known as email lead generation. It all comes down to acquiring data on potential clients, such as their names and email address.

    However, the lead capture form is not the end of an email lead creation plan. It also entails strategically cultivating leads so that they can become clients.

    Organizations must have an email lead-generating strategist to expand their customer base and increase sales.

    Your company may find it challenging to generate revenue and grow without a robust system for lead generation.

    The ability to nurture your audience and take them to the ultimate conversion (from prospect to paying client) depends on having the correct strategy for attracting leads.

    According to research, over 48% of marketers hail email marketing as the best method for creating internet leads.

    A successful lead-generating plan will provide your company with other advantages, including increasing brand visibility, getting the right clients, and increasing revenue generation.

    Below are some tools you could deploy to boost lead generation via email marketing.

    1.    Webinar partnerships and collaborations

    Generating leads through webinars doesn’t necessarily require you to run your webinar.

    You might participate in a webinar another company holds as a guest or co-host. The same holds for podcasting and publishing guest posts.

    You may sometimes reach new audiences—thousands of new viewers and listeners—by adding value to webinars or branded podcasts.

    Among those new audiences, there may be dozens of new potential clients.

    Cross-collaboration is a crucial component of every media or event relationship.

    Make sure you and your partner advertise the webinar, podcast, or article to your audiences on their most essential platforms as soon as it is out.

    You can place your call to action there or do an email opt-in for your new audiences.

    2.    Catchy subject lines

    Thinking of original ways to pique interest or create a sense of urgency is crucial.

    Depending on your line of work or industry, Emojis, bold type, italic font, and other design elements can all be used to bring readers’ eyes to the subject line, which is the most crucial area of your email.

    By raising open email rates and, eventually, customer conversion rates, this strategy can significantly impact the outcome of your email campaign.

    But how do you ensure that the subject line is captivating enough to provoke a click-through by the prospect?

    One sure way to do that is by having a catchy subject line.

    For instance, if you created a news blog with a list of interested email subscribers, you should heavily emphasize recent news events within your niche to engage your readers.

    However, if you want to stand out, you should leave the subscribers intrigued. An example of a captivating subject line that is newsworthy is ‘What made JP Morgan the worst investment of the century.’

    3.    Lead scoring via automated email

    Communicating effectively with the appropriate audience at the right moment is a crucial marketing component. You may accomplish that by using lead scoring to ensure you capture high-quality prospects.

    Your leads can be sorted and prioritized with the aid of lead scoring. Lead scoring is ranking your prospects according to their perceived value to the organization.

    It’s a suitable method for getting quality prospects who are more likely to appreciate your communications.

    In marketing, lead scoring may be achieved through email automation.

    For instance, it is more probable that you will be able to convert a potential customer if you send them an email offering a discount on a product they have already seen on your website.

    You can also capture high-quality prospects by displaying an exit-intent popup as the visitor leaves the product page if they aren’t already subscribed to your list.

    4.    Clear, concise emails

    The layout of your emails is crucial for generating leads. Ensure that you prepare brief, to-the-point emails in advance.

    Please note that the emails should be as clear and brief as possible. The message’s essential point may be lost if there is too much text in the email.

    The following are some excellent practices to adhere to when creating your emails:

    First, ensure that you use simple, easy-to-read fonts. These will enable your prospect quickly skim through the message without missing its point.

    Secondly, choose a visually appealing, clear-cut email template design. Sales development reps can help you with designing your email template.

    Also, to make your email content easier to absorb for your audience, use well-spaced, succinct phrasing and highlight the most crucial information.

    Your CTA (call-to-action) button needs to be strategically placed in the email to stick out. If the button is visible and easy to click, your readers will do so.

    5.    Tie your email marketing to your social media.

    Using social media to connect your followers with your website is fairly simple and easy.
    Therefore, the first and simplest step would be setting up your business Facebook profile. Next to this critical step is to add a call-to-action, such as “Sign up” or “Subscribe.”
     
    Such measures make it easy for your business to onboard new prospects via social media.

    Further to the above, being active in relevant social media sites such as LinkedIn and Facebook groups, responding to people’s questions, and offering assistance is another excellent tactic with which you can enhance visibility.

    When someone asks you a question about something, you know the answer to, offer to help by answering in three to four sentences.

    You may elaborate on your suggestion by citing one of your blog posts that addresses a related subject.

    Put your money on Instagram or any other social site if that is where your target demographic is most likely to be located.

  • Kantar Creative Effectiveness Awards: HUL dominates the digital category

    Kantar Creative Effectiveness Awards: HUL dominates the digital category

    Mumbai: Marketing data and analytics company, Kantar unveiled on Thursday the ads that were most effective and creative in 2021 across India. The firm tested more than 13,000 creatives for clients around the world throughout 2021. 10 percent (1300+) of those creatives were tested in India alone.The India report shortlisted over 350 ads, tested across categories, markets, target groups and media channels.

    Some of the findings from Kantar’s Strategic Sparks for effective and creative digital advertising are:

    • Customized and integrated content yields significantly higher ROI: Carrying forward creative stories and elements from other media amplifies the impact of digital assets.
    • Shoot for instant meaning: Given the attention poor consumers and short window available, it pays to ensure that the consumers are not called to do any additional work for decoding what they are supposed to think and feel about the brand
    • Ride the moment: Embrace the topical issues and trends, to engage and be relevant
    • Strike an emotive chord: Well told stories open up consumers for longer format videos
    • Hook them early:  Promise of a fulfilling story arc, emotive journey and humour help in ensuring that consumers stay invested beyond 6 seconds.

    Commenting on this year’s winners, Kantar Insights Division managing director & chief client officer Soumya Mohanty said, “The spread of ads that consumers have perceived to be both creative and effective is an affirmation of the fact that the space for creativity even in context of marketing ROI is infinite. While there is no magic formula for creating such ads, we can start with the right ingredients and refine them by testing them out with consumers. Kantar is pleased to share the learnings that we have had in the area while working with the leading marketeers in India.”

    Key highlights from this year’s report identified for effective and creative TV advertising:

    • Indians love to ride fulfilling story arcs: Stories create room for empathy, engagement, and vivid memories through which one could influence the way in which consumers think & feel about the brands.
    • Touch of drama helps: Just the right kind and quantity of spice delivered through creative storytelling and filmmaking, elevates even the repetitive themes, to make them more personal, relevant and aspirational.
    • License to be extravagant in visualization: Indians are open to suspending their disbelief for the well visualised film.
    • Layer in emotional meaningfulness: Emotive contexts have the potential to make the consumers warm up to even the dry functional categories.
    • Show, not tell: Integrating brand payoffs as an organic plot event in the script is a timeless approach toward creating vivid and persuasive memories.

    Kantar’s collaboration with the Unstereotype Alliance has led to the development of the Unstereotype metric (UM) which Kantar now includes as a measure of gender portrayal in advertising as an integral part of its Link™ communication pretesting solution. Thus, setting a foundation for marketers to review the potential of their creative executions on this dimension to monitor progress over time.

    Unstereotype metric* (UM) in the long term provides learning and context for gender progressive advertisements. UM is now measured for 14,000+ ads across 70 countries, 3,300+ brands and 251 categories.

    ⎯       Unstereotyping in advertisements is predicted to unlock higher marketing ROI. It signifies strong brand equity and is likely to impact short term sales as well. This impact is not only true for women, but progressive male role models also impact business outcomes across categories.

    ⎯       Progressive ads are more effective and trigger positive engagement. They are in general seen to be more enjoyable, relevant, different and even pleasantly surprising.

    ⎯       Unstereotyping affects various aspects of the brand- power, meaningfulness, difference and saliency especially seen in food & beverage, household and personal care categories.

    ⎯       There are clear and present rewards for brands that seek to be at the forefront of embedding progressive gender roles