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  • Dentsu’s Posterscope launches ‘rateOOHmeter’ benchmarking tool

    Dentsu’s Posterscope launches ‘rateOOHmeter’ benchmarking tool

    MUMBAI: Posterscope India, the out of home division of Dentsu Aegis Network, has launched its OOH rate benchmarking tool called – rateOOHmeter.

    The tool is one of a kind in providing detailed information on media pricing across markets in the OOH commercial ecosystem. The ‘rateOOHmeter’ platform is based on field data of OOH campaign universe with information on 400+ brands, 1600 cities, 3000+ campaigns and 85000+ OOH inventory across formats pan India. The tool will enable streamlining of media buying processes that the industry often grapples with in order to achieve regulation.

    Commenting on the launch Haresh Nayak, Managing Director Posterscope India, said, “The only gap in India’s OOH scenario is the lack of neutral, credible and standardized data. From audience measurement to media rate regulations, this data gap has been subtly stifling industry’s growth. And we have only seen this gap widening, even as the demand for data driven solutions are on the rise. OOH’s very lopsided buying and selling process is largely governed by the whim and fancy of the media asset owner that gives rise to disproportionate rate verdicts. This too varies from campaign to campaign and media buyers likewise. The onus of delivery, therefore, falls into the agency’s court to deliver a lean and effective campaign. Now, with the help of rateOOHmeter we can have a controlled environment in which the media rates will be regulated with historical buys in OOH campaigns aligned with the media asset owners for the respective regions. Clients will now be able to map their productivity through the agency’s buying process and the agency will be able to deliver beyond the brief.”

    Subhashish Trivedi, Vice President – media buying Posterscope India added, “With the help of rateOOHmeter, the buying efficiency will immensely improve, the results of which will shine in leaner and productive campaigns. In the future we will be able to reach to the level where we can reduce inconsistent buying by over 95%.”

  • Dentsu elevates Kartik Iyer as president – Media Brands and Amplifi

    Dentsu elevates Kartik Iyer as president – Media Brands and Amplifi

    MUMBAI: Dentsu Aegis Network has strengthened its media group across Carat and Vizeum to provide a future-proofed, digitally ahead, holistic solution to clients. Kartik Iyer has been elevated to president, Media Brands and Amplifi.

    Dentsu Aegis Network chairman and CEO South Asia Ashish Bhasin said, “To enable a more future ready product for our clients, our media agencies have been reorganized for the rapidly changing market environment under the unified leadership of Kartik Iyer who has been leading our fastest growing media agency, Carat, for over eight years now. He will be responsible for enabling the continued fast track growth of the brands and will provide senior executive council level oversight to the media brands, in addition to his Amplifi responsibilities.”

    Speaking on the next steps for Media Brands, Kartik Iyer, President -Media Brands and Amplifi said, “I am delighted to have been given this opportunity and look forward to working with the agencies in their growth path over the years. Carat is future proofing to take on the new opportunities that the market dynamics have provided in order to be able to provide world class service to our clients. Rajni Menon as CEO of Carat and Joydeep Raha as CEO of Carat Context will be leading their respective agencies.”

    “Rajni is a true blue One DAN exponent. In the past 8 years that Rajni has been with Carat, she has led some of the agency’s most significant developments in capabilities, especially in the area of ICP, CCS, CCS Planner, Multiscreen planning (TV Stack) and Digitizing of Carat, which has enabled the entire group to deliver more consumer focused and business oriented solutions and is best placed to drive it to the next level. Joydeep has been a pillar in the growth path that Carat has seen over the years, particularly in the South markets. With his focus on business growth backed by delivering integrated solutions, he has constantly been adding business for the group. Further, Himanka Das will be taking over as CEO of Vizeum. Himanka has been a part of Dentsu Aegis Network Media leadership for the last 5 years and has a proven ability in managing and growing client relationships both Multinational and Indian,” Iyer added.

    Shripad Kulkarni has decided to pursue interests outside of the company after the end of this year.

    Speaking on Shripad, Bhasin said, “Shripad has contributed significantly to the growth of Vizeum in India. His focus on business and managing client relationships has enabled Vizeum to grow from strength to strength in the last 2 years. We wish him all the very best in his future endeavours.”

    Speaking on the future plans, Iyer said, “The Leadership of our Media group will continue to focus on delivering Business Outcomes and Digitally Ahead solutions. Over the next few weeks, each of the agencies will be setting up their plans for the coming years and you can expect some very significant initiatives in this area by each agency. Rajni, Joydeep and Himanka, as leaders of their respective media agencies, will continue to innovate the way brands are built.”

  • Kid’s gear in video conveys Eon washing machine’s allergy protecting feature

    Kid’s gear in video conveys Eon washing machine’s allergy protecting feature

    MUMBAI: WATConsult, a part of Dentsu Aegis Network, has launched a digital campaign titled #SuitUptoAllergy for Godrej.

    The campaign launched this week across digital media platforms with a video that takes a fun, over the top approach to humour, by draping the lead character in a hazmat suit and following him through the day as he struggles with his daily tasks in this unusual attire.

    The video conveys an underlying message that while despite our best measures we cannot protect our loved ones from allergens in our surroundings, we can wash away the invisible germs & bacteria on their clothes with the help of the Godrej Eon Front Load Washing Machine.

    WATConsult CEO Rajiv Dingra said, “We decided to opt for a humorous plot to simplify the message about kids’ health to moms. I believe that the campaign will resonate with the audience and bring great recognition to the brand.”

    Godrej Appliances marketing director Swati Rathi said, “It is our constant endeavour to offer products built on consumer insights and hence the Godrej Machine with Allergy Protect mode.”

    “Instead of launching the machine in traditional media, we have chosen to launch it first on the digital medium, with a short but humorous video. It has been designed to engage and get attention particularly from parents, who are a key target audience for the product,” she added.

  • iProspect bags 4 DMA awards, ICICI ad wins gold

    iProspect bags 4 DMA awards, ICICI ad wins gold

    MUMBAI: iProspect India, the global digital agency from Dentsu Aegis Network, has won four awards at the DMA India Awards 2017 in Mumbai.

    It won gold for ICICI Bank (Business for iCalculate), silver for Max Life Insurance in sector insurance (The Smart Display Banner), bronze for leveraging video ad formats to build interest for ICICI Bank home loans and a Leader Certificate for trouser exchange scheme, Raymond in retail and direct sales.

    The DMA India awards honour the creative par excellence in marketing and advertising campaigns that have raised the bar of originality, response strategy, interactivity and marketing impact.

    The objective of the ICICI campaign was to increase sales for personal and home loans. The challenge was when most customers used the loan calculator on the website to get details on eligibility, interest rates, loan amount, etc. did not click on the ‘Apply Now’ button. It was counted as a conversion only if a user applied for a loan by clicking.

    The idea was to use iCalculate which passes real-time data to the Google Analytics Cloud on a Windows unload event as a solution to this problem.

    iProspect India CEO Rubeena Singh said, “I congratulate all the teams that have put in a lot of hard work to strategise and execute these innovative campaigns,”

  • Brand Street hires DAN’s Dogra for rural marketing initiative

    Brand Street hires DAN’s Dogra for rural marketing initiative

    MUMBAI: Brand Street India, an integrated marketing agency, has launched ‘Rural Street,’ an identity for its rural marketing branch.

    Rajesh Dogra has been tasked with the agency’s planning and implementation of rural projects nationally. The agency continues its expansion into the space through cutting-edge initiatives and a multi-functional dedicated team. After a few successful rural campaigns such as TVS Motor Company, Tata Motors and TI Cycles, Brand Street India is all set to create new channels.

    With more than two decades of experience in planning and implementation at hand, Dogra has managed numerable projects in the hinterlands. Before joining he had the exposure of working with the rural teams of Dentsu Aegis Network, Percept Out of Home, Dr. Jain’s Video on Wheels and more. Brand Street India stands to have the ability to recognise rural opportunities and develop innovations to tap that space along with their other markets.

    Brand Street India national head Surendra Singh said, “Rural consumers are aspiring to purchase high quality products. Now is the perfect time for us to allocate required dedication and resources towards it.”

    Brand Street India business director Argha Sengupta said, “We are now building a dedicated rural team that will be headed by Rajesh Dogra. He is a very senior member in the rural domain and I am sure it will take the agency to greater heights in the rural markets.”

    Senior manager Dogra said, “The rural consumer is evolving, and they are increasingly changing their consumption patterns. I will be able to utilise my knowledge and experience to pioneer innovations that will take rural marketing to an altogether different horizon.”

  • Pepperfry campaign: iProspect recognised at Google Awards

    Pepperfry campaign: iProspect recognised at Google Awards

    MUMBAI: iProspect India, the global digital agency from Dentsu Aegis Network, has won the Mobile Innovation Award for its campaign for Pepperfry.com at the Google Premier Partner Awards in India.

    The campaign will now compete at the APAC level and the winning campaigns at APAC will further be shortlisted for the global awards to take place in New York on 28 September, 2017. The first ever Google Premier Partner Awards recognizes and celebrates the top-performing Google Premier Partners for their contributions to digital marketing, product innovation and client growth.

    iProspect’s proprietary tool iSync was used for the Pepperfry.com campaign. iSync delivers online ads synchronised with television, radio advertising, weather, sporting events, and 3rd party in real time. The objective of the campaign was to leverage the online opportunity created by the offline (TV) campaigns of Pepperfry.com and its competitor. The strategy was pegged on the insight that the online brand searches of the competitor’s brand would increase during the time period that its television ads were aired. It focused on dynamically bidding up on the competitor’s brand keywords, during their TVC slot, which ensured that users saw Pepperfry.com ads on searching for the competitor’s brand. Similarly, bidding up Pepperfry.com’s brand keywords 20 per cent on mobile during their TVC slots, amplifying the reach of its ads online.

    iSync synced Pepperfry.com’s digital media buys to Pepperfry.com’s and its competitor’s TV ad slots. Messaging to capture the consumer’s content such as compelling offers in the ad copies, in sync with the messaging on TV were highlighted. This increased relevancy from the customers’ point of view and therein increased clicks on the ad. Results comprised 42 per cent of the mobile impression share on competitor keywords, 146 per cent increase in impression share, 82,000 brand impressions achieved in just 21 days against the competitor, 63 per cent increase in CTR (Click through Rate), 1 per cent conversion rate on competitor traffic, 301 per cent increase in number of clicks and 235 per cent increase in sales.

    iProspect India CEO Rubeena Singh said, “The e-commerce category is the top digital spender. It spends the majority of its digital ad spends on search (42 per cent ), followed by social media (20 per cent). Ad spending on mobile is estimated to grow at a rate of 59 per cent CAGR to reach Rs 133.25 billion in 2020. These figures are testimony to the fact that mobile will continue to grow at a rapid pace in the future and companies will accordingly increase investments in this digital platform.”

    “It’s been exciting to see the submissions from digital marketing leaders from India. We’re delighted to celebrate the Premier Google Partners who have made it to the winner list for Awards,” said Google India director – India agencies Sam Singh.

    “To sync our existing digital marketing campaigns to offline marketing inputs was a creative solution to an age-old omnichannel ambition. We congratulate the iProspect team for winning the coveted award – it is well deserved! The award winning campaign has been instrumental in improving business metrics for us. We look forward to more of such interesting innovations going ahead,” said Pepperfry.com senior manager – digital marketing Abhishek Dasgupta.

  • Dentsu buys Pune’s Sokrati, rebrands Merkle India

    MUMBAI: Dentsu Aegis Network has announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Sokrati, India’s leading data-driven performance marketing and analytics agency, launching Merkle in the country – the first launch of the global data-driven performance marketing agency in the Asia Pacific region.

    The deal is expected to close this week.

    Post-acquisition, Sokrati will be rebranded as Merkle Sokrati, further scaling Dentsu Aegis India’s data and performance marketing offering.

    Founded in 2009, Sokrati is headquartered in Pune and employs a staff of 120 digital marketing professionals. The company develops its integrated marketing offering with the help of data analytics, CRM based marketing and the integration of offline data and hyperlocal marketing, with a focus on the automotive, telecommunications and banking and financial services sectors. It offers digital and performance marketing with deep specialisation in e-commerce, with service lines encompassing search and performance, social, retargeting, display and video production, and product ads.

    Nick Waters, CEO of Dentsu Aegis Network Asia Pacific, said: “India is the fastest growing large economy in the world. It is on track for 400 million smartphone users, making it second only to China, and has emerged as a major e-commerce market. Sokrati’s strength in mobile, e-commerce, data, analytics and performance media provides an ideal basis from which to launch Merkle in India as we develop the roll-out plan for Asia Pacific. We will develop the unique M1 addressable media platform for India as a next step.”

    Ashish Bhasin, Chairman and CEO of Dentsu Aegis Network South Asia, said: “Sokrati has strong ability in CRM and data to accelerate the launch of Merkle in India and further bolster our data practice, which is becoming increasingly critical in all aspects of our business. It will also give our clients added value as we bring CRM and data into the heart of our digital offering. With Dentsu Aegis Network India already being a leader in performance marketing services, with iProspect and the recent acquisition of SVG, the complementary addition of Sokrati will enable the network to take a clearly dominant position in the rapidly growing Indian digital advertising market. With Sokrati on board, we will now be more than twice the size of any of our competitors in search and performance. Out of 3,500 staff in India, about 1,500 will be digital professionals, and over 35% of our revenue – a market-leading statistic – will come from digital.”

    Over the past four years, Sokrati was consecutively ranked Deloitte’s top 50 Technology Companies in India. In addition, it has won Google India awards, including Best Quality Accounts and Largest Increase in Overall Revenue, consecutively in 2014, 2015 and 2016.

    Zhengda Shen, President of Merkle Asia Pacific, said: “Given Sokrati’s strong credentials and proven capabilities in data & analytics, Sokrati will be in the ideal position to give strong footing to Merkle’s launch in the Indian market, in line with Merkle’s global growth strategy. India is strategic to Dentsu Aegis Network and is one of the fastest-growing markets in the world.

    “Sokrati’s data DNA, analytics-driven and performance approach to digital marketing make it a natural extension for Merkle into the Indian market. Furthermore, they are focused on expanding their CRM capabilities and connecting these capabilities across media and channels. Merkle is in a strong position to support this expansion and Sokrati’s ecommerce-heavy client base is data rich, innovative, and ready to benefit from Sokrati’s push into cross-channel marketing.”

    The co-founders of Sokrati – Ashish Mehta, CEO, Anubhav Sonthalia, Enterprise Business Head, and Santosh Kumar Gannavarapu, Head of Innovations, will be joining the Dentsu Aegis Network leadership team in India. Anubhav Sonthalia will be the CEO of Merkle Sokrati and report to Vivek Bhargava, CEO of Performance, Dentsu Aegis Network India, and Zhengda Shen, President of Merkle Asia Pacific.

    Anubhav Sonthalia, Co-Founder & Enterprise Business Head of Sokrati, said: “Our business is built on a highly data-driven culture, supported by the strong passion for digital and performance marketing from myself and two other founders – Ashish and Santosh. It is not often you meet amazing talent with the same drive and mindset, and we could not be more pleased to be joining forces with world-leading agency Merkle, as we expand our global footprint as part of Dentsu Aegis Network. It has been an incredible journey from the start, and we are all very excited about the next chapter for Sokrati.”