Tag: Emami

  • Emami launches HE face wash campaign conceptualised by WATConsult

    MUMBAI: Emami, along with WATConsult, India’s leading and most-awarded digital and social media agency, part of Dentsu Aegis Network, has launched a digital campaign, #HEOntheGo for its latest product, HE Face Wash.

    To create intrigue amongst its target audience, HE released a teaser video “The Flying Basin” early this month. The video promoted the idea of the possibility of cleansing one’s face while ‘on the go’. The video showed people booking flying basins through an app to wash their face whenever water was not easily available to them.

    The video generated intrigue and interest among consumers and received 2.4 million views and 4300+ shares within first four days of it going live.  The video made the consumers wonder whether such a concept could be a reality.

    The ‘flying basin’ campaign was followed by the launch of, ‘HE On The Go’ waterless face wash, through an innovative on ground event featuring India’s first waterless booth in Mumbai where people could wash their face on the go. The booth was integrated with Twitter wherein once consumers pressed the button to dispense the Face Wash, an automated tweet was sent from the brand’s handle stating the number of users who have washed their faces using ZERO water. This activity was encapsulated in a video where consumers shared their feedback on the product.

    HE Face wash is the first of its kind waterless face wash, it contains aloe vera and minerals from marine extracts and can be used when one is on-the-go, to get cleaner, fresher and brighter skin.

    Emami director Harsh V Agarwal said “We are very excited with the introduction of ‘HE On The Go’ Waterless Face Wash, a first in India, from our male grooming brand ‘HE’.  We are confident that today’s alpha male, who is constantly on the move, will find this innovative face wash extremely convenient and refreshing. The product has all the attributes to become a constant companion to every Indian man.”

    WATConsult founder and CEO Rajiv Dingra said, “For the launch of the first waterless face wash, we decided to use technology like drones in the video as well as a twitter integration for the on ground launch. The response from the consumers has been encouraging and I am sure that they will use the face wash while on the go.”

  • Leo Burnett gets Vir Das to take on sexist ads

    Leo Burnett gets Vir Das to take on sexist ads

    MUMBAI: Vir Das is back and this time with a vengeance against sexist commercials. Starring in a television commercial for Emami’s flagship men’s deodorant brand He, Das puts on the shoes of every female model who has to go through awkward and uncomfortable film shoots to promote a product. In his signature satirical style, Das takes on several brands, which are instantly recognisable in the parody thanks to their trademark ‘sexist’ ads. Launched digitally on 13 May, the video has already garnered over a lakh views on Facebook, and the YouTube counter is going strong.

    The video starts off with Das sensuously caressing a mango in his hand (very clearly hinting at Slice’s ads featuring Katrina Kaif), while shooting for an ad film, and the scene quickly cuts to a sporty looking bike on which Das tries a sexy pose. He leads the audience to a very familiar ‘fallen angel’ setting of a deodorant advertisement, while subtly hinting at Axe and its flagship range of TV spots that are known to titillate men by objectifying women.

    All the while Das points out how silly it is to objectify women to sell products, just like ‘He Respect’, the deo brand he is promoting, cause ‘real men respect women.’ In fact, another spot released by the brand on May 13 starring the brand ambassador Hrithik Roshan clarifies the brand’s positioning with #AsliMenRespectWomen.

    Conceptualised by Orchard Advertising and directed by Surjo Deb under UBIK films, the one minute video is clever and inspiring — a much needed differentiated brand communication in the men’s grooming product segment.

    “The product had an interesting brand positioning to work with. Highlighting the need to ‘respect’ women, the brand spoke of a different breed of men who are cool because they respect women. It’s not the deo that gets them admiration from the opposite sex, it’s this identity as a man who respects women that does,” shared Leo Burnett chief creative officer Raj Deepak Das, adding that the product idea was also developed by the creative agency.

    When asked about calling out other brands for being sexist in the video, the creative clarified, “While the ad film does communicate the message that a product doesn’t need to objectify women to be sold, the video has done a funny take on it. It is more of a generalisation than targeting any brand and I hope viewers take it in the funny light that it’s been created.” Besides, “you can’t stop a comedian from making fun of things,” he added with a chuckle.

    This isn’t the first time that a brand has taken on advertising stereotypes to position itself differently. Emraan Hashmi starrer Meglow ad that came out last year, came under the critical radar within the industry after speaking strongly against fairness cream ads that claim to perform life altering wonders for men. Though it was debatable whether it managed to stay progressive till the end, the reception it got on social media was quite commendable.

    Treatment of women in advertisement has been a long running debate and a sensitive topic within the industry and thus requires a clever handling, lest it appears run of the mill. It may be recalled that recently a TV spot promoting Ola Micro had to be called off for its sexist intonations that sparked outrage over social media. Thus, a brand communication that speaks directly against it may work in Emami’s favour. Whether Vir Das’ funny take on it will add that much needed factor x, only time will tell.

  • Leo Burnett gets Vir Das to take on sexist ads

    Leo Burnett gets Vir Das to take on sexist ads

    MUMBAI: Vir Das is back and this time with a vengeance against sexist commercials. Starring in a television commercial for Emami’s flagship men’s deodorant brand He, Das puts on the shoes of every female model who has to go through awkward and uncomfortable film shoots to promote a product. In his signature satirical style, Das takes on several brands, which are instantly recognisable in the parody thanks to their trademark ‘sexist’ ads. Launched digitally on 13 May, the video has already garnered over a lakh views on Facebook, and the YouTube counter is going strong.

    The video starts off with Das sensuously caressing a mango in his hand (very clearly hinting at Slice’s ads featuring Katrina Kaif), while shooting for an ad film, and the scene quickly cuts to a sporty looking bike on which Das tries a sexy pose. He leads the audience to a very familiar ‘fallen angel’ setting of a deodorant advertisement, while subtly hinting at Axe and its flagship range of TV spots that are known to titillate men by objectifying women.

    All the while Das points out how silly it is to objectify women to sell products, just like ‘He Respect’, the deo brand he is promoting, cause ‘real men respect women.’ In fact, another spot released by the brand on May 13 starring the brand ambassador Hrithik Roshan clarifies the brand’s positioning with #AsliMenRespectWomen.

    Conceptualised by Orchard Advertising and directed by Surjo Deb under UBIK films, the one minute video is clever and inspiring — a much needed differentiated brand communication in the men’s grooming product segment.

    “The product had an interesting brand positioning to work with. Highlighting the need to ‘respect’ women, the brand spoke of a different breed of men who are cool because they respect women. It’s not the deo that gets them admiration from the opposite sex, it’s this identity as a man who respects women that does,” shared Leo Burnett chief creative officer Raj Deepak Das, adding that the product idea was also developed by the creative agency.

    When asked about calling out other brands for being sexist in the video, the creative clarified, “While the ad film does communicate the message that a product doesn’t need to objectify women to be sold, the video has done a funny take on it. It is more of a generalisation than targeting any brand and I hope viewers take it in the funny light that it’s been created.” Besides, “you can’t stop a comedian from making fun of things,” he added with a chuckle.

    This isn’t the first time that a brand has taken on advertising stereotypes to position itself differently. Emraan Hashmi starrer Meglow ad that came out last year, came under the critical radar within the industry after speaking strongly against fairness cream ads that claim to perform life altering wonders for men. Though it was debatable whether it managed to stay progressive till the end, the reception it got on social media was quite commendable.

    Treatment of women in advertisement has been a long running debate and a sensitive topic within the industry and thus requires a clever handling, lest it appears run of the mill. It may be recalled that recently a TV spot promoting Ola Micro had to be called off for its sexist intonations that sparked outrage over social media. Thus, a brand communication that speaks directly against it may work in Emami’s favour. Whether Vir Das’ funny take on it will add that much needed factor x, only time will tell.

  • Leo Burnett promotes Ajeeta  Bharadwaj as Planning Head for Mumbai

    Leo Burnett promotes Ajeeta Bharadwaj as Planning Head for Mumbai

    MUMBAI: Leo Burnett India has boosted its senior team and strategy offering by promoting Ajeeta Bharadwaj to the role of Planning Head in Mumbai.

    Bharadwaj, who was previously Executive Planning Director, will report to, Leo Burnett Chief Strategy Officer – South Asia Dheeraj Sinha.

    Confirming the development, Sinha said, “Bharadwaj has been one of the strongest pillars of strategy at Leo Burnett India. She has made an unparelled contribution in shaping the future of several brands that we work on. Bharadwaj is fully steeped into our HumanKind philosophy and is an astute practitioner of the HumanKind tools. She has also led and developed several knowledge and insight projects over the years. Not only is this promotion very well deserved, it also comes at an opportune time, when we are building a huge momentum around our strategy function. With Bharadwaj as the leader in Mumbai, we will continue to up the temperature on sharp insights, leading to great work for our clients.” 

    Bharadwaj added on her  new role saying, “It has been an amazing journey at Leo Burnett. I have had the good fortune to work on some incredible brands and with some incredible partners, both among clients and within the agency. And I truly believe that the best is yet to come. We are doing some fantastic work and each piece is making us hungrier for more and better. In my new role, I’m looking forward to working closely with Dheeraj in producing new-age work that would help us in our constant endeavour to reach for the stars.”

    Bharadwaj has 15 years of experience in brand planning and strategy. Brands she has worked on include HDFC Life, P&G, Tata Sampann, Emami, Star Plus, Heinz, Coke, Sony Entertainment Television, CavinKare, Anchor, AXN, Sony Pix, Godrej, Qi Spine Clinic and Fiat. 

    She and her team have also received 12 LeoIntel stars for innovative category and culture thinking across the Leo Burnett WW network.

  • Leo Burnett promotes Ajeeta  Bharadwaj as Planning Head for Mumbai

    Leo Burnett promotes Ajeeta Bharadwaj as Planning Head for Mumbai

    MUMBAI: Leo Burnett India has boosted its senior team and strategy offering by promoting Ajeeta Bharadwaj to the role of Planning Head in Mumbai.

    Bharadwaj, who was previously Executive Planning Director, will report to, Leo Burnett Chief Strategy Officer – South Asia Dheeraj Sinha.

    Confirming the development, Sinha said, “Bharadwaj has been one of the strongest pillars of strategy at Leo Burnett India. She has made an unparelled contribution in shaping the future of several brands that we work on. Bharadwaj is fully steeped into our HumanKind philosophy and is an astute practitioner of the HumanKind tools. She has also led and developed several knowledge and insight projects over the years. Not only is this promotion very well deserved, it also comes at an opportune time, when we are building a huge momentum around our strategy function. With Bharadwaj as the leader in Mumbai, we will continue to up the temperature on sharp insights, leading to great work for our clients.” 

    Bharadwaj added on her  new role saying, “It has been an amazing journey at Leo Burnett. I have had the good fortune to work on some incredible brands and with some incredible partners, both among clients and within the agency. And I truly believe that the best is yet to come. We are doing some fantastic work and each piece is making us hungrier for more and better. In my new role, I’m looking forward to working closely with Dheeraj in producing new-age work that would help us in our constant endeavour to reach for the stars.”

    Bharadwaj has 15 years of experience in brand planning and strategy. Brands she has worked on include HDFC Life, P&G, Tata Sampann, Emami, Star Plus, Heinz, Coke, Sony Entertainment Television, CavinKare, Anchor, AXN, Sony Pix, Godrej, Qi Spine Clinic and Fiat. 

    She and her team have also received 12 LeoIntel stars for innovative category and culture thinking across the Leo Burnett WW network.

  • MyCollegeFest makes more than 100 colleges take the energy dash for Tata Gluco Plus

    MyCollegeFest makes more than 100 colleges take the energy dash for Tata Gluco Plus

    Mumbai: New age digital media-tech company Graphene Media has been recently mandated to execute a first of its kind activation for NourishCo’s Tata Gluco Plus (TGP) in more than a 100 colleges in Tamil Nadu & Karnataka during the next three months. 

    In order to build an active engagement for its launch in Tamil Nadu & Karnataka, MyCollegeFest a venture by Graphene Media, conceptualized a clutter breaking activation for NourishCo which involves students participating in a physically exhausting game thereby showing the importance of staying hydrated.

    Using latest motion controlled gaming and Kinnect technology, MyCollegeFest created a virtual scenario where a student has to control his avatar by physically running, dodging obstacles and collecting energy by grabbing TGP packs. Every obstacle reduces their score and every TGP pack gives them more points to run further. The game ends with the participants reaching out for a real drink to replenish their energy after participating in this activity.  

    Speaking on how well this activation has been received at this stage, Mr. Sanjoy Chakrabarty, CEO and Founder of Graphene media says, “Innovation is one of the best ways to create top of mind recall especially amongst youth. MyCollegeFest, being the only platform for aggregating college fest from across India, effectively maximizes visibility and engagement for a brand through college festivals. While this activation for Tata Gluco Plus is a first of its kind from an innovation perspective, it can also talk about scalability as it covers almost a 100 colleges across the southern part of India. We look forward to taking up such challenges and enhancing engagement with many more such unique ideas.”

    With an inventory of over 2500 college fests across 300+ cities in India, MyCollegeFest has been innovating on student engagement with brands. Keeping in mind its clients requirements, it works on basic sponsorships for large scale branding activity to delivery on actual sales, app downloads, product usage, customer connects and offers 3 levels of an association – exposure, engagement and performance. MyCollegeFest.co.in has been working on projects for brands like Lakme, NourishCo, eBay, Olivia, and Emami with cumulative touch point of more than 1000 college fests. With its comprehensive software driven solution and known to deliver value, MyCollegeFest.co.in ensures quality performance and value for money as per client plans.

  • MyCollegeFest makes more than 100 colleges take the energy dash for Tata Gluco Plus

    MyCollegeFest makes more than 100 colleges take the energy dash for Tata Gluco Plus

    Mumbai: New age digital media-tech company Graphene Media has been recently mandated to execute a first of its kind activation for NourishCo’s Tata Gluco Plus (TGP) in more than a 100 colleges in Tamil Nadu & Karnataka during the next three months. 

    In order to build an active engagement for its launch in Tamil Nadu & Karnataka, MyCollegeFest a venture by Graphene Media, conceptualized a clutter breaking activation for NourishCo which involves students participating in a physically exhausting game thereby showing the importance of staying hydrated.

    Using latest motion controlled gaming and Kinnect technology, MyCollegeFest created a virtual scenario where a student has to control his avatar by physically running, dodging obstacles and collecting energy by grabbing TGP packs. Every obstacle reduces their score and every TGP pack gives them more points to run further. The game ends with the participants reaching out for a real drink to replenish their energy after participating in this activity.  

    Speaking on how well this activation has been received at this stage, Mr. Sanjoy Chakrabarty, CEO and Founder of Graphene media says, “Innovation is one of the best ways to create top of mind recall especially amongst youth. MyCollegeFest, being the only platform for aggregating college fest from across India, effectively maximizes visibility and engagement for a brand through college festivals. While this activation for Tata Gluco Plus is a first of its kind from an innovation perspective, it can also talk about scalability as it covers almost a 100 colleges across the southern part of India. We look forward to taking up such challenges and enhancing engagement with many more such unique ideas.”

    With an inventory of over 2500 college fests across 300+ cities in India, MyCollegeFest has been innovating on student engagement with brands. Keeping in mind its clients requirements, it works on basic sponsorships for large scale branding activity to delivery on actual sales, app downloads, product usage, customer connects and offers 3 levels of an association – exposure, engagement and performance. MyCollegeFest.co.in has been working on projects for brands like Lakme, NourishCo, eBay, Olivia, and Emami with cumulative touch point of more than 1000 college fests. With its comprehensive software driven solution and known to deliver value, MyCollegeFest.co.in ensures quality performance and value for money as per client plans.

  • United Mediaworks crosses a lakh seats per show across India

    United Mediaworks crosses a lakh seats per show across India

    Mumbai: Secured digital cinema platform United Mediaworks (UMW) announced that its ad network had attained 1,10,000 seats per show. The company gets its revenue from content processing charges, content distribution charges and advertising revenues. With this seating capacity per show, UMW says that its offering makes for a cost effective proposition for advertisers to promote their brands in semi metro cities as well as tier 2 and 3 cities and reach out to these upcoming towns. Also, the company says that it has shown great support for social causes by showcasing ads for the same at highly subsidized rates across its network.

     

    Commenting on the growing ad network of United Mediaworks, co-founder and joint managing director Ashish Bhandari said “We are delighted to witness the daily growth with our ad network. It is a pleasure to view this kind of response to the dedication and hard work of our team. We strive to provide the best services with a high level of security and aim to be one of the top digital distribution services in India. With this kind of response and growth, I am sure the day is not very far when we will be the first partner of choice when it comes to digital content and distribution.”

     

    United Mediaworks recently screened election ad campaigns across its network. The company has been screening corporate ads and has a number of brands on board including LIC, Gillette, Fortune Basmati Rice, SBI Life, Rural Electrification Limited, Bajaj Allianz, Chevrolet Enjoy, Manyavar, Emami, Tata Sky, Rupa, UTI, among others,. 

  • Q1-2016: Emami spends Rs 142.06 crore towards marketing

    Q1-2016: Emami spends Rs 142.06 crore towards marketing

    BENGALURU: Emami Limited spent 38.1 per cent more towards Advertisement and Sales Promotion (ASP, marketing) in Q1-2016 (quarter ended 30 June, 2015) at Rs 142.06 crore (24.1 per cent of Total Income from Operations or TIO) as compared to the Rs 102.84 crore (21.3 per cent of TIO) in the corresponding quarter of the previous year. Emami’s Q1-2016 ASP was 72.3 per cent more than the Rs 82.47 crore (14.9 per cent of TIO) in the immediate trailing quarter (Q4-2015).

    Note: 100,00,000 = 100 lakh = 10 million = 1 crore

    Among the brands in Emami’s portfolio are Zandu, Zandu Balm, Himani Navratna, BoroPlus, Fair and Handsome, Emami Vasocare, Emami Mentho Plus, Himani Fast Relief, Zandu Sona ChandiChyawnprash Plus, Zandu Kesari Jivan,etc. 

    Emami director Mohan Goenka said, “The first quarter of 2015 has been challenging with subdued economic environment and unfavourable weather, which is expected to continue. Notwithstanding such hurdles, Emami has ensured a good performance to deliver a profitable growth during the quarter. Strong performance by all our power brands in key categories coupled with growth in International business has helped us to register a 22.4 per cent top line growth.”

    Please refer to Fig A below for ASP during the 17 quarter period starting Q1-2012 until the current quarter. ASP in Q1-2016 has been the highest by the company in terms of absolute rupees and in terms percentage of TIO at Rs 142.06 crore and 24.1 per cent. Historically, as is evident from the figure below, Emami’s ASP has been the highest in Q3 of a financial year (the festival season in India) and the next highest in Q1, with the company spends the lowest towards marketing in Q4.

    During the 17 quarter period under consideration in this report, Emami has spent the lowest towards ASP in terms of absolute rupees and percentage of TIO in Q4-2012 at RS 36.60 crore and 9.2 per cent of TIO. The broken blue and maroon trend lines indicate that the company’s ASP shows a linear increasing trend in terms of absolute rupees and percentage of TIO.

    Also historically, Q3 of a financial year has been the best quarter for Emami in terms of TIO and PAT, which peaked in Q3. The next best quarter has been the fourth quarter of a financial year before sales and profits dip to the lowest in a year in Q1 (the summer and the beginning of the educational holiday season in India) followed by a rise in Q2. Please refer to Fig B below.
    In Q1-2016, Emami reported TIO of Rs 589.87 crore, which was 22.4 per cent more than the Rs 481.73 crore in Q1-2015 and was 6.5 per cent more than the Rs 553.66 crore in Q4-2015..
    During the 17 quarter period under consideration, Emami TIO was highest in Q3-2015 at Rs 692.26 crore and lowest in Q1-2012 at Rs 299.91 crore. The broken brown trend line shows that the company’s TIO is increasing linearly.
    PAT in Q1-2016 at Rs 87.75 crore (14.9 per cent of TIO) was 23.9 per cent more than the Rs 70.80 crore (14.7 per cent of TIO) in Q1-2015 but was 36.6 per cent lower than the Rs 138.33 crore (25 percent of TIO) in Q4-2015.

    Company Speak
    Domestic business in the first quarter grew steadily to achieve a healthy topline growth of 23.4 per cent. Despite prevailing macro-economic challenges and not very favourable weather, both the consumer care and the health care segments have performed considerably well.
    New brands such as Fair and Handsome Instant Fairness Facewash, Emami 7 Oils in One, Zandu Balm Ultra Power and ‘HE’ Deodorant continue to contribute to the growth during the first quarter.
    The quarter also witnessed the launch of a brand extension – Zandu Gel Balm Junior, the first ever gel based balm for kids in the country. The company also scaled up its spend on both advertisement and brand building during the quarter. Despite the high increase in ad spends, the company’s EBIDTA during the quarter rose by 32.9 per cent, bettering industry average.
    Aggressive marketing campaigns, both ATL and BTL delivered rich dividends in terms of growth of most of Emami’s Power Brands. Navratna Oil, Navratna Cool Talcum Powder, Zandu Balm, MenthoPlus Balm, Fair & Handsome and Zandu HCD Range grew in healthy double digits and enhanced their respective market shares.
    With increased emphasis, improved visibility and focused execution, the Modern Trade business and Direct Rural business continued to grow at a steady pace.
    Emami director Harsha V Agarwal said, “Prudent approach, efficient cost management and robust business model have helped us to meet the challenging environment to remain competitive and profitable. For the long term, we will continue to focus on cost efficiencies and invest in R&D and brands to further grow our market share. As part of our aggressive growth strategy, we acquired the Kesh King business during the first quarter FY-2016 and forayed into the Ayurvedic Hair & Scalp care segment. The Kesh King business is being integrated with Emami’s existing business and it has already started contributing to the growth. We plan to make Kesh King a pan-India brand soon.”
    Emami acquired hair and scalp care business under the ‘Kesh King’ and allied brands for Rs 1684 crores. The company raised around Rs 950 crore debt to partially fund the acquisition. The balance was funded by internal accrual.

  • Digital Marketing Integration: foreseegame.com backs brands in consumer engagement

    Digital Marketing Integration: foreseegame.com backs brands in consumer engagement

    MUMBAI: Digital marketing is a foundation stone of any marketing strategy nowadays and with the plethora of devices taking over television and print media world, there is now an even bigger need to come up with a successful digital marketing strategy to make brands known to the public at large.

     

    Real time data analysis helps in optimising campaign effectiveness wherein requisite changes can be made in a relatively lesser time span as compared to traditional marketing thereby providing a holistic approach to effective campaign management.

    Kolkata-headquartered digital media company foreseegame.com, which has tied up with more than 105 brands including Emami, Jabong.com, Spencer’s, Khadim’s, Myntra.com, adda52.com and LimeRoad to name a few among others, acts as a bridge between brands and their customers to build strong bonding, which further leads the customers to become brand loyal consumers

     

    foreseegame.com is a medium where people can register and play games for free and get rewarded directly by the brands themselves. Through such engagement programmes, the brands can see these people converting into customers soon. The constant engagement with brands excites consumers to test the products and services.

     

    The consumer engagement platform, which is a wholly owned subsidiary of Microsec Enterprises, is eyeing to associate with approximately 500 brands by the end of current fiscal year 2015-16. It is a value innovation in digital brand promotion and marketing media. This new age platform provides a two way engagement and a win-win partnership through direct interactions between brands and consumers.

     

    foreseegame.com CEO Supriya Nair said, “Through our platform and engagement games, brands can engage with people from any age group who are internet savvy. Brands can place themselves in the mind of our game buddies (foreseegame.com users) and build more consumers.”

     

    foreseegame.com is a platform for branding, close interaction with the mass and also helps in communicating latest offers & offering by the associating brands.

     

    “It is a medium, which covers the full cycle of engagement by providing solution of rich engagement, and establishing an emotional connect between the brands and foreseegame.com users. Our platform provides a focused consumer engagement campaign/ solution. Brands stand to gain undiluted consumer attention towards its products and services by the way of fun-filled interaction,” the CEO said, explaining what foreseegame.com has to offer to clients.

     

    Businesses are trying hard to win the marketing battle by implementing all sorts of digital and traditional campaigns. Some work, some don’t, some go terribly bad. The toughest part of digital marketing is that there are thousands of places where marketing campaigns are placed; websites, social media, TV, radio, blogs, video streams etc. Arriving at the ROI (Return on Investment) from all these different campaigns is a difficult task, and hard to get accurate reports out of them, Nair further explained.

     

    “By using foreseegame.com, brands can engage with people and register the brands in the minds of people. Going forward, brands stand to gain undiluted consumer attention towards its products and offerings. The constant engagement with brands excites consumers to test the product and ultimately become the customer of the brand,” she said.

     

    In order for brands to win on the digital battlefield, understanding what digital channels and what types of digital content perform is the vital first step in “planning.” Digital advertising is set to become the fastest-growing global advertising segment over the next five years according to McKinsey, with projected compound annual increases of 15.1 per cent by 2018, compared to five per cent for TV (including advertising, out-of-home advertising, and cinema).

     

    Smart digital marketers are now investing and building integrated digital campaigns around high-impact channels while understanding how content insights, production and measurement fuel their performance.

     

    “Consumer engagement is required, but that should not just be limited to an interaction with customers. It should be more like a long-term affair, wherein key consumer insights should also be taken into account,” opined Nair.

     

    When asked if the company takes consumer insights into account, she said, “Brand ideas are often the culmination of consumer insight and the brand offer.”

     

    Speaking on how brands benefit by integrating with foreseegame.com, Nair said, “New brands can make foreseegame.com users to get to know about them and their products and service whereas, existing known brands can maintain their grip in a stronger way to its existing consumers and also can build new consumers base.”

     

    foreseegame.com with its various campaign models helps brands to reach their target group directly. “Brands with campaign model like ‘Opinion Square’ can take a public opinion on their existing and upcoming products and services which would help them to modify as per the market requirement. Similarly, ‘Treasure Hunt’, another campaign model helps to get more traffic to the website/social media pages of the brand, which popularise their website/social media pages,” she said.

     

    “Dedicated campaign around the associated brand build strong connect between the brand and game buddies where they get a chance to win offers and offerings directly from the brands. foreseegame.com instils a pride of winning, as game buddies (foreseegame.com users) participate in the brand dedicated games and win the offer,” Nair concluded.