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  • TaxiForSure launches two month 360 degree campaign

    TaxiForSure launches two month 360 degree campaign

    BENGALURU: Taxi aggregator and technology company, TaxiForSure, recently launched a 360 degree campaign under the creative direction of Lowe Lintas and Partners executive director GV Krishnan. The campaign will be spread across two months panning TV, OOH, print, radio and online. Industry sources say that the company would be spending between Rs 12 to 20 crore during this phase towards media, advertising and marketing.

     The campaign includes a 45 second TVC with the theme ‘Bachao’ (save) based on a TaxiForSure created character named Arpan. The TVC shows how TaxiForSure makes it possible for Apran to save his friendship with his office colleagues. The TVC is in Hindi and Tamil and will be aired across Hindi movie, music, lifestyle, business and news channels, including regional channels in versions ranging from 45 seconds to smaller durations.

    TaxiForSure co-founder and director Aprameya Radhakrishna said, “Our customers have given us positive feedback on the pricing, service levels and reliability. This gave us the confidence to launch a 360 degree campaign that will help us take our services to a lot more people. TaxiForSure wants to change the customer mind set by getting taxis to be a part of their everyday life and choose TaxisForSure given its affordability and reliability.”

    The company also formally launched a new category of Tata Nano taxis in Bengaluru city last week. The move could be seen as a unique one in the Indian transportation industry so far, making in-city taxi travel even more convenient and affordable.

     TaxiForSure co-founders marked the launch of the service by flagging off company branded Tata Nano cars. The service has been launched with 100 Nanos in Bengaluru and will be expanded to other Indian cities in the coming weeks say, industry sources.

     Besides TaxiForSure’s other class of vehicles services, the Nano service will be available exclusively on the TaxiForSure app and mobile site in the ‘Pick Now’ option, which makes a cab available in minutes.

    TaxiForSure co-founder Raghunandan G said, “We are thrilled to announce our new Nano category that offers a great city-driving proposition. We are seeing great traction across 14 cities and we recently completed 3.5 million trips. The aggressive growth that the taxi industry is seeing requires innovative ways to bring more cars onto the road. Tata Nano is a well-loved consumer brand that is perfectly suited for city travel with its small footprint and zippy commute. It is also light on the pockets of our driver partners, who can now become entrepreneurs much more easily. With a brand-new design, well-trained drivers and an intuitive app experience, our customers will be wowed with the Nano.”
     
    TaxiForSure estimates the current size of the taxi market at about Rs 50,000 crore, of which only about Rs 2500 to 3000 crore is organised, and hence, sees potential for tremendous growth in this segment.

     

  • Tata Motors to spend more than Rs 20 crore on Vista Tech & Nano Twist

    Tata Motors to spend more than Rs 20 crore on Vista Tech & Nano Twist

    BENGALURU: Tata Motors has announced a nation-wide launch of the new Vista VX Tech (Vista Tech) in Bengaluru today.

     

    This comes in after the announcement of the launch of the New Nano Twist made by the company a few days ago. The campaign including TVC, print, online and outdoor in select cities is already underway for it, while a new TVC campaign for the Vista Tech commenced yesterday.

     

    While unveiling the two vehicles, Tata Motors senior vice president commercial passenger vehicle business unit, Ankush Arora, also showcased a 15 second TVC for the Vista Tech created by Rediffusion Y&R and a 30 second TVC for the Nano Twist created by Draftfcb Ulka. “These TVCs’ will run across all channels, national as well as regional, and we plan to have a campaign in print, digital as well as outdoors in a select few cities,” says Arora while talking to indiantelevision.com. The New Nano’s positioning is ‘Celebrate Awareness’, while the tagline for the Vista Tech is ‘Designed to Thrill’.

     

    “The response for the Nano Twist has been good, right since the launch of the vehicle in the Mumbai market a couple of days ago, we have received about 400 bookings from Bengaluru,” informs Arora.

     

    According to industry sources, the automobile market in the country has set upon hard times and this low phase is likely to continue for another six to nine months until the elections are over and the policies of the powers that be at that time are in place.

     

    To push sales, huge discounts on vehicles is more often a norm rather than an exception at present. Industry sources reveal that Tata Motors plans to spend around Rs 10 to 12 crore each for the Vista Tech and the Nano Twist towards mass media communications over the next month or so, probably until the next Auto Expo in New Delhi.

     

    Lodestar UM handles the media buying for these two Tata Motors brands.

  • Nano ‘celebrates awesomeness’ by breaking records

    Nano ‘celebrates awesomeness’ by breaking records

    MUMBAI: Tata Nano’s latest TVC on ‘Celebrate Awesomeness’ has crossed five million views on YouTube in less than 30 days. It is the highest for any automotive brand TVC in India, till date.

    Speaking on this milestone, Tata Motors vehicle business unit head-marketing communications Delna Avari said, “We are extremely proud of this achievement; it validates the Nano as a smart, peppy, and fun car which has found its way into the hearts of millions of young Indians through its bold and bravely uncompromising attitude. The consumer‘s voice has always defined India’s most innovative car as seen again with the all-new edition Nano. Our new ad campaign celebrates this awesome spirit of the Nano of living life on your own terms. There is a lot in store, with the new colourful TVC we have just begun our communication and we will soon roll out an activation programme to celebrate young achievers across genres.”

    Conceptualised by vice chairman and CCO, Sam Ahmed and NCD Komal Bedi Sohal along with the team at Rediffusion Y&R. The commercial was directed by Oscar nominated Iranian-British director Mehdi Nowrozian of Ridley Scott Associates.

    The TVC showcases the brand’s unique attitude to do things in a bigger, better, and different manner. It features Masaba Gupta, Sarah Jane, Ugesh Sarkar, everyone who embodies the spirit of ‘Awesomeness’.

  • MTV gets socially interactive with Tata Nano’s Drive with MTV II

    MTV gets socially interactive with Tata Nano’s Drive with MTV II

    MUMBAI: Viacom18’s music and youth entertainment channel MTV is vrooming back onto your screens with the second season of its digital show, ‘Drive with MTV’ presented by Tata Nano.

    The channel aims to make this season double the fun, double the adventure with some of the craziest and passionate drives. The show’s format is that of a web show spanning 21 days across 3,000 km and over a 100 snapshots. The webisodes will then be telecast across six episodes on television (half an hour), with the key sponsor as Tata Nano on board.

    Users will be required to register on drive.mtvindia.com and submit their video entries which showcases their passion for travel. The channel will shortlist entries that are fun, quirky and showcase the road-tripper amongst the contestants. From all the entries they receive, 24 contestants will be short-listed and 12 will be chosen to go on the road trip of their lifetime. The entire journey will be documented and will enfold live on various social media platforms and the Drive with MTV website.

    MTV India digital head Eklavaya Bhattacharya elucidates, “They (the contestants) will experience 21 days of non-stop fun, adventure, discovering new places and cultures as they travel across the length and breadth of the country in the Tata Nano. The contestants will be divided into four groups and will start journey from a particular point to four different destinations.”

    MTV executive vice president & business head Aditya Swamy further explaines about the format, “Each team will get a budget of Rs 4,000 per day and within the budget the contestants will have to take care of their food, fuel, stay and every expense one can imagine.”

    While on the trip, participants will share their experiences live with their friends, followers and the online audience using social media platforms. They will tweet, post updates, share pictures and videos every hour, every day.

    Speaking on some changes which will be in place this year, Bhattacharya reveals, “This time the fourth player of each team will remain undecided until the rest of the three players pick him/her up on their way during the journey.They will pick up or select their fourth teammate according to preference or choice. And auditions will take place anywhere and any point of time.”

    The idea behind the show is to connect with over eight lakh people on Twitter and more than 15 million on Facebook , and to channelise with the fan club of MTV India. “We have already got over 2500 tweets and has been trending nationally,” states Swamy.

    Unlike any reality show, it would be bereft of any judge, and winners would solely be decided on the basis of amount of likes they generate on digital platforms.

    “Activities on the road and on the web will get the contestants points. Each at the end of the journey, the team with maximum points will take home a Nano each,” concludes Swamy.