Brand Wars- Honda Vs Toyota II

The grapevine has it that Indus is producing a staggering 190 Corollas daily and still can’t meet the market demand. And remember this is still the...

Monsoon Branding – The ignored Slice of Life

Monsoon Branding – The ignored Slice of Life

admin | Consumer Behavior

Every year, the metropolitans of Pakistan especially Karachi have to bear the fury of a monsoon season. In the developed world, this event would be just another wet day but in this part of the world, the wet day mutates into a ferocious beast courtesy the pathetic performance of the civic agencies. Falling billboards and

Brand Wars- Honda Vs Toyota  II

Brand Wars- Honda Vs Toyota II

admin | Brand Challenges, Brand Power, Social Media, brand wars

The grapevine has it that Indus is producing a staggering 190 Corollas daily and still can’t meet the market demand. And remember this is still the recession when consumers are historically hesitant to part with their hard-earned dough. The premium or ‘on’ amount for Corolla is in excess of Rs.70,000+ compared to other brands many

DawnNews in Urdu- What went wrong?

admin | Brand Challenges, Media Brand, TV Branding, brand-in-trouble

When Dawn launched their TV channel with the brand name ‘Dawn News’ a couple of years back, it was perfectly in line with the immutable laws of branding. It made use good use of an already established brand name Dawn and augmented the brand essence of the newspaper. It positioned itself as the leader of

Brand Wars- Honda Vs Toyota

Brand Wars- Honda Vs Toyota

admin | Brand Power, Consumer Behavior, brand wars

Pepsi Vs Coke, Playstation Vs Xbox, Nike vs Reebok. Honda Vs Toyota. What do all these rivalries have in common? Is one brand better than its rival? Maybe in some aspects, but then in others it loses the competitive edge. Is there a fool-proof way to gauge the absolute worth of a brand over its

PSO's Dreamworld Car Rally- Brand Review

PSO’s Dreamworld Car Rally- Brand Review

admin | Branded Event, TV Branding

A new breed of events has been evolving in the  Pakistani diaspora for the last decade or so. However, its only they are being put under the limelight courtesy the proliferation of TV channels which need content, any content at all, just to survive.
And so car rallies, which were just an obscure sporting event in

Using Social Media To Market your Business- Shahjehan at T2F 2.0

Using Social Media To Market your Business- Shahjehan at T2F 2.0

admin | Branded Connections, Branded Event, Consumer Behavior, Social Media

Shahjehan Chaudhary, the founder of myoffstreet.com, conducted a workshop on ‘Promoting your business through Social Media’ at The Second Floor which was jampacked with people from various cross-sections of the society, from budding entrepreneurs to media people to established businessmen. Everyone wanted to have a piece of the new elusive genie that is social media.

Studio Café: How to tweak its current branding strategy

Studio Café: How to tweak its current branding strategy

admin | Brand Challenges, Branded Khapa, Social Media

There aren’t many eating houses in Pakistan that have a proper marketing strategy. Most just rely on a few tactics and even those consistently. Consequently, many close shop even before the first year is over. Studio Café has arrived with a decent marketing strategy which is working well for it and may well help it

GENMARK 2010 – The Art of Marketing to Generations-2

GENMARK 2010 – The Art of Marketing to Generations-2

admin | Brand Challenges, Branded Event, Consumer Behavior

Win In and Outside the Classroom – Bushra Iqbal – Brand Manager Always -P&G

The brand I’m representing belongs to the other end of the spectrum of Nokia and Djuice when it comes to media omnipresence.
Most people are not comfortable with the sanitary napkin ads and would change the channel if another family member is sitting

GENMARK 2010 – The Art of Marketing to Generations-1

GENMARK 2010 – The Art of Marketing to Generations-1

admin | Brand Challenges, Branded Event, Consumer Behavior

GenMark 2010 was a marketing seminar organized by Total Communications, an event management company. to highlight the differences between marketing to three different phases of human life : kids, youth and adults and to showcase this differentiation, various luminaries from the marketing and branded world of Pakistan were called in to speak on their respective

CityFM89 Win A MacBook Contest -Brand Valuation

CityFM89 Win A MacBook Contest -Brand Valuation

admin | Brand Challenges, Branded Event, Social Media

CityFM89 may not be the most popular channel on the local FM radio diaspora in terms of reach and number of listeners, but it can be considered one of the most popular ones in terms of branding.
The fact it’s a strong brand can be proven in many ways. For starters, it follows the laws of

Brandasy Launches Restaurants-Uncut.com

Brandasy Launches Restaurants-Uncut.com

admin | Branded Khapa, Consumer Behavior

The ‘eating-out’ industry of Pakistan has seen an exponential rise in the last couple of years in spite of bone-crushing recession and all the doomsday hoopla. However, Moolah ceases to be an issue for the denizens of this part of the world when it comes to food. People love eating out. Period.
But it’s not a

Alvi Dental Hospital- Brand Valuation

Alvi Dental Hospital- Brand Valuation

admin | Brand Challenges, Consumer Behavior

‘I went to Alvi dental hospital along with a colleague. We went there because we heard Dr. Arif Alvi was one of the best dentists in the city. As such I was expecting a pleasant experience but I was definitely disappointed on that count’, narrates a senior research executive at one of the leading research

Nestle Fruita Vitals Campaign: Viral Enough?

Nestle Fruita Vitals Campaign: Viral Enough?

admin | Branded Connections, Social Media, Viral Campaign

Nestle Fruita Vitals campaign is an interesting online campaign that has caught the attention of some members of the Pakistani online community. The keyword here is ‘some’ because although the campaign is geared towards getting viral, it hasn’t done so to the extent that you would expect it to.
 
Why would you expect this viral campaign

 Telenor Easypaisa- a futile exercise in branding?

Telenor Easypaisa- a futile exercise in branding?

admin | Brand Challenges, brand-in-trouble

Telenor’s new branded service easypaisa appears to be a novel concept, intended to remove the hassle in the payment of utility bills. What’s more, you don’t have to be a Telenor customer to avail this service.
 
Now only if the service worked as it was communicated to the entire nation by a very expensive branding campaign.

Jaane Tu…. Ya Jaane Na – An exercise in shrewd branding

Jaane Tu…. Ya Jaane Na – An exercise in shrewd branding

admin | Branded Connections, Branded Tube, Consumer Behavior, Social Media

The movie sky-rocketed to the top of the charts. Why? Did it have a plausible plot? Hardly? A riveting name? Far from it. Movies with song titles abound but very few end up making a decent sale. A star-studded cast? No.
So what was it about this movie that moved the audience so much that it

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