Articles By: Annurag Batra

Biting other’s pie: The future  is disruptive marketing

Biting other’s pie: The future is disruptive marketing

0 April 1, 2011 5:10 PM

Henry Kissinger said “The conventional army loses if it does not win. The guerrilla wins if he does not lose.” This applies to the modern day marketer too. Being in the business that is constantly innovating and changing, reading magazines

Pitch it Right, Pitch it Truthfully

Pitch it Right, Pitch it Truthfully

0 November 6, 2010 12:33 PM

Marketers are human beings too. They are also a part of society. They are one of you and me. Marketers too are searching and seeking, and trying to do two things – get the basic right and look at innovative,

The Wisdom of Seven Years

The Wisdom of Seven Years

0 October 5, 2010 2:51 PM

Fall seven times, stand up eight   —    A Japanese Proverb John Wesley once said that “Once in seven years I burn all my sermons; for it is a shame if I cannot write better sermons now than I did

Markidding?

Markidding?

0 September 4, 2010 4:07 PM

Someone wise said ‘A characteristic of a normal child is he doesn’t act that way very often.’ What to opt for ‘Sham Ka Nashta’ has long been ruled by children among Indian common households. Kids have become more important to

Making their mark; cementing their footprint

Making their mark; cementing their footprint

0 August 8, 2010 2:44 PM

Is the growth of homegrown handset players an isolated example or is it a part of an emerging marketing scenario in India?  I have been pondering over this for quite some time now. It is true that there are enormous

The blurring boundaries!

The blurring boundaries!

0 July 4, 2010 2:39 PM

It was early 2010 when Apple  jumped on the mobile-advertising bandwagon and acquired mobile ad network Quattro Wireless. The move shocked media owners as the marketer (Apple), which was focused on providing a superior user experience (first through PC and

‘Daan’ and ‘Bachat’: Friends of the Indian marketer

‘Daan’ and ‘Bachat’: Friends of the Indian marketer

0 May 4, 2010 12:14 PM

It was not long time back, when the world market was crumbling, real estate was down to abysmally low, and big banks went bankrupt in the western countries. Though it was almost impossible to resist heat of the slowdown for

Medium on move

Medium on move

0 April 1, 2010 4:32 PM

The medium’s Rapid Access is Deriving Impactful Output (RADIO). That is how I would like to sum up radio (FM) which has the potential to do superbly well in the diversifiedsocial structure and the multi-layered market that our country has.

The road less travelled-Digitisation of Indian Broadcasting: Will it ever happen?

The road less travelled-Digitisation of Indian Broadcasting: Will it ever happen?

0 March 1, 2010 5:26 PM

Only yesterday, I was talking to a senior broadcasting executive from India’s largest broadcasting company, and he remarked, that the key to growth and profitability of the broadcasting sector in India, as we move forward is “digitisation”.  He further went

GOVERNMENT AS MARKETER – GOI IS EQUAL TO HUL

GOVERNMENT AS MARKETER – GOI IS EQUAL TO HUL

0 February 26, 2010 4:39 PM

Traditionally Hindustan Unilever has been the Mecca of marketing.  If you look at CEOs and  Marketers in Indian Corporates, most of them have been Lever’s Alumni.  In today’s context, the old tag line of India’s first Advertising and Marketing magazine,