Category: Sector Spotlight

An explainer video is a short video that businesses use to quickly introduce themselves, explain what they do, and explain how they can help solve their customer's’ problems. These short, succinct videos – which should generally be around 30-90s seconds in length – have begun to pop up on company websites, on emails and on social media. Whether it’s a complex idea or a creative...

People buying products or services are no longer impressed by traditional means of advertising. Today, you have to go that extra mile to convince consumers and businesses alike, that you are the right choice. In this pursuit, marketers are turning to "social media stars" to showcase products and services towards "hard-to-convince millennials". This is a trend called 'influencer marketing', which is a rapidly up-and-coming form...

What is Franchising? Franchising is an increasingly popular method of entrepreneurship in the 21st century. By using the brand, goodwill, processes, and marketing power of a reputed business, franchising allows an individual to get his business running much faster than by building up the brand himself. The Indian franchise industry alone is worth a little over 25 billion USD with over 3000 brands A big advantage of...

India is responsible for 15% of the total users that utilize WhatsApp. The actual number is close to 200 million people. When one thinks “WhatsApp”, one invariably thinks “keep in touch with friends”. Let’s cut that short to “Stay in touch”. What’s the difference? Recently, the Delhi Police launched a WhatsApp helpline number and received over 23,000 messages in a matter of months. The Gujarat...

In a world where symptoms of an illness are first looked up online in order to find a solution, where the internet is trusted as much a doctor is, the healthcare industry proceeds rapidly to have a more hands-on approach to digital marketing. Healthcare digital marketing is important as the bounds of marketing are widening and as phones and computers are easily accessible, people acquire most...

The commercial landscape is changing at a very fast pace. Every day, new trends are cropping up. A buyer’s focus when visiting a B2B site is convenience. Therefore it becomes important for your site to influence your audience through appealing design and more. On average, researchers do 12 searches prior to engaging with a particular brand's website. With B2B e-commerce expected to hit 12 trillion USD...

In the recent past, social media has been making some big waves in the marketing industry. It’s easy to see why, with over 16% of the Indian population currently using social media, up from about 11% in 2014, and the numbers keep growing. But what is the impact of social media on healthcare? Sources say that over 40% of consumers claim that social media influences the...

Though B2B marketing does not gain as much attention as B2C marketing, there are many social platforms and opportunities that can make a world of a difference to B2B organisations if used right. No, social media is not just for check-ins, selfies and cat videos. While Facebook, Twitter and the like have all been successfully used to promote businesses, there is one platform that takes...

Social media might be the unrivalled victor when it comes to B2C marketing, but what about B2B? Can social media marketing have the same outcome with this different, more mature audience? The answer is not in black and white. While it’s good to incorporate new marketing tactics and grow along with the changing digital landscape, some things are better left as is. If it isn’t...

In the recent past, social media has been making some big waves in the marketing industry. It’s easy to see why, with over 16% of the Indian population currently using social media, up from about 11% in 2014, and the numbers keep growing. But what is the impact of social media on healthcare? Sources say that over 40% of consumers claim that social media influences the...