Hamsini Shivakumar, Founder, Leapfrog Strategy Consulting, writes that raising awareness for vaccination is a meaningful opportunity for brands. If done not just via expression (videos, songs, etc.) but via enablement, it can result in increasing their goodwill among the public and position them as social benefactors

Hamsini Shivakumar, Founder, Leapfrog Strategy Consulting, has picked five branded content samples to analyse how brands have reimagined the bond of protection between brother and sister to update their cultural stance. And the ways in which that has shaken the traditional understanding at the root

Hamsini Shivakumar, Founder, Leapfrog Strategy Consulting, writes that the younger generation today, especially those located in urban areas, see themselves as global citizens. As much as they're rooted in their own local culture, they also enjoy interacting with content from overseas. Jalebi Baby-Zomato video fulfils an aspirational need to participate in a globalised world's culture

In today's Content & Culture write-up, Hamsini Shivakumar, Founder, Leapfrog Strategy Consulting, analyses that brands may find a convincing way to connect themselves with the upcoming Olympics, but do they have the cultural sanction to do so? And even if they can associate with the event in some way, will their audience find the association acceptable?

Hamsini Shivakumar, Founder, Leapfrog Strategy Consulting, analyses Netflix India's branded content strategy, including the content initiative for the film Haseen Dillruba, where inspector Rawat from Haseen Dillruba (played by Aditya Srivastava, known for his role as Abhijeet on C.I.D.) reaches out to the OG crime-solving team C.I.D. to help him crack the case central to the film

Consumers are more likely to endorse brands that don't just adopt a social stance in the digital world but also work to execute them on the ground, writes Hamsini Shivakumar, Founder, Leapfrog Strategy Consulting, in this week's Content & Culture

Hamsini Shivakumar, Founder, Leapfrog Strategy Consulting, writes how Britannia Marie Gold's My Start-Up campaign is not just at the psychological level – where the audience watches a feel-good film about a homemaker-turned-entrepreneur and comes away feeling inspired. It has also tried to change the ground reality for every homemaker who may have never had the opportunity to pursue her interest/passion as a business before

This week, Hamsini Shivakumar, Founder, Leapfrog Strategy Consulting, writes that brands need to do more just than inject pleasure and enjoyment into consumers' lives. They need to impose the importance of living cautiously upon their audience

Read Hamsini Shivakumar, Founder, Leapfrog Strategy Consulting's analysis on brands that want to get their money's worth through more long-term returns than a mere uptick in positive sentiment for a brief period. It is a list definitely worth discussing at the next team meeting

Through content, brands are trying to undo the definitions of parenthood set by advertising, which have been largely focussed on the mother-child unit, and expand its understanding to something more gender-neutral, writes Hamsini Shivakumar, Founder, Leapfrog Strategy Consulting

At a time most brands across the globe are theming their content around hope and positivity, only being able to resonate with the consumers' cultural background can help them stand out in the clutter, writes the Founder of Leapfrog Strategy Consulting

To help answer this question, Shivakumar, Founder, Leapfrog Strategy Consulting, has studied four examples of branded communication – two with child influencers and two storytelling-driven pieces featuring kids

After writing 30 articles for BuzzInContent's section Content & Culture and analysing more than 80 pieces of branded content in over seven months, this week, the Founder of Leapfrog Strategy Consulting looks back at all the insights and lists them as five stages one must pass through in his or her journey to creating meaningful branded content

The Founder of Leapfrog Strategy Consulting writes that given the times we are living in, if brands start relevant and wide-reaching conversations to grow awareness around mental well-being, they could make a dent in the social handling of the issue and, of course, be remembered fondly as changemakers by consumers

The Founder, Leapfrog Strategy Consulting, says there is almost a white space when it comes to branded content which furthers the cause of eco-friendly, cruelty-free, sustainable and zero waste consumption in India. Unilever's entry into this space – even if at a global level – is a sign of a growing clientele for such products

The Founder of Leapfrog Strategy Consulting writes that CarDekho's example is a lesson in how brands can bring synergy between branded content and ads. Just because the two formats serve different requirements and may be used to address different segments, it doesn't mean they need to differ in how they build the brand

The founder of Leapfrog Strategy Consulting writes about the similarities and differences between the purpose-driven branded content created by non-profit organisations and commercial brands

This week, the Founder of Leapfrog Strategy Consulting analyses branded content created by Wakefit, Philips, Duroflex, Centuary Mattresses, Peps Industries and how it is helping them to create a habit of good sleep and set them up as shapers of culture and culture change