Branded content ought to add value to both the content creator and the brand. Sales and editorial need to empathise with each other's roles, taking complete ownership of preserving integrity and voice of the content. But do they understand this role? How is the industry evolving for both teams to work in synergy? How can the lack of coordination impact an initiative? BuzzInContent.com finds out

In an interaction with BuzzInContent.com, Angad Bhatia, Chief Operating Officer of Indiatimes Lifestyle Network talks about their plans to launch content in different Indian languages using TikTok as a platform to distribute content and revamping of the platform app. Bhatia says authentic, concentrated and product-centric content marketing is set to grow in 2020

Sanyal, Vice-President and Head, Consumer Marketing, tells BuzzInContent.com how the brand plans to break the stereotypes attached to the BFSI category with its strong focus on content. With the recent launch of Cubicles with TVF, he shares the brand's plans for the next year and explains how the content space will evolve

In 2019, we saw brands and agencies learning new and smarter ways to strategise, research, create and publish content. BuzzInContent.com identifies trends that will dominate the year 2020 for which brands need to prep up

Digital platforms are full of sponsored, advertiser-funded and even purely subscription-based content. Brands want to be a part of all kinds of content. But does too much of branded content work with viewers or does it distract them? BuzzInContent.com analyses

Sharing insights into the content plans for 2020, Saxena, CCO and head, TVF Originals, tells BuzzInContent.com that the platform hopes to launch more than 20 originals next year, with the first one in February. He also reveals TVF's plans to produce original regional content

BuzzInContent.com brings to you tips and solutions that will help brands stand out with their regional content strategy and win consumers' mind space by producing culturally relevant content for them

Brands realise the importance of local languages and nuances to connect better with customers but still have fenced themselves from putting forward regional content on a larger scale. BuzzInContent.com, in conversation with agencies, brands and content platforms, digs deeper into the challenges that are restraining brands from exploring vernacular enough

For three years now, Bigo Technology has been engaging users through live streaming and short-format content videos via its platforms Bigo Live and Likee. Nagesh Banga, Deputy Country Manager, Bigo Live, shares with BuzzInContent.com what they have on offer for brands and why live streaming will be the biggest thing in coming years

No matter how good a content piece is, it always stands the risk of falling flat if it is not supported by the right images. Experts say a good picture can make content more intriguing for users. But how well do brands understand this? BuzzInContent.com does a deep dive on the role of images in making content more appealing

The digital insurance provider believes when it comes to content, the brand and its tonality should be the same across mediums whether it is call centre, an emailer or a blog. In a conversation with BuzzInContent.com, Kavita Chowkimane, VP Marketing, Acko shares the brand's content strategy

As customers become more sentient of their encounters while interacting with any brand online, the need for an effective customer experience is essential. As content plays a vital role in such a journey for customers at various touch points, BuzzInContent.com tries to understand what it takes to create an effective content strategy for a great CX and how that can lend a brand a lifetime advocate

It is often said agencies — creative, media or digital — act as ‘couriers', taking a proposal on behalf of brands and selling it to content creators, and are also limited by their ability to execute. Whether that's true or not, BuzzInContent.com speaks to content specialists to explore what role an agency can play in synergy with both brands and content creators

For long, experts had been arguing that data is the biggest creative tool to curate a good piece of content, with its robust feedback mechanism and measurability. But isn't gut instinct needed even to trust the data or reinterpret it differently? BuzzInContent.com finds out the answer in conversation with industry stalwarts as they discuss data can't be the absolute answer for the future, and where exactly gut feel takes over data in content marketing

ASCI's bid to frame guidelines for social media influencers promoting brands and products has created a buzz. BuzzInContent.com talks to experts to find out if this move would force brands to withdraw from such paid partnerships

The content-related functions at most companies come under the ambit of CMOs, who at times have very little understanding of content. Given how vital content marketing is becoming for brands, experts say there's a dire need for brands to hire content specialists at the decision-making level

Launching the Mumbai Mirrored digital series, the Brand Director of Times of India said digital content with no source is dangerous and no other medium can match the authenticity of print. He said only creative agencies have brand understanding and content creators, despite being digitally savvy, lack this aspect

Amid a debate over whether it is the content creator who decides the success of a content piece or the distribution platform, BuzzInContent.com finds out who wins the race