This week, Hamsini Shivakumar, Founder, Leapfrog Strategy Consulting, analyses Spotify's influencer-led content marketing strategy through the filter of semiotics
By Hamsini Shivakumar | November 02, 2020In this week's semiotic analysis, Hamsini Shivakumar analyses the brand's music video created with rapper Dee MC. She says the brand hasn't found its own voice through the video or evolved the visual and verbal signs of progressiveness, but it has simply adopted the formula learnt from culture to tick the right boxes for the anti-colourist crowd
By Hamsini Shivakumar | October 16, 2020In this week's semiotic analysis, Hamsini Shivakumar picks up Tinder's content initiative and asks what are Tinder and its influencers' definition of dating for the young Indian
By Hamsini Shivakumar | October 08, 2020In the last 2 to 3 years, several brands have started coming up with campaigns that motivate consumers to become content creators or take up content creation more seriously. BuzzInContent.com explores how this strategy benefits brands
By Akansha Srivastava | February 08, 2022The virtual event held between December 14-17 set high benchmarks in the Indian A&M industry with over 500 LIVE concurrent audiences during awards on YouTube alone
By BuzzInContent Bureau | December 21, 2021With over 70% members from the client-side and ~50% female members, the jury panel represents all the stakeholders
By BuzzInContent Bureau | November 03, 2021Content initiatives either created or executed between November 1, 2020 and October 31, 2021, can avail of the early bird offer till October 22, 2021
By BuzzInContent Bureau | October 11, 2021While human-interest storytelling certainly is a powerful way to evoke emotions, BuzzInContent asks experts why brands need to be more innovative and go beyond creating just human-interest storytelling if they want to beat the fatigue
By Akanksha Nagar | May 25, 2021Speaking at BuzzInContent Conversations, experts from diverse fields discuss how brands need to find ways of making troll-proof content
By BuzzInContent Bureau | December 10, 2020Industry captains will headline the BuzzInContent Conversations as five power-packed panels discuss the future of the content marketing, along with the challenges. The event will be held alongside the BuzzInContent Awards on December 9 at 3 pm
By BuzzInContent Bureau | December 04, 2020At 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
By Hamsini Shivakumar | May 24, 2021To 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
By Hamsini Shivakumar | May 20, 2021After 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
By Hamsini Shivakumar | May 10, 2021The 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
By Hamsini Shivakumar | May 03, 2021The 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
By Hamsini Shivakumar | April 26, 2021The 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
By Hamsini Shivakumar | April 19, 2021The 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
By Hamsini Shivakumar | April 12, 2021This 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
By Hamsini Shivakumar | April 08, 2021