EP 161 . 05 Feb 20
How brands are built
With Ambi Parameswaran
In the episode
- How dependent is brand building; is it based on a good product/service or good marketing strategy or media buying? Is it possible to make great brands if the product or service is substandard?
- What is difficult to brand? Service or a product? Why?
- In one of Steve Jobs’s interviews, he said, marketers will have more say in companies that seldom change their product line. For eg: Coke or Pepsi. While marketing may not be really required for tech-based companies where the product itself is solving user needs. How would you respond to that? Do you think Tech companies need marketing?
- With the growing chaos of brands, especially in India, what are the few challenges which brand experts are facing?
- A brand like “Khaitan-Sabse Tej” or “Asian Paints-Har Ghar Kuch Keheta Hai” is memorable because of the media buying or profound copywriting and design of the campaign?
- What is your response to especially e-com brands hurting them and users by incessantly harping on discounts?
About Ambi Parameswaran
Ambi Parameswaran brings with him over 35 years of experience in marketing, sales, and advertising. He is an alumnus of IIT Madras and an honor roll graduate of IIM Calcutta. He has a Ph.D. from Mumbai University and has also done the Advanced Management Program from Harvard Business School. He is the author of seven books and more than 100 articles. Ambi has been involved in the building of brands such as Tata Indica, Santoor, TCS, and more… actually I would tell the listeners to check his website given in the show notes below. It’s quite comprehensive which documents some of his work.
