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  • The ABP News Network CEO will be part of the advisory board of the Mobile Marketing Association of India

    Avinash Pandey on MMA Board

    By A Correspondent

     

    The Mobile Marketing Association of India (MMA) has appointed Avinash Pandey, CEO, ABP News Network as a part of the advisory board of the organisation.

     

    Commenting on his appointment, Pandey said: “It gives me immense pleasure to be a part of the Mobile Marketing Association and join forces with some of the erudite think tanks in the business. I look forward to enhancing mobile effectiveness and working on ways to integrate the same in all business mediums in the country and around the globe.”

     

    Added Moneka Khurana, Country Head MMA India: “I would like to welcome Avinash Pandey as a board member and a part of the MMA family. We hope to work together towards scaling mobile marketing through his regional and localized expertise in a diverse market like India.”

     

     

  • 3-city series to help marketers ‘ACT’ on Brand Safety

    MMA to address ad fraud issue via roadshows (+MxM View)

    By A Correspondent

     

    The Mobile Marketing Association (MMA) in India, has announced the launch of three-city roadshow series on ad fraud across New Delhi, Bengaluru and Mumbai. Beginning with the first roadshow on March 13 in Delhi, the series will then move to Bengaluru on March 27 and conclude on April 18 in Mumbai.

     

    Said Moneka Khurana, Country Head, MMA India: “As per the MMA India Ad Fraud Survey conducted, the top two challenges faced by marketers in mobile advertising are mobile ad fraud and brand safety. MMA is enabling marketers with the required knowhow and expertise through the roadshows to learn about brand safety and Assess, Combat and Track Ad Fraud which is slated to rise by 40 per cent in 2019 and is continuously leading to huge losses in marketing dollars spent.”

     

    As a part of the Brand Safety Council at MMA India, Partho Dasgupta, CEO BARC, said: “Ad fraud is a battlefield. MMA’s roadshow brings together all stakeholders of the business who will discuss the nuances of app-based performance marketing while highlighting the changing fraud detection landscape of India. Such a platform benefits everyone.”

     

    Added Vikas Agnihotri, Country Director – Sales, Google India, MMA India Brand Safety Council member: “In order for the free web to work, it needs to be a safe and effective place to learn, create and advertise. That’s why for several years, we’ve invested in technology, policies and talent to help fight issues like ad fraud, malware and content scammers. It is important for us to come together and work towards ensuring safeguards across the marketing ecosystem.”

     

    MxM View: While the platforms (Google, Facebook & Co) will obviously patronise practices to cleanse the system, it’s critical for advertisers (and marketers) to also agree to the rules of the game. Will they? And if they err, will the platforms expose their big-spending benefactors?

     

     

  • Shortlisted entries come from various sectors including FMCG, Retail, Banking and Tech

    MMA India announces shortlist for Smarties Awards

    By A Correspondent

     

    The Mobile Marketing Association (MMA) has announced the shortlisted entries for the 2018 Smarties Awards in India. From this list, the winners will be announced on September 27 at the MMA Forum to be held in Mumbai.

     

    As many as 90 entries were shortlisted from across industries from hundreds of entries. Those shortlisted for this year’s awards include global brands like Google, Unilever, 21st Century Fox, HSBC, Cadbury, Godrej, Patanjali, Coca-Cola, Diageo, PepsiCo amongst others leading national and international brands.

     

    A total of 12 senior level brand marketers made up the list of juries, namely, Siddharth Banerjee of Vodafone, Priya Nair of Unilever, Gaurav Suri of UTI, Shabnam Panjwani of Edelweiss Financial Services, Viral Oza of Lodha Group, Avinash Kumar of Patanjali, Sandeep Singh of Bira, Asha Kharga of Axis Bank, Kartik Jain of DBS Bank, Abhishek Joshi of SonyLiv, Vishikh Talwar of Millward Brown, and Nitin Agarwal of Hotstar.

     

    “It was not easy judging the entries this year with new and innovative ideas put forth. The level of creativity brought to the table exceeded expectations as the standards of submission improve year on year,” said Priya Nair, Executive Director of Homecare Hindustan Unilever Limited, who was the jury chair at this year’s awards.