Dentsu India has announced the appointment of Sapna Arora as Chief Client Officer (CCO).
In this role, Arora will continue to enhance integrated solutions for existing and prospective clients and drive growth for the network. She will report to Rob Gilby, CEO APAC, and work closely with the leadership as well as teams across Creative, Media and CX.
Prior to this, Arora was with OLX India as CMO, PRO, Brand Head – Emerging Markets.
Commenting on the appointment, Gilby said: “We are in a very exciting phase of our evolution with a clear vision and strategy and I am delighted we continue to attract the best industry talent to join us and share their expertise. This is what makes Sapna the ideal fit for today’s Indian dentsu! She brings incredible global expertise that will be invaluable in cultivating pride, employee advocacy, and a sense of collective purpose that will strengthen dentsu India’s reputation among key stakeholders. I would like to extend a warm welcome to Sapna and look forward to working with her.’
Olx Cash My Car (CMC), the offline pre-owned car-selling business from pre-owned product sales platform, has launched a new national ad campaign
Said Sapna Arora, CMO, Olx India: “Olx is the market leader in the pre-owned cars segment and with the launch of Olx Cash My Car (CMC), we are determined to strengthen our position in the cars vertical. The proposition is meant for convenience seeking consumers who are ready to sell their car instantly. The campaign is extremely contextual to today’s users, who are young, independent and tech-savvy. The couple in the film is shown to be jointly in charge of selling their car, and the woman is as much a decision maker, in fact a decision taker, as much as her spouse. The ad mirrors the evolving urban philosophy of partnership between couples in today’s society.”
The marketing campaign is conceptualised by Enormous Brands. Added Mukund Raina, Branch Head – Delhi, Enormous Brands: “With this communication campaign, the endeavour was to drive attention to the ease with which a consumer can sell or buy his car through Olx and establish that Olx Cash My Car is the go-to place for instant transaction. The fact that Olx enjoys the authority as an undisputed leader in the category and the insight into the growing attention of women sellers at the CMC stores has inspired us for this campaign.”
E-comm platform Olx has announced the appointment of Sapna Arora as its Chief Marketing Officer (CMO). In her new role, Arora will be responsible for leading the brand marketing initiatives of the company. Previously, she has served in various leadership roles at Procter & Gamble, Reckitt Benckiser, Nestle and Bennett Coleman and has extensive experience of nurturing billion dollar brands such as Pantene, Whisper, Tampax, Tide, Stouffer’s, and Mortein, among others.
Said Sushil Kumar, General Manager, Olx India: “Olx has been at the forefront of creating the thriving digital classifieds industry in India. We have been, in the past, able to develop a differentiated market standing synonymous to the pre-owned goods in India. As the brand takes the next big leap in its positioning in India, Sapna will spearhead the brand’s marketing journey with her accomplished vision and experience. She has worked on some of the most iconic brands in India and we look forward to her contribution in our next phase of growth.
Talking about her new role at Olx, Arora added: “I admire Olx’s strong brand recognition, high consumer awareness, and rich brand heritage. It’s a product that can help consumers upgrade their lives within their means, builds upon the cultural shift of shorter ownership cycles while extending the product’s life; thereby contributing in reducing the carbon footprint. I am excited to be working on the brand.”
Prior to joining Olx, Arora was a Partner at Matrix Atlantic Capital, where she worked closely with entrepreneurs to unlock growth opportunities.
iProspect India has bagged the digital media duties of Olx India. The account was won following a multi-agency pitch and will be serviced from the agency’s Delhi office.
Commenting on the win, Rubeena Singh, CEO, iProspect India said, “Olx changed the way one looked at online marketplace in the country and it has only grown ever since. I’m glad to have a brand like OLX on board and hope to serve their growth ambitions.”
On the association, Olx India, in a statement said: “Olx is determined to effectively reach the growing internet population of India and to partner our journey of this growth, we have iProspect on board as our digital media agency. After a two-month long pitch, we believe iProspect was able to understand the brand Olx, its ambitions and its influence in the digital classifieds space. This is extremely critical for us and we are confident that iProspect, with their proven track record, will be able to drive our new brand objectives successfully to our target audience.”
OLX has announced the launch of its latest brand campaign that has gone live on television and digital, and will be amplified across radio, social media, and out-of-home in the coming weeks.
Known as the ‘6 Months Break-Up Challenge’, the campaign urges people to sell pre-owned goods that they haven’t used for at least six months. The campaign is based on the insights gathered from CRUST (Consumer Research on Used-Goods and Selling Trends), OLX’s annual consumer survey to understand user behaviour towards used goods, as well as other consumer trends.
According to CRUST 2016, conducted by leading research firm IMRB, stocking is the most common activity pertaining to pre-owned goods, and Indians are stocking unused goods to the tune of ₹ 78,300 crores in their homes. The survey had also revealed that 37 per cent of the respondents cite the age-old excuse of ‘I’ll use it one day’ as their top reason for stocking used items.
Said Amarjit Singh Batra, CEO, OLX India, ​​“There are still so many people in India who arestocking things they have no use for under the excuse that they’ll use it one day. This leads to inefficiency in our lives, in the economy, and in our society. The Rs 78,000 crore of pre-owned goods being stocked in Indian homes has the potential to find its way back into the economy and into our lives, but it’s lying idle and being wasted. We want India to unlock the potential of these pre-owned items by looking inside their homes. This will help bring about a bigger change by letting us consume more judiciously and wasting less.â€
Conceptualised by Lowe Lintas, the ‘6 Months Break-Up Challenge’ campaign focuses on both the buyer and the seller, highlighting the ease and the convenience of the hyper simple buying and selling experience in a trusted environment.
Said Naveen Gaur, President, Lowe Lintas: “In this campaign, we wanted to continue the journey we had started with in our last campaign, where we managed to pitch the brand in a cooler, younger, and trendier way to the youth. Our task here was to make people realise that everyone had something or the other lying around that they were not using on a regular basis. We wanted to seed the behaviour of selling these lesser used goods rather than letting them become a blind spot. The creative idea was to encourage the audience to take up the 6 months’ challenge, where they could identify things that they had not engaged within 6 months, and then “break up†with those things by selling them on OLX.”
It’s now been made official. For the last few weeks (or was it months), it’s been known that leading online classifieds platform OLX has moved its non-digital media and content marketing mandate to Maxus India. Now it’s been made official.
The account win happens after a multi-agency pitch held late last year. It will be managed by the New Delhi team lead by Maxus managing partner Navin Khemka. As media AOR, Maxus will manage all traditional media outlets as well as content marketing for the brand. The digital business will continue to be with Zenith Optimedia, which managed the OLX account until recently.
Said Amarjit Singh Batra, CEO, OLX India on the move: “Changes in the technology and media domains, as well as the growth in the Internet business, not only offer new opportunities but also pose some interesting challenges. We feel that Maxus will be able to think strategically, and offer innovative business-led solutions for the same.†Commenting on the win Kartik Sharma, Managing Director- Maxus South Asia said, “Our vision is two-fold- to communicate their brand proposition through an effective media mix and creative strategies, and use those to accelerate business growth for the brand.â€
Navin Khemka, Managing Partner, Maxus added: “We are delighted to have OLX as a part of the Maxus Delhi team. Our experience and expertise in managing new age clients has helped provide them with an edge in the market place. We are confident about delivering ground breaking solutions for driving OLX’s business objective. We are looking at innovative and customized solutions to connect buyers and sellers in every small town and village in India.â€
Interestingly, Khemka moved to Maxus in July 2014 after spending over eight years at ZenithOptimedia (ZO) in July 2014 where again he managed the ZO business amongst several others.
OLX has unveiled #OLXMADADs, a unique platform which enables users to sell their products in a fun way.
#OLXMadAds is a one of its kind initiative by the brand as it promotes user-generated content in form of video ads. Sellers can now create their own video ads in seconds and tell the world about their products in an engaging way through 10 specially created characters that not only inform but also entertain. Thus bringing in a completely new dimension to selling, by making it fun.
The agency has made sure that the entire process of making these MadAds is simple and convenient for users. Just a few clicks and your version of MadAdis ready to sell your product.
The 10 characters created by Leo Burnett are Astronaut Nasa Musa, YogaNandShri, Bomb Bomb Bole, Dr Threesome Awesome, Death of Elizabeth, Lallan Top, Law-D Lady, Mr. Bananas, AachooPichoo and Silly Lilly.
Gaurav Mehta, Chief Marketing Officer, OLX South Asia, said, “The #OLXMadAds campaign extends our brand philosophy further. User generated content is core to the OLX platform and hence it is important for OLX to help our users generate high quality and engaging ads. We have evolved to the times when transactions become easier if the ad content is both functional and interesting. In our continued endeavour to assist users in selling faster, this campaign does a good job of educating users with a different perspective.â€
RajDeepak Das
RajDeepak Das, Chief Creative Officer, Leo Burnett India, said, “OLX India, being India’s largest marketplace wanted to engage consumers in a unique way. In this age of content creation and sharing, with millions of videos being passed around each day through YouTube, WhatsApp, Facebook and other social networking sites, we wanted to provide OLX users a tool that not only simplifies selling but also makes it fun. Thus was born #OLXMadAds. The #OLXMadAds platform is a true demonstration of how we can use creativity and technology together to create magic for a brand.â€
A step forward in life is usually symbolized with an upgrade in physical goods that come at a price. But often an upgrade in mindset brings about a change which reaps benefits without compromising on your dreams or your wallet. This is what OLX’s new TVC depicts – live a contented and independent life without compromising on your dreams by borrowing snippets from everyday life situations of modern working couples in mid-level corporate jobs. Giving its successful campaigns, ‘Bech De’ and ‘Keemat Bhi, Kuch Keemti Bhi’, a new outlook, OLX has released a television Ad, ‘Aadhe Tere, Aadhe Mere’ continuing with the successful punch line “keemat bhi, kuch keemti bhi, OLX pe Bech Deâ€.
Said Amarjit Singh Batra, CEO, OLX India, “As a consumer-to-consumer (C2C) platform OLX believes in bringing people together for win-win exchanges, and improving their lives. The ‘used car’ segment on OLX witnesses exceptionally fast transactions and offers great cars and value for both buyers and sellers on making us the most preferred platform for used cars. The desire to upgrade comes most naturally to consumers making selling of used cars relatively more established as a behavior. Through this TVC we are trying to highlight how OLX plays a role in the daily life of people, allowing them to take decisions that bring loved ones even closer and also make their lives easier. Since car is a big-ticket purchase, we try to make the experience stress free. Thus we took the lead in offering inspection of cars which is a value-added service for the buyers.â€
Conceived by Lowe Lintas, the TVC depicts the story of a modern working couple getting ready to leave for their respective offices. While the husband’s getting ready, the wife is waiting outside their car looking at her watch since she is getting late for work. He drops her off at her office and reminds her that he will pick her up at 6.30 in the evening. After a hectic day at office, she gets a text from her husband saying that he will be late by an hour. She waits for him while the rest of her colleagues have left. Finally she gets a text saying that he won’t be able to make it and she should grab a taxi and head home. While she is pondering over the day’s events, the husband reaches home and they have a conversation where she expresses her concern. She tells her husband that she used to be more independent before she got married compared to what she is now. The husband thinks about it and decides to sell his car. He uploads an ad on OLX app and sells the car after meeting the buyer. The next scene shows the wife leaving for office, when she is surprised to find two smaller cars instead of the previous sedan of her husband. The husband then asks the wife to choose her own car which leaves her happy and surprised. The TVC ends with the tagline, “keemat bhi, kuch keemti bhi, OLX pe Bech Deâ€.
Said Shayondeep Pal, Executive Creative Director, Lowe Lintas, “Under the umbrella of Keemat Bhi, Kuch Keemti Bhi, OLX has managed to blend in seamlessly the societal issues and behaviors that people can relate to. Our task was to take the thought forward and strengthen the proposition with a new lens. The story is about a modern working couple who have mid-level corporate jobs. It challenges the traditional aspects of an upgrade, and talks instead of an upgrade in mindset. The idea was to resonate with young couples, for whom self-reliance and independence are important aspects in relationship building.â€
The reasons to buy used goods are innumerable. But what prompts a buyer to stop pondering, and actually click the buy button? OLX’s first-ever buyer-focused campaign depicts OLX-ers buying all kinds of used products at affordable prices, enabling them to fulfill their most cherished dreams. OLX has released two television ads ‘Start-up nahi, Start Ab’ and ‘Friends ke saath life set kar’ illustrating this.
Said Amarjit Singh Batra, CEO, OLX India, “OLX is synonymous with selling in India. Even people who have not used OLX associate us with ‘Bech De’. But we are also the most vibrant and liquid platform in the country for buyers. We have 70 per cent unique content on OLX implying that 70 per cent of the products listed on our platform will be found only on OLX, and no other platform. In addition to this, 100 per cent of the ad content on OLX is user-generated, and 90 per cent of the users coming to OLX are posting in consumer-to-consumer (C2C) categories, ensuring superior quality of listings. These reasons make OLX the most valuable marketplace for a buyer.â€
“There are millions of satisfied buyers on OLX who are using OLX to fulfill their unique buying needs. Users are coming on OLX everyday to buy all kinds of things that are making their dreams and aspirations possible. That is the inspiration behind this campaign,†Batra added.
Conceived by Lowe Lintas, the first TVC (Start-Up) depicts the story of two young entrepreneurs who while sitting in a college canteen are busy calculating their business investments. While one of them is listing out the requirements, the other is using a calculator to come up with the total amount. When he lands on an initial investment amount, his heart sinks on the thought of waiting for a year to gather funds. This is when the other partner urges him to stop worrying and logs on to the OLX mobile App to buy used goods. Both of them happily agree and buy goods that they require to start their business. A humorous touch in the last scene depicts them professionally dressed in their new office when another idea strikes! And this time instead of the calculator the guy picks up his smartphone to log on to the OLX mobile app.
The second TVC opens with a ‘just married’ couple who enters their new but unfurnished home to be surprised by their common group of friends, who are trying to help the couple set up their home. They ask the couple that where will they sit or how the couple will entertain them when they visit them! This adds to the humor making the couple feel less burdened by the sweet gesture of their friends. The TVC plays on the emotional attachment between friends who look out for each other when families do not support. Since this is the first marriage in the group and the respective families have not supported it, the friends are trying to cheer up the couple by buying furniture for their house on OLX mobile App.
Shayondeep Pal, Executive Creative Director, Lowe Lintas said, “So far, OLX has focused on getting people to sell on the site. While we go about that objective, there is also the other end of the spectrum – the buyers, whom we address for the first time through this campaign. The fact is that today’s generation is very smart and practical when it comes to making life choices. Whether it is going ahead with an unconventional wedding or starting their own business, we used this ‘practicality’ aspect to blend in the brand message of how buying on OLX enables the youth to kick start their pursuits. The signoff line ‘Kal kare so aaj kare, OLX pe khareed kar’ captures this spirit of the youth.â€
When Olx started building the market for consumer-to-consumer (C2C) classifieds in India, people took to the platform spontaneously and enthusiastically. As ‘Bech De’ took over the country, users began to not only experience the monetary benefits of the platform, but also the various less obvious, and deeper benefits of using Olx. ‘Keemat Bhi, Kuchh Keemti Bhi’, the latest campaign from Olx, is based precisely on this insight shared by its users over the last four years.
Said Amarjit Singh Batra, CEO, Olx India, “When we started out, we had the challenging task of creating the C2C market for used goods in India. As the platform started gaining popularity, we realized that there was a something bigger happening which was more compelling and emotive than just a mere transaction. People enjoyed Olx because it thrived on direct human interaction, which is both becoming more fleeting under the pressures of a busy and stressful life, and is typically done through middlemen in marketplaces. The other user insight we gained pertained to the place our belongings have in our life. The products we own are closely tied to our stories, passions, and dreams, and Olx is a means to extend those dreams by the way extending the life-cycle of the product. Our ‘Keemat Bhi, Kuchh Keemti Bhi’ campaign is a tribute to not only all Olx users, but also everyone who has had to let go of a passionate dream because of circumstances.â€
The ‘Keemat Bhi, Kuchh Keemti Bhi’ campaign features two films, a TVC built around common love for a jeep and a short film on cricket. The TVC with the jeep features actor Shefali Chhaya, and has been directed by film director and writer Homi Adajania of ‘Finding Fanny’ and ‘Being Cyrus’ fame. This is Homi Adajania’s first ad film.
Created by Lowe Lintas, the TVC depicts the story of a middle-aged man and woman, who are the potential seller and buyer respectively of a used Jeep. While on a test drive, the man tries to break the ice by indulging in a light conversation with the slightly uptight woman, played by Shefali Chhaya. She reveals that she likes the jeep because her dad used to have one but does not take well to the tone the man is using, and accuses him of flirting. When she notices that the man is feeling guilty because of her remark, she lowers her guard, and buys the car from him indicating the beginning of a possible friendship between the two. The film ends with the tagline “Keemat Bhi, Kuch Keemti Bhiâ€.
The short film on cricket tells the story of a cricket player who is unable to pursue his dream of playing cricket because of circumstances that lead him to join the family business. Trapped in a job at a marble factory that he doesn’t like, he often looks at his cricket bat with a sense of despondence. Frustrated and hopeless, one day the protagonist takes his bat to a marble-slicing machine with the intention of pulverizing it. The film then moves on to a cricket stadium where a local game is being played. The batsman at the crease is in full-form hitting boundaries one after another. The protagonist watches in anticipation, clapping for the batsman after every shot. At the end of the game the batsman looks at the protagonist and starts walking towards him. The film moves to a flashback and shows that the protagonist never put his bat in the machine. He decided to sell the bat on Olx, and the buyer was the young batsman. Coming out of flashback, the young batsman is seen thanking the protagonist. The film ends with the ‘Keemat Bhi, Kuchh Keemti Bhi’ tagline. The last frame of the film says #LetWhatYouLoveLive.
Amer Jaleel
Amer Jaleel, National Creative Director, Lowe Lintas, said, “People not only get value for their products but also earn something valuable in the process. The Campaign line –“Keemat bhi, kuchh keemati bhi†says it all. Olx provides a platform, where people can share a passion for a particular product, therefore connecting with each other beyond a monetary exchange.â€
SMG Convonix, leading integrated digital marketing solutions company and part of Starcom MediaVest Group has come up with a unique integrated experiential digital media campaign for OLX “Phone ko banao SELLphone”. OLX, in a marketing campaign across TV, radio, and outdoor, is promoting a new concept of ‘sell-phone,’ focusing on three core communication points click-upload-sell.
The digital ad campaign by SMG Convonix trendily allows the users to sell off household things virtually by just experiencing this innovation on Web though their mobile phones. This mobile sync web campaign goes live on Yahoo and MSN from 4th and 5th June respectively.
Women have always been an integral part of the brand communication at OLX. With ‘Phone ko banao Sell-Phone’ OLX celebrates the individuality and independence of the new-age Indian woman. The campaign displays OLX mobile App as a tool of empowerment for women, allowing them to earn money, and unclutter from the convenience of their homes.
Commenting on the innovation, Amarjit Batra, Chief Executive Officer, OLX India, said, “The current campaign “Phone ko banao SELLphone” stemmed from the insight that it is easier to use a classifieds platform from a mobile phone than a desktop PC. The campaign tries to highlight that online selling is fun and convenient”.
“This innovation is an attempt to deliver the joy of selling through mobile, and displays the ease of the OLX mobile App. With this campaign we intend to give our users the best possible user experience,” he further added.
A new TVC by OLX.in celebrates the exuberance, individuality, and the confidence of the women-of-today, highlighting their independence, and freedom to express themselves. The TVC shows an empowered, smart, and vivacious woman protagonist, and reinforces the ease and simplicity of the OLX Mobile App.
Amarjit Singh Batra, CEO, OLX India, commented, “Selling is a joyous experience on OLX as it is simple, and leaves you with more money in your pocket, and more space in your home for things that really matter. It is this joy of selling that is captured by our new TVC. The OLX Mobile App is the easiest way of selling either from home or on-the-go, and is ranked as the top shopping App on Google Play Store India. Approximately 70 per cent of the traffic on OLX is coming from mobile users, which is why we are urging people to use the ‘Cellphone as a SELLphone‘ and enjoy the experience of selling on OLX.”
The new TVC, shot to the catchy tunes of the popular Bollywood number ‘Womaniya’, aptly captures the aspirations of the women of India to make their lives more manageable, to not feel financially dependent on others, and to have some fun in the process.
Conceived by advertising agency Lowe Lintas, the TVC captures a quintessential conversation between a husband and wife, with the wife expressing her desire to buy new household products, and the husband procrastinating and rejecting the idea for lack of money, and space in the house. The wife, who is left a little stumped by his response, decides to take matters in her own hand by downloading the OLX mobile App to sell things the family has no use for. The idea of selling, ridding her home of clutter, and earning money without anyone’s help is so enjoyable that she is seen dancing and skipping around her home, merrily clicking used items from her ‘SELLphone’to post Ads for free on OLX. So infectious is her energy that her mother-in-law soon joins the selling frenzy, breaking into a jig to the beats of the Womaniya song. When the husband returns in the evening, he is left puzzled by the uncluttered apartment and his wife and mother dancing with a wad of cash in their hands. When he asks where all the stuff went, the two ladies hold up the cellphone and proudly tell him that they sold all the goods they didn’t have use for on the ‘SELLphone’, referring to the OLX mobile App.
“We chose to tell the story of ease of usage of the OLX mobile App through a commercial dedicated to women. ‘Phone Ko Banaao ‘SELLPhone‘ as an idea captures the proposition of the OLX mobile App and caps the effortlessness with which a woman goes about selling things in her house in a fun manner,” says Shriram Iyer, Executive Creative Director, Lowe Lintas India.
The campaign has gone live from March 26, 2014 and will be broadcast in seven different languages.
