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  • #DekhoApnaDesh is a clarion call to all Indians to travel the country

    Rediff creates campaign for IHCL to promote travel

    By Our Staff

     

    As India celebrates its milestone 75th year of Independence, Indian Hotels Company (IHCL), South Asia’s largest hospitality company, inspired by the Ministry of Tourism’s campaign, is inviting travellers to explore the undiscovered beauty of the country by their viral campaign, ‘Dekho Apna Desh’.

     

    Said Veetika Deoras, Vice President – Strategy and Brands, IHCL: “The past year and half has brought many changes across industries and people. However, what has remained resilient is the richness of our country and our spirit of travel and exploration. The campaign endeavours to highlight the beauty of India and encourage Indians to travel within India, for India.”

     

    Added Pramod Sharma, National Creative Director, Rediffusion: “Taj Hotels is not just an experience; it’s a window to a spectacular landscape called India. Dekho Apna Desh is an expression that needed a touch of Taj. We exactly did that. Through a great narrative. Through mesmerising visuals of India.”

     

  • Taking your brand to the emotional level involves cutting through the clutter to link the 'soul' of your brand with the 'soul' of the people, says Veetika Deoras

    The Anchor: Veetika Deoras on 5 highs of being a marketer

    By Veetika Deoras

     

    1. It’s a ‘soul-to-soul’ job

    To build deeper and richer connections with customers, brands must arise above the rational benefits and build emotional bridges. Taking your brand to the emotional level involves cutting through the clutter to link the ‘soul’ of your brand with the ‘soul’ of the people. This necessitates reaching out to your right brain, as much, if not more, than the left brain. And more often than not, this ends up being a very fulfilling and heartwarming experience.

     

    2. Thinking out-of-the-box

    Overload of communication, multiple media vehicles and an ever-evolving customer, necessitate out-of-the-box thinking and innovation, in both the planning and execution of marketing campaigns. This makes a marketer’s job challenging and ensures that there’s never a dull moment.

     

    3. Proximity to customers

    With customers, brands and the environment changing constantly, there is a critical need for marketers to be in constant touch with their customers. To reach out to customers, and observe and understand their behaviour, with a view to garner deep insights is a highly fruitful and enjoyable experience.

     

    4. The debates

    In some interesting way, marketers have always had the dual challenge of selling their ideas, first to internal stakeholders and then to external stakeholders. The debates make the job most invigorating, the output superior and the victories, sweet.

     

    5. Satisfaction of creating an ‘intangible’, which yields results better than most tangibles.

    How often does one get the chance to say – I have created a ‘perception’, a ‘bond’, a ‘genuine promise’ and this perceptual bond, based on a genuine promise is worth a billion bucks! This probably is the biggest high for me as a marketer.

     

    Veetika Deoras is Head – Brand Marketing & Corporate Communication, Tata Capital Limited