Hamsini Shivakumar of Leapfrog Strategy Consulting writes about how most content marketers or even influencers rarely think of themselves as shaping culture when they get down to do their everyday job, and why they should

Hamsini Shivakumar and Kanika Yadav of Leapfrog Strategy Consulting write about how to look for embedded meaning within a particular show or series with the intention of associating with it via sponsorship

Hamsini Shivakumar and Kanika Yadav of Leapfrog Strategy Consulting write that nostalgia used as a marketing currency is much closer to reality. It is never built solely on pleasure but is a mix of both pain and pleasure. That closeness to reality over a utopia built on the pleasure of instant gratification well explains how nostalgia can be an effective marketing currency

Hamsini Shivakumar and Kanika Yadav of Leapfrog Strategy Consulting, write about a number of Indian campaigns being rewarded at the International Festival of Creativity for their advocacy of cultural and behavioural change

Hamsini Shivakumar and Kanika Yadav of Leapfrog Strategy Consulting, write how brands and publishers are painting the image of the ‘new Bharat' in content

Hamsini Shivakumar and Kanika Yadav of Leapfrog Strategy Consulting write that brands now need to find softer ways to make inroads into culture and construct stories that provide inspiration and practical ways to bring about behaviour change in the citizenry when it comes to sustainability

Hamsini Shivakumar and Kanika Yadav of Leapfrog Strategy Consulting write that to specifically use music as a strategy toward brand affinity, brands need to create content that is anchored more in culture and less in the category

Hamsini Shivakumar and Kanika Yadav of Leapfrog Strategy Consulting talk about how branded content should be actively placed at the forefront of the cheese marketing effort

Hamsini Shivakumar and Kanika Yadav of Leapfrog Strategy Consulting talk about the brands that this year on Mother's Day took a welcome and much-needed de-tour from their usual storytelling practises reserved for the occasion

Hamsini Shivakumar and Kanika Yadav of Leapfrog Strategy Consulting write about why content marketers should more deeply consider the re-semioticisation (altering of the meaning) of the rap genre that they are engaged in

Hamsini Shivakumar and Kanika Yadav of Leapfrog Strategy Consulting, give out pointers for a new and more creative ways of storytelling nature

Hamsini Shivakumar and Kanika Yadav of Leapfrog Strategy Consulting, write about how how are brands treading the road to the Hindi heartland which has been paved very well until now by cinema

Hamsini Shivakumar and Kanika Yadav of Leapfrog Strategy Consulting, write about brand communications which aim to frame brands as a force for good in multiple ways and the things to avoid while framing them

Hamsini Shivakumar and Kanika Yadav of Leapfrog Strategy Consulting, write that by taking to formats such as rap songs or stand up comedy, pharmaceutical brands are perhaps attempting to channelise positivity back into suffering

Hamsini Shivakumar and Kanika Yadav of Leapfrog Strategy Consulting, write about the new trend in branded content where brands represent themselves as champions of craftspeople and not as adversaries

Hamsini Shivakumar and Kanika Yadav of Leapfrog Strategy Consulting, write that still in the early stages of definition and conceptualisation, brands' new efforts are towards changing the meaning of fitness from referring to a particular body shape or ratio. It is a more spiritual and holistic well being of an individual

Hamsini Shivakumar and Kanika Yadav of Leapfrog Strategy Consulting, write that the space of “equal partner families” is ripe for more and more interesting narratives on ‘new-age dads' and ‘equal partner parenting'. The brands that still feature ‘hands-off' dads in their ads could soon begin to look ‘outdated' or ‘too traditional'/‘orthodox' in their manifest values

Last week, Hamsini Shivakumar and Kanika Yadav of Leapfrog Strategy Consulting, wrote how most female characters in Indian brand communication remain a manifestation of societal stereotypes. In this article, they delve deeper into factors that help us in moving beyond the stereotypes