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Special Columns 4Ps Nation Abhimanyu Ghosh The Last Word Rajita Chaudhuri International Column Exclusive Guy Kawasaki Home | Editorial | About Us | Subscribe | Advertise Contact Us | Feedback | 4PS TEAM HR Bytes Go to Page Number 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 4Ps Culture curry! At the workplace With more and more expats working out of India, we need to sensitise our managers to diverse cultures, and the accompanying implications... BRAND : Motoflip AGENCY : O&M BASELINE : Hello Moto! DESCRIPTION: Two office seniors and a subordinate are pondering over missing money from the office accounts. The seniors are wondering if the young recruit has flicked the money. The young man is exasperated by all this suspicion and worried about proving himself innocent. Suddenly, his mobile rings. One of the seniors sarcastically compliments him on his swanky new Motoflip phone. The other senior asks him when he’s purchased this handset. The accused has a blank look on his face! 4Ps TAKE: The ad focuses on the USP of Motoflip: its expensive and stylish looks despite its reasonable price — which is the clinching benefit to the brand as well. The communication is clear with the concept of the boss and the employee relationship depicted in a funny manner (after the parentsson drama in the previous Motoflip ad). Targeting collegegoers and entrylevel professionals, Motoflip manages to play the price point factor of the product pretty well. Remember, ‘Looks can be deceptive’? BRAND : Punjab National Bank AGENCY : Lintas BASELINE : ....the name you can BANK upon! DESCRIPTION: Alok Nath plays a grandfather vacationing with his grandson. While climbing up a hill, he suddenly remembers he should have visited his bank, Punjab National Bank. His grandson takes him to a PNB branch at the hillstation itself. In the next scene, they are back home. This time the kid asks the grandfather to catch his ball when he suddenly remembers that he has to go to the bank (again!). The kid then tells him that he doesn’t need to go all the way to the bank. Instead, he gets him a laptop for his delighted grandfather who is now able to do online banking! 4Ps TAKE: The ad not only talks about PNB’s wide network (a branch in a hill station!), but also the fact that it’s now providing online banking. The ad plays on the emotional factor through the grandfathergrandson relationship: it’s also a meeting point for the older and newer generation.

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4Ps Nation 

Abhimanyu Ghosh The Last Word 

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Culture curry! At the workplaceWith  more  and  more  expats  working  out  of  India,  we  need  tosensitise our managers to diverse cultures, and the accompanyingimplications... 

BRAND : MotoflipAGENCY : O&MBASELINE : Hello Moto!

DESCRIPTION:  Two  office  seniors  and  asubordinate are pondering over missing moneyfrom  the  office  accounts.  The  seniors  are

wondering if the young recruit has flicked the money. The young man isexasperated  by  all  this  suspicion  and  worried  about  proving  himselfinnocent.  Suddenly,  his  mobile  rings.  One  of  the  seniors  sarcasticallycompliments  him on his  swanky new Motoflip  phone.  The  other  seniorasks  him when  he’s  purchased  this  handset.  The  accused  has  a  blanklook on his face!

4Ps  TAKE:  The  ad  focuses  on  the  USP  of  Motoflip:  its  expensive  andstylish looks despite its reasonable price — which is the clinching benefitto the brand as well. The communication is clear with the concept of theboss and the employee relationship depicted in a funny manner (after theparents­son drama  in  the previous Motoflip ad). Targeting  college­goersand  entry­level  professionals,  Motoflip manages  to  play  the  price  pointfactor of the product pretty well. Remember, ‘Looks can be deceptive’?  

BRAND : Punjab National BankAGENCY : LintasBASELINE  :  ....the  name  you  can  BANKupon! 

DESCRIPTION:  Alok  Nath  plays  agrandfather  vacationing  with  his  grandson.While  climbing  up  a  hill,  he  suddenlyremembers  he  should  have  visited  his  bank,Punjab National Bank. His grandson takes him

to a PNB branch at the hill­station itself. In the next scene, they are backhome. This time the kid asks the grandfather to catch his ball when hesuddenly remembers that he has to go to the bank (again!). The kid thentells him that he doesn’t need to go all the way to the bank. Instead, hegets  him  a  laptop  for  his  delighted  grandfather who  is  now  able  to  doonline banking!

4Ps TAKE: The ad not only talks about PNB’s wide network (a branch ina hill station!), but also the fact  that  it’s now providing online banking.The ad plays on the emotional factor through the grandfather­grandsonrelationship: it’s also a meeting point for the older and newer generation.

 

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