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Social Media is a Mystery in India, But Not for Long

By B.L. Ochman
Now that's a whitening toothpaste!

This video is about Happydent by Perfetti India. It's an ad for the world's first ayurvedic chewing gum, and this video is one of the first social media marketing efforts by an Indian ad agency. Fascinating cultural references in this video!

Why categorize it as social media marketing? The ad clearly was designed with hopes it would go viral. It's posted on YouTube, which makes it easy to view or to embed in a blog; and the creative approach is to Crest ads as night is to day.

Says Indian blogger, Sunil S Chiplunkar , in an email exchange, "Social media is somewhat a mystery since it is not explored in India, however, as experiences increase, social media will not be a mystery arena in India." It will surely be interesting to watch social media evolve in India.


BL Ochman | Nov 26 07 5:53 | TrackBack (0)

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Mystery for some maybe :). Check us out!

Cheers.

Rajesh

Posted by: Rajesh at November 30, 2007 11:51 PM

BL ... check out Dina Mehta's blog(s) ... great global insight based in India. http://dinamehta.com/

Posted by: Gavin Heaton at December 2, 2007 4:09 PM

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About BL Ochman
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B.L. Ochman, Managing Director of Emerging Media for Proof Integrated Communications, the digital marketing arm of Burson-Marsteller, has been helping Fortune 500 companies strategically incorporate new media into their marketing mix since 1996.

She contributes to Ad Age Digital Next, Mashable, Business Week and others. On Twitter, she is @whatsnext.

She is co-founder of the pet lovers' site and blog, Pawfun.com - where you can create and send free photo e-cards of your pets and create a variety of great products featuring your pet’s photo.

This is my personal blog, where I share my own thoughts and opinions, which do not represent the views of Proof or its clients.






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