Wednesday, May 30, 2007

“There’s more money in activity based promotions as we have to think harder for them”

Consider a few more examples: Sony’s, popular sitcom Kaajjal has its protagonist in the role of a RJ and the channel made her host shows for Radio City. “This innovation helped her to build a consumer connect by interacting with her real life audience,” says Rana Barua of Radio City. Mirchi turned Pink along with Hutch and Big FM (which has an exclusive tie-up with upcoming Tara Rum Pum from the Yash Raj banners), has built programming “content around the film,” reveals Anand Chakravarthy, National Marketing Head, BIG 92.7 FM.

Also, Australian Tourism Board recently sponsored Radio One’s team for a visit to the country, which translated into radio travelogues for the listeners. And there is much more innovation happening on this space. “We do it only if there is compelling reason for it, either big money or good product integration...” says Kaushik Ghosh of Mirchi. Good money... ahem! Adds Patel, “There’s more money in activity based promotions as we have to think harder for them.” But, is discretion exercised? Yes, they all agree. We hope so, for all you know, in a few months, RJ’s will have replaced VJ’s in endorsing everything from apparel brands to restaurants and even cosmetics. Stay tuned...

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Source : IIPM Editorial, 2006

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