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Archive for the ‘Branding’ Category

Kotak’s superb new website

Tuesday, March 2nd, 2010

We at Cashcow.in gives a thumbs up to Kotak's new group website . The website is quite unlike what you may have seen of any banks or financial services. The focus of website is NOT on the different verticals the company offers i.e. banking, mutual funds, life insurance etc. Instead the landing ...

Bank Taglines

Monday, February 15th, 2010

A really great tagline conveys a company's benefit with personality and attitude and the most memorable taglines connect on an emotional level. Taglines are the first step and an integral part of brand building. Their value builds for years, and over time, a good tagline can be your best and least ...

SMS advertising and Harshad Mehta

Monday, January 11th, 2010

SMS advertising has such a high irritation factored into it, one wonders why the advertisers bother to waste their ad money on it? From store sales to 'body massages' and now it was stock tips. I got one such SMS today which advised me to buy a certain stock at X level and and hold ...

Celebs rules endorsements for financial sector

Thursday, September 24th, 2009

Business Standard has an article on Insurers  banking on celebrities for endorsements. Several of these we have blogged about earlier. I am putting in links incase you wish to jog your memory. The articles states Max Vijay is a low premium policy from Max New York Life with a premium of Rs ...

Canara HSBC Oriental Bank of Commerce Life Insurance Company anyone?

Monday, August 31st, 2009

We are trying to solve the mystery behind the lack of marketing effort behind Canara HSBC Oriental Bank of Commerce Life Insurance Company. Though the company was launched over a year ago, it has been virtually invisible. The first sign of life I saw of it was a poster on ...

Retirement is the Best Job – Period!

Monday, August 31st, 2009

ICICI Prudential Life Insurance is at it again. Yes, positioning Retirement as an active and a great phase of Life. The previous tag line used for by ICICI Pru to position Retirement solutions in a positive light was ‘Retire from work, not from Life’. The ad showed a middle aged man ...

Open Forum from Amex – a great use of social media

Monday, July 27th, 2009

Undeniably social media is making a sharp impact on our communication with family, friends and colleagues. As Mike Perlman on the Compete blog points out, “ The trend evidenced by the fact that Facebook and MySpace are the eighth and tenth most visited sites on the entire web. What is ...

Bank of America to relaunch the Merill Lynch brand

Monday, June 15th, 2009

Financial Times reports This week, Bank of America will launch a $10m print and online advertising campaign in the US touting its Bank of America Merrill Lynch division, which consists of global commercial, corporate and investment banking businesses, as well as capital markets operations. The campaign will roll out globally ...

J.P. Morgan looks for a way forward

Thursday, May 28th, 2009

JPMorgan Chase announced today the launch of a new The Way Forward website to help customers and communities learn more about the ways JPMorgan Chase can help them get back on track financially. The site offers news, guidance and insight on key issues affecting the American financial system. Because JPMorgan Chase ...

Does Re-branding remove the taint?

Saturday, May 16th, 2009

The banking unit of ailing auto financier GMAC is changing its name. GMAC has becomes Ally Bank The re-branding of the bank, a unit of GMAC Financial Services, is likely an effort to distance itself from its troubled parent, GMAC LLC. GMAC is jointly owned by automaker General Motors and ...