2. Ad-vantage Anhad Anhad provides clients a team with over 25 years of collective industry experience, developing marketing communications programs which drive quantifiable, bottom-line results in the Asian-American market. Our agency is, first and foremost, a marketing partner offering turnkey services ranging from initial market feasibility analysis through communications program development and production, to program response tracking and analysis. Anhad is one of the strongest South Asian focused American agencies in the US. This strength is reflected in the agency's media clout, and the breadth of the agency's experience working across diverse categories and brands. We are a full-service agency offering a complete spectrum of in-house capabilities in advertising, direct marketing, and relationship marketing. In many of these disciplines, we constantly strive to innovate, as evidenced by our role in pioneering the use of Asian American direct mail, Asian In-Theater advertising, and the most innovative grassroots community programs.
3. What Do We Do A multi-platform strategy that leverages our strengths across all mediums. PRODUCTION MEDIA SALES MARKETING PR & CORPORATE COMMUNICATION Theatrical Bollyvision TV and Radio End to end HD production infrastructure TVC’s, Dox, Music Videos, Feature stories, Live to Air Multi-Cam Web Interactive campaigns, SEM, Print Artwork design and printing Event Managament Market Research & Strategy Media Consulting Media Planning/Buying Interactive/ Online Marketing Grassroots/ Community events Out of Home Out of Home-Mobile Theatrical PR Corporate Communication Press Meet Strategic PR Wire Services PR Disaster/ Crisis Management
4. The Company you keep No other agency outside of India can boast of a richer and more diversified South Asian media marketing portfolio.
5. Television Production
6. In Brief: What We Did DISH Network: Marketed across the US, 46 South Asian channels in nine languages, including Hindi, Gujarati, Punjabi, Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Urdu & Bangla. Studio 18 & Indian Films: Pre and post release marketing, publicity and promotion of Studio 18 movies across US and Canada. Saavn: Marketing , brand-building and brand alliances for Saavn, a leading online aggregator of Bollywood content. Percept Picture Company: Marketing, publicity and promotion of Percept movies across the US. Independent Film Channel (IFC): Robust nationwide marketing, publicity and PR campaign to promote IFC’s “Bollywood Hero,” a three-part mini-series on Bollywood. Cinsay & Music Is Nirvana: Publicity & PR campaign, including a press conference, to promote exclusive footage and merchandize featuring leading singer Sonu Nigam.
7. -Marketing footprint The Dish Network marketing campaign was among the most extensive and complex undertaken by any South Asian agency. The scope of the campaign involved reaching out to potential subscribers across top 15 DMAs, covering nine languages and 46 diverse channels. Utilizing strategic media placements in a mix of off-line and online mediums, timely PR, press conferences, brand alliances and ground events, the results were more than heartening.
8. -Print Indian Express Wrap Around VOA Wrap Around To announce the launch of Star Channels on Dish Network, Anhad secured premium wraparound placements in leading print publications, alongwith strategic targeting of key DMAs through PR, promotion and brand alliances.
9. Outdoor -Mobile Identified buses on popular routes in NY & NJ with high South Asian traffic to create mobile billboard advertising.
10. -Regional In-Language Print Outdoor Punjabi Gujarati To better reach the target audience, Anhad initiated in-language print advertising in publications with readers of Gujarati, Punjabi, Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu, Bangla & Urdu languages. Malayalam Tamil Telugu Bangla Urdu
12. -Brand Alliance The strategic brand alliance with Amitabh Bachchan’s Unforgettable” tour meant Dish Network was at the forefront of the leading Bollywood event of 2008.
13. PR & Channel launch The press conference and dinner cruise in NYC to announce the launch of Star channels on Dish Network became the most-talked about event in the media and in the community. The strategy to host a press conference-cum-dinner on a luxury yacht, across the Manhattan skyline, more than worked as 200 South Asian journalists, media executives and leading community personalities attended in awe.
18. Zee Sports America Marketing An extensive marketing campaign promoting annual subscription packages of live cricketing and other sports action on ZSA. Tactics deployed included strong focus on SEM/SEO, ground outreach in key DMAs, print advertising in trade publications and strategic co-branding with cricket clubs across the country.
19. Marketing, PR & Publicity Fully-integrated nationwide marketing, publicity and PR campaign to promote IFC’s “Bollywood Hero,” a three-part mini-series on Bollywood, starring Chris Kattan, Neha Dhupia & Pooja Kumar. The month-long marketing campaign involved targeting key DMAs with traditional print & TV; online, mobile billboards, out-of-home, in-theater and ground outreach. Kicked off simultaneously was an extensive PR and publicity campaign leading up to the red carpet and launch party in NYC.
20. Strategic Ad Placement & Positioning Desi Talk, NY, Back Page Hi India, Chicago, Front Page Strip Voice of Asia, Houston, Cover Half Page India West, California, Back Page
23. -Flash Mob, Red Carpet Bollywood struck hard in the heart of NY City to create a viral campaign that spread like wild fire in the webspehere.
24. Bollywood Hero 360 degree campaign still commands top recall. We executed Mobile Billboards in High Traffic South Asian neighborhoods and markets across the US to take the campaign to the doorstep of potential South Asian viewers.
26. Partnerships, Event Creation and Management Conceptualized, created and managed press conference and meet & greet events with Anil Kapoor in New York City and Hollywood to promote his home production, “Shortkut.”
29. How We Do It: Creating unique touch points for our clients Smashits Player wrap around for Luck Unique touch point to optimize onbrand interaction with the user by branding the player of smashits.com with Luck. -Interactive
30. London Dreams 'Live' Video Press ConferenceIn a movie marketing first for Bollywood, Anhad conceptualized, created and managed a “Live” video press conference between New York and Mumbai to promote London Dreams, enabling South Asian journalists to engage in an hour-long interaction with Salman Khan, Asin and director Vipul Shah. The live feed of the two-way video press conference was streamed online on Studio 18's website, receiving unprecedented hits globally. South Asian radio stations in New Jersey, California, Toronto and Vancouver aired the video conference live for their listeners.
31. Marketing, PR, Partnerships and Events Marketing, PR and publicity for the worldwide premier of Indian Film Company’s Road, Movie in Toronto, Canada including a Press Conference in Toronto, Afterparty and Red Carpet Management.
36. Marketing, PR, Partnerships and Events Conceptualized, created and managed a press conference and meet & greet event with Sonu Nigam in in New York City, promoting his exclusive line of merchandise through Cinsay.
37. Press conference, Washington DC; PR & Publicity Planned, coordinated and managed a press conference in Washington, DC to announce and promote the US tour and meditation workshops of Art of Living founder, Sri Sri Ravishankar. In a first of sorts, Anhad facilitated and coordinated the travel of about 20 New York-based South Asian journalists to attend the press conference at the Art of Living US headquarters in Washington, DC. The press conference was preceded and followed by extensive online and print campaign, PR and ground outreach.
40. Client References Marketing, Events and PR Behram Shahparast-Region Head, Studio18 India- behram@studio18india.com Tarun Keshetrapal-SVP, Saavn- tarun@saavn.com Nick Rajsakha-CEO, Music is Nirvana- ceo@musicisinrvana.com, nick@eegtalent.com Sanjay Chitale- Former COO, Sahara One Media & Ent. Ltd., sanjay@savantinc.com Production Anirudh Bhattacharya/ Indira Kannan-CNN IBN, NY Bureau Indira.kannan@network18online.com, anirudh.b@network18online.com Natasha Israni-Times Now, NY Bureau natasha_israni@hotmail.com
41. We The People Founder/ President, Sulekh Sulekh founded Anhad after working for over 8 years with Indian broadcast media across India, US and the UK. In his last assignment as Director of International Programming, he managed marketing and programming for a group of Indian television networks across US, Canada, UK and Europe. He brings with him hands on experience of Indian broadcast and online networks and is uniquely positioned to address convergence of the media and the new marketing challenegs within the broadcast and online space. Managing Partner, Niraj Trivedi A career journalist, Niraj has been in the print media for over 12 years, having worked with Reuters and Indo-Asian News Service in India. He moved to New York in 1996 and has since worked as a senior editor with leading Indian American weeklies, India Abroad and India Tribune. He has extensively covered the Indian American community and businesses for over a decade and brings unmatched insight, skills and network to the company. He manages print, publishing, pr, communications, research and client relationships.
