Effie AwardsAdvertising awards  founded in 1968 by New York American Marketing Association(NYAMA)Effie – the word Effectiveness, a desirable trait in advertisementMission: To recognize, educate and encourage effectiveness among the marketing communications industryEffie Worldwide Inc. – July,2008
Category : Consumer ProductsA : Cosmetics and ToiletriesGillette Mach3 – W.A.L.S (Women Against Lazy Stubble)Agency : BBDO India Pvt. Ltd.Client : Gillette India LimitedGold
ObjectiveIncrease trials of Gillette Mach3 razors by dropping the price of the Mach3 razor(Rs.199 to Rs 125) so as to encourage men to sport the clean shaven look more often.
Campaign – Three stages1) Launch of W.A.L.S. via a press conference with the support of the celebrity actresses – first in Mumbai (NW India) and then Chennai (SE India).2) A follow-up campaign via featurestories in broadcast, print media, online shaving contests, activation booths inleading malls and on Facebook.3) A mass Shaveathon
AnalysisIncreasing influence of women in Indian culturePitching women’s desires against those of stubbly boyfriends and husbandsChanged the perception that stubble looks cool and desirable to womenConnection of low involvement category (Gillette Mach3) with target audience
ResultNational conversation about shaving
Sales increased from 7.7 million Mach3 packs in November 2009 to 18.4 million packs in December 2009 , quarter sales target achieved in just 15 days of the campaign.• ROI recorded as 22 times the marketing spend
Market share went up by 400%
Women shaved over 10,000 men in public across malls in India.
Mass shaving event got 1868 men to shave at one go! Creating a new Guinness Book Of Records and featuring in Ripley's Believe it or Not.
Over $ 2.5 Million worth of free media coverage, which is the highest for P&G India across all categories.
Won a Silver Lion at the Cannes Advertising Festival 2010.Category : Consumer ProductsA : Beverages/Drink, Confectionary and FoodSlice Mango – Slice AamsutraAgency : JWTClient : Pepsico IndiaSilver
ObjectiveStrengthen ‘mango’ ownership of company over that of the previous yearOverthrow Frooti, to become No.2 mango drinks brandGrow volumes by 20%
AnalysisAamsutra (pleasure of mangoes) taken from Kamsutra (pleasure of sex)
ResultBecame no.2 mango drinks brand, overthrowing Frooti.
Volumes went up by +32% - July’10 (Source : Advertiser Data)
Appeal for Slice increased by 18 points in May’10, matching the gain of market leader Maaza (Source : Millward Brown)
Significant improvement in brand KPIs in July’10 compared to July’09
Created disruptive excitement in the category and celebrated mango indulgenceCategory : Consumer ProductsC: OTHERSTanishq – Jewellery that makes you want  to marryAgency : Lowe LintasClient : Titan Industries Ltd.Gold
ObjectiveTo make a serious offering in the wedding    market by appealing more to the parents of the prospective bride and hence grow over by 30% in sales in the course of the entire wedding period To grow by 30% on Akshya Tritiya Day, the most auspicious day for jewellery purchase
AnalysisPerceived as a brand for modern jewellery, not preferred during traditional occasions Wedding jewellery is usually bought by the eldersThe jewellery market in India - Rs. 100000 cr      The wedding jewellery market - Rs. 40000 crLeveraged on the idea that a modern girl is not in a hurry to get married The sentiment of a woman to look the most beautiful on her wedding day
Result57% increase in sales on Akshaya Tritiya, the single largest gold purchase day in India over the previous year’s sales36% growth in the wedding season of April – June over the previous year’s wedding season sales, without factoring in new shop openings and gold price inflation25% increase in “preferred wedding jewellery” association with the brand
CATEGORY : CONSUMER DURABLESA: AUTOMOBILES AND AUTO PARTS, TWO WHEELERS AND AUTO RELATEDPulsar MTV Stunt ManiaAgency: Ogilvy & Mather Pvt. Ltd.Client: Bajaj Auto Ltd.GOLD
Objective	Reclaim losing leadership and grow volumes by at least 50%.
CampaignPulsar MTV Stunt Mania – India’s First and Biggest Reality Show.India’s most popular youth channel MTV hosted the showMTV signed on most respected and revered stunt Guru: Allan Amin to host the show along with VJ Deepti Gujaral.
AnalysisPulsar’s DNA was pure performance.Behavior change for the entire mass of young bikers.  Unlocked the true potential of Reality TV     E.g. Hero Honda sponsored Roadies vs Bajaj sponsored MTV Stunt Mania
Sales doubled to 106%(26,675 to 52,022).Market share in the performance segment grew by an impressive 43% (32% to 46% ).Pulsar MTV Stunt Mania became Young India’s favorite reality showBrand got TV visibility worth Rs. 535 crores against the investment of 4.2 crores.Result
Category : Consumer Durables-OthersA : Mobile Handsets & ServicesNokia– “MAIN BHI COACH”. One team. A Billion Coaches.Agency : JWTClient : NOKIA INDIASilver
ObjectiveTo create strong impression on the cricket platform by keeping the consumers engaged with the brand during IPL.Opening an interactive channel between Nokia, KKR and its fans across the countryPull in the not so avid cricket fans
CampaignInvitation to become the coach by SRK himselfSpreading the message everyday!Engaging ChangeExclusive news & videos of the team
Multiple forum discussions
Strong support platform
Seeded in conversations online in communitiesAnalysisThe key twist in the program design: Different Strokes for Different CoachesThe creative expression “Main bhi Coach” truly epitomized the “Couch Coach” aspiration of every Indian
ResultTNS + DOMOR survey: more people thought of Nokia before Pepsi or Airtel during the IPLNokia + KKR enjoyed the highest figures for recollection of brand associationNokia achieved 30% unaided recall making it the second most recalled brand in the IPL!A phenomenal 3.4 million responses were from unique consumers – i.e. 38%!
ResultOnline engagement was a successOver a million hits on the website in over a monthAn average of 7.42 page views per visitAn average of 4 mins spent by each surferIt became the talk of the virtual world15,000 conversations were triggered12,617 page views fenerateOver 7,000 fans all over social media sited
Grand Effie : DRAFTFCB Ulka Advertising Pvt. Ltd.Ad Campaign : Tata Docomo – Dare to – Do the NewEffie Client of the Year : TATA Teleservices Ltd.     2 Golds and 1 BronzeTata DoCoMo – Dare  To - Do The New
Objective Garner 10% of the new additions(9 million subscribers) in the 1st year
 Introduce a whole new proposition in the category
 Shake up the category and create new paradigms for evaluationCampaignBrought the logo to life-changing colors, tweaking the logo and the brand tune
 Advertisements featuring unknowns
 Station Docomo
‘Do the New’ rounds on TV
‘Do the New’ twists on Cricket
‘Create’ site for consumers“ Do more every second. Life is all about making every second count “ 
Analysis“Why pay per minute when you can pay per second” - the problem was not of the bill or the tariff but the feeling of being cheatedThe media evolved an approach which was completely ‘Un-Telecom’ likeInnovative  and low cost strategies
Got 30 million subscribers as on 31st March 2010Within 6 months, became the no.1 brand in terms of net additions for the period June 2009 to July 2010In less than a year, became the no.3 brand on various mindshare and image parameters‘Do The New’ Community enrolled 1Mn fans onlineTTSL forced the other brands to relook at their Pricing Strategy, Pay per second became the new pricing normsResult
Category : ServicesB: FINANCIAL SERVICES, INCLUDING BANKING & INSURANCEAviva – The Great Wall of EducationAgency : BBDO India Pvt. Ltd.Client : Aviva Life Insurance Company India Ltd.Bronze
ObjectiveTo increase the Total Awareness score of the brand from 76% to 90% in an over-competitive but low interest category, i.e. InsuranceTo achieve Top Of Mind Awareness levels at par with those of older giants like ICICI Prudential and HDFC Standard Life
Campaign – “The Great Wall of Education”The powerful emotion of guilt at ignoring hundreds of street children gave birth to this campaignIndia’s largest wall of books - donated by citizens  for underprivileged children5 day activity for the week of Nov 11 capitalizing on two red letter daysInvite-Engage-Amplify strategy using national press, radio, Facebook to create a buzzThe honorable Education Minister of India, Mr. Arvinder Singh and the honorable Union Minister of HRD, Mr. KapilSibal came to donate books
AnalysisInsurance is a negative word for most of the peopleLarge, well known players are the choice of the few who seek insuranceThe category is severely commoditized, product offerings of all brands are at parity, adding to consumer confusionAviva, a small new entrant aligned itself with pressing issue of children’s educationDifferentiation - “Education is Insurance” campaign moved the focus away from selling policies to guaranteeing education
Result19% increase in Total Awareness score to 95%,  at par with market leadersTop of Mind Awareness score up from 2% to 5%, at par with ICICI Prudential and higher than HDFC Standard LifeRanked 2nd in Top of Mind Awareness among TG of young parents in metrosMore that 1,23,000 books were collected and an entry was made in the Limca Book of Records
ResultBooks donated to 1,70,000 street children across the countryKey influencers in government generated free PR worth Rs. 1,47,00,000Mobilized thousands of citizens around a burning issue and created conversations around the brandWon a Gold at Spikes Asia 2010
Category : ServiceC: Others3 Idiots – The Complete Idiot's Guide to Movie PromotionsAgency : Mudra GroupClient : Reliance Big PicturesGold
CampaignEach promo of the movie attended by three people associated with the movie.
Music launch of the movie broadcasted on idiotsacademy.com
Merchandising– Collaboration of Future Group's Pantaloons India to launch the 3 Idiots apparel and accessories collection
Reliance Life Insurance tied up to use the thought 'All is well’.

Effie winners final

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    Effie AwardsAdvertising awards founded in 1968 by New York American Marketing Association(NYAMA)Effie – the word Effectiveness, a desirable trait in advertisementMission: To recognize, educate and encourage effectiveness among the marketing communications industryEffie Worldwide Inc. – July,2008
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    Category : ConsumerProductsA : Cosmetics and ToiletriesGillette Mach3 – W.A.L.S (Women Against Lazy Stubble)Agency : BBDO India Pvt. Ltd.Client : Gillette India LimitedGold
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    ObjectiveIncrease trials ofGillette Mach3 razors by dropping the price of the Mach3 razor(Rs.199 to Rs 125) so as to encourage men to sport the clean shaven look more often.
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    Campaign – Threestages1) Launch of W.A.L.S. via a press conference with the support of the celebrity actresses – first in Mumbai (NW India) and then Chennai (SE India).2) A follow-up campaign via featurestories in broadcast, print media, online shaving contests, activation booths inleading malls and on Facebook.3) A mass Shaveathon
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    AnalysisIncreasing influence ofwomen in Indian culturePitching women’s desires against those of stubbly boyfriends and husbandsChanged the perception that stubble looks cool and desirable to womenConnection of low involvement category (Gillette Mach3) with target audience
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    Sales increased from7.7 million Mach3 packs in November 2009 to 18.4 million packs in December 2009 , quarter sales target achieved in just 15 days of the campaign.• ROI recorded as 22 times the marketing spend
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    Women shaved over10,000 men in public across malls in India.
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    Mass shaving eventgot 1868 men to shave at one go! Creating a new Guinness Book Of Records and featuring in Ripley's Believe it or Not.
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    Over $ 2.5Million worth of free media coverage, which is the highest for P&G India across all categories.
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    Won a SilverLion at the Cannes Advertising Festival 2010.Category : Consumer ProductsA : Beverages/Drink, Confectionary and FoodSlice Mango – Slice AamsutraAgency : JWTClient : Pepsico IndiaSilver
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    ObjectiveStrengthen ‘mango’ ownershipof company over that of the previous yearOverthrow Frooti, to become No.2 mango drinks brandGrow volumes by 20%
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    AnalysisAamsutra (pleasure ofmangoes) taken from Kamsutra (pleasure of sex)
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    ResultBecame no.2 mangodrinks brand, overthrowing Frooti.
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    Volumes went upby +32% - July’10 (Source : Advertiser Data)
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    Appeal for Sliceincreased by 18 points in May’10, matching the gain of market leader Maaza (Source : Millward Brown)
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    Significant improvement inbrand KPIs in July’10 compared to July’09
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    Created disruptive excitementin the category and celebrated mango indulgenceCategory : Consumer ProductsC: OTHERSTanishq – Jewellery that makes you want to marryAgency : Lowe LintasClient : Titan Industries Ltd.Gold
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    ObjectiveTo make aserious offering in the wedding market by appealing more to the parents of the prospective bride and hence grow over by 30% in sales in the course of the entire wedding period To grow by 30% on Akshya Tritiya Day, the most auspicious day for jewellery purchase
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    AnalysisPerceived as abrand for modern jewellery, not preferred during traditional occasions Wedding jewellery is usually bought by the eldersThe jewellery market in India - Rs. 100000 cr The wedding jewellery market - Rs. 40000 crLeveraged on the idea that a modern girl is not in a hurry to get married The sentiment of a woman to look the most beautiful on her wedding day
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    Result57% increase insales on Akshaya Tritiya, the single largest gold purchase day in India over the previous year’s sales36% growth in the wedding season of April – June over the previous year’s wedding season sales, without factoring in new shop openings and gold price inflation25% increase in “preferred wedding jewellery” association with the brand
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    CATEGORY : CONSUMERDURABLESA: AUTOMOBILES AND AUTO PARTS, TWO WHEELERS AND AUTO RELATEDPulsar MTV Stunt ManiaAgency: Ogilvy & Mather Pvt. Ltd.Client: Bajaj Auto Ltd.GOLD
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    Objective Reclaim losing leadershipand grow volumes by at least 50%.
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    CampaignPulsar MTV StuntMania – India’s First and Biggest Reality Show.India’s most popular youth channel MTV hosted the showMTV signed on most respected and revered stunt Guru: Allan Amin to host the show along with VJ Deepti Gujaral.
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    AnalysisPulsar’s DNA waspure performance.Behavior change for the entire mass of young bikers. Unlocked the true potential of Reality TV E.g. Hero Honda sponsored Roadies vs Bajaj sponsored MTV Stunt Mania
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    Sales doubled to106%(26,675 to 52,022).Market share in the performance segment grew by an impressive 43% (32% to 46% ).Pulsar MTV Stunt Mania became Young India’s favorite reality showBrand got TV visibility worth Rs. 535 crores against the investment of 4.2 crores.Result
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    Category : ConsumerDurables-OthersA : Mobile Handsets & ServicesNokia– “MAIN BHI COACH”. One team. A Billion Coaches.Agency : JWTClient : NOKIA INDIASilver
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    ObjectiveTo create strongimpression on the cricket platform by keeping the consumers engaged with the brand during IPL.Opening an interactive channel between Nokia, KKR and its fans across the countryPull in the not so avid cricket fans
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    CampaignInvitation to becomethe coach by SRK himselfSpreading the message everyday!Engaging ChangeExclusive news & videos of the team
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    Seeded in conversationsonline in communitiesAnalysisThe key twist in the program design: Different Strokes for Different CoachesThe creative expression “Main bhi Coach” truly epitomized the “Couch Coach” aspiration of every Indian
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    ResultTNS + DOMORsurvey: more people thought of Nokia before Pepsi or Airtel during the IPLNokia + KKR enjoyed the highest figures for recollection of brand associationNokia achieved 30% unaided recall making it the second most recalled brand in the IPL!A phenomenal 3.4 million responses were from unique consumers – i.e. 38%!
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    ResultOnline engagement wasa successOver a million hits on the website in over a monthAn average of 7.42 page views per visitAn average of 4 mins spent by each surferIt became the talk of the virtual world15,000 conversations were triggered12,617 page views fenerateOver 7,000 fans all over social media sited
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    Grand Effie :DRAFTFCB Ulka Advertising Pvt. Ltd.Ad Campaign : Tata Docomo – Dare to – Do the NewEffie Client of the Year : TATA Teleservices Ltd. 2 Golds and 1 BronzeTata DoCoMo – Dare To - Do The New
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    Objective Garner 10%of the new additions(9 million subscribers) in the 1st year
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    Introduce awhole new proposition in the category
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    Shake upthe category and create new paradigms for evaluationCampaignBrought the logo to life-changing colors, tweaking the logo and the brand tune
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    ‘Do the New’rounds on TV
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    ‘Do the New’twists on Cricket
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    ‘Create’ site forconsumers“ Do more every second. Life is all about making every second count “ 
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    Analysis“Why pay perminute when you can pay per second” - the problem was not of the bill or the tariff but the feeling of being cheatedThe media evolved an approach which was completely ‘Un-Telecom’ likeInnovative and low cost strategies
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    Got 30 millionsubscribers as on 31st March 2010Within 6 months, became the no.1 brand in terms of net additions for the period June 2009 to July 2010In less than a year, became the no.3 brand on various mindshare and image parameters‘Do The New’ Community enrolled 1Mn fans onlineTTSL forced the other brands to relook at their Pricing Strategy, Pay per second became the new pricing normsResult
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    Category : ServicesB:FINANCIAL SERVICES, INCLUDING BANKING & INSURANCEAviva – The Great Wall of EducationAgency : BBDO India Pvt. Ltd.Client : Aviva Life Insurance Company India Ltd.Bronze
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    ObjectiveTo increase theTotal Awareness score of the brand from 76% to 90% in an over-competitive but low interest category, i.e. InsuranceTo achieve Top Of Mind Awareness levels at par with those of older giants like ICICI Prudential and HDFC Standard Life
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    Campaign – “TheGreat Wall of Education”The powerful emotion of guilt at ignoring hundreds of street children gave birth to this campaignIndia’s largest wall of books - donated by citizens for underprivileged children5 day activity for the week of Nov 11 capitalizing on two red letter daysInvite-Engage-Amplify strategy using national press, radio, Facebook to create a buzzThe honorable Education Minister of India, Mr. Arvinder Singh and the honorable Union Minister of HRD, Mr. KapilSibal came to donate books
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    AnalysisInsurance is anegative word for most of the peopleLarge, well known players are the choice of the few who seek insuranceThe category is severely commoditized, product offerings of all brands are at parity, adding to consumer confusionAviva, a small new entrant aligned itself with pressing issue of children’s educationDifferentiation - “Education is Insurance” campaign moved the focus away from selling policies to guaranteeing education
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    Result19% increase inTotal Awareness score to 95%, at par with market leadersTop of Mind Awareness score up from 2% to 5%, at par with ICICI Prudential and higher than HDFC Standard LifeRanked 2nd in Top of Mind Awareness among TG of young parents in metrosMore that 1,23,000 books were collected and an entry was made in the Limca Book of Records
  • 53.
    ResultBooks donated to1,70,000 street children across the countryKey influencers in government generated free PR worth Rs. 1,47,00,000Mobilized thousands of citizens around a burning issue and created conversations around the brandWon a Gold at Spikes Asia 2010
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    Category : ServiceC:Others3 Idiots – The Complete Idiot's Guide to Movie PromotionsAgency : Mudra GroupClient : Reliance Big PicturesGold
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    CampaignEach promo ofthe movie attended by three people associated with the movie.
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    Music launch ofthe movie broadcasted on idiotsacademy.com
  • 57.
    Merchandising– Collaboration ofFuture Group's Pantaloons India to launch the 3 Idiots apparel and accessories collection
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    Reliance Life Insurancetied up to use the thought 'All is well’.