Official Blog of GTM360 Marketing Solutions
Ketharaman Swaminathan 
I purchased a Reliance JioFi Portable 4G Pocket WiFi Router two days ago. Here are my first impressions of the product and the onboarding process. #1. Scrappy, But Formless, Onboarding There is no Jio store. All leading telecom companies in India like Airtel, Idea and Vodafone have a retail presence. But not Jio – at least … Read more
Retail industry analyst RSR Research notes in “The Lasting Effects Of Shoptalk” that the new event in Las Vegas differentiates itself from other events by featuring “Full-out breakfast, lunch and dinner” that were accompanied by “impressive spreads of snacks and beverages throughout the day.” And goes on to remark, “These may seem like trivial things, but for someone … Read more
The unthinkable has happened – the entry barrier of the FORTUNE GLOBAL 500 list has actually come down. Yes, the last company in the latest FORTUNE GLOBAL 500 list (published in Fortune magazine dated 1 August 2016) posted a revenue of US$ 20.923 billion compared to US$ 23.720 billion turned in by its counterpart last year. Expressed … Read more
In Part 1 titled “Fintechs Need Marketers And Lobbyists – Not Lawyers”, we saw why marketers and lobbyists play a vital role in a fintech startup’s success, and how successful startups in fintech and other heavily regulated industries don’t seem to have consulted lawyers while conceptualizing their offerings. In this second part, we’ll examine the … Read more
Like startups in any other industry, fintechs need to find a problem to solve, develop a solution and package it in such a way that it provides customers with a compelling reason to use. SQUARE and PayZapp are two fintechs that have done a great job of this. To know why I say this, check … Read more
In Part-1 of this blog post, I’d described my experience with PayTM’s CEM campaign on Nescafe’s instant coffee bottle. In this part, I’ll describe my experience with the sachet of the same product. If you’re wondering how packing types matter in a CEM campaign, trust me, bottle and sachet pose different challenges and provide different … Read more
Barring a few exceptions like Dollar Shave Club, consumer brands still don’t sell their products directly to people who use them. Instead, they use the traditional multi-tiered distribution channel comprising distributors, wholesalers and retailers. Ergo they don’t know their end consumers. How do brands overcome the “anonymity” challenge, reach out to end consumers and engage … Read more
I have a list of all people who Reply, Like, Retweet my posts on Twitter. It’s called skr-engagers. The list happens to include a few people who I follow e.g. Scott Wessman (@scottew). The way Twitter works, I see tweets by these people on this list and on my timeline. Reading the same tweet twice … Read more
With the rising use of ad-blockers by online readers, the blogosphere is full of advice on how online publishers should move away from advertising and find other ways to monetize their content. Some of the alternatives proposed by the digerati include: Micropayments Subscription Native Ads Harvest PII Remove Obtrusive Ads In this blog post, I’ll examine … Read more
Many people have reacted vehemently against the government’s move to regulate the creation, distribution and usage of Indian maps under the proposed Geospatial Information Regulation bill. Some have even insinuated that the move is a veiled threat to police Google Maps and amounts to “throwing out the baby with the bathwater”. I don’t know whether … Read more