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Breaking News: New water park in the heart of Mumbai
MUMBAI: With monsoon taking a toll on Mumbai, and everyone talking about how the ‘City of Dreams’ has turned into a water park, Mumbai is now known as Mumbaica.
The city witnessed some major moments, such as trains travelling through water-logged tracks; cars, buses and two-wheelers having a hard time moving; and moreover, us humans almost swi mming through it all.
All of these instances were captured by people around the city and user-generated content was leveraged. Imagica's engagement was mind-boggling. Within a span of hours, we have organically received over 2000 Likes, 500+ shares and 200+ comments on various social platforms.
More than 30,000 views were garnered on social media platforms organically. We received a total engagement of 20% which is higher than the industry standards of 6%. The reach across all platforms was more than 60,000.
The response from Mumbaikars’ wa s overwhelming. Thousands of conversations were kick-started and amplification was followed. People tweeting headlines such as, ‘Mumbaica water park reopens today’, ‘Welcome to Mumbaica – Free entry for all’ and meme’s comparing flooded streets to other water parks, the trail just didn’t stop.
“By its very nature, Moment marketing has a great potential to get attention and connect with an audience. The payoff can be huge because there are millions of eyes on such trending events, thus enabling the chances of content virality. ” said, Anisha Kotian, Group Account Manager, 1702 Digital.
The impact was twofold: It not only gave rise to a chain of WhatsApp jokes and tweets, but it also served as a platform for people to share images of areas that were in utter turmoil.
The campaign brought to limelight the precarious condition and the woefully inadequate infrastructure of the city in the monsoons using light brand humor.
Brands
Faber-Castell India appoints Sunaina Haldar as director – marketing
With stints at Tata, SleepyCat and ADF Foods under her belt, Haldar is primed to redraw Faber-Castell’s brand story
MUMBAI: Faber-Castell India has poached Sunaina Haldar from ADF Foods, appointing her director – marketing as the German stationery brand looks to muscle up in a category that is rapidly reinventing itself around creativity and self-expression.
Haldar hit the ground running. “My first couple of weeks have been incredibly energising, understanding consumers, visiting markets, engaging with retailers and immersing myself into the world of Faber-Castell Group,” she said.
She arrives with considerable firepower. At ADF Foods, Haldar ran marketing across India and international markets for a portfolio spanning Ashoka, Aeroplane, Camel and ADF Soul. Before that, she was vice-president – marketing at direct-to-consumer mattress brand SleepyCat, where she helmed brand, content and performance marketing. Her résumé also includes a stint leading marketing, new product development and CRM for Tata SmartFoodz at Tata Consumer Products, no small proving ground.
Between corporate roles, Haldar also operated as a fractional CMO for early-stage startups, building marketing strategy and operational structures from scratch, a signal that she knows how to move fast with limited resources.
With 18 years straddling FMCG, D2C and the startup world, Haldar now takes the reins at a brand that has long owned the classroom but is clearly hungry for the living room. In a stationery market where the pencil has become a lifestyle statement, Faber-Castell has picked someone who knows exactly how to sell that story.
