Ad Campaigns
Franklin Templeton & 82.5 Communications launch ‘#ChangeTheSoch’ campaign
Mumbai: Studies have shown that financial advice from women is often dismissed or undervalued compared to advice from their male counterparts. This disparity can hinder women’s confidence in their financial decisions and may deter them from pursuing careers in finance.
The ‘#ChangeTheSoch’ campaign by Franklin Templeton is a simple yet powerful idea, that demonstrates the absurdity of how the same financial advice is received differently.
The campaign underlines the problem of women being frequently overlooked as credible sources of financial advice, despite their expertise and qualifications.
Director & head of sales enablement, Juzer Tambawalla: “Our campaign is a conversation starter that aims to create a more inclusive financial ecosystem where everyone’s advice is heard and respected equally. There is an urgent need to challenge the ingrained biases that undermine women’s credibility, especially in the world of finance. #ChangeTheSoch is about recognizing the expertise that’s already there and ensuring it is valued, regardless of the voice delivering it.”
VP and head of marketing Geetanjali Sachwani: “We all have a voice. Some a whisper, some a roar. If you can roar, roar for those who can’t. If you can only whisper, keep trying because every roar was once a whisper. A woman with a voice is a strong woman. But the search to find that voice can be remarkably difficult. And at Franklin Templeton, we have used ‘voice’ to bring a change in soch. Through this campaign, we are trying to find a voice that calls out that women are equal to men in life and investments.”
82.5 Communications CCO Anuraag Khandelwal: “It’s always lovely to partner clients who want to create work that not only engages but also challenges deeply ingrained biases and real problems. We created #ChangeTheSoch as an initiative to confront the issue of gender disparity in financial credibility head-on. This campaign highlights the different receptions of identical advice based solely on the gender of the speaker, encouraging viewers to reflect on their own biases. Advertising, when thoughtfully executed, can transcend its commercial purpose and become a catalyst for societal change. Through this campaign, our humble effort is to empower women to assert their rightful place in the financial sector, whether as informed investors or as respected advisors.”
NATIONAL: Amazon Ads has laid out a sharply tech-led vision for the advertising industry in 2026, arguing that artificial intelligence, streaming TV and creator partnerships will combine to turn brand building into a more precise, performance-driven business.
At the heart of the shift, the company says, is the fusion of AI with Amazon’s vast trove of shopping, browsing and streaming signals, allowing advertisers to move beyond blunt reach metrics to campaigns designed around real customer behaviour.
“The future of advertising is not about reaching more people, but the right people with messages that resonate,” said Amazon Ads India head and vice president Girish Prabhu. “By combining AI with deep customer insights, we help brands move from broadcasting campaigns to having meaningful conversations wherever audiences spend their time.”
One of the biggest changes, according to Amazon Ads, will be the collapse of the wall between media planning and creative development. Retail media, powered by first-party data, is increasingly shaping everything from brand discovery to final purchase, pushing marketers to design campaigns around audience insight rather than internal instinct.
AI is also moving from a support tool to a creative engine. Agentic AI, which automates and accelerates production, is expected to make high-quality creative accessible even to small businesses, compressing weeks of work into hours and giving challengers the ability to compete with larger brands on speed and scale.
Behind the scenes, AI-driven analytics will take on a bigger role in campaign optimisation, identifying patterns, spotting opportunities and recommending actions that would previously have required teams of analysts.
Streaming TV is another big battleground. With India’s video streaming audience now above 600 million and connected TV users at 129.2 million in 2025, advertisers are set to treat streaming not just as a branding channel but as a performance engine, measured increasingly by sales, sign-ups and bookings rather than just reach.
Finally, Amazon Ads sees creators and contextual advertising reshaping how brands tell stories. Creators will act less like influencers and more like long-term partners, while scene-aware ads on streaming platforms will allow brands to insert hyper-relevant offers into the flow of what viewers are watching.
Taken together, Amazon Ads argues, these shifts mark a move towards advertising that is both more human and more measurable, where AI handles the complexity, and creativity does the persuading.
