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ZEEL launches media buying & selling online platform for small retail advertisers
MUMBAI: Media & Entertainment powerhouse Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd (ZEEL), has launched zeemitra.com, a first of its kind online platform to democratise advertising on television by going direct to small retail advertisers.
ZEEL’s new initiative will directly connect and enable small retail advertisers to advertise on Zee bouquet of channels through an online platform.
Zee Entertainment Enterprises chief growth officer of advertising revenue Ashish Sehgal says, “Our first organisational value is ‘Customer First’ which stands for the need to anticipate, understand and meet the needs of our customers, ensuring customer delight. We want to partner our advertisers in growing their business and provide customised solutions to help grow their business.”
With a focus on small and medium scale enterprises, Zee Mitra website will enable them to advertise their brand on TV in their relevant markets, independently, at an affordable cost. The intent is to empower them to move beyond print and radio which has been the entry medium for MSMEs. TV advertising has been viewed as a costly and complicated medium. We wish to break that barrier with this initiative.
With its presence across multiple states, this platform will offer the entire bouquet of 52 channels under the Zee umbrella, genres ranging from national and regional GECs, movies, local regional news, lifestyle, English entertainment, English movies, etc. (count of 52 is without Zee Bollywood which will be added post Nov).
It will additionally offer the split beam of it marquee national channels — Zee TV, Zee Cinema & Zee News, for advertising across 15 key markets of India, viz., Mumbai, Rest of Maharashtra, Maharashtra, Delhi NCR, UP, Punjab, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Bihar, Hyderabad, Bangalore, Odisha, West Bengal, North-East, Rajasthan. This will not only create an opportunity for hyper-local advertising at a cost which is much lower than national ad spot but also help expand reach by opening-up the possibility to test market product in newer territories.
The platform has an intelligent algorithm which is based on advertiser’s business objective will suggest the ideal channel mix to reach out to the relevant target audience through an easy to use interface, which not only creates a media plan but also allows to edit and customise their plans as per their needs.
The Zee Mitra platform will also allow advertisers to avail the services of an in-house creative team to devise a television creative in motion graphics at a nominal cost.
In addition to the online platform, this initiative will also be supported by the Zee Mitra feet-on-street sales team, who will approach potential advertisers spread in the relatively smaller corners of India and explain the benefits of advertising on TV. These advertisers will be guided and closely assisted by the Zee Mitra sales team through the entire buying process.
The platform intends to change the landscape of TV media buying in India, bringing more advertisers within its fold, by making it accessible and affordable to all.
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.
