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Digital Marketing Campaigns in Partnership with Celebrities INTRODUCTION Among a million brands and their products and solutions, we make you stand out with our unique ideas. Present the best version of your brand to the outside world and Express yourself in taglines or creative videos. Be sold without actually selling! Because your business deserves nothing but the best. From Celebrity Endorsements to the TV Commercials we have got your covered Our team of marketers, designers, strategists, event managers, ad writers, content creators, and social media managers work with you to provide custom and high-quality work. We have got over 15 years of combined expertise across these fields yet, we begin every day as our first. We are driven by a strong desire to deliver delight to our customers! We are ‘The 8’ 1 Celebrity Management From working with celebrities to promote a brand to working with them during events, The 8 does it all. Our services include pitching the right celebrity for the brand tonality, positioning them based on the market and managing their presence during events. We also offer digital marketing campaigns in partnership with celebrities. WE HAVE WORKED WITH... Ice House to White House – Sivakarthikeyan, Siddharth , Nayanthara -The Hindu World Maalavika Sundar and Syed Kaushik and Priyanka Satirical Comedy Show with Chinmayi , Haricharan , Vignesh of Women Awards 2018 Subahan Live-in Concert for Live-in Concert for RJ Balaji 2017 Shivn for Ice House to White House Skywalk Fest 2018 Skywalk Fest 2018 2017 2018 Pooja and Koushik Live-in Chinmayi and Vijay Yesudas Deepak Live-in Andrea Live-in For Concert for Skywalk Fest Live-in Concert for Skywalk Concert for Skywalk Fest Skywalk Fest 2019 2018 Fest 2018 2018 2018 WE HAVE WORKED WITH... Chef Damu - Brand Trisha -The Hindu World Priya Bhavani Shankar - Vani Bhojan - Ramya Pandian - Sathyaprakash- Ambassador of Vidiem of Women 2019 Colgate VedShakti 2020 Colgate VedShakti 2020 Colgate VedShakti 2020 Abirami Awards 2020 Appliances 2019 2019 2020 Abhijit Nair and AD The Aishwarya Dutta- Abirami Saakshi Agarwal - Yaashika Anand- Anthony Daasan- Abirami Band- Abirami Awards Awards 2020 Abirami Awards 2020 Abirami Awards 2020 Awards 2020 2020 2020 2 An idea is sold on marketing. True to this, our team of experienced marketers enable the best MARKETING positioning of your brand both digitally and through Promotional concepts traditional channels. We offer end-to-end services and ideas in ideating content, designing and running a campaign online and offline. Our strategies also include integrated online and offline marketing. MARKETING 1 2 3 A 50 Video Series for RKG’s Marketing for Isle of Skin a Korean Skin Care Brand Abirami Awards 2020-Event YT Channel was Produced to Curated and Executed in Engage customers in TN association with Colors 3 DIGITAL MARKETING From establishing a brand online to maintaining a brand presence through digital marketing, Google adverts, SEO and SEM, The 8 offers end to end to solution. Our team of content writers, account managers, and designers conceptualize quality visual and textual content and run targeted campaigns to generate leads. DIGITAL MARKETING 1 2 3 4 Admission Campaign Ticket Sales for Ice Lead Generation For Hiranandani Up Hour to White House – SEO for Lilsoft a Bangkok Campaign for Trichy Scale and LokoPoko A Satarical Comedy based Clothing Brand Public School Play School Show SOCIAL 4 MEDIA MARKETING In the digital era, audience consume advertisements And content5.38" on the5.38" go, via social platforms. From budding brands to established businesses, social media marketing helps firms talk to the right audience. OUR SERVICES INCLUDE Facebook LinkedIn Posts, videos, carousel We build thought leadership advertisements content and build an employer Targeted demography wise branding through our content. Twitter Maintaining a brand presence and posting business relevant content Influencer marketing We work with people influencers in every field to market and spread awareness on every brand. We work Pinterest with them on multiple channels to ensure maximum reach at minimum Work on engaging visual costs. content and IG stories to leverage potential of IG audience. SOCIAL MEDIA MARKETING Influencer Campaign involving trade analysts For Abirami Awards in Twitter Handling the Social Media Accounts of 2 Kalaabam – A clothing brand and Isle of Skin – A Korean Skincare Portal Handling the YouTube Channel for RKG –Ghee Stories Sakthi Audio 5 PRODUCTION Videos convey thoughts most effectively. From scripting, shooting and editing advertisements to creating animated video content, we offer all services. We also specialize in Corporate videos. Conceptualization Design Production Shooting Execution PRODUCTION Abirami Papers Market TVC Abirami papers House TVC Abirami Awards Performing ArtistAnimation Attapetta Stop Motion Promo Video Organa Animation Concept 1 Organa Animation 6 DESIGN The 8 specializes in creating all kinds of visual designs. Our expertise includes print (brochures, flyers, posters, standees) and digital designs (mailers, online ads) logos and animated GIFs. DESIGN SOCIAL PRINT DIGITAL MEDIA BANNERS DESIGN Client: Isle Of Skin Client: RKG Client: Kalaabam PUBLIC RELATIONS (PR) 7 Building and Maintaining a strong public image is quintessential for businesses and celebrities alike. The 8 offers print and digital medium PR management. Our expertise expands to campaigns, ideation and execution of event specific, product or solution specific launch campaigns and television commercial marketing. We liaise with leading media houses and ensure maximum coverage for the event in discussion. Our team of experts also work on the tonality and achieve the targeted reach. PUBLIC RELATIONS 8 CONTENT CREATION One of the core competencies of our team includes the ability to create strong content. From print to digital content, we create them all. Our services include advertisement copies, content strategizing, blogs, white papers, technical writing, social media content and corporate reports. .
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