deepakchowdhary

I have spent decent enough time in marketing to realise the positives and negatives of moving to Marketing and with that moving to Mumbai. It has been some good 6 months in marketing. Moving to marketing meant I would be having 5 days a week and no late night monthend sittings. Yes its true that I dont have to sit till 2 am in the morning to do sales targets but on the other hand I see that the time I spend in office is much more engrossing and tiring than in sales. Here in marketing I have to punch in before 10am else I loose my half days salary. This is adhered to by one and all in the hierarchy. Tyre punctures and traffic jams are of no good to your rescue. So now I feel that I have become much more organised. Other thing which I have learnt here is multi-tasking. Well yes the much over used term in corporate life has stuck me and I am being forced to do multi tasking here. Handling a range of products for the entire nation forces you to do that. All the while something or the other is happening and you being a single point of contact for sales in marketing doesnt help it.
Got involved in making a commercial ( well being there at sets and screwing your sundays) for Tractor Emulsion. Used BUDGET as a hook and did this Budget Shaadi commercial. Seems to be fine. Also did a lot of consumer driven activities for Royale and other brands.
Another thing which is there in marketing is coordination. Working with agencies and getting work done out of them has never been easy. Your entire schedule gets stuck till some creative brain in agency comes out with something "different" and "unique".
Have travelled almost all parts of the country and air hostesses now recognise me like they would any celebrity. I am sure airlines would be doing their sales targets comfortably. I even see them projecting growths ex-me as a tough challenge.
Staying in Mumbai is a mix feeling again. I miss Delhi badly. Better roads,better eating joints,nice weather and ofcourse best parents...:)
Mumbai also has its advantages like 24 hr water, 24hr electricity but I suddenly realise that these are the basic things which any city should provide to its residents. Drinking and driving in Mumbai is inviting trouble. So this is another thing which I miss...:P
Weekends ( whatever I have got) have been one big movie experience and setting up house and reading. Setting up house is so expensive ( after marriage). You need to buy separate sets of towel for hand wash and separate for bathing. And yes 2 separate sets for guests...uhhh.! Coaster sets, microwave oven,refrigerator,DVD player,Washing machine, Proper Sofa Set, Dinning table....ohh God...life was simpler. But yes you also enjoy when everything is in place...
This is a season time for us ( paint companies) and work is all around. I am travelling to Mumbai-Delhi-Amritsar-Jalandhar-Chandigarh-Mumbai-Calcutta-Ranchi-Jamshedpur-Calcutta-Mumbai...in next 5 days..:(
There are more things in store I would keep all interested and disinterested folks up to date.
Till then go and get your house painted. We are running this initiative called Colourweek from 4rth Oct till 11th Oct