Though Mumbai’s official twin sister city is Stuttgart in Germany , but for people of our country, Mumbai , for long, has had the aspirational qualities of New York. Everyone wants to work here and be a part of the exciting and maddening chaos.

The latest in fashion (can’t deny the fact the Bollywood has had its influence), business, industry, etc. make it the trendsetter for the rest of the metros.

Especially for advertising, trends spread like wild fire. Since it’s becoming more and more tough to catch the attention of the masses, ad agencies have to come up with the most unique and path breaking ideas to put forward products and services.

In any big city, most of the time people spend is in travelling, whether its trains, buses, cars, two wheelers, etc. Hence, outdoor advertising is the definite way to grab maximum attention.

Advertising landscape today
Outdoor advertising trends fast catching up in other parts of the world include billboards, street furniture, transit advertising and alternative media. Media Solution Agencies in Mumbai may want to emulate the west but due to the nature of audience and restrictions end up holding back on their creativity related to content.

The most common way is advertising in a mall, where you would easily appeal to people from all age groups, gender and spending capacity.

Another most sought after medium are billboards /hoardings. Perfect for getting your message across to a large group of people, fast.

In order to constantly stimulate the minds of your audience in the right way, a hard hitting message shouting out from a life size billboard would be less effective after a period of time. Hence, the need for new and innovative mediums must be recognized.

Where the industry should aim to be?
One of the best cities to experiment with for different advertising experiences would be Mumbai , because of the open minded and interactive culture in the city. Creative advertising agencies in Mumbai could do much better by exploring new mediums like bus benches, graffiti, street advertising , walls capes , Automobile & Building Wraps and interactive out of home advertising.

How many of us have seen the slick interactive ads on YouTube or Facebook and go wow thinking this kind of stuff should come to India!