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A full service, leading edge marketing communications specialist. Founded in 1987 by @chiefsanjay with a blue chip reputation for building strong brands.

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Isn’t it a huge blessing to have an amazing team and the most awesome clients? .@chiefsanjay

#advertising #marketing #branding #digitalmarketing #onlinemarketing #strategy #creative #nagpur #raipur #dubai #business #businessstrategy #campaign

[Dr. Sanjay Arora PhD @chiefsanjay]

In 1987, as a 23 year old setting up an ad agency, I struggled to get clients to listen.

In 2026, I struggle to get people to stop scrolling. 😄

40+ years in marketing taught me one thing:

Everything has changed. Except human we are marketing to.

Grateful to Hello Entrepreneurs for featuring my journey.

Still learning. Every day.

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And the only one to be in two rows 🙌🏻

[Dr. Sanjay Arora PhD @chiefsanjay]

Thank you #Bangalore, spotted at T2- Brief Case, goosebumps moment!

[Dr. Sanjay Arora PhD @chiefsanjay]

Bookshops didn't want Penguin's books. Woolworths ordered 63,000.
Penguin never invented a new product.
It removed 3 barriers around an old one:
Price: a great book for the cost of a packet of cigarettes
Recognition: a bird you could spot across a room
Distribution: Woolworths, not bookshops
Don't wait for customers to find you. Go where they already are.
#BrandStrategy @PenguinIndia

[Dr. Sanjay Arora PhD @chiefsanjay]

9 bookstores. 9 hours. 9 different reasons people picked up my book.

Some came looking for it. Some found it on a table. Some bought it because a bookseller pushed it into their hands.

Same book. Three journeys.

That's the whole game in one Delhi afternoon.

Brief Case: 21 Sept.

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@chiefsanjay @thehitavada 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[Dr. Sanjay Arora PhD @chiefsanjay]

15 TEDx talks. Nagpur to Shillong.

Grateful @TheHitavada covered it. Talk #15 is at TEDxIIMShillong, Sept 16.

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@chiefsanjay Wow! Have a great time 🙌🏻

[Dr. Sanjay Arora PhD @chiefsanjay]

One week, four cities, three speaking engagements, a few book signing events and a lot of miles in between.

But the real privilege isn’t the travel. It’s the opportunity to be with people who are willing to think differently, question assumptions and rethink what they know about business and brands.

Shillong → Jaipur → Lucknow → Delhi → home.

Different audiences, different industries, different conversations.

Same mission: make ideas travel further than I do.

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@chiefsanjay What!!! how did you do it?

[Dr. Sanjay Arora PhD @chiefsanjay]

This morning: #782.
This afternoon: No.1 Bestseller in Sales. No.1 in Marketing. No.1 Hot New Release.
Then it sold out.

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@chiefsanjay That’s such an interesting story, trust so deep even a disaster & being off the shelves couldn’t destroy!

[Dr. Sanjay Arora PhD @chiefsanjay]

In 2015 India destroyed 37,000 tonnes of noodles.
And mothers came out on the streets to defend them.
Nobody protests for a product. They were defending their childhood.

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@chiefsanjay @albinder Wow! That’s some story, but then what’s more to this story and what’s gonna happen on 6th September???

[Dr. Sanjay Arora PhD @chiefsanjay]

A mother in Mumbai got angry about coriander.
Four hours later, a company worth thousands of crores had changed its app.
The CEO replied with two words: Will do.

[Dr. Sanjay Arora PhD @chiefsanjay]

A small item in the local newspaper this morning: I’ve been appointed an Independent Director on the Board of MMP Industries Limited.
MMP has been making aluminium powders and foils out of Nagpur since 1973, a business that has grown for five decades without ever needing much noise. I’ve spent my career on the noisy side of business.
So this feels less like what I bring to the boardroom, and more like what fifty years of manufacturing discipline can teach a brand man. Grateful to the Board for the trust.

#MMPIndustries #IndependentDirector #CorporateGovernance #BrandStrategy #Nagpur

[Dr. Sanjay Arora PhD @chiefsanjay]

An Indian Berkeley-Stanford chemist went to prison for loving India.

He came out and built a raincoat empire from a shed in Calcutta.

That brand still protects our fighter pilots & navy commandos today.

Most Indians have worn it. Almost none know this story.

The Duckback saga nobody told you about 👇

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@elonmusk Can someone help please?

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I want to draw the attention of @X @Support @premium I’m the promoter of Shells @chiefsanjay I have had this account since 2009, this premium account was hacked 3 days ago, I have complained online & have been told that I’ll get a response which I haven’t.
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I request you to look into this and please expedite this process. Any of my friends who see this can please RT this and help too. Anyone with any connects with X in India, kindly also help.

@SandeepMall

[Dr. Sanjay Arora PhD @chiefsanjay]

Toyota doesn’t dominate by chasing excitement, it wins by designing for boredom. While others add complexity and features, Toyota obsesses over what breaks and removes it until only reliability remains. Their engineers aren’t trying to impress you on day one, they’re trying to make the car disappear from your worries for decades. That restraint is why Toyotas quietly cross 300,000 miles while others chase innovation headlines. In a world addicted to more, boring has become a competitive advantage.

#Strategy