I’ve written about various topics for mostly online publications. The work I'm proudest of is marketing articles / case studies for The Hard Copy (https://thehardcopy.co/author/deepak/)(design, marketing, branding). I’ve also been published in Arré,(https://www.arre.co.in/author/deepakgopalakrishnan/) Sify,(https://www.sify.com/topics/deepak%20gopalakrishnan) Cricinfo,(https://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/story/author.html?author=376) Firstpost,(https://www.firstpost.com/author/deepak-gopalakrishnan) Sportskeeda, NH7, Business Today,(https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/profile/author/Deepak-Chuck-Gopalakrishnan/) NatGeo India, CNBC, Huffington Post and the back pages of my school notebooks. I’ve written on politics, sports, music (especially Indie music & gig reviews), social commentary, and marketing. And my own Medium.(https://medium.com/@chuck.of.all.trades) Some selected work: • A look at live entertainment during Covid,(https://thehardcopy.co/the-future-of-live-entertainment/) the challenges of teaching design online,(https://thehardcopy.co/will-design-education-move-online/) how designers can monetize skills,(https://thehardcopy.co/how-designers-are-monetising-their-skills/) how Headphone Zone uses their community (https://thehardcopy.co/how-headphone-zones-community-helps-retention/)(The Hard Copy, 2019-2021) • Making live-streamed concerts better (https://medium.com/@chuck.of.all.trades/making-live-streamed-concerts-better-aka-its-time-to-stop-being-apologetic-about-virtual-gigs-bb248fb3977f)(own blog, 2020) • The uselessness of most social media marketing - with comic! (https://medium.com/the-innovation/lets-talk-about-organic-reach-b7cb8a6a8c39)(own blog, 2020) • Can India run its cities without migrant workers? (https://www.arre.co.in/pov/can-india-run-its-cities-without-migrant-workers/)(Arré, 2020) • Survivor’s guilt for the Indian “Middle Class (https://www.arre.co.in/social-commentary/post-the-lockdown-the-indian-middle-class-should-prepare-for-survivors-guilt-and-thats-not-a-bad-thing/)(Arré, 2020) • The potentially gloomy 2020s,(https://www.arre.co.in/social-commentary/gloomy-20s-australia-bushfire-caa-nrc-brexit/) written before the virus was a thing! (Arré, 2020) • ‘Protest’ was my 2019 word of the year (https://www.arre.co.in/social-commentary/caa-protests-nrc-hong-kong-greta-thunberg-trump-aarey-forests/) (Arré, 2020) • Why single-use plastic can’t be banned overnight (https://www.arre.co.in/earth/why-you-cant-ban-single-use-plastic-overnight/)(Arré, 2019) • Why permanent WFH could benefit India massively (https://www.sify.com/news/covid19-work-from-home-could-benefit-india-massively-news-columns-udyd93bciahdj.html)(Sify, 2020) • A hope that the virus would end our fascination with ‘bullshit jobs’ (https://www.sify.com/news/i-hope-the-coronavirus-ends-our-fascination-with-bullshit-jobs-news-columns-ud4f5tbaefhfi.html)(Sify, 2020) • A still-relevant 2016 piece on digital marketing content (https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/catalyst/is-your-content-thumbstopping-enough/article9031854.ece)(Business Today, 2016) • A review of Dream Theater’s Singapore gig (https://www.redbull.com/in-en/stream-of-consciousness-dream-theater-live)(Red Bull India, 2017) • When #10YearChallenge was happening, I looked at how it changed for global tech,(https://www.firstpost.com/world/10yearchallenge-a-look-back-at-2009-when-facebook-was-innocent-and-donald-trump-joined-twitter-5948671.html) and Indian tech (https://www.firstpost.com/india/10yearchallenge-recapping-indias-2009-when-ipl-grew-into-a-carnival-flipkart-was-sole-e-commerce-player-5948691.html)(Firstpost, 2019) • My personal favourite political cartoon,(http://blogs.reuters.com/india/2014/09/26/sketchy-details-5/) on the Maharashtra Elections of 2016 (Reuters, 2016)

Need content for your company’s site / app / brochure? I can help with fresh content, rework, or for a new section. And yes, I’ll keep it SEO-friendly. I get deeply involved in the process, doing category research, bringing in diverse references, and probably asking a crazy amount of questions. I’ve worked for various clients, across categories: investment management, health foods, education software, logistics, business process outsourcing, entertainment & music, furniture, AI-SaaS, energy-renewables, sports, and of course, this website you’re on. For some of these, I’ve developed a pitch deck and a few other pieces of marketing collateral as well. While at my last job, with ticketing company Insider, I was responsible for content - for events, blogs, and SEO, overall. I’m proud of helping the company rank well for relatively new ventures such as sports, new year parties, and travel - significantly improving organic traffic. Links on request, over mail.

I used to do a lot of cartoons & comics. I don’t do much of this anymore, but heck, this is a portfolio site. I’ve been published in Cricinfo, Sify, Sportskeeda, MTV India, CNBC, Huffington Post, Reuters.(http://blogs.reuters.com/india/tag/sketchy-details/) I am proudest of my work for MBA prep website Pagalguy, especially a series on post-MBA careers. This has been archived here.(https://pagalguycomics.wordpress.com/)