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About Sangeetha

Sangeetha S Abishek

Digital Marketing Consultant, Marketing Educator & Founder of SODME

Sangeetha has worked in marketing since 2007 across banking, academics, consulting, digital strategy and agency leadership.

Today, she works with business owners and marketing teams to make better decisions about positioning, social media, content, advertising and digital growth.

Sangeetha S Abishek, founder of SODME Digital Marketing.
  • Since 2007

    Working in marketing

  • Founder

    SODME Digital Marketing

  • 87K+

    YouTube community

  • 54K+

    Instagram community

Business. Marketing. Teaching.

Sangeetha’s approach to marketing comes from three very different experiences — working inside businesses, teaching marketing and consulting companies.

That combination has shaped a simple philosophy:

Understand the business first. Then decide what the marketing should do.

Sangeetha S Abishek leading a session at a boardroom table, presenting to a seated group taking notes.

Helping Businesses Find What Marketing Needs to Fix Next

Today, Sangeetha works particularly well with businesses that already have marketing activity but need clearer senior direction.

This may mean reviewing positioning, content, campaigns, performance, e-commerce, internal teams or the overall marketing system.

A Career Built Around Business and Marketing

  1. 2007–2009

    Indian Bank

    Sangeetha began her professional career at Indian Bank as a direct Scale II Officer.

    She later chose to leave a stable public-sector banking career to pursue a more challenging path in marketing and teaching.

    Sangeetha S Abishek early in her professional career, speaking with a microphone at a summit.
  2. 2009–2012

    Marketing & Academics

    Sangeetha taught marketing at institutions including Symbiosis and Chennai Business School.

    Teaching became an important part of the way she communicates marketing — understand it deeply, simplify it and make it useful.

    Sangeetha S Abishek teaching in a computer lab, mid-explanation to seated participants at their workstations.
  3. 2012–2014

    Consulting & Digital Strategy

    Sangeetha worked as an independent marketing consultant and continued building her experience in strategy and digital marketing.

    She later worked in video and digital marketing strategy, including heading marketing at Animaker.

  4. 2014

    Chennai Goes Digital

    Sangeetha started Chennai Goes Digital to help businesses navigate the rapidly changing world of digital marketing.

    Sangeetha S Abishek on an industry panel at a Chennai trade exhibition in the early days of the agency.
  5. 2017 onwards

    SODME Digital Marketing Private Limited

    Chennai Goes Digital evolved into SODME Digital Marketing Private Limited.

    SODME today works across social media, video marketing, performance marketing, e-commerce growth and marketing consulting.

A Consultant Who Still Teaches

Sangeetha continues to teach marketing as visiting faculty and through workshops for business owners, marketing professionals and teams.

Her teaching and academic associations have included institutions such as Great Lakes Institute of Management, XLRI, Bharathidasan Institute of Management, GITAM University, Symbiosis, various IITs and the Institute of Venture Building.

Sangeetha S Abishek working through something on a laptop with a participant during a hands-on training session.

Marketing Explained Simply

Sangeetha also teaches digital marketing through long-form YouTube videos and short-form Instagram content.

The goal is not to make marketing sound complicated.

It is to help business owners understand why something works, why something fails and what they should do next.

How Sangeetha Thinks About Marketing

  • Business before marketing.

  • Strategy before activity.

  • Virality matters only when it supports the business.

  • Do not reduce your price simply because sales are difficult.

  • Give marketing teams direction — not just more tasks.

  • Be honest about what the numbers actually say.

Need Senior Marketing Direction for Your Business?

If your marketing team is active but the business still lacks clear direction, Sangeetha can help identify what needs to change next.