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Tag: <span>advertising psychology</span>

Bingo! and the Tedha Hai Par Mera Hai campaign
Throwback

Bingo! Tedha Hai Par Mera Hai: The Ad That Sold Imperfection

Bingo! turned odd-shaped chips into a badge of ownership with Tedha Hai Par Mera Hai, a lesson in endowment and identity in…

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Whisper India's Touch the Pickle
Throwback

The Psychology of an Ad: Whisper India’s Touch the Pickle

A 2014 Whisper India film made a jar of pickle a symbol of defiance. Here are the behavioural levers that made the…

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Closeup: Kya Aap Close Up Karte Hain?
Throwback

How Closeup Made Fresh Breath a Romantic Signal

The Indian ad that turned fresh breath into a cue for romantic confidence—and what it still teaches about selling social outcomes.

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New World’s ‘Delicious is in the Details’
New Ads

New World reframes Christmas stress as an expertise story

The New Zealand grocer’s 2026 Christmas film uses decision fatigue, authority and vicarious rehearsal to win the family food budget.

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Dunkin’ x Marvel: MUNCHKIN Incursion
Viral Ads

Dunkin’s first Marvel ad: the psychology of Gambit and Munchkins

Dunkin’s first Marvel Studios partnership uses Gambit, H.E.R.B.I.E. and doomsday to sell donuts. Here’s the behavioural science.

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Tesco’s The Wrong Address: a delivery mix-up becomes Christmas magic
New Ads

Tesco’s The Wrong Address turns a delivery mix-up into magic

How Tesco’s 2026 Christmas film uses a mistaken delivery, an old friendship and a familiar song to sell connection, not just groceries.

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Bajaj: Hamara Bajaj and the psychology of belonging
Throwback

Hamara Bajaj: The psychology of an ad that sold belonging

The psychology behind Hamara Bajaj: how Bajaj turned a scooter into middle-class India's badge of arrival, using ownership, identity and pride.

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Bajaj Pulsar: Definitely Male
Throwback

What Pulsar’s Definitely Male Taught Marketers

In 2001, Bajaj Pulsar stopped selling engine specs and sold a male tribe. The campaign’s identity-led psychology still shapes Indian advertising.

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Redmi's Crimes Against Phones
Viral Ads

Redmi turns phone mishaps into crimes with Anup Soni

Redmi's four-part Note 17 Pro campaign casts Anup Soni as a Crime Patrol-style host who flips phone mishaps into playful offences.

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Pee Safe: In Your Comfort Zone, Nothing Is Too Much
Viral Ads

Pee Safe flips the comfort zone to sell period comfort

Pee Safe's new campaign, 'In Your Comfort Zone, Nothing Is Too Much', reframes period comfort as a choice, not a reward. The…

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MILKRUN’s ‘Can’t Leave? MILKRUN It’ with Purple Wiggle John Pearce
Viral Ads

MILKRUN’s Purple Wiggle Ad: The Psychology of a Fan Frenzy

Why MILKRUN paired a grocery delivery promise with Purple Wiggle John Pearce and what the fan-frenzy spot reveals about buying behaviour.

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Relevance, not emotional tricks, is what sells
Marketing Psychology

The Pavlovian myth: relevance beats emotion in ads

Watson brought Pavlov's conditioning to ads and the industry followed. Modern search experiments suggest usefulness, not emotion, drives sales.

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