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Tag: <span>advertising psychology</span>

Raymond’s The Complete Man
Throwback

Raymond’s Complete Man: Selling Identity, Not Suits

How a 1963 Indian campaign turned suiting fabric into an enduring ideal of masculinity—and what modern brands can still borrow.

3 min read
Idea: What an Idea Sirji campaign
Throwback

Idea’s What an Idea Sirji Campaign: Psychology of an Ad

The psychology behind Idea's 'What an Idea Sirji' ad: how it turned a mobile network into a problem-solver and a tagline into…

3 min read
Onida: Neighbour's Envy, Owner's Pride
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Onida’s Envy Strategy: Neighbour’s Envy, Owner’s Pride

How Onida turned a green devil and neighbour envy into India’s most durable status-marketing pitch for television ownership.

3 min read
Asian Paints: Beautiful Homes wedding campaign
Viral Ads

Asian Paints sells wedding relief, not just paint

Asian Paints' new Beautiful Homes campaign frames wedding-house painting as deadline relief, not décor. Here's the psychology behind its shareability.

2 min read
Aquaguard Life Hard Nahi Water Softener Campaign
Viral Ads

Aquaguard Life Hard Nahi ad flips hair fall blame to water

Why Aquaguard’s ‘Life Hard Nahi, Aapka Paani Hard Hai’ works: Parul Gulati helps the brand reframe hair fall as a hard-water problem,…

3 min read
OPPO's Big Selfie makes room for everyone
Viral Ads

OPPO’s Big Selfie: the psychology of fitting everyone in

Bobby Deol and Divyenndu turn OPPO F35's group selfie pitch into a lesson on belonging, social proof, and inclusion.

3 min read
Titan: The Times of Your Life
Throwback

Titan’s 1987 Ad That Made Watches Gifts

How Titan’s 1987 ‘Times of Your Life’ ad reframed watches as emotional gifts, using mental accounting, signalling and memory.

3 min read
Lead India: The Times of India campaign
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Lead India: The Times of India ad that sold leadership

The psychology behind The Times of India's 2007 Lead India campaign and how The Tree used social proof and identity to move…

3 min read
Metro Trains: Dumb Ways to Die
Throwback

Dumb Ways to Die: The Psychology of a Viral Warning

How Metro Trains and McCann Melbourne turned a rail-safety warning into a global singalong by making danger feel adorable and highly shareable.

3 min read
Guinness Surfer and the science of the wait
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Guinness Surfer: The Psychology of the Wait

Inside the 1999 Guinness Surfer film: the behavioural psychology that turned anticipation into desire and a pint into an earned reward.

3 min read
Amul: Utterly Butterly Delicious
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The Amul Girl: 60 Years of Utterly Butterly Delicious

In 1966, Amul made butter personal with a girl, a jingle and a tagline. The psychology behind six decades of recall.

3 min read
Slice Aamsutra: selling mango as desire
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Slice Aamsutra: How a Mango Drink Sold Desire

The psychology behind Slice's Aamsutra campaign: how sensory cues, a taboo-adjacent name and adult desire repositioned a mango drink.

3 min read