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Tag: <span>Behavioural Science</span>

Kerala Tourism's God's Own Country
Throwback

The psychology behind Kerala’s God’s Own Country ad

The behavioural levers that let a two-word tagline turn Kerala's backwaters into a promise of restoration—and what marketers can still steal.

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Metro Trains: Dumb Ways to Die
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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.

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Incredible India: selling a country as an experience
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How Incredible India sold a feeling, not a place

The 2002 campaign reframed India as an emotional experience. Here are the behavioural levers it pulled—and what destination brands can still borrow.

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Extra Gum: The Story of Sarah & Juan
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The psychology of Extra Gum’s Sarah & Juan ad

How a two-minute chewing gum film used costly signals, peak-end memory and emotional pairing to turn a wrapper into a keepsake—and lift…

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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.

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$87K Bitcoin Feels Pricey? Blame Anchoring
Pricing Psychology

$87K Bitcoin Feels Pricey? Blame Anchoring

A TradingView note shows how Bitcoin around $87K can look expensive or cheap depending on the anchor. Here's what it means for…

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California Milk Processor Board: Got Milk?
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Got Milk? and the Psychology of Selling Absence

How Got Milk? turned a missing glass of milk into a lesson in loss aversion—and built a campaign that changed beverage advertising.

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Vicks Touch of Care: the campaign that redefined family
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Vicks Touch of Care: The ad that made care a brand moat

How Vicks used narrative transportation, identity signalling and an emotional halo to make a vapour rub part of India’s conversation on care.

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Mastercard's 'Priceless' campaign
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Mastercard Priceless: The Psychology Behind the Ad

How Mastercard's 1997 'Priceless' ad used anchoring and mental accounting to reframe small card spending as emotional value.

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Navratna Oil and the Thanda Thanda Cool Cool jingle
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The psychology of Navratna Oil’s Thanda Thanda Cool Cool

How a repetitive jingle and exaggerated relief scenes turned a hair-oil cooling benefit into one of India's most durable brand properties.

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Colgate and the Salt Toothpaste Question
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The Psychology of Colgate’s Namak Toothpaste Ad

How a simple question about salt in toothpaste turned a household ingredient into a reason to switch—and a masterclass in consumer psychology.

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Tata Tea's Jaago Re
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How Tata Tea’s Jaago Re Made Waking Up a Duty

How a tea brand turned a daily habit into an identity badge by tapping civic guilt, identity signalling and a simple command.

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