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Tag: <span>brand strategy</span>

Lead India: The Times of India campaign
Throwback

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
Godrej HIT’s New Anti Roach Gel Film with Shefali Shah
New Ads

HIT’s New Shefali Shah Film: Roach Control as War Room

Godrej HIT’s new Shefali Shah film reframes roach control as a war-room mission—using authority, framing, and a visible nest-kill chain.

3 min read
SRK, Alia and Ranbir spoof steel ads for Rungta TMT
Branding

Rungta TMT’s 5th celebrity ad turns stars into pitch parody

Rungta TMT's fifth celebrity film has SRK, Alia and Ranbir playing themselves, pitching filmi ad ideas while spoofing steel ad clichés.

2 min read
Intimate wear is no longer a secret
Consumer Behaviour

Social media turned intimate wear into a shared conversation

Once-taboo conversations about fit and support are moving from private trial-and-error to public, fit-led buying. Here's what brands can learn.

2 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
Incredible India: selling a country as an experience
Throwback

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.

3 min read
Amul: Utterly Butterly Delicious
Throwback

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
Extra Gum: The Story of Sarah & Juan
Throwback

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…

3 min read
$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…

3 min read
California Milk Processor Board: Got Milk?
Throwback

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.

3 min read
A 10-Year Licence and a Two-Name Brand System
Branding

A 10-Year Licence and a Two-Name Brand System

Signify India kept Philips on products while building a separate corporate name. What the dual-brand play teaches marketers about licensed trust and…

3 min read
Apple's 75.4% Services Margin Is the Real Pricing Power
Pricing Psychology

Apple’s 75.4% Services Margin Is the Real Pricing Story

Apple's pricing power isn't about cheap iPhones. A 75.4% Services margin reveals how anchoring, tiers, EMI and trade-ins make premium feel justified.

3 min read