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Tag: <span>brand strategy</span>

LIC: Zindagi ke saath bhi, Zindagi ke baad bhi
Throwback

LIC’s ad reframed death as an ongoing promise of care

How LIC’s Zindagi ke saath bhi, Zindagi ke baad bhi campaign used mortality salience, framing and emotional accounting to sell care, not…

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AI's next act: reading why content resonates
Marketing Psychology

AI’s Next Act Is Reading Audience Psychology

New research on 1,055 YouTube videos and 633,000 comments shows AI can decode why content resonates, moving marketing past volume.

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Standard Chartered Races F1 Precision Into Its Brand Story
Branding

Standard Chartered Borrows F1 Precision for Move Ahead Push

Standard Chartered's new Move Ahead campaign links Formula 1 preparation to wealth and international banking. Here's what it means for brand strategy.

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What India's D2C brands teach us about loyalty and scale
Branding

India’s D2C revolution: what actually builds brand loyalty

An eight-part Forbes India-DTDC podcast series shows why repeat orders, omnichannel access and logistics now define India's next consumer brands.

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Standard Chartered’s Move Ahead
Viral Ads

The Psychology Behind Standard Chartered’s Move Ahead

Standard Chartered borrows Formula 1’s precision and preparation to reframe banking. Here’s the behavioural science behind the Move Ahead film.

3 min read
Tanishq's Remarriage Campaign
Throwback

The Psychology of Tanishq’s Remarriage Ad

In 2013, Tanishq made a second wedding the centre of a jewellery ad. The psychology behind it: social proof, identity and emotion.

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Discipline Psychology for SIP Consistency
Marketing Psychology

HSBC #StayDiSIPlined: Discipline Psychology for SIPs

How HSBC Mutual Fund’s #StayDiSIPlined campaign uses identity and emotional discipline to keep young retail investors consistent with SIPs.

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Vianaar isn't selling homes. It's selling slow living.
Branding

How Vianaar Sells Slow Living, Not Homes

Vianaar's new brand film uses Goa's Susegad philosophy to sell slow living through carrom, cycling and sunsets. Here's the positioning lesson.

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Bajaj Auto Pulsar: Definitely Male
Throwback

Bajaj Pulsar: The Psychology of ‘Definitely Male’

The 2001 Bajaj Pulsar launch didn’t sell mileage. It used identity, signalling and contrast to make a motorcycle a badge of manhood.

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Ipsos: Hope has become personal; brands must sell agency
Consumer Behaviour

Ipsos: Hope Is Now Personal, Not Institutional

Ipsos Global Trends finds only 25% are optimistic about the world, while 55% are optimistic about themselves. Hope has become personal—and a…

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HCL's Classical Arts Play Is Brand Equity, Not Lead Gen
Branding

How HCL Is Using Classical Arts as Brand Glue

Nearly 30 years of HCL Concerts shows how a B2B tech group uses culture, not leads, to build relationships and mental availability…

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The Souled Store's Community-First Brand Playbook
Branding

The Souled Store Shows How Fandom Becomes a Brand Moat

How licensed IP, digital community and themed stores took The Souled Store to ₹492 crore revenue while profit fell 38% in FY25.

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