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Tag: <span>branding</span>

Mastercard's 'Priceless' campaign
Throwback

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
Throwback

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.

3 min read
super.money’s splitStore turns Tiger Shroff’s splits into recall
Viral Ads

The Psychology Behind super.money’s Tiger Shroff SplitStore Ad

How super.money uses Tiger Shroff's iconic splits to make Pay in 3 impossible to forget—and what marketers can borrow from the campaign.

3 min read
‘Independent’ Is a Brand Asset, Not a Label
Branding

Why ‘Independent’ Is Campaigning’s Hottest Brand Asset

Independent candidates are turning the word itself into a logo and biography. Here’s what their negative positioning teaches brand managers.

2 min read
Taj Mahal Tea: Wah Taj!
Throwback

Wah Taj: The Psychology Behind India’s Famous Tea Exclamation

Why a 20-second tea film put a word in India's mouth, and what it teaches marketers about selling the reaction instead of…

3 min read
Hero Honda: Fill It. Shut It. Forget It.
Throwback

The psychology of Hero Honda’s Fill It. Shut It. Forget It.

The behavioural science behind Hero Honda's campaign that turned a mileage claim into a national ritual of pride and memory.

2 min read
CORE: The New Wave
Viral Ads

The Psychology of CORE’s The New Wave

Why CORE’s The New Wave uses independence, accountability and AI restraint to make the indie agency model feel like the safer choice.

3 min read
Fastrack Move On: Selling freedom through the breakup
Throwback

Fastrack Move On: The ad that sold moving on

How Fastrack's Move On film used the fresh start effect, action bias, and identity signalling to turn a break-up into a purchase…

3 min read
GOPIZZA becomes GTGO to sell more than pizza
Branding

Why GOPIZZA became GTGO: a masterbrand play

The Korean pizza chain is renaming its parent to make room for street food, desserts and B2B food tech. Here's the brand…

2 min read
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
Cadbury Dairy Milk’s Shubh Aarambh
Throwback

The Psychology of Cadbury’s Shubh Aarambh Ad

How Cadbury Dairy Milk turned a chocolate bar into an Indian good-luck ritual using occasion framing and cultural social proof.

3 min read
What MoMA’s data design show teaches brands about identity
Branding

What MoMA’s New Exhibit Teaches Brands About Data Storytelling

MoMA’s Full Disclosure shows why people share data visualisations. The lesson for brands: infographics are identity signals, not just facts.

3 min read