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6M Views, Almost Zero Sales: The Relevance Problem
Marketing Psychology

6M Views, Almost Zero Sales: The Relevance Problem

A comedy creator's course promo hit six million views and generated almost no enrolments. Why relevance, not reach, decides influencer sales.

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Himalaya BabyCare's Gentle Baby Wash: the first-trust ad
New Ads

Himalaya BabyCare’s Gentle Baby Wash ad sells first trust

Himalaya BabyCare's new film turns a nurse's advice into a trust signal for Gentle Baby Wash, naming pH 5.5 and herbal ingredients.

3 min read
Cricket, finales and wedding reels happen around one shared screen
Consumer Behaviour

Cricket, Finales and Wedding Reels: The Shared-Screen Ritual

How one shared connection turns cricket, finales and wedding reels into collective rituals—and what that tells marketers about belonging.

3 min read
Why the first video call home became shared brand memory
Branding

Jio Story: Shared Memory as Brand Architecture

The first video call home is no longer an individual story. It's a shared memory—and that changes how brands build and grow.

3 min read
JSW Dulux’s Velvet Touch Eterna twin-film launch
New Ads

JSW Dulux’s Velvet Touch Eterna sells luxury through restraint

JSW Dulux's twin-film launch for Velvet Touch Eterna turns paint into an emotional identity buy. Here's the psychology behind the restrained luxury…

3 min read
Four data archetypes that map India's Jio decade
Consumer Behaviour

Four Data Archetypes That Explain India’s Jio Decade

The Data Saver, Midnight Binger, Hotspot Hero and Reel Royalty are more than habits—they are identity scripts written after 2016.

3 min read
Vicco Turmeric: Selling trust by refusing to be a cosmetic
Throwback

Vicco Turmeric: How the Anti-Cosmetic Jingle Built Trust

The jingle framed an Ayurvedic cream as the opposite of cosmetics and became a trust mark. Here's the behavioural science behind it.

3 min read
Smith & Jones and Rasika Dugal make paste quality visible
New Ads

Smith & Jones makes ginger garlic paste quality visible

Tata Consumer Products uses Rasika Dugal to teach Indian kitchens how to spot thick, consistent ginger garlic paste over diluted options.

3 min read
Godawan's 5,200-piece film for World Wildlife Week
New Ads

Godawan’s 5,200-Piece Ceramic Film Sells Conservation

Godawan's World Wildlife Week stop-motion film uses 5,200 ceramic pieces and 100-plus artists to turn Great Indian Bustard conservation into a craft…

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Why a private first video call became collective nostalgia
Consumer Behaviour

Jio Story: The Shared Memory Effect Behind a First Video Call

Why a first video call home became collective nostalgia after Jio's 2016 data reset—and what shared memory does for brand strategy.

2 min read
Jio's Welcome Offer Reframed India's Data Question
Marketing Psychology

Jio’s 2016 Welcome Offer Was a Frame, Not a Discount

The 2016 Welcome Offer did more than cut price. It removed data from India's mental meter and reset what customers noticed next.

2 min read
Coca-Cola India's Thanda Matlab Coca-Cola
Throwback

Thanda Matlab Coca-Cola: The Psychology of Owning a Word

How a 2002 Coca-Cola India campaign used a familiar Hindi word, a film star, and cognitive fluency to make a global cola…

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