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Tag: <span>emotional branding</span>

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…

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Brooke Bond Red Label: Swad Apnepan Ka
Throwback

The psychology of Brooke Bond Red Label’s Swad Apnepan Ka

How Brooke Bond Red Label's Swad Apnepan Ka films used belonging, identity and social norms to turn tea into a quiet act…

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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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Surf Excel, Daag Achhe Hain
Throwback

Surf Excel’s Daag Achhe Hain: The Psychology of a Stain

How a 2005 Surf Excel puddle film reframed dirt as proof of childhood, turned detergent into an emotional choice and entered Indian…

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Asian Paints: Har Ghar Kuch Kehta Hai
Throwback

The Psychology of the Ad: Asian Paints’ Har Ghar Kuch Kehta Hai

How Asian Paints turned a paint ad into an emotional story about home and belonging—and why Har Ghar Kuch Kehta Hai still…

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Coca-Cola: I'd Like to Buy the World a Coke
Throwback

Coca-Cola’s Hilltop Ad: Selling Harmony, Not Soda

How a 1971 Coca-Cola jingle turned a soft drink into a gesture of global harmony—and what it still teaches marketers about emotional…

3 min read
Clinic Plus flips the mother-daughter script for Daughters’ Day
Storytelling

Clinic Plus flips the mother-daughter script for Daughters’ Day

Clinic Plus flips the Daughters’ Day script: the daughter becomes the mother’s strength in a HUL film tied to 1.3 crore single…

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Clinic Plus Flips Its Mother-Daughter Brand Story
Branding

Clinic Plus Flips Its Mother-Daughter Story for Daughters’ Day

Clinic Plus's Daughters' Day film reverses its long-running #MeriBetiStrong platform: the daughter becomes the mother's anchor. Here's why the shift works.

3 min read
Why Feeling Outperforms Product in Cadbury and Fevicol Ads
Branding

When Ads Say More Without Words: Cadbury and Fevicol

Why Cadbury’s 2007 Gorilla and Fevicol’s Bus film worked without product demos—and what brand leaders can learn about feeling-led advertising.

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