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Tag: <span>positioning</span>

Idea: What an Idea Sirji campaign
Throwback

Idea’s What an Idea Sirji Campaign: Psychology of an Ad

The psychology behind Idea's 'What an Idea Sirji' ad: how it turned a mobile network into a problem-solver and a tagline into…

3 min read
Onida: Neighbour's Envy, Owner's Pride
Throwback

Onida’s Envy Strategy: Neighbour’s Envy, Owner’s Pride

How Onida turned a green devil and neighbour envy into India’s most durable status-marketing pitch for television ownership.

3 min read
Daikin India's 5-million AC premium bet
Branding

Daikin India’s Premium Bet: 5 Million ACs by 2030

How Daikin India plans to sell 5 million room ACs by 2030 while building premium through factories, R&D and one brand in…

3 min read
MorningStar Farms bets its 52-year heritage against fake meat's slide
Branding

MorningStar Farms sells 52 years of heritage as fake meat stalls

MorningStar Farms' retro rebrand leans on 52 years of heritage while fake meat turns political and rivals slide. Here's why longevity works.

2 min read
Sprite: Seedhi Baat No Bakwaas
Throwback

Sprite Seedhi Baat No Bakwaas: The Psychology of Blunt Marketing

How Sprite's Seedhi Baat No Bakwaas used plain-speak, schema violation and in-group identity to turn a soft drink into a challenger voice.

3 min read
Slice Aamsutra: selling mango as desire
Throwback

Slice Aamsutra: How a Mango Drink Sold Desire

The psychology behind Slice's Aamsutra campaign: how sensory cues, a taboo-adjacent name and adult desire repositioned a mango drink.

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
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.

3 min read
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…

3 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
Cadbury Dairy Milk's Kuchh Meetha Ho Jaye
Throwback

Kuchh Meetha Ho Jaye: The Ad That Made Cadbury a Ritual

How Cadbury Dairy Milk's 2004 'Kuchh Meetha Ho Jaye' reframed chocolate as India's everyday celebration sweet.

3 min read
Gandhi: The strongest brand of recall without a single ad
Branding

Gandhi: India’s Strongest Brand Recall

An analysis of why Gandhi became an unmatched brand without a campaign, and what marketers can learn from living values instead of…

2 min read