Bipin V B Performance Marketer

Cultural Marketing / Seasonal Strategy Why Every Festival Ad You've Ever Scrolled Past Started as Something Completely Different Onam wasn't built for a sale banner. Neither was Christmas, Easter, or Halloween. And La Tomatina wasn't built for anything at all — it started as a fight. Here's the real history behind five festivals brands love to market around, and what that history should actually change about how you write the ad. In this article Why the backstory matters more than the hashtag Onam: a king's homecoming, hijacked by textile sales Christmas: how a solstice party became the world's biggest retail engine Easter: fertility rites in pastel wrapping paper Halloween: spirits, immigrants, and a candy industry nobody planned La Tomatina: proof that a festival can start from nothing What actually turns a festival into a marketing season So what do you do with a...

The Business of Quick Commerce: Revenue, Trends & Growth How Blinkit, Zepto and Instamart turn 10-minute delivery into a real business — and where the category is headed next. QUICK COMMERCE RETAIL MEDIA MARKET RESEARCH In this report Market size & growth pattern The 4-stream revenue model Why advertising is the real profit engine Consumer trend patterns to watch Case study: Blinkit vs Zepto vs Instamart What it means for marketers & D2C brands Quick commerce has gone from a pandemic-era experiment to one of India's biggest retail stories in under five years. What started as "groceries in 10 minutes" is now a full-blown media and retail business — and the numbers behind it are staggering. 1. Market Size & Growth Pattern India's quick commerce segment is now growing more than twice as fast as overall digital commerce. Industry estimat...

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How to Track App Success: Metrics, Tools & Kerala Market Insights (2026 Guide) App Marketing · Attribution Stack Tracking Tools, App Success Metrics, and Why Kerala Is a Different App Market A practical field guide to AppsFlyer, Google Analytics, MoEngage and Route Mobile — and what actually moves the needle for app-based businesses targeting Kerala. Most app marketing teams collect data. Very few connect it to a decision. This piece breaks down the core tracking stack behind any serious app-based business, the metrics that actually define app success, and the specific dynamics of Kerala as a market — from language and device behavior to trust signals that outperform generic paid reach. In this article Why tracking infrastructure comes before ad spend The core tracking stack: AppsFlyer, Analytics, MoEngage, Route Mobile App success metrics that matter Kerala as an app market: what's different ...

Some of India's biggest brands never bought their way to the top. Others have been reinventing themselves for over a century to stay there. This is the complete story, in three parts: how modern companies scaled without paid ads, how India's marketing playbook evolved from 1780 to today, and how Britannia, Dabur, and Tata rebuilt themselves generation after generation. Quick jump: Part 1: Companies that scaled without paid ads Part 2: How India's marketing spend evolved Part 3: Britannia, Dabur & Tata — brand reinvention The one lesson that ties it all together Part 1: Companies That Scaled Without Paid Ads Most founders assume growth means buying attention. Some of India's biggest companies proved otherwise — they built category leadership on referrals, product-led growth, and trust instead of media spend. Zerodha — India's Largest Broker, ₹0 Ad Budget Zero-broking trading was the pitch — the pricing itself was the marketing. Over 60% of new ...

Deep Pockets Don't Save Bad Management: What Dunzo and BYJU'S Teach Us About Survival It was backed by Google. It was built on reliance. It was in debt to Meta. And it still shut down with 400+ employees not paid. This is not a one-off company for those who have been following the startup story of India for the last couple of years. It is a pattern. Dunzo, BYJU'S, Blu Smart. Big names, bigger cheques and still collapse. And yet, in those very same cut-throat industries, Zepto, Blinkit, Swiggy Instamart and PhysicsWallah not only survived but also found a way to sustainable growth. So what is it that really divides the two piles? Not the amount of the funding round. The management. In each of the following failures there is a direct competitor in the same sector facing the same market pressure who made a different call – and survived it. The Myth We Need to Kill: "Well-Funded" Means "Safe" Founder pitch decks love to s...