Tips to design a successful marketing campaign

India is a country of myriad cultures, traditions, languages, customs, and festivals. We Indians celebrate all festivals with equal excitement and enthusiasm, be it Eid, Diwali, or Christmas. During the festive season, purchase decisions are impacted by emotions and people are more likely to spend more than they would on any other day. So, companies should take it as an opportunity to increase brand awareness amongst the target audience using creative marketing strategies, ad campaigns, and innovative branding. Let’s look at the example of the Surf Excel – Daag achhe hain campaign as it never fails to connect with potential and existing customers’ emotions during festivals. 

Here are a few tips to help you crack the marketing strategy during this year’s festivals and create a strong bond with your customers:

Show the importance of family

Indians are incredibly attached to their families and festivals are a reminder of the emotional bond we share with them. So, you need to develop a marketing message including how your product or service can benefit the whole family and make their connection stronger.

Leverage your digital media presence

Earlier, people used to go to shopping centers and markets for festival shopping but in today’s world, we use our mobile phones for everything, from socializing to shopping. So, step up your marketing game and be digitally accessible to connect with the people. It will help enhance the user experience by saving their time, giving them more options while requiring minimal effort.

Use innovative techniques

To stand out from the crowd, you need to use inventive and innovative techniques in today’s ever-increasing competitive business world. It can include launching a new campaign, distributing coupons, offering trial products, and bettering customer experience by inculcating their needs and desires in your product/service. For example, Cadbury never misses a chance to come up with relatable, creative marketing and advertising strategies during festivals.

Reach your customers on social media:

Social networking sites provide a platform for socialization where people spend enormous amounts of time every day. Creating a social media marketing campaign and executing it well will help you keep your audience engaged. You can plan to create some user-generated content in the form of videos and photos to get customers to talk about your brand. Social media is a great tool to initiate word-of-mouth marketing as well. So, with the presence of millions of active users, social media should be on top of your priority list to maximize reach during festivals.

Trigger your target audience’s emotions

During festivals, all our emotions are heightened. You can utilize this time to make your customers feel attached to your brand by inculcating childhood memories and the importance of festivals in your marketing campaign. If your message ignites nostalgia and evokes emotions, your audience will relate to your brand and feel the urge to share the content with their friends and families. It will help increase brand awareness while building a loyal customer base.

By following the above-mentioned tips, you can create a successful marketing strategy that will help increase sales and generate a good ROI.