People in India are greatly receptive to messages on special occasions as they are not at work. On most, special occasions, people are off work as the country respects religious feelings and traditions highly and announces the off-work days. On these occasions, the weightage is more likely on sales and purchases and less on professional services. But professionals do get a lot of clientele as these are off-work days.
This is the right time to push forward digital marketing
campaigns and promote brands with equal fervor. Remember during special
occasions people are intensely active in traditional and religious practices
and these should be kept in mind while planning the campaign. Thus brand
promotions should exclude alcohol and meat for example. And this will not draw
appreciable results and promotion will carry a negative impact.
Hence the marketing strategy for special occasions calls for
excluding taboo products. During these periods there is a mad rush at
the malls and showcasing some products may not be liked at all. But for Holi
and Xmas, this does not stand true. Some form of intoxication is permissible on
these occasions.. The best approach is to lean on data and analyze search
impact using keyword tools like Senrush, Ahref, or Wordstream. Google Trends is
most impactful for sales comparisons, keyword performance, and social media
spikes.
Conversions & Competition
The impact of a digital marketing campaign should be
greater. Keeping into account the sensitivities of the people benefits greatly.
The people are emotionally charged and you can be greatly effective on social
occasions with well-planned and suitable content. For example, everything sells
during and after harvest time in an agricultural predominant country. But these
are times to expect greater competition from rival companies. They are already
busy planning impactful strategies and your performance should win the
battle.
Content creation is all about relevant create videos,
impactful articles, short posts, and blogs. A right mix of visuals is to be
added. The factual stories and traditional beliefs and myths offer a greater
result. The content creation should resonate with religious beliefs and
traditions to make your campaign more effective. Such messages with the right
mix of visuals are more accepted by the target audience the accompanying
message makes greater acceptance. Visual creatives with the right message and
colorful impressions are the most impactful.
Professional marketing companies should be most effective
with well-planned strategies. Hence keep religious values and traditions in
mind.