Facebook has founded fame for many brands in the digital marketing space. It has been the birthplace of brands, the solace of solo-preneurs. When the traditional marketing and promotional media have proved to be too expensive or too inaccessible for startups and innovators, Facebook has been the space that gave the small voices a loud amplifier. Social media marketing’s biggest Like is for Facebook.

Try typing "bruised passports" in your search bar. You are immediately hit with a drop down of suggested terms - which is a mind-boggling list of global destinations. From Sikkim to Sydney, this brand is know-it-all in global travel. And a know-it-all who’s there because it has done it all. With over a decade of digital marketing best practices under its camera belt, Brusied Passports is a great case study in successfully using a platform like Facebook to build a brand.

Before we knew “digital marketing” or “social media”, we knew Facebook. A handheld phone had a whole-new meaning ever since each of us created our Facebook profiles. It became that magical place where we could show off our life’s details, share our feelings and opinions. Most importantly, it made us connect and create amazing networks with people important to us.

For the regular user, these people meant friends and family. Under the current though, was the Facebook user who wanted to connect beyond – build a following so as to promote work and gain recognition. Around the world, digi-savvy lifestyle and food creators began publishing exciting content that engaged Facebook users with their sheer visuals – as pics and videos. Digital marketing agencies deems these as the “founding fathers” of digital creators, so to say.

“In the digital world, you can gather data faster and for any new brand, selling online is a great way to get testimony about the product's quality.” - Vikas Co-founder, mCaffeine.
Not a fancy brand name, commercials, influencers. Just plain Coffee.

Started in 2016, mCaffeine is surely one of the most prominent personal care brands in the market today. Sharp focus on the key ingredient coupled with a pure online presence, has given this 4 year old brand immense status and stickiness in its target group.

As an online only brand, we expected our social listening on the brand to throw up some valuable nuggets. And we were not disappointed.

Luxor was founded in 1963 in India by Davinder Kumar Jain with an initial investment of Rs 5,000 and five employees. 

The company was the first to introduce the fiber tip technology in the country in 1975, followed by the launch of markers and highlighters one year later.

As part of our weekly social listening initiative, this week we listen into Luxor pens. A brand who’s equity was built with color pens and pencils and the famous Pilot range of pens in the 80s.