EXPERIENCE + TECH · 07 / 09
On-Ground Activations
Where brands meet humans, eyeball to eyeball.
Digital can put a banner in front of someone. On-ground puts a sample in their hand. There's no substitute for the second one, particularly for new products, new categories or markets that haven't yet been won over by a brand promise alone.
Activations at Salt N Pepper are run with the same operational rigour as a logistics business. Trained promoter teams with daily attendance MIS. Lead-capture apps that sync to the brand's CRM in real time. Footfall counts, dwell-time tracking and engagement metrics at every venue. Daily photo, video and geo-tagged compliance reports so the brand knows exactly what showed up where, at what time, with what output. The kind of execution that makes the CFO sleep at night.
Across Tier 1, 2 and 3 cities. Malls, retail, residential societies, colleges, corporate parks, airports, metro. Pan-India activation muscle isn't something a digital-first agency can fake with a deck.
What we do
- Mall & high-footfall venue activations
- Retail & in-store demos, pop-ups, takeovers
- Sampling drives & product trial programs
- Trade marketing & distributor/dealer activations
- RWA, societies & community-level activations
- Airport, metro, college & corporate park programs
Deliverables & outcomes
- End-to-end execution — design to deployment
- Trained promoter teams with daily attendance MIS
- Lead capture apps with real-time sync to CRM
- Footfall counts, dwell time & engagement metrics
- Daily photo, video & geo-tagged compliance reports
- ROI dashboards — cost per lead, cost per trial
From the field
How we measure it
Footfall, dwell time, sample distribution, lead capture, lead-to-conversion uplift, cost per lead, cost per trial. Daily geo-tagged compliance reports during active flights.
Frequently asked questions
A single-city pilot can go live in 2 weeks. A multi-city activation across Tier 1, 2 and 3 typically takes 4–6 weeks from brief to launch, depending on permits and venue contracting.
Yes — completely. From kiosk design and fabrication through transport, installation, on-site supervision, dismantling and post-activation reporting. Single point of accountability.
Daily attendance via mobile app, daily geo-tagged photo/video uploads, daily activity MIS, supervisor spot-checks, and a central operations team that reviews compliance across every venue every day.
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