How do you get attention, and keep that attention? Then how do you get across a cheeky message, while at the same time revealing your personality? Air New Zealand seems to do it well, even though you may not be paying attention to onboard safety instructions for the squillionth time. What do you think? What […]
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Psychotactics Blog
The Importance of the ‘Critical Learning Period’
You may think your brain is all hardwired. And that you’re supremely suited for learning. But in fact, your brain is incredibly at the mercy of the sound environment. And the reason for being at the mercy of sound is because most of our early references as children are purely based on sound. This early […]
[Continue reading...]What Google Analytics Won’t Show You: The Reasons Why Customers Don’t Buy
I got a note today from a client who said that she wanted to buy our product, but that certain things on the website made her unsure. So to put this in perspective, she was looking at our website at 5000bc (which is a membership site). And she said: 1) I found a spelling error […]
[Continue reading...]Announcing Brain Audit 3.2 + Special Goodies Offer worth $158 (This offer has expired
If you’ve been wondering whether or not to purchase the Brain Audit then here’s the perfect moment. And it’s perfect because you get the brand new Brain Audit Ver 3.2 Two years in the making… This book has been two years in the making, and now it’s finally out! And you not only get the […]
[Continue reading...]Pace vs. Potential
Yup, that’s an old cartoon but it was 70% relevant so I put it it in without any change Have you ever noticed a strange thing when you get off the highway onto an off ramp or side road? On the highway you’re doing about 100 km an hour, and the speed limit on the […]
[Continue reading...]How ‘Hearing Problems’ Cause People to Fail
If someone says pass the ‘cheese’, what are they saying? They’re saying: Pass the cheese, right? Except that’s not the way some kids hear it. They hear pass the grease. Or pass the peas. Or pass the fees. And in many cases these kids don’t even hear a word in English. Or Japanese. Or French. […]
[Continue reading...]A 5-Minute Website Tweak That Will Quadruple Your Subscribers
It doesn’t matter which website or blog you go to—most of them make one fundamental mistake. And it’s a mistake that can be easily avoided, if only you did one tiny little thing. That tiny little thing is placing the ‘subscribe’ button in the right place. And to understand the right place, we have to […]
[Continue reading...]How Your Competition Can Bring More Revenue Than Customers
So you’re all focused on customers. Customers bring in the bread, the butter. And yes, sometimes the jam. But if you focused on competition for an itty-bitty while, you’d find that you could have a lot more jam. Doesn’t make sense? Well here’s how it works. Let’s say you’re selling a product or a service. […]
[Continue reading...]The Role of Get-Rich Quick Merchants
I love the New Yorker (I’ve been a subscriber for years—yes I get it all the way to New Zealand). And this cover summed up perfectly what I wanted to say. Saved me having to draw a cartoon instead. In the year 2003, I went to a presentation in Australia. There were 450 people in […]
[Continue reading...]Should You Outsource Without Learning? Or Learn and Outsource?
You know the feeling of getting home from the airport. You get in the taxi, and as the driver wings his way through the streets, you know your way. Should the taxi driver dart down some crazy avenue, or decide to take you for a spin, you’re instantly able to avoid being taken for a […]
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