Do you remember what you’ve learned? Or are you a Sponge Bob? Soak a sponge with water. It will absorb all the water willingly. And as you pick it up, the soaked sponge will drip. A good chunk of the water will drippity-drip all over you if you’re not careful. But let’s say you are […]
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How Packaging Drives Consumption (And Value)
You probably don’t know Joshua Bell. Well I didn’t. But I wasn’t alone. On Jan 12, 2007, about a thousand and seven people passed by Joshua Bell. You see Joshua was playing his violin–busking as it were–at the L’Enfant Plaza metro station in Washington D.C. At this mornings rush hour, the crowd surged past him. […]
[Continue reading...]Can You Really Create Persuasive Sales Copy out of Thin Air?
“Draw a dog.” Those were the commands of the art teacher to a bunch of five year olds. They didn’t know it just then, but they were part of a psychological experiment. The command reverberated through the room with a varying effect. Some kids furrowed their eyebrows. Some scoured their brains for inspiration. Others chewed […]
[Continue reading...]The Two-Options Sale Strategy That Boosts Sales
Choice is a good thing Yes, but too much choice is a bad thing. It confuses customers and causes them to abandon whatever it is you’re selling. So what if you have many products or services to sell to your customers? What should you do? You should use the Two-Options Sale Strategy in your email […]
[Continue reading...]How to Stand Out In A Crowded Marketplace: The Zap System
Sir Freddie Laker, veteran of the now bankrupt Laker Airways, had some sombre advice for Richard Branson. Richard was about to start up Virgin Atlantic and wanted some words of wisdom. As Richard Branson tells the story, “Sir Freddie sat me down and said, ‘If you’re going to take on PanAm, TWA and British Airways, […]
[Continue reading...]Endless Customers: Sobering Lessons from Harvard University
US$19.2 billion. If you take the annual budgets of 142 countries including Cuba, Jordan and Lithuania and add them up, they won’t amount to US$19.2 billion. Yet in the year 2000, that sum was Harvard University’s endowment. If you’re thinking,’Wow! That’s amazing!’ there’s another wow coming up. In 1999, Harvard’s endowment was US$14.4 billion. In […]
[Continue reading...]How To Get Clients To Participate: The Common Knowledge Pool
Let’s say you run a workshop. Or you run a forum. The single biggest problem that most of us have is the factor of participation. So how does participation increase? It’s called the common understanding For example at Psychotactics.com we have a book called The Brain Audit. The Brain Audit has certain parameters. And details. […]
[Continue reading...]The Fundamental Flaw in Creating Your Uniqueness (USP)
“Say cheese”, says the person behind the camera. And you say cheese. Your facial muscles are frozen. You have a dumb, goofy look. And under your breath you’re muttering, “C’mon Take the picture, take the picture, c’monnnn!” Click! You blink. The picture’s been taken. And then the photographer runs across to you, all excited to […]
[Continue reading...]The Curse of Choice
Do you want to confuse the heck out of your dog? Do a little test. Place two bones in front of your dog. And watch what the dog does. He’ll sniff one bone. Then the other. Then go back to the first. And back to the second. Back, forth, back, forth and back again. Oooh […]
[Continue reading...]Why You Feel The Need To Overstuff Your Clients
Imagine we go to a buffet that contains about 80 different dishes And I start a countdown clock. From 12:15 pm to 12:56 pm you have to taste all the dishes in the buffet. Does a gulp come to mind? And yet most of us will force clients to gobble our buffet. Go to any […]
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