Category: unconscious

  • 100 Things You Should Know About People: #17 — Your Unconscious Knows 1st

    100 Things You Should Know About People: #17 — Your Unconscious Knows 1st

    You are shopping for a new computer and the salesperson you are talking to is offering you what seems to be a good deal. And yet there is a part of you that feels uncomfortable and isn’t sure if this is the right computer, or the right deal, or the right store for you. If…

  • Irrational or Just Human?

    Irrational or Just Human?

    Don’t get me wrong… it’s a great book, and I recommend that you read it BUT I take issue with one of the basic underlying and overt assumptions. The book explores human decision making, and describes (in an easy to read and entertaining way) some of the research on how people make decisions. I write…

  • Thumbs Up: Credo mobile email hits 5 Persuasion hot buttons

    Thumbs Up: Credo mobile email hits 5 Persuasion hot buttons

    I get plenty of marketing emails, and this one that came the other day really stood out. Credo Mobile… it’s a cell phone service provider that also promises political change! They use 5 different persuasion techniques, all on one page:1. The word “Free” is very powerful and they use it several times2. Scarcity — “Offer…