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Make a Crazy Request, Close the Deal

When salespeople hope to close a deal, they may try doing favors for the client. In fact, scientists who study human behavior know that the opposite strategy can work: if you can get someone to do YOU a small favor, they are much more likely to grant a bigger one. This has been shown to [...]

Six Characteristics of Highly Persuasive Stories

One of the toughest persuasion tasks is convincing a jury in a courtroom. Car salespeople have it easy by comparison – they control the environment and have the undivided attention of the customer. Imagine if you were in a Lexus showroom listening to why you should buy one of their vehicles, and at your elbow [...]

What DARPA Knows About Persuasive Copy

I’m sure many of my readers here at Neuromarketing also subscribe to Brian Clark’s great Copyblogger blog (if not, you should!), but in case you missed it, I did a rare (for me) guest post there yesterday. It’s How to Write Weapons-Grade Copy, and explains why the super-secret research arm of the U.S. military, DARPA, [...]

Lunch: Your Secret Weapon

Top salespeople have often used lunch as a way to help bond with a customer and close a deal. Getting the customer out of the office allows for relaxed conversation and freedom from ringing phones and similar interruptions. Going beyond those obvious benefits, though, there’s research that shows messages are more persuasive when accompanied by [...]

What Don Corleone Could Learn from Guy Kawasaki

When someone thanks you for doing them a favor, there are any number of stock ways to respond. “No problem.” “It was nothing.” And, of course, “You’re welcome.” For some situations, though, there’s a phrase that beats the common replies that we toss out. One of my favorite bits in Guy Kawasaki’s Enchantment is a [...]

Flattery Will Get You Somewhere

Many people buy into the old axiom, “Flattery will get you nowhere.” Neuromarketing readers, though, are an exceptionally bright and discerning group, and have no doubt already anticipated what comes next: new research shows that even when people perceive that flattery is insincere, that flattery can still leave a lasting and positive impression of the [...]

Yes! – Bite-Size Persuasion Techniques

Book Review: Yes! 50 Scientifically Proven Ways to Be Persuasive by Robert Cialdini, Noah Goldstein, and Steve J. Martin Yes! 50 Scientifically Proven Ways to Be Persuasive is a fantastic book that’s chock-full of tips that turn research findings in behavioral psychology, social science, and related areas into tips to make us more persuasive in [...]

Make a Crazy Request, Close the Deal

Six Characteristics of Highly Persuasive Stories

What DARPA Knows About Persuasive Copy

Lunch: Your Secret Weapon

What Don Corleone Could Learn from Guy Kawasaki

Flattery Will Get You Somewhere

Yes! – Bite-Size Persuasion Techniques

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