Neuromarketing

In Surprising the Brain, I wrote about a copywriting technique that replaces an expected word with an unexpected one to grab the listener's or reader's attention: Advertising copywriters have for years used a similar technique to jar the…

Does a better-smelling product work better? Probably not, but people will THINK it does. Research shows that people rated a better-smelling product higher in completely unrelated performance areas. Reading Whiff! The Revolution of…

We know that political marketing - the art of persuading voters to support your candidate - is perhaps the most challenging and least productive form of marketing. A couple of years ago in The Neuroscience of Political Marketing, I…

Book Review: Whiff! The Revolution of Scent Communication in the Information Age C. Russell Brumfield, author of Whiff! The Revolution of Scent Communication in the Information Age, along with co-authors James Goldney and Stephanie…

Most of us need to persuade people that we don't know personally to do things. A salesperson wants to close a deal. An office worker needs to persuade the new computer guy to fix her computer first. A fundraiser wants to get a potential…

Last week, I carried the story on Neurofocus's acquisition of what the firm calls the "core patent" for neuromarketing. Subsequent to that announcement, I spoke by phone with Dr. A.K. Pradeep, President and Chief Executive Officer of…

Marketing eco-friendly products isn't as easy as it might seem, particularly if the products involve some kind of sacrifice or behavioral change on the part of the consumer. Take a look at one of the supposed eco-villains, the auto…

Neurofocus, Inc. has acquired a patent which seems to grant the firm broad and exclusive rights to use neuroimaging for marketing analysis. Here's the text of the first claim (out of 21 total claims) from U. S. Patent 6,099,319: 1. A…

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…

Mega-sporting events are always mega-advertising events, and the cost to become a sponsor or advertiser is a huge commitment of corporate dollars. The inevitable question that arises after the event is, "Was it worth it?" NeuroFocus, a…