34 Psychological Hacks That’ll Turn You Into a Marketing Wizard

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34 Psychological Hacks That’ll Turn You Into a Marketing Wizard

Any time you make a purchase, just know that entire think tanks and scores of professionals have dedicated their time and effort to getting you to the checkout aisle with their product in hand. Basically, when you buy that pack of gum, somewhere there’s a boardroom full of suits fist-pumping and high-fiving.

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The clearance rack is intentionally in the back of the store. CRACKED.COM Plus it's messy so you're more likely to buy something full-priced.

The mall is kept SO shiny SO you think that items are more valuable. 50 Jahre CRACKED.COM Our lizard brains are quick to associate shiny with precious.

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If a price doesn't include a $ you're more likely to buy. 50 1 GRACKED.COM Removing the dollar sign makes the number more abstract.

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With this product, Without this product, you will be able to... you won't be able to... The pleasure of gaining something that you don't have is less intense than the fear of losing something that you already have. By talking about the possible losses, people will get more motivated and willing to take risks. GRAGKED.COM

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CRACKED.COM YOU CAN INFLUENCE HOW PEOPLE THINK BY BUSTING A DOPE RHYME! THE RHYME AS REASON EFFECT MEANS THAT A STATEMENT IS SEEN AS MORE ACCURATE WHEN IT RHYMES. WHEN A STUDY PRESENTED A RHYMING STATEMENT (WHAT SOBRIETY CONCEALS, ALCOHOL REVEALS) AND ITS NON-RHYMING COUNTERPART (WHAT SOBRIETY CONCEALS, ALCOHOL UNMASKS), THE ONE THAT RHYMES WAS RATED AS MORE AGREEABLE. NO WORD ON WHETHER OR NOT MIC DROPS CAN INFLUENCE ANYONE'S OPINION, THOUGH.

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Making tiny favors sound legitimate and useful is called the legitimization of paltry favors technique and makes people much more likely to give For example: Please donate, every penny counts! Who could say no to giving just a penny? (Of course, not unlike potato chips, no one actually gives just one...) GRACKED.COM

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I have a dream.. Repeating key phrases in carefully spaced intervals makes an argument more persuasive, and may lead to a better reception and agreement of the listener. A good example of this would be Martin Luther King Jr.'s I Have a Dream speech. CRACKED.COM

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LISTEN UP &@%# IT! Light swearing in a speech can help to influence the audience Swearing makes a speaker sound more passionate about the subject, which leads to more effective persuasion. GRACKED.COM

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A little shoe polish or Marmite gives meat that perfectly charred look we see in photos. Yum! CRACKED.COM

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