Investing effort vs. spending time
How does your business serve? Customers pay you to do. Clients hire you to be. They look alike. But they don’t act alike.
Bypass Logic & Win Hearts With The Princess Bride Effect
Seeing an ad alerts the inner critic and gets logic going. We can suspend that disbelief.
You Can Quantify Trust
People trust numbers. They trust them even when those numbers might not tell them the whole story.
Social Media: Focus On People With A Command To Watch
What is it that physiologically strikes people that stops their thumb from scrolling?
Customers never bond with facts
When they realize your brand's story is a part of their story, they’ll follow you to the ends of the earth.
Want your ads to get noticed? Deny a common truth.
When something violates our expectations, the hippocampus prioritizes that information.
Play angle of approach for fun and profit
Angle of approach lets you transform a rolling piece of scrap into a dream car.
The Psychology of Pricing: Anchoring Techniques
Adding a decoy can increase selection of the most expensive option from 32% up to 84%.
Which Marketing Strategy is Most Effective?
Growing a business requires two types of strategies: Overarching Marketing Strategy and Message Strategy.
How Did You Hear About Us?
Asking is selfish and goes nowhere. And don't ever make your problem the customer's problem, ever.
Everyone Should Have a Jingle
What makes a great jingle? And what does the science of audio branding teach us about them?
Is ROAS the Crown Jewel of Marketing Metrics?
You’re lucky if you can confidently track more than 50% of conversions. So what's the alternative?
QR Codes: How to Use Them the Right Way
QR codes offer a powerful bridge between the physical and digital worlds, but they're often misused.
How Do I Get More Good Leads
Let's cut to the chase on how to attract the high-quality leads that want what you’re offering.
This is a GOOD Car Commercial
My daughters were like, "That's a stupid ad." But they were pinpoint targeting the DNA of the drivers they wanted.