As humans, we’re more likely to do something for someone after they’ve done something for us.
When you consistently provide value to your audience -- they’re more likely to reciprocate by supporting you.
This builds brand advocates.
The best marketing affects a human's behavior.
It leverages psychology to impact people's perceptions and decisions.
Understand it and you'll influence consumer's buying decisions.
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As humans, we’re more likely to do something for someone after they’ve done something for us.
When you consistently provide value to your audience -- they’re more likely to reciprocate by supporting you.
This builds brand advocates.
Too many choices means too much confusion.
This affects a consumer's ability to make a decision and demotivates them from doing so.
Reduce your options.
Increase your conversion rate.
Perspective influences decisions.
With the decoy effect, you alter the consumer’s perspective by making the highest ticket item look like a deal.
Ex:
Small Popcorn: $3
Medium Popcorn: $6.50
Large Popcorn: $7
The large feels like a great deal.
This phenomenon is when you see something for the first time then feel like you start seeing it everywhere.
Once you become aware of something you start to look for it unconsciously.
This then convinces you that it really is everywhere.
It’s easier to get an existing customer to make another purchase than to acquire a new customer.
This is the halo effect.
A great experience with your company or product will unconsciously create a positive perspective about you across the boards.
The fear of missing out is real.
People want what feels unavailable.
By creating scarcity, you get consumers to act quicker.
People tend to remember the first few words and the last few words.
It’s called the primacy vs recency effect.
To optimize this, rearrange your info.
Put the most valuable info at the beginning and the end.
We naturally prefer personalized experiences.
A personalized experience where we feel like our interests and preferences are accounted for.
People don’t want a one-size-fits-all.
They want a one of one.
It’s easier to make a decision after you see someone else make it and be happy with their decision.
This is why social proof matters.
It gives context regarding the post-satisfaction of making a decision.
This will help consumers make conditional decisions.
Objections keep people from making decisions.
To counteract this, use risk aversion to tackle these objections.
Examples:
- 7-day free trial - No CC needed
- 30 Day money-back guarantee
- Your info is safe and secure
The social identity theory is where a person’s sense of self is based on a group they identify with.
To create an even deeper connection, have an enemy.
Apple did this with their Mac vs PC ads.
It created an enemy that all Apple users could get behind.
Not everyone is ready to drop x amount of dollars.
The foot in the door technique makes the initial commitment, simple and easy.
It leverages time to build confidence in your product.
Example: A 30-day free trial
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Tip from Alex: Repeat Yourself
Reason: Your main benefit shouldn’t be expressed subtly. Repeat it three times. Make it known.
Example: Apple’s M1 Chip
Tip from Blake: Start with goals for the copy.
Reason: You need to know what you are writing, for whom, and what action it should lead to. No guesswork.
Example: My content engine at https://t.co/jYMMlbgFCw
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// A THREAD //
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The year of change.
My life changed a lot and I learned even more.
Here are the 20 most important lessons - which will shape the upcoming decade for me.
1. Systems Are Better Than Goals
In the past, I failed many of my goals.
This year I've realized that it could be caused by the fact that they were goals, not systems.
Thanks, @ScottAdamsSays for helping me realize this.
Short article on the topic: https://t.co/lyBqGBR0yM
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@NotionHQ is definitely the most useful tool I've discovered this year.
I use it for:
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- Freelance CRM
- Content Creation
- Website project management
And for personal use, it's completely free.
3. Email Is Immortal
This year we saw on social sites:
- Shadow bans
- Normal bans
- Decreasing reach (e.g. during the presidential election)
That's why I believe building an independent audience e.g. email list is mandatory.
P.S. https://t.co/iuhQJIf80K
// A THREAD //
It was a fast and weird year.
The year of change.
My life changed a lot and I learned even more.
Here are the 20 most important lessons - which will shape the upcoming decade for me.
1. Systems Are Better Than Goals
In the past, I failed many of my goals.
This year I've realized that it could be caused by the fact that they were goals, not systems.
Thanks, @ScottAdamsSays for helping me realize this.
Short article on the topic: https://t.co/lyBqGBR0yM
2. Use Notion More
@NotionHQ is definitely the most useful tool I've discovered this year.
I use it for:
- Freelance CRM
- Content Creation
- Website project management
And for personal use, it's completely free.
3. Email Is Immortal
This year we saw on social sites:
- Shadow bans
- Normal bans
- Decreasing reach (e.g. during the presidential election)
That's why I believe building an independent audience e.g. email list is mandatory.
P.S. https://t.co/iuhQJIf80K
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The meat of the criticism is that the history Adler gives is insufficiently critical. Adler describes a few figures who had a great influence on how the modern US university was formed. It's certainly critical: it focuses on the social Darwinism of these figures. 2/x
Other insinuations and suggestions in the review seem wildly off the mark, distorted, or inappropriate-- for example, that the book is clickbaity (it is scholarly) or conservative (hardly) or connected to the events at the Capitol (give me a break). 3/x
The core question: in what sense is classics inherently racist? Classics is old. On Adler's account, it begins in ancient Rome and is revived in the Renaissance. Slavery (Christiansen's primary concern) is also very old. Let's say classics is an education for slaveowners. 4/x
It's worth remembering that literacy itself is elite throughout most of this history. Literacy is, then, also the education of slaveowners. We can honor oral and musical traditions without denying that literacy is, generally, good. 5/x
As someone\u2019s who\u2019s read the book, this review strikes me as tremendously unfair. It mostly faults Adler for not writing the book the reviewer wishes he had! https://t.co/pqpt5Ziivj
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The meat of the criticism is that the history Adler gives is insufficiently critical. Adler describes a few figures who had a great influence on how the modern US university was formed. It's certainly critical: it focuses on the social Darwinism of these figures. 2/x
Other insinuations and suggestions in the review seem wildly off the mark, distorted, or inappropriate-- for example, that the book is clickbaity (it is scholarly) or conservative (hardly) or connected to the events at the Capitol (give me a break). 3/x
The core question: in what sense is classics inherently racist? Classics is old. On Adler's account, it begins in ancient Rome and is revived in the Renaissance. Slavery (Christiansen's primary concern) is also very old. Let's say classics is an education for slaveowners. 4/x
It's worth remembering that literacy itself is elite throughout most of this history. Literacy is, then, also the education of slaveowners. We can honor oral and musical traditions without denying that literacy is, generally, good. 5/x