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When we have strong positive emotions about a brand we seek supporting evidence and ignore contradictory facts. 7 unconscious errors we make when buying brands by Douglas Van Praet

Posted on July 4, 2014 by Joshua Smith

behavioral economics, branding, cognitive bias, competitive advantage, consumers, customer relationship management, douglas van praet, emotional branding, heurstics, influence, manipulation, persuasion, sales ambassador, unconscious

Our rational mind is always looking for evidence to support our dominant beliefs… the stronger the emotion, the stronger the belief, and the greater the tendency to seek out supporting evidence. This confirmatory bias is why we often… Read More

Posted on July 1, 2014 by Joshua Smith

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Advertising works by a process of Unconscious Behaviorism. We are being conditioned by the media on a deep unconscious level and it is this implicit associative emotional conditioning that drives our brand preferences. We make decisions by emotional… Read More

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Posted on May 27, 2014 by Joshua Smith

advertising, behavioral economics, branding, cognitive bias, competitive advantage, consumers, customer relationship management, douglas van praet, emotional branding, guerilla marketing, heuristics, influence, manipuation, misconceptions, persuasion, social media, unconscious, viral marketing

The conscious mind will leap to conclusions, forming a coherent narrative based upon partial information. This strong tendency to draw conclusions from incomplete information is a cognitive rule called ‘what you see is all there is.’ Consistency and… Read More

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Posted on May 18, 2014 by Joshua Smith

advertising, behavioral economics, branding, cognitive bias, communication, consumers, creativity, customer loyalty, daniel kahneman, douglas van praet, emotional branding, graphic design, heuristics, influence, manipulation, marketing, mind control, persuasion, propaganda, social media, storytelling, unconscious

We are convinced by advertising based on consistency and coherence, not the quality and quantity of information. The best ad campaigns involve a simple clear emotionally evocative idea repeated over and over again. Less is in fact more…. Read More

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Posted on May 11, 2014 by Joshua Smith

advertising, branding, business model, communiation, competitive advantage, douglas van praet, emotional branding, influence, manipulation, marketing, misconceptions, persuasion, propaganda, unconscious

We make decisions based upon the memories of our experiences — not the actual experiences. How we feel about a brand largely depends upon our memory of the experience provided by the brand, not what actually happened. These… Read More

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Posted on May 9, 2014 by Joshua Smith

behavioral economics, branding, cognitive bias, competitive advantage, consumers, customer relationship management, douglas van praet, emotional branding, heuristics, influence, manipulation, persuasion, unconscious

When we think about buying something we automatically dredge up all of our past impressions and summarize the brand’s worth in the form of gut feelings—good, bad, or indifferent. The sum total of these feelings is what advertisers… Read More

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Posted on May 5, 2014 by Joshua Smith

advertising, behavioral economics, brand equity, branding, cognitive bias, competitive advantage, consumers, customer loyalty, customer relationship management, douglas van praet, emotional branding, heuristics, marketing, misconceptions, social networking, unconscious

Questions inadvertently tell people what to think about. Raising something as a question pushes it into the conscious mind for a conscious response. It frequently makes a presumption about how relevant or interesting that issue is to the… Read More

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Posted on May 3, 2014 by Joshua Smith

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People are often very resistant to trying or doing something new, however logically compelling that alternative is. Consumer.ology by Philip Graves

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Posted on April 7, 2014 by Joshua Smith

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Being mindful that consumers are primarily focused on not making a bad choice – making a safe choice rather than necessarily making the best choice. Consumer.ology by Philip Graves

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Posted on April 7, 2014 by Joshua Smith

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When it comes down to a real purchase decision, the unconscious mind’s desire to avoid risks can often make the choice of something new feel far less appealing. Consumer.ology by Philip Graves

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Posted on April 2, 2014 by Joshua Smith

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Research has shown that print adverts processed outside of conscious awareness shift attitudes just as much as those processed consciously. Consumer.ology by Philip Graves

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Posted on April 2, 2014 by Joshua Smith

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On a daily basis, you frequently make an unconscious decision not to do something new… …to put your shoes on in the same order… …to buy the same newspaper every day… …to watch an episode of a television… Read More

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Posted on April 1, 2014 by Joshua Smith

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Finding a way to live tests products, services, and marketing communication ideas is the only reliable way of evaluating consumer response. Consumer.ology by Philip Graves

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Posted on March 31, 2014 by Joshua Smith

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Ultimately, what consumers believe influences their choices isn’t necessarily what does. Consumer.ology by Philip Graves

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Posted on March 31, 2014 by Joshua Smith

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The more established and routine the behavior, the more likely it is to be dominated by unconscious drivers. Consumer.ology by Philip Graves

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Posted on March 30, 2014 by Joshua Smith

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The one factor has been of more concern and made more of a difference to sales in any one period than anything else: The weather Consumer.ology by Philip Graves

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Posted on March 30, 2014 by Joshua Smith

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Tests have shown that consumers are able to detect patterns and adapt our behavior well in advance of having conscious awareness of the calculations our unconscious has made. Consumer.ology by Philip Graves

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Posted on March 30, 2014 by Joshua Smith

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There is little point in asking a television viewer what he thinks of a new program’s title, if it contains words that his unconscious mind would pass over and filter out of conscious appraisal at the moment of… Read More

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Posted on March 28, 2014 by Joshua Smith

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Our selective attention is continually screening out a huge amount of information but that doesn’t mean that this information isn’t being processed. While we are not consciously processing it, our unconscious mind can be changed by what passes… Read More

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Posted on March 28, 2014 by Joshua Smith

advertising, branding, consumers, data, data mining, databending, graphic design, heuristics, influence, manipulation, perception, persuasion, philip graves, social networking, unconscious, web design

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