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402 Using Behavioral Science in Marketing by Nancy Harhut

The Marketing Book Podcast

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How Do You Get People to Agree With You? Chapter 10

Douglas Rushkoff: How do you convince someone who initially claims they're not in the market for your product that they in fact are? He says information gap theory is a term coined by neuroscientist named George Lowenstein and what he's found is if there is a gap between what you know and what you want to know you'll take action to close it. Rushkoff asks Nancy Harhitt how one word gets people to agree with you before they've even heard what you say next. "We just assume that the authorities know what they're talking about,"Rushkoff responds.

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