- •Table of Contents
- •Foreword
- •Acknowledgments
- •Introduction
- •Keywords
- •Chapter 1: The Power of Persuasion
- •Persuasion: The Heartbeat of Our Economy
- •Used for You or Against You
- •When You Have the Right Tools You Will Succeed
- •Definitions
- •Persuasion and Rhetoric
- •The Foundational Principles of Persuasion
- •Twelve Automatic Triggers of Persuasion
- •Thinking About Not Thinking
- •The Twelve Laws of Persuasion
- •Two Paths of Persuasion
- •The Theory of Cognitive Dissonance
- •Methods of Protecting Mental Consistency
- •Using Dissonance to Create Action
- •The Law of Dissonance in Marketing
- •Cognitive Dissonance and Public Commitment
- •Getting Your Foot in the Door
- •Three Steps to Using the Law of Dissonance
- •Chapter 4: The Law of Obligation--How to Get Anyone to Do a Favor for You
- •Definition of the Law of Obligation
- •The Law of Obligation and Marketing
- •Fundraising and the Law of Obligation
- •Applying the Law of Obligation
- •Reciprocal Concessions
- •Give a Favor, Expect a Favor in Return
- •Secrets Create Obligation: The Secret of Secrets
- •Caution
- •Attraction: The Halo Effect
- •Similarity: Similar Is Familiar
- •People Skills: Winning Instant Acceptance from Others
- •Rapport: The Instant Connection
- •Going with the Crowd
- •The Law of Social Validation at Work
- •Social Validation: The Power of the Group
- •The Dark Side of Social Validation
- •Social Validation and Conformity or Groupthink
- •Social Validation and Marketing
- •Making Social Validation Work
- •Why Scarcity Drives Us Wild
- •The Law of Scarcity in Marketing
- •How to Use the Law of Scarcity
- •The Inherent Power of Words
- •The Fundamentals of Language Usage
- •Word Choice
- •Dental Verbal Packaging
- •Types of Contrast
- •How to Use the Law of Contrast
- •Expectations as Assumptions: Expect with Confidence
- •Expectations of Others Affect Behavior
- •Presupposition: Assuming the Sale
- •The Placebo Effect: Persuasive Suggestions
- •Time Expectations
- •Reputation Expectations
- •First Impression Expectations
- •Embedded Commands
- •Goal Setting: Creating Personal Expectations
- •Environment
- •Pacing and Leading
- •Increasing Participation
- •Creating Atmosphere
- •Maintaining Attention
- •Using the Art of Questioning
- •Telling Mesmerizing Stories
- •Repeating and Repackaging
- •Building Suspense and Distraction
- •Generating Competition
- •Engaging the Five Senses
- •Self-Esteem
- •Pride
- •Ingratiation: Make Others Feel Important
- •The Leverage of Praise
- •Acceptance
- •The Amazing Power of Endorsements
- •Anchors: Capture the Feeling
- •Affiliation: Create the Link
- •Use Association to Persuade and Influence
- •Logic: What Stirs an Audience
- •Common Logical Fallacies
- •Evidence and Logic
- •Compelling Evidence
- •Types of Emotions: Emotional Mastery
- •Tip the Scale
- •Monitoring the Ability to Change: Getting Inside the Closed Mind
- •Monitoring Your Listening Skills: Crack the Code
- •Structuring Winning Arguments
- •Giving a Call to Action
- •Structure Points
- •Inoculation: Defend Against the Attack
- •Preparation Is the Key to Influence
- •Epilogue
- •Notes
- •Chapter 3
- •Chapter 4
- •Chapter 5
- •Chapter 6
- •Chapter 7
- •Chapter 8
- •Chapter 9
- •Chapter 10
- •Chapter 11
- •Chapter 12
- •Chapter 13
- •Chapter 14
- •Index
- •List of Sidebars
Chapter 12
1.J. Maxwell and J. Dornan, Becoming a Person of Influence (Nashville: Thomas Nelson, 1997), p. 50.
2.Maxwell Maltz, Psycho-Cybernetics (Los Angeles: Wilshire Book Company, 1960).
3.E. Walster Hatfield, ‘‘The Effect of Self-Esteem on Romantic Liking,’’ Journal of Experimental Social Psychology (1965): 1.
4.Stephen R. Covey, Principle-Centered Leadership (New York: Simon & Schuster, 1990).
5.Ibid.
6.Maxwell and Dornan, Becoming a Person of Influence, p. 43.
7.Science Newsletter, April 16, 1949.
8.K. Erickson, The Power of Praise (St. Louis: Concordia Publishing House, 1984), pp. 79–80.
9.J. D. Watt, ‘‘The Impact of Frequency of Ingratiation on the Performance Evaluation of Bank Personnel,’’ Journal of Psychology 127, 2 (1993): 171–177.
10.S. J. Wayne and R. C. Liden, ‘‘Effects of Impression Management on Performance Ratings: A Longitudinal Study,’’ Academy of Management Journal 38, 1 (1995): 232–260.
11.R. J. Deluga, ‘‘Supervisor Trust Building, Leader-Member Exchange and Organizational Citizenship Behaviour,’’
Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology 67 (1994): 315–326.
12.D. Drachman, A. DeCarufel, and C. Insko, ‘‘The Extra Credit Effect in Inter-Personal Attraction,’’ Journal of Experimental Social Psychology (1978): 458– 467.
13.M. Tesser, Advanced Social Psychology (New York: McGraw-Hill, 1995).
Chapter 13
1.A. Pratkanis and E. Aronson, Age of Propaganda (New York: W. H. Freeman and Company, 1992), p. 93.
2.G. E. Belch and M. A. Belch, Advertising and Promotion: An Integrated Marketing Communications Perspective (New York: McGraw-Hill, 1998).
3.M. Schleidt and B. Hold, ‘‘Human Odour and Identity,’’ in Olfaction and Endocrine Regulation, W. Breipohl, editor (London: IRL Press, 1982), pp. 181– 194.
4.Robert A. Baron, ‘‘Sweet Smell of Success: The Impact of Pleasant Artificial Scents on Evaluations of Job Applicants,’’ Journal of Applied Psychology 68 (1983): 709–713.
5.Ibid.
6.G. H. S. Razran, ‘‘Conditioned Response Changes in Rating and Appraising Sociopolitical Slogans,’’
Psychological Bulletin 37 (1940): 481.
7.Doug Murphy. See: www.ahwatukee.com/afn/community/articles/010704b.html
8.David Leonhardt, with Kathleen Kerwin, ‘‘Hey Kid, Buy This!’’ Business Week, June 30, 1997.
9.R. Feinberg, ‘‘Credit Cards As Spending Facilitation Stimuli,’’ Journal of Consumer Research (1986): 348–356.
10.K. Fehrman and C. Fehrman, Color: The Secret Influence (Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Prentice Hall, 2000), 141.
11.Ibid, p. 142.
12.Ibid, pp. 12-13.
13.Ibid, p. 84.
14.Ibid, p. 144.
15.Ibid, p. 144.
16.Ibid, p. 145.
17.Ibid, p. 145.
Chapter 14
1.Arthur Lefford, ‘‘The Influence of Emotional Subject Matter on Logical Reading,’’ Journal of General Psychology 34 (1946): 127–151.
2.Randall Reuchelle, ‘‘An Experimental Study of Audience Recognition of Emotional and Intellectual Appeals in Persuasion,’’ Speech Monographs 25, 1 (1958): 49–57.
3.Gerard Tellis, Advertising and Sales Promotion Strategy (Reading, Mass.: Addison-Wesley, 1998), p. 138.
4.George Miller, ‘‘The Magical Number of Seven,’’ Psychological Review 63, 2 (1956).
5.Charles Larson, Persuasion (Belmont, Calif.: Wadsworth,1995), pp. 222– 225.
6.J. C. McCroskey, ‘‘A Summary of Experimental Research on the Effects of Evidence in Persuasive Communication,’’ Quarterly Journal of Speech 55 (1969): 169–176.
7.P. Salovey and J. D. Mayer, ‘‘Emotional Intelligence: Imagination, Cognition, and Personality,’’ reprinted in Human Emotions, J. M. Jenkins, K. Oatley, and N. L. Stein, editors (Oxford: Blackwell Publishers, 1998), pp. 313–319.
8.Tellis, Advertising and Sales Promotion Strategy, pp. 160–161.
9.L. Janis and S. Feshbach, ‘‘Effects of Fear-Arousing Communications,’’ Journal of Abnormal and Social Psychology (1953): 78–92.