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How to Harness the Power of Social Media

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Facebook advertising has also helped companies understand their ideal customer’s behavior, as they can gather demographic information on them through the audience insights tool and page insights tab. Video Content. Videos are proving to be a key element for social media success.

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The Homer Simpson Guide to Neuromarketing

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The problem lies in assuming people are in charge of their own choices… Everybody thinks they are in control of their behaviors and decisions. Our behavior and decision-making is affected, 95% of the time, by the unconscious processing in the mid- and lower brains. We think we are rational, logical, and smart human beings.

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7 Ways to Market to the Subconscious Brain: The Homer Simpson Guide to Content Marketing

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The problem lies in assuming people are in charge of their own choices… The Homer Simpson Guide to Content Marketing" width="300" height="181" /> Everybody thinks they are in control of their behaviors and decisions. Our behavior and decision-making is affected, 95% of the time, by the unconscious processing in the mid and old brains.

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Basic Human Motivation: 4 Ways to Engage Readers

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There are many theories about what motivates behaviors, but I like this Four Drive theory because it is based on studies of primitive man, primitive societies, and the evolution of brain functioning over the last 100,000 years. Lawrence and Nitin Noria in their 2001 book Driven: How Human Nature Shapes Our Choices.

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What Drives Us? 4 Keys to Creating Compelling Content

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These two incredibly smart professors propose a theory of four fundamental motivations at the heart of all human behavior. These actions are what we recognize as human behaviors (click away, read more, walk away). Lawrence and Nitin Noria. The drive to acquire objects and experiences that improve our status relative to others.

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Content Marketing Biases: Your Attitude Is Showing

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We may think we’re fair and all-inclusive , but our brains operate surreptitiously, sending us intuitive messages that influence our speech, our decisions and our behavior… and if you’re a content marketer, it will permeate the content you write ! Implicit biases predict behavior. Don’t believe me?

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Reasons to Attend the AuthorU Publishing Conference

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Unsuspecting audience members were influenced by crowd behaviors. Recently I heard of one such speaker who hired people to run to his table at the back of the room in a sign-up frenzy. So I’m picky now. I only attend conferences where I know and trust the organizer and expert speakers.