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Robert Cialdini's seminal book on the psychological techniques of persuasion list 6 types of persuasion. | Robert Cialdini's seminal book on the psychological techniques of persuasion list 6 types of persuasion. | ||
*'''[[Reciprocity]]''': the classic example being the free flower from the hari Krishna at the airport so pleasingly lampooned in airplane. The idea is if you receive a gratuity, regardless of how insignificant, you feel morally obliged to reciprocate, (in the context of sales by purchasing the product) | *'''[[Reciprocity]]''': the classic example being the free flower from the hari Krishna at the airport so pleasingly lampooned in airplane. The idea is if you receive a gratuity, regardless of how insignificant, you feel morally obliged to reciprocate, (in the context of sales by purchasing the product) | ||
*'''[[Commitment]]''' and '''consistency''': early in the sales pitch, commit your target to an uncontroversial factual statement — especially one that by ego, the mark is disposed to agree with — which is consistent with product. (e.g.: “do you like fine arts and classical music?” Now, what self-respecting culture vulture would not agree with that? Who would want to come across to that nice young lady (see — “liking”) as some kind of Philistine? Then comes the sucker punch: “Great — so a person of such exquisite taste will want to buy this book of discount coupons for classical concerts...”. Your play here is to either climb down and admit to that nice young lady that you ''are'' a Philistine and not only that you were bluffing about it — or you could suck it up and buy the stupid coupon book. | *'''[[Commitment]]''' and '''[[consistency (influence)|consistency]]''': early in the sales pitch, commit your target to an uncontroversial factual statement — especially one that by ego, the mark is disposed to agree with — which is consistent with product. (e.g.: “do you like fine arts and classical music?” Now, what self-respecting culture vulture would not agree with that? Who would want to come across to that nice young lady (see — “liking”) as some kind of Philistine? Then comes the sucker punch: “Great — so a person of such exquisite taste will want to buy this book of discount coupons for classical concerts...”. Your play here is to either climb down and admit to that nice young lady that you ''are'' a Philistine and not only that you were bluffing about it — or you could suck it up and buy the stupid coupon book. | ||
*'''[[Authority (influence)|Authority]]''': We are more susceptible to following instructions from people in a putative position of authority. As to this see the Milgram experiments etc. | *'''[[Authority (influence)|Authority]]''': We are more susceptible to following instructions from people in a putative position of authority. As to this see the Milgram experiments etc. | ||
*'''[[Social proof]]''': We are instinctive joiner-inners. Well, OK, you, my darling contrarians — obviously ''you’re'' not, but all the other [[sheeple]] — ''they'' are. They will tend to behave in the same way that people in their social group and of their social status behave. Therefore if you can be persuaded ''that that is what your peers are doing'' you are likely to be persuaded to do it yourself. | *'''[[Social proof]]''': We are instinctive joiner-inners. Well, OK, you, my darling contrarians — obviously ''you’re'' not, but all the other [[sheeple]] — ''they'' are. They will tend to behave in the same way that people in their social group and of their social status behave. Therefore if you can be persuaded ''that that is what your peers are doing'' you are likely to be persuaded to do it yourself. | ||
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Robert Cialdini's seminal book on the psychological techniques of persuasion list 6 types of persuasion.
- Reciprocity: the classic example being the free flower from the hari Krishna at the airport so pleasingly lampooned in airplane. The idea is if you receive a gratuity, regardless of how insignificant, you feel morally obliged to reciprocate, (in the context of sales by purchasing the product)
- Commitment and consistency: early in the sales pitch, commit your target to an uncontroversial factual statement — especially one that by ego, the mark is disposed to agree with — which is consistent with product. (e.g.: “do you like fine arts and classical music?” Now, what self-respecting culture vulture would not agree with that? Who would want to come across to that nice young lady (see — “liking”) as some kind of Philistine? Then comes the sucker punch: “Great — so a person of such exquisite taste will want to buy this book of discount coupons for classical concerts...”. Your play here is to either climb down and admit to that nice young lady that you are a Philistine and not only that you were bluffing about it — or you could suck it up and buy the stupid coupon book.
- Authority: We are more susceptible to following instructions from people in a putative position of authority. As to this see the Milgram experiments etc.
- Social proof: We are instinctive joiner-inners. Well, OK, you, my darling contrarians — obviously you’re not, but all the other sheeple — they are. They will tend to behave in the same way that people in their social group and of their social status behave. Therefore if you can be persuaded that that is what your peers are doing you are likely to be persuaded to do it yourself.
- Liking: It is no accident that handsome young people are good salespeople. The will is weak. if you like the person selling to you you're more likely to buy from them. Therefore, Physical Attraction, agreeableness and so on are very disarming.
- Scarcity: On sale now for a limited time only. There are only five left. When they’re gone, they’re gone. A simple strategy, well-understood but nonetheless effective strategy. People can be persuaded to buy products that they would not buy were they not in scarce supply. Hence: never buy in an auction.