Yearly Archives: 2013


The Hidden Power in Your Website: Content

Content influences offline purchasing behavior in profound ways. Its online influence is even greater.= “People say, I don’t trust my own experience, but I trust those numbers,” Christopher Hsee told Time Magazine, when commenting on how people can be unduly influenced by product descriptions. Hsee, a professor of behavioral sciences […]


Marketers: STOP Treating Us Like Fools

One reason Google has been so successful is that it has shown a genuine respect for its customers. “Google’s fourth-quarter revenues were up 18% to $5.7 billion, a solid showing,” Fortune reported. The article goes on to state that “Google is transferring almost half a billion dollars in wealth from […]


WEB: What Is It Really Good For?

The Web helps us make better decisions based on us doing often very detailed research. But certain decisions don’t require any research at all. Say you’re feeling a little hungry. Will you have a piece of chocolate or an apple? When faced with such a decision in the past, did […]