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THE SECRET
PSYCHOLOGY
PERSUASIVE CONTENT
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1  Introduction
TODAY’S TALK
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3  Engaging images
4  Viral videos
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INTRODUCTION
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THE WEB PSYCHOLOGIST
NATHALIE NAHAI
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WEBS OF INFLUENCE
THE PSYCHOLOGY OF ONLINE PERSUASION
Pearson, 2012
UK | EU | USA | KOREA | JAPAN | CHINA
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WEB PSYCHOLOGY
I coined the term ‘Web Psychology’
in 2011 and defined it as…
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WEB PSYCHOLOGY
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The empirical study of how
our online environments influence
our attitudes and behaviours
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HOW IT HELPS YOU
Web Psychology is a psychological toolkit
that will help you design more persuasive
websites, apps, and user experiences
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WEBPSYCHOLOGY
HCI
neuro-
aesthetics
user
experience
social
psychology
cognitive
psychology
neuroscience
cross-cultural
psychology
behavioural
economics
persuasive
technology
personality
psychology
digital
humanities
marketing
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IT’S ABOUT CONTEXT
Universal
Cultural
Individual
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IT’S ABOUT CONTEXT
Universal
Cultural
Individual
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IT’S ABOUT CONTEXT
Universal
Cultural
Individual
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3 secrets
ONLINE SUCCESS
to
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1  Know who you’re targeting
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1  Know who you’re targeting
2  Communicate persuasively
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1  Know who you’re targeting
2  Communicate persuasively
3  Sell with integrity
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Persuasive copy
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A GOLDEN RATIO?
80:20
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Would this make me want to read on?
ASK YOURSELF
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SEDUCTIVE HEADLINES

Whatever industry you’re in, to get
people to read your copy,
you need a hook…
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9 steps
PERSUASIVE HEADLINES
to
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Understand your target
audience
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PERSONALITY MATTERS
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Adapting persuasive messages to
the personality traits… can be an
effective way of increasing the
messages’ impact
J. Hirsh, S. Kang and G. Bodenhausen (2012). Personalized Persuasion: Tailoring Persuasive Appeals to Recipients' Personality Traits. Psychological Science
published online 30 April 2012
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EXTRAVERSION
Strong
Outgoing
Active
Excitement
Attention
J. Hirsh, S. Kang and G. Bodenhausen (2012). Personalized Persuasion: Tailoring Persuasive Appeals to Recipients' Personality Traits. Psychological Science
published online 30 April 2012
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OPENNESS
Innovation
Intelligence
Sophistication
Imagination
Creative
J. Hirsh, S. Kang and G. Bodenhausen (2012). Personalized Persuasion: Tailoring Persuasive Appeals to Recipients' Personality Traits. Psychological Science
published online 30 April 2012
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NEUROTICISM
Safe
Reduce the anxiety
Uncertainty
Security
Protection
J. Hirsh, S. Kang and G. Bodenhausen (2012). Personalized Persuasion: Tailoring Persuasive Appeals to Recipients' Personality Traits. Psychological Science
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TOOLS
•  Big 5 (IPIP-NEO) personal.psu.edu/j5j/IPIP/
•  Visual DNA visualdna.com/
•  MyPersonality mypersonality.org/
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Write to one person
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PERSONA(S)
Give each segment a psychologically
representative persona
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PERSONA(S)
•  Age
•  Gender
•  Personality traits (Big 5)
•  Culture (country / peer group)
•  Motivation (intrinsic / extrinsic)
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Write outline of copy first,
then the headline
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CONSISTENCY
This will ensure you distill the content into
a headline that can deliver
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Use psychological
trigger words
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TRIGGER WORDS
Weird
Bizarre
Strange
Mystery
Effortless
Painstaking
Fun
Free
Secret
Amazing
Absolute
Essential
Incredible
(It’s not what
you think)
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Write several different
headlines - read them aloud
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READING vs SPEAKING
We write differently than we speak –
reading headlines aloud will give you a
fresh, new perspective
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Pick no.1 benefit & include it
in the headlines
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Include the product or
problem in the headlines
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Write a totally left-field
headline – yes, seriously
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Split test your headlines,
use the most effective
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TEST IT!
Even if you have a small readership, you
can test what customers will respond to by
split-testing emails, articles, web pages
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The formula
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Number / Trigger word
+
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Number / Trigger word
Adjective
+
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Number / Trigger word
Adjective
Keyword
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Number / Trigger word
Adjective
Keyword
Promise
+
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Number / Trigger word
Adjective
Keyword
Promise
KILLER HEADLINE
+
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EXAMPLE
Subject:
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EXAMPLE
Subject: Frying eggs
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EXAMPLE
Subject: Frying eggs
You could write an article entitled:
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EXAMPLE
Subject: Frying eggs
You could write an article entitled:
-  “How to fry an egg”
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EXAMPLE
Subject: Frying eggs
You could write an article entitled:
-  “How to fry an egg”
-  “Why I love frying eggs”
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OR APPLY THE FORMULA:
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OR APPLY THE FORMULA:
“13 unbelievable ways you can fry a small egg with a sock”
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OR APPLY THE FORMULA:
“13 unbelievable ways you can fry a small egg with a sock”
number
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OR APPLY THE FORMULA:
“13 unbelievable ways you can fry a small egg with a sock”
number
trigger word
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OR APPLY THE FORMULA:
“13 unbelievable ways you can fry a small egg with a sock”
number
trigger word
adjective
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OR APPLY THE FORMULA:
“13 unbelievable ways you can fry a small egg with a sock”
number
trigger word
adjective
keyword
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OR APPLY THE FORMULA:
“13 unbelievable ways you can fry a small egg with a sock”
number
trigger word
adjective
keyword
promise
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SO, FOR ‘BORING’ INDUSTRIES…
Subject:
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SO, FOR ‘BORING’ INDUSTRIES…
Subject: Home Insurance
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SO, FOR ‘BORING’ INDUSTRIES…
Subject: Home Insurance
You could write an article entitled:
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SO, FOR ‘BORING’ INDUSTRIES…
Subject: Home Insurance
You could write an article entitled:
-  “Why you should insure your home”
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SO, FOR ‘BORING’ INDUSTRIES…
Subject: Home Insurance
You could write an article entitled:
-  “Why you should insure your home”
-  “Home insurance for the whole family”
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OR APPLY THE FORMULA:
“3 bizarre ways our bespoke insurance could save your life”
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OR APPLY THE FORMULA:
“3 bizarre ways our bespoke insurance could save your life”
number
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OR APPLY THE FORMULA:
“3 bizarre ways our bespoke insurance could save your life”
number
trigger word
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OR APPLY THE FORMULA:
“3 bizarre ways our bespoke insurance could save your life”
number
trigger word
adjective
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OR APPLY THE FORMULA:
“3 bizarre ways our bespoke insurance could save your life”
number
trigger word keyword
adjective
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OR APPLY THE FORMULA:
“3 bizarre ways our bespoke insurance could save your life”
number
trigger word
promise
keyword
adjective
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… ISN’T THIS
JUST CLICKBAIT?
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ONLY IF…
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You’re not offering value, or if you’re
promising more than you can deliver
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ASK YOURSELF
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What are the tangible benefits my
customers will get from this content?
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Which is why
This works…
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Engaging images
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They’re instant, data-rich, and
visually compelling
IMAGES SEDUCE
THE WEB PSYCHOLOGIST
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YOUR IMAGES SHOULD
1  Elicit emotion
- anger, fear, happiness, disgust, surprise, sadness
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EMOTIONS
“ ”
Where thought conflicts with emotion,
the latter is designed by the neural
circuitry in our brains to win
R. Carter (1999) Mapping the Mind. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press.
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http://www.boredpanda.com/first-world-problems-twitter/
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YOUR IMAGES SHOULD
1  Elicit emotion
- anger, fear, happiness, disgust, surprise, sadness
2  Tell a story
- contrast & concrete
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Cosa Nostra, ‘More power than ever’: http://www.cosanostracreative.com/48048/240987/advertising/more-power-than-ever
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Mohawk for Standard Life - ‘Potential. Delivered.’
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YOUR IMAGES SHOULD
1  Elicit emotion
- anger, fear, happiness, disgust, surprise, sadness
2  Tell a story
- contrast & concrete
3  Create a curiosity gap
- Gestalt – desire to ‘close the loop’
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Viral videos
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BOOST SHAREABILITY
1  Use nostalgia
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Internet Explorer – ‘Child Of The 90s’ (2013) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qkM6RJf15cg
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BOOST SHAREABILITY
1  Use nostalgia
2  Mirror your audience
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DL Jeans – ‘#BUTTCAM’ (2014) http://www.dl1961.com/
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BOOST SHAREABILITY
1  Use nostalgia
2  Mirror your audience
3  Make it funny
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Newcastle Brown Ale – ‘If We Won’ (2014) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h1YvJBwC4xQ
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BOOST SHAREABILITY
1  Use nostalgia
2  Mirror your audience
3  Make it funny
4  Surprise them
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1  Use nostalgia
2  Mirror your audience
3  Make it funny
4  Surprise them
5  Move them
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To create persuasive content you have to:
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3  Use psychological triggers
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1  HBR (1st July 2014) http://blogs.hbr.org/2014/06/proven-ways-to-earn-your-employees-trust/
2  J. Hirsh, S. Kang and G. Bodenhausen (2012). Personalized Persuasion: Tailoring Persuasive Appeals to Recipients' Personality Traits. Psychological Science published online
30 April 2012.
3  Big 5 (IPIP-NEO) personal.psu.edu/j5j/IPIP/
4  Visual DNA visualdna.com/
5  MyPersonality mypersonality.org/
6  HBR (27th June 2014) http://blogs.hbr.org/2014/06/proven-ways-to-earn-your-employees-trust/
7  Optimizely (2014) https://www.optimizely.com/
8  Upworthy (21st November 2013) http://www.upworthy.com/the-dalai-lama-has-some-very-uplifting-and-wise-words-about-farting
9  LinkedIn (June 30th 2014) https://www.linkedin.com/today/post/article/20140630120036-20017018-10-things-only-exceptional-bosses-give-employees
10  Buzzfeed (June 26th 2014) http://www.buzzfeed.com/lukebailey/london-prices
11  First World Problems: http://www.boredpanda.com/first-world-problems-twitter/
12  http://global3.memecdn.com/one-does-not-simply_o_204186.jpg
13  http://wackymania.com/image/2013/03/the-best-baby-memes-of-all-time/the-best-baby-memes-of-all-time-01.jpg
14  Know More (Washington Post): http://knowmore.washingtonpost.com/
15  Cosa Nostra, ‘More power than ever’: http://www.cosanostracreative.com/48048/240987/advertising/more-power-than-ever
16  Mohawk for Standard Life - ‘Potential. Delivered.’
17  Buzzfeed (26th June 2014) http://www.buzzfeed.com/lukebailey/london-prices
18  Buzzfeed (15th Nov 2013) http://www.buzzfeed.com/bobbymiller/things-kids-do-thatd-be-creepy-if-an-adult-did-them
19  Internet Explorer – ‘Child Of The 90s’ (2013) https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=qkM6RJf15cg
20  DL Jeans – ‘#BUTTCAM’ (2014) http://www.dl1961.com/
21  Newcastle Brown Ale – ‘If We Won’ (2014) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h1YvJBwC4xQ
22  Bathstore – ‘Just a wee’ (2014) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=beROUHV5jPc
23  Samsung Life Insurance – ‘The Bridge Of Life’ (2013) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cDsVOXTQAIs
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Nathalie Nahai - The secret psychology behind persuasive content

  • 1. All material © THE WEB PSYCHOLOGIST LTD. 2014. No unauthorised reproduction or distribution. @NATHALIENAHAITHE WEB PSYCHOLOGIST LTD. THE SECRET PSYCHOLOGY PERSUASIVE CONTENT of
  • 2. All material © THE WEB PSYCHOLOGIST LTD. 2014. No unauthorised reproduction or distribution. @NATHALIENAHAITHE WEB PSYCHOLOGIST LTD. 1  Introduction TODAY’S TALK
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  • 9. All material © THE WEB PSYCHOLOGIST LTD. 2014. No unauthorised reproduction or distribution. @NATHALIENAHAITHE WEB PSYCHOLOGIST LTD. THE WEB PSYCHOLOGIST NATHALIE NAHAI @NathalieNahai TheWebPsychologist.com InstituteOfWebPsychology.com
  • 10. All material © THE WEB PSYCHOLOGIST LTD. 2014. No unauthorised reproduction or distribution. @NATHALIENAHAITHE WEB PSYCHOLOGIST LTD. WEBS OF INFLUENCE THE PSYCHOLOGY OF ONLINE PERSUASION Pearson, 2012 UK | EU | USA | KOREA | JAPAN | CHINA
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  • 12. All material © THE WEB PSYCHOLOGIST LTD. 2014. No unauthorised reproduction or distribution. @NATHALIENAHAITHE WEB PSYCHOLOGIST LTD. WEB PSYCHOLOGY I coined the term ‘Web Psychology’ in 2011 and defined it as…
  • 13. All material © THE WEB PSYCHOLOGIST LTD. 2014. No unauthorised reproduction or distribution. @NATHALIENAHAITHE WEB PSYCHOLOGIST LTD. WEB PSYCHOLOGY “ ” The empirical study of how our online environments influence our attitudes and behaviours
  • 14. All material © THE WEB PSYCHOLOGIST LTD. 2014. No unauthorised reproduction or distribution. @NATHALIENAHAITHE WEB PSYCHOLOGIST LTD. HOW IT HELPS YOU Web Psychology is a psychological toolkit that will help you design more persuasive websites, apps, and user experiences
  • 15. All material © THE WEB PSYCHOLOGIST LTD. 2014. No unauthorised reproduction or distribution. @NATHALIENAHAITHE WEB PSYCHOLOGIST LTD. WEBPSYCHOLOGY HCI neuro- aesthetics user experience social psychology cognitive psychology neuroscience cross-cultural psychology behavioural economics persuasive technology personality psychology digital humanities marketing
  • 16. All material © THE WEB PSYCHOLOGIST LTD. 2014. No unauthorised reproduction or distribution. @NATHALIENAHAITHE WEB PSYCHOLOGIST LTD. IT’S ABOUT CONTEXT Universal Cultural Individual
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  • 19. All material © THE WEB PSYCHOLOGIST LTD. 2014. No unauthorised reproduction or distribution. @NATHALIENAHAITHE WEB PSYCHOLOGIST LTD. 3 secrets ONLINE SUCCESS to
  • 20. All material © THE WEB PSYCHOLOGIST LTD. 2014. No unauthorised reproduction or distribution. @NATHALIENAHAITHE WEB PSYCHOLOGIST LTD. 1  Know who you’re targeting
  • 21. All material © THE WEB PSYCHOLOGIST LTD. 2014. No unauthorised reproduction or distribution. @NATHALIENAHAITHE WEB PSYCHOLOGIST LTD. 1  Know who you’re targeting 2  Communicate persuasively
  • 22. All material © THE WEB PSYCHOLOGIST LTD. 2014. No unauthorised reproduction or distribution. @NATHALIENAHAITHE WEB PSYCHOLOGIST LTD. 1  Know who you’re targeting 2  Communicate persuasively 3  Sell with integrity
  • 23. All material © THE WEB PSYCHOLOGIST LTD. 2014. No unauthorised reproduction or distribution. @NATHALIENAHAITHE WEB PSYCHOLOGIST LTD. 2 Persuasive copy
  • 24. All material © THE WEB PSYCHOLOGIST LTD. 2014. No unauthorised reproduction or distribution. @NATHALIENAHAITHE WEB PSYCHOLOGIST LTD. A GOLDEN RATIO? 80:20
  • 25. All material © THE WEB PSYCHOLOGIST LTD. 2014. No unauthorised reproduction or distribution. @NATHALIENAHAITHE WEB PSYCHOLOGIST LTD. “ ” Would this make me want to read on? ASK YOURSELF
  • 26. All material © THE WEB PSYCHOLOGIST LTD. 2014. No unauthorised reproduction or distribution. @NATHALIENAHAITHE WEB PSYCHOLOGIST LTD. SEDUCTIVE HEADLINES Whatever industry you’re in, to get people to read your copy, you need a hook…
  • 27. All material © THE WEB PSYCHOLOGIST LTD. 2014. No unauthorised reproduction or distribution. @NATHALIENAHAITHE WEB PSYCHOLOGIST LTD. 9 steps PERSUASIVE HEADLINES to
  • 28. All material © THE WEB PSYCHOLOGIST LTD. 2014. No unauthorised reproduction or distribution. @NATHALIENAHAITHE WEB PSYCHOLOGIST LTD. 1 Understand your target audience
  • 29. All material © THE WEB PSYCHOLOGIST LTD. 2014. No unauthorised reproduction or distribution. @NATHALIENAHAITHE WEB PSYCHOLOGIST LTD. PERSONALITY MATTERS “ ” Adapting persuasive messages to the personality traits… can be an effective way of increasing the messages’ impact J. Hirsh, S. Kang and G. Bodenhausen (2012). Personalized Persuasion: Tailoring Persuasive Appeals to Recipients' Personality Traits. Psychological Science published online 30 April 2012
  • 30. All material © THE WEB PSYCHOLOGIST LTD. 2014. No unauthorised reproduction or distribution. @NATHALIENAHAITHE WEB PSYCHOLOGIST LTD. EXTRAVERSION Strong Outgoing Active Excitement Attention J. Hirsh, S. Kang and G. Bodenhausen (2012). Personalized Persuasion: Tailoring Persuasive Appeals to Recipients' Personality Traits. Psychological Science published online 30 April 2012
  • 31. All material © THE WEB PSYCHOLOGIST LTD. 2014. No unauthorised reproduction or distribution. @NATHALIENAHAITHE WEB PSYCHOLOGIST LTD. OPENNESS Innovation Intelligence Sophistication Imagination Creative J. Hirsh, S. Kang and G. Bodenhausen (2012). Personalized Persuasion: Tailoring Persuasive Appeals to Recipients' Personality Traits. Psychological Science published online 30 April 2012
  • 32. All material © THE WEB PSYCHOLOGIST LTD. 2014. No unauthorised reproduction or distribution. @NATHALIENAHAITHE WEB PSYCHOLOGIST LTD. NEUROTICISM Safe Reduce the anxiety Uncertainty Security Protection J. Hirsh, S. Kang and G. Bodenhausen (2012). Personalized Persuasion: Tailoring Persuasive Appeals to Recipients' Personality Traits. Psychological Science published online 30 April 2012
  • 33. All material © THE WEB PSYCHOLOGIST LTD. 2014. No unauthorised reproduction or distribution. @NATHALIENAHAITHE WEB PSYCHOLOGIST LTD. TOOLS •  Big 5 (IPIP-NEO) personal.psu.edu/j5j/IPIP/ •  Visual DNA visualdna.com/ •  MyPersonality mypersonality.org/
  • 34. All material © THE WEB PSYCHOLOGIST LTD. 2014. No unauthorised reproduction or distribution. @NATHALIENAHAITHE WEB PSYCHOLOGIST LTD. 2 Write to one person
  • 35. All material © THE WEB PSYCHOLOGIST LTD. 2014. No unauthorised reproduction or distribution. @NATHALIENAHAITHE WEB PSYCHOLOGIST LTD. PERSONA(S) Give each segment a psychologically representative persona
  • 36. All material © THE WEB PSYCHOLOGIST LTD. 2014. No unauthorised reproduction or distribution. @NATHALIENAHAITHE WEB PSYCHOLOGIST LTD. PERSONA(S) •  Age •  Gender •  Personality traits (Big 5) •  Culture (country / peer group) •  Motivation (intrinsic / extrinsic)
  • 37. All material © THE WEB PSYCHOLOGIST LTD. 2014. No unauthorised reproduction or distribution. @NATHALIENAHAITHE WEB PSYCHOLOGIST LTD. 3 Write outline of copy first, then the headline
  • 38. All material © THE WEB PSYCHOLOGIST LTD. 2014. No unauthorised reproduction or distribution. @NATHALIENAHAITHE WEB PSYCHOLOGIST LTD. CONSISTENCY This will ensure you distill the content into a headline that can deliver
  • 39. All material © THE WEB PSYCHOLOGIST LTD. 2014. No unauthorised reproduction or distribution. @NATHALIENAHAITHE WEB PSYCHOLOGIST LTD. 4 Use psychological trigger words
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  • 41. All material © THE WEB PSYCHOLOGIST LTD. 2014. No unauthorised reproduction or distribution. @NATHALIENAHAITHE WEB PSYCHOLOGIST LTD. 5 Write several different headlines - read them aloud
  • 42. All material © THE WEB PSYCHOLOGIST LTD. 2014. No unauthorised reproduction or distribution. @NATHALIENAHAITHE WEB PSYCHOLOGIST LTD. READING vs SPEAKING We write differently than we speak – reading headlines aloud will give you a fresh, new perspective
  • 43. All material © THE WEB PSYCHOLOGIST LTD. 2014. No unauthorised reproduction or distribution. @NATHALIENAHAITHE WEB PSYCHOLOGIST LTD. 6 Pick no.1 benefit & include it in the headlines
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  • 45. All material © THE WEB PSYCHOLOGIST LTD. 2014. No unauthorised reproduction or distribution. @NATHALIENAHAITHE WEB PSYCHOLOGIST LTD. 7 Include the product or problem in the headlines
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  • 47. All material © THE WEB PSYCHOLOGIST LTD. 2014. No unauthorised reproduction or distribution. @NATHALIENAHAITHE WEB PSYCHOLOGIST LTD. 8 Write a totally left-field headline – yes, seriously
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  • 49. All material © THE WEB PSYCHOLOGIST LTD. 2014. No unauthorised reproduction or distribution. @NATHALIENAHAITHE WEB PSYCHOLOGIST LTD. 9 Split test your headlines, use the most effective
  • 50. All material © THE WEB PSYCHOLOGIST LTD. 2014. No unauthorised reproduction or distribution. @NATHALIENAHAITHE WEB PSYCHOLOGIST LTD. TEST IT! Even if you have a small readership, you can test what customers will respond to by split-testing emails, articles, web pages
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  • 57. All material © THE WEB PSYCHOLOGIST LTD. 2014. No unauthorised reproduction or distribution. @NATHALIENAHAITHE WEB PSYCHOLOGIST LTD. EXAMPLE Subject:
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  • 69. All material © THE WEB PSYCHOLOGIST LTD. 2014. No unauthorised reproduction or distribution. @NATHALIENAHAITHE WEB PSYCHOLOGIST LTD. SO, FOR ‘BORING’ INDUSTRIES… Subject:
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  • 90. All material © THE WEB PSYCHOLOGIST LTD. 2014. No unauthorised reproduction or distribution. @NATHALIENAHAITHE WEB PSYCHOLOGIST LTD. YOUR IMAGES SHOULD 1  Elicit emotion - anger, fear, happiness, disgust, surprise, sadness
  • 91. All material © THE WEB PSYCHOLOGIST LTD. 2014. No unauthorised reproduction or distribution. @NATHALIENAHAITHE WEB PSYCHOLOGIST LTD. EMOTIONS “ ” Where thought conflicts with emotion, the latter is designed by the neural circuitry in our brains to win R. Carter (1999) Mapping the Mind. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press.
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  • 95. All material © THE WEB PSYCHOLOGIST LTD. 2014. No unauthorised reproduction or distribution. @NATHALIENAHAITHE WEB PSYCHOLOGIST LTD. YOUR IMAGES SHOULD 1  Elicit emotion - anger, fear, happiness, disgust, surprise, sadness 2  Tell a story - contrast & concrete
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  • 105. All material © THE WEB PSYCHOLOGIST LTD. 2014. No unauthorised reproduction or distribution. @NATHALIENAHAITHE WEB PSYCHOLOGIST LTD. BOOST SHAREABILITY 1  Use nostalgia 2  Mirror your audience
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