Everyone wants your Customers’ attention. These bids for attention surround us, in the form of advertisements to street signs to the clothes people wear or, in some cases, don’t wear! These ubiquitous pleas for attention can be overwhelming and crowd out your bid for...
When Rafat Ali, CEO and Founder of Skift, went to book a trip one morning, he was prepared. He knew he needed patience and perseverance to book travel online. What he wasn’t prepared for was the hostility he encountered from various travel entities, including Delta...
In this series of posts, professionals reveal their best antidotes to work stress. Read the posts here, and then write your own (use #OutsideWork in the piece). It is vital that people recharge their batteries from time to time. They should take a break from their...
A new study from Lund University reveals that our brains forget things on purpose. Essentially, the researchers discovered that our brains not only have learning mechanisms, but also forgetting mechanisms, and each is important to our thinking. This news is great for...
Do you nudge your customers? Most businesses do, whether they know it or not. A nudge propels a customer toward the behavior you want – whether it’s purchasing a product, signing up for a subscription or making a repeat visit to a retailer. The theory behind a nudge...