In a recent blog post, Compelling Content: What Are Your Readers’ Hot Buttons?, we explored the top 10 hot buttons and the use of emotional words and phrases to tap into these issues. Here’s another model based on only 4 drivers. 4 Drives in a Nutshell Driven: How Human Nature Shapes Our Choices (Jossey Bass, 2001),…
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Compelling Content: What Are Your Readers’ Hot Buttons?
How do you write compelling content that attracts and engages readers? Ahhh, that question again…(followed usually by how do you turn readers into buyers?) First, let’s deal with the compelling content thing. Your content isn’t going to market a thing if you don’t reach inside the heads and hearts of your readers. Obviously it’s all about your…
Social Proof: Are You Using Client Recommendations?
This weekend I got a call from a person who wanted to buy a subscription to executive coach articles to use for his newsletter. What sealed the deal? The testimonials from other subscribers. Recommendations, testimonials and client stories are a powerful persuasion tactic. It’s one of the key persuasion triggers that get people to take…
Landing Pages: Get Readers to Take Action
How do you get readers to take action? Short answer: a landing page. (Also known as a sales page, squeeze page) You can’t get results from all the content you’re creating and publishing on your blog, e-newsletter, social media sites, unless eventually you send people to a landing page and ask them to take action….
7 Ways to Format Blogs to Engage Readers’ Brains
What are the two most important parts (a.k.a. opportunities to engage readers) of your business blog post? Most experts will tell you this: The headline The call to action The headline is what gets read and spread. It’s your “shout-out” on social media sites, in feed readers, and email updates. It’s the bait on your…
Content Marketing: Connect the Dots and Drive Results
How do you master the art of writing content for the Web so that you provide quality information on your web pages, blog, and newsletters that works to convert readers to clients? Ahhh, that’s what I’ve been trying to figure out for the last 12 years. In the World Wide Web, there often seems to…
7 Ways to Market to the Subconscious Brain:
The Homer Simpson Guide to Content Marketing
Content marketing and the people who write marketing messages must understand how consumers’ brains work if they want to engage and create trust and loyalty. The problem lies in assuming people are in charge of their own choices… Everybody thinks they are in control of their behaviors and decisions. We think we are rational, logical,…
Brain Scans Reveal 3 Elements of “Buying Brain”
As more brands are being studied in laboratories around the world, consumers are being hooked up to brain imaging machines, fMRI, EEG and other devices so that they are monitored while they read marketing messages and make decisions. Neuromarketing is extremely expensive market research to do, but fortunately most brains work the same, with some…
Neuroscientists Discover “WIIFM” Center in Brain…
Through the magic of functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI), neuroscientists are able to look inside the brains of consumers while reading marketing messages. Copywriters and content marketers have been telling us for years how important it is to address the “what’s in it for me” filter in consumers’ minds. Really Big News: They’ve found this…
Emotional Attention + Memory = Content Marketing
How do you write good blog posts that connect emotionally with readers and turn them into loyal fans? Oh, heck, that’s easy. All you have to do is: Grab their attention Get them emotionally engaged Make a memorable impact There you go, right? Easy-peasy. This is what you need to do whenever you write any…
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Hi, I'm Dr. Patsi Krakoff, an experienced content marketing specialist with a background in journalism and a doctorate degree in psychology. I've been providing online marketing content and consulting for coaches, consultants, authors, and speakers for the past 11 years.
I live and work from my home in the village of Ajijic in Mexico... why? Because it's Paradise! I enjoy tennis every day, and connecting with smart professionals online. How can I help you? Leave a comment and say hello...
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