September 2009
2 posts
Science of Yes
Six “Weapons of Influence”
Cialdini defines six “weapons of influence”: *
Reciprocation - People tend to return a favor. Thus, the pervasiveness of free samples in marketing. In his conferences, he often uses the example of Ethiopia providing thousands of dollars in humanitarian aid to Mexico just after the 1985 earthquake, despite Ethiopia suffering from a crippling famine and civil war...