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The idea that ads engaging us emotionally perform better than those relying solely on logic may seem obvious to many Neuromarketing readers. Yet, I still encounter business executives who remain skeptical, believing they are not…

Sigmund Freud may be out of favor with mental health professionals, but his insights can inform neuromarketing strategies and studies.

How can a nearly 100-year-old set of psychological principles boost your web results? Lucia Wang explains Gestalt principles.

Learn how to make your value proposition appeal to your customer's reptilian brain and engage your audience, complete with examples.

The comments on "Revealed: How Steve Jobs Turns Customers into Fanatics" show that many Apple fans don't believe marketing has played a role in Apple's success. Other consumers also think they aren't influenced by ads. When a business…

Review: The Buying Brain: Secrets for Selling to the Subconscious Mind by A. K. Pradeep The world of neuromarketing seems to be shrouded in mystery. There are no university studies that conclusively demonstrate that one can improve…

"They laughed when I sat down at the piano..." "On a beautiful late spring afternoon, twenty-five years ago, two young men graduated from the same college. They were very much alike, these two young men. Both had been better than average…

Billboards can be an effective medium, but tend to be very low in viewer engagement. Most outdoor advertising is designed to be viewed in a second or less as motorists whiz by. Here's an example of how one advertiser turned that idea…

Book Review: Differentiate or Die by Jack Trout (Second Edition) If someone asked you what set your product or brand apart from the competition, would you answer "quality" or "customer orientation?" If your answer is "yes," you might be in…

One of the fears raised by critics of neuromarketing is that by observing the brains of subjects reacting to ads, marketers will be able to make those ads much more manipulative than those developed using conventional approaches. I don't…