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How marketers can use cognitive biases to influence customer decisions

Human irrationality must inform your marketing strategy. Here are three cognitive biases that shape the way customers think about your brand. Jade Bunke on August 26, 2022 You’re not rational — and neither are your customers. In an effort to make efficient decisions, the human brain takes shortcuts. As such, your customers rely on a … Continue reading How marketers can use cognitive biases to influence customer decisions

Just A Third Of Marketers Gain Insights Fast Enough To Make Decisions

Just A Third Of Marketers Gain Insights Fast Enough To Make Decisions by Laurie Sullivan  @lauriesullivan, April 20, 2022 Despite the reach and the need for more data, only 33% of marketers strongly agree they gain insights fast enough for impactful decision-making, and just 51% currently have employees who are dedicated to analytics, while about … Continue reading Just A Third Of Marketers Gain Insights Fast Enough To Make Decisions

8 Critical Financial Decisions for the Decade Leading to Retirement

Kiara Taylor January 13, 2022 After working for years to provide for yourself and your family, you look forward to a comfortable and enjoyable retirement. For many people, retirement can appear to be a distant goal, a faint but growing light at the end of the work-life tunnel. But distances are deceiving, and the final … Continue reading 8 Critical Financial Decisions for the Decade Leading to Retirement

The Truth About How Motivated Blindness Affects Business Decisions

Steven Imke April 19, 2021 There is a well-documented cognitive bias that says that people see what they want to see and easily miss contradictory information. A particular type of cognitive bias is when a person suppresses information when it’s in their interest to remain ignorant. This type of cognitive bias is known as motivated … Continue reading The Truth About How Motivated Blindness Affects Business Decisions

How search data can inform larger online business decisions

Decision makers in their respective silos are generally unaware of the value in the data Google shares so it’s your job to disperse this knowledge across your organization. Sebastian Compagnucci on August 5, 2020 As an SEO I’m constantly utilizing keyword search volume data to help make more informed decisions about clients’ online presence. But … Continue reading How search data can inform larger online business decisions

12 Diversity Statistics That Will Make You Rethink Your Hiring Decisions

Meredith Wholley June 24, 2020 Companies need diversity. It is beneficial to an organization to think with a wider breadth of perspectives, it portrays a positive image to the public eye, and gives them access to the potential revenue gains from employing people who can contribute different things to the companies they work for. Unfortunately, … Continue reading 12 Diversity Statistics That Will Make You Rethink Your Hiring Decisions

Web Design Decisions that Damage your Digital Performance

Angela Hausman, PhD — May 13, 2020 When designing or doing a significant re-design of your website or other online properties, missteps that potentially damage your digital performance abound, meaning you fail to capitalize on the opportunities presented or even face poor returns on your investment. Major designs involve a multitude of decisions, each working … Continue reading Web Design Decisions that Damage your Digital Performance