SUMMARY - The Advertising Effect_ How to Change Behaviour - Adam Ferrier & Jennifer Fleming
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When trying to influence or change someone's behavior, focusing on behaviors that have both high motivation and ease/low difficulty is most likely to succeed.
Motivation comes from individual incentives and rewards for performing the behavior as well as alignment with positive social norms. Both factors need to outweigh any punishments or negatives.
Social norms refer to what a person perceives influential others think they should or should not do. Behaviors that go against social norms face an uphill battle to change.
Capacity and opportunity determine the objective level of difficulty, with behaviors requiring little change from current patterns being easier to adopt.
Using the example of cereal chips, there was low motivation to switch from cereal due to lack of clear incentive and going against norms of a healthy breakfast. High motivation alone is not enough to drive behavior change if difficulty is too high.
Targeting behaviors with naturally aligned motivation and low difficulty maximizes chances of persuading someone through appeals based on incentives, norms and requiring little behavioral adjustment.
Here is a summary of the key points about using reframing as a behavior change spur:
Reframing involves altering the mental context or perspective through which a behavior, product, or service is viewed. It is a subtle way to change perceptions and motivations.
Examples show how the ice cream industry reframed ice cream from a child's snack to an adult indulgence through packaging, labeling, and pricing changes. This shifted people's frame or mental model of ice cream.
Even small details like a name can influence framing - labeling a surcharge as a "membership fee" versus a "penalty" affected how people perceived it.
Political framing is important - referring to an issue as "healthcare reform" versus "government takeover" changes perceptions and support.
Employing positive instead of negative frames (e.g. "reduce casualties" vs. "body counts") and using gain instead of loss frames can influence decisions and behaviors.
Reframing requires understanding audience perspectives and finding an alternative frame that shifts perceptions in a motivational way regarding the behavior one wants to encourage or discourage. It is a subtle but powerful spur.
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Minor changes in wording or framing can significantly impact perceptions and choices. An ice cream called "Frosh" was preferred to "Frish" due to vowel associations with creaminess.
Reframing allows marketing things differently to extract more profits. A salt company reframed pool salt as a premium product for homeowners rather than industrial salt.
Framing manipulates mental models to influence product perceptions, choices, and willingness to pay. It's an effective subtle advertising technique. Consistency in framing is important for it to be robust and believable.
Framing appeals more to intuitive "System 1" thinking rather than rational "System 2" thinking. Loss frames like avoiding losses can be more persuasive than advantage frames.
Small contextual details and packaging cues influence perceptions. Price acts as an anchor for judgments of value. Higher prices signal higher quality, even if absolute price is still high.
In summary, reframing and consistent framing are marketing strategies that leverage cognitive biases and influence perceptions through subtle changes in terminology, context or presentation of information. This makes certain options seem relatively more appealing.
Here are the key points of differentiation suggested in the hotel pitch:
Turn art theft into a game/contest where guests try to "steal" prints and sculptures around the hotel. Whoever accumulates the most wins a prize. This gamifies the experience.
Have an "artists in residence" program where guests can interact with artists staying at the hotel and learn about their practices. Could host workshops or talks.
Curate unique guest experiences like art classes or tours to local studios/galleries specially for hotel guests. Create memorable cultural experiences.
Instead of just breakfast, offer cooking classes where guests learn to make dishes with fresh local ingredients. Adds an educational element.
Transform empty spaces like rooftops into mini art galleries or interactive exhibits showcasing local talent. Adds artistic value to the property.
Facilitate pop-up performances/events in empty ballrooms - music, dance, theater. Activates otherwise unused spaces.
The key point of differentiation is making artistic experiences, interactions and value-added cultural activities central to the hotel stay rather than just room and breakfast basics. This distinguishes the property from other same-segment competitors.
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Social media proofing, PR hype, and use of influential models are marketing techniques used to make brands seem more popular or endorsed than they actually may be.
Social media proofing encourages people to like or endorse brands on platforms to influence friends. PR hype uses techniques to give the impression a brand has widespread interest.
Effective advertising models have expertise related to the product, appeal to the target audience, command attention, and have an image that aligns well with the brand.
Celebrities are often used as models due to their influence, but brands now focus more on selecting celebrities with the appropriate level and type of influence that fits the brand image.
The example of Dame Edna promoting Jarrah coffee highlighted selecting a model with qualities like relatability and humor that matched the brand's tone, even if not traditionally "cool" or influential.
In summary, these strategies aim to use social and opinion influences to create a perception or proof of popularity and endorsement for brands, both online and through association with respected spokespeople.
Here are the key points about how asking questions can influence behavior:
The way questions are framed and asked can significantly impact the responses and outcomes. Small changes to wording can lead to large changes in behavior.
Opt-in (active choice) vs opt-out (defaults) approaches lead to very different rates of organ donation. Opt-out results in much higher participation even when values are similar.
Closed-ended questions that facilitate a quick yes or no response tend to result in higher affirmative answers compared to open-ended questions requiring more thought.
Adding positive options like "would you like to donate $5?" rather than "would you not like to donate $5?" primes people towards compliance through framing.
Subtly altering questions to use reference groups like "most people donate" leverages social norms and proof that "everyone is doing it."
Simply asking people how frequently they will perform a desired behavior can increase the chances they will follow through due to the commitment effect.
The way questions are phrased, the response options provided, whether they are open or closed-ended, and the use of framing, defaults or reference groups can all influence behavior significantly.
The key takeaway is that questions are not neutral - how they are designed and asked can prime, nudge and leverage psychological factors to impact behaviors and decisions. Carefully considering question framing is important.
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