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The Best Books for Marketers (New and Old)

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Products that require a high degree of behavior change are doomed to fail. What does it take to build products your customers love to use? What separates a wildly successful product from one that fails to gain traction? Published in early 2001, Positioning remains as relevant and actionable now as it was then.

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What’s The One Thing That Creates High User Engagement?

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The concept of scent really began in 2001 , when a Xerox Palo Alto Researcher, Dr. Ed Chi, reported that the way humans track information is not unlike the way that animals track food. They wasted their PPC money sending me to a page that was irrelevant to my pre-click interests. What Is “Scent” Anyway? That is, they follow a scent.

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How and When to Use Sex to Sell More

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According to one study an overwhelming 61 percent of the respondents say that sexual imagery in a product’s ad makes them less likely to buy it. Interestingly, 53 percent of respondents surveyed said they are more likely to buy a product that is advertised using the imagery of love. Perhaps sex doesn’t sell, after all.