Digital Marketing

The Importance of Honoring Promises (Even Implied Promises, And Those Relating to "Free" Items)

I recently blogged about Fostering Commitment Via Public Written Statements. The crux is that once customers have made a public…

14 years ago

Is Your Website Trustworthy? Try This Checklist

I've written lots of posts dealing with online persuasion. But if your website doesn't appear trustworthy, you'll never get a…

14 years ago

Persuasive Web Design, Part 25: When is "Cause Marketing" Effective?

A client recently asked for my input on a Cause Marketing (or "Corporate Social Responsibility") initiative they were considering. As…

14 years ago

Rapportive: Spyin' on your contacts

The other day, some one in the office recommended I try Rapportive. Being a gizmo geek, I love installing plugins…

14 years ago

Persuasive Web Design, Part 24: Ambiguity Kills Sales

We don't like uncertainty. We'll take a less-than-perfect choice over an ambiguous choice any day. It might take some convincing…

14 years ago

Persuasive Web Design, Part 23: Beware Negative Social Proof

Last week I discussed Social Proof: the powerful tendency for people to "follow the pack" when determining a course of…

14 years ago

Problems (?) with Permission – Groupon

This is not your normal problems with permission post. In fact, I almost didn't write this because it seemed too…

14 years ago

Get Access to Optimizely's Private Beta

After our recent blog post, WebShare readers may already be familiar with Optimizely, a brand new A/B testing platform that's…

14 years ago

Persuasive Web Design, Part 22: Social Proof

When we're not sure what action to take, we often look to see what others are doing... and follow their…

14 years ago

Creating an Exact Target Subscriber Signup Form

ExactTarget - setting up a submission formI recently redid our email submission form and was blown away to find that…

14 years ago

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