Even Superheroes Rely on the Powers of Persuasion
/2 Comments/by Brian Ahearn, CMCT®As I was watching Spiderman 2 with my daughter on a lazy Sunday afternoon something leaped out at me. No, it wasn’t Peter Parker from the top of a tall building; it was Spiderman’s need for the power of persuasion when his superhero powers couldn’t do the trick. As the movie concludes, Spiderman battles Dr. […]
Will J.C. Penney’s New Business Strategy Positively Influence Sales?
/12 Comments/by Brian Ahearn, CMCT®Have you heard J.C. Penney is going to radically change its business strategy? The giant retailer is getting rid of its traditional sales in favor of low prices all the time, slashing many items by 40% or more! In addition, they’re going to do away with confusing pricing for a simpler approach. No more $14.99 […]
3 Persuasion Tips to Boost Email Response Rates
/0 Comments/by Brian Ahearn, CMCT®A few weeks ago I wrote an article giving readers 700,000 great reasons to use yellow sticky notes as I shared how using the psychology of persuasion helped my company recover from a $700,000 mistake quickly. It’s a great story of putting theory into practice to help the bottom line. The response to the article was […]
Influencers from Around the World – The Communicative Feature of Your Favorite Teacher
/0 Comments/by Brian Ahearn, CMCT®This month’s Influencers from Around the World post comes from Yago de Marta. Yago has been a guest blogger at Influence PEOPLE for several years now. He hails from Spain where he works with clients helping them speak more fluently and persuasively. To learn more about Yago visit YagoDeMarta.com or connect with him on Facebook, […]
700,000 Great Reasons To Use Yellow Sticky Notes
/18 Comments/by Brian Ahearn, CMCT®I’m going to give you 700,000 great reasons to use yellow sticky notes. Most of my career was with State Auto Insurance which gave me a proving ground to see how influence and persuasion training worked in “the real world.” It’s one thing to read about psychological studies but quite another to translate the findings […]





