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Hi! My name is Bart


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I work at web agency Netlash




                           ... and a few other companies:




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                           Design for Persuasion 2009




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Websites are designed for people




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People don’t always act rational




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Some basic human traits that are
                      engrained in our brains...




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Goal: make you aware of these
                      traits and use them consciously




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With great power
                           comes
                           great responsibility
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5 basic human traits that are
                      engrained in our brains:




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1. Collecting

                           2. Social Validation

                           3. Reciprocity

                           4. Commitment

                           5. Discovery



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1. Collecting

                           2. Social Validation

                           3. Reciprocity

                           4. Commitment

                           5. Discovery



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1. Collecting




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1. Collecting




                 We like to collect things
                 We like our collection to be complete




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1. Collecting

                           2. Social Validation

                           3. Reciprocity

                           4. Commitment

                           5. Discovery



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2. Social Validation




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2. Social Validation




                 We will do what the crowd does




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2. Social Validation




                 We will do what the crowd does

                 “the bandwagon effect”




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2. Social Validation




                 We will do what the crowd does

                 “the bandwagon effect”

                 (sorry to disappoint you)


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1. Collecting

                           2. Social Validation

                           3. Reciprocity

                           4. Commitment

                           5. Discovery



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3. Reciprocity




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3. Reciprocity




                 If you buy me a cup of coffee,
                 I feel obliged to buy you one back




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3. Reciprocity




                 MySpace -> Tom!




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3. Reciprocity




                 Free Shipping!




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3. Reciprocity




                 Free Shipping!

                 (beware: it has to be unconditional)




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1. Collecting

                           2. Social Validation

                           3. Reciprocity

                           4. Commitment

                           5. Discovery



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4. Commitment




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4. Commitment




                 We convince ourselves to be
                 consistent




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4. Commitment




                 We convince ourselves to be
                 consistent

                 Once on a path, we’ll continue on that
                 path, and will rationalise it.


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4. Commitment




                 Small steps!




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4. Commitment




                           Piramid

                           1         Creators
                           10        Commentators
                           100        Lurkers
                           1000        Strangers

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1. Collecting

                           2. Social Validation

                           3. Reciprocity

                           4. Commitment

                           5. Discovery



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5. Discovery




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5. Discovery




                 Dopamine




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5. Discovery




                 We like to discover new things




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5. Discovery




                 We like to discover new things

                 Use that curiosity




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1. Collecting

                           2. Social Validation

                           3. Reciprocity

                           4. Commitment

                           5. Discovery



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More basic human traits




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More basic human traits

                      Concession, scarcity, fear of loss, the
                      endowment effect, choice, Hawthorne effect,
                      clustering illusion, availability cascade,
                      authority bias, competition, zero-risk bias...


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More soon on the Netlash blog:

                      www.netlash.com




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Questions?




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Bart de Waele
                           bart@netlash.com

                           www.netlash.com
                           twitter.com/netlash



                                                 Design for Persuasion - 1/10/2009
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