Brainfluence Conversion:
Boosting the Bottom Line
Roger Dooley
rogerdooley.com
rogerd@dooleydirect.com
@rogerdooley
#PubCon
@rogerdooley
Marketers?
Honesty & Ethics
Very High/High

• Nurses – 85%
• Engineers – 70%
• Advertising/Mktg – 11%
• Sales – 8%
CEO Trust
• CFOs – 90%
• CIOs – 90%
• CMOs – 20%
Why?
Most Marketing
& Sales
Money Is Wasted.
Marketing Waste
95% - New Products
98% - Direct Mail
98% - Sales Emails
93% - Sales Calls
50% - Large Branding Campaigns
CEO

Consumer
Today’s Objective:
Help you cut your
marketing waste!
x

Organic
SEO

x

Social
Media

x

SEM &
Paid

x

InHouse
SEO
SEO – SEM – Social
via Andre Morys
Traffic

Conversion
The
Persuasion
Slide
™
Gravity
Nudge
Angle
Angle
Friction
The Science
of Persuasion
Robert Cialdini: 6 Factors
BJ Fogg: Behavior Model
Geoffrey Miller:
Evolutionary Psychology
Daniel Kahneman
System 1

System 2
Behavior Research
No single
theory
explains all
behavior!
Conversion
Gravity
•
•
•
•

Initial Motivation
Needs
Wants
Goals
Fighting Gravity
“Buy all 10 videos!”
“Complete this form”
Work WITH Gravity
“Lose weight fast!”
“Save time!”
Fighting Gravity

From q.equinox.com
Work WITH Gravity

“Make Money!”
From shoemoney.com
Nudge

Attention!
Nudges

Email

Search Ad

Popup

Any visible content

Banner Ad

Call to Action
Bad Nudge

From wayofcats.com
Bad Nudge

From pawesome.com
From chrisbrogan.com
From
chrisbrogan.com
Nudges?
Nudge must be seen &
start the process
Angle

Motivation!
Nudge Without Motivation
Conscious &
Non-Conscious
Motivators
Conscious Motivators

Benefits

Features

Gifts
Discounts

Specifications
Non-conscious Motivators

Emotions Psychology
Brain Bugs
5% Conscious
95% Subconscious
Include BOTH Conscious and
Non-conscious motivators!
Conscious: Benefits
“Typical customer saves 25%.”
“Has twice the power!”
“Money-back guarantee!”
Gifts & Discounts
“Free 50-page ebook!”
“$10 Starbucks card if you
complete the survey!”

“20% off until midnight!”
No Discounts,
No Motivation
Problem:
Cost to Motivate

$ €
Non-Conscious Motivators

FREE!
Effective!
Dog owners?
Pet parents?
Conan the
Comedian
Margaritas?
Sure, I’ll
have one!
Liking
Show attributes you
share with your
customer to create
“liking effect.”
Don’t bury these “liking
cues” deep in your site!
Copy & Content
Motivators
VS.
Use FREE offers
instead of very cheap
ones.
Scarcity
Photo via Doniv.org
Vs.
Scarcity +
Social
Proof!
Creating Scarcity
Use SCARCITY to make
your offer more
attractive.
Scarcity on Steroids
FTW
Amp up SCARCITY
EFFECT by showing
decreasing
availability.
sex
Friction
Difficulty:
Real and
Perceived
Friction
Form Fields
Steps in Checkout Process
Instructions
“What am I supposed to do?”
ANYTHING in Conversion Sequence
High
Friction
Low
Friction
High
Friction
Near-Zero
Friction
Choice Architecture

Eric J. Johnson and Daniel Goldstein
Default Choice
Minimum Friction
Fluency
Reducing Friction

Easy = Good
Confession Site

I believe God is on IRC and that I have
found him. Sometimes I sympathize with
other prophets of the past because no
one believe me and I fear it will soon be
too late to save mankind.
Confession Site

I believe God is on IRC and that I have
found him. Sometimes I sympathize with
other prophets of the past because no
one believe me and I fear it will soon be
too late to save mankind.
More “fluent” site =
More revealing posts

Drunk Tank Pink, Alter
Guarantee
A/B Test
“You may cancel at any time.”
vs.
“John, your satisfaction is fully
guaranteed. If VetFriends is not what
you had in mind, feel free to cancel
at any time – we are here to serve
you.”
WhichTestWon.com
Shorter version

+14.5%
WhichTestWon.com
Maximize conversion
with simple fonts, short
text, & easy-to-read
design.
Build Your Slide!
Align with Gravity
First a Nudge
Maximize Angle/Motivation

Conscious
&
Non-conscious
Non-conscious:
almost always
costs less!
Minimize Friction
Minimizing friction
almost always costs less
than increasing
motivation!
Google Search:
“landing page optimization”
Nudges

Low Friction

Social Proof
Nudges

FREE

Benefit
Low Friction + Free Trial
Motivation: Free Valuable Info
If it’s not motivation,
it’s friction!
If you remember
just one thing from
today…
Change is constant and
accelerating…
Communication
Huge Change in 50 Years
Media
Huge Change in 50 Years
Mobile!

Social
Media!

Big Data!
Our Brains
NO Change in 50,000 Years!
Minimize marketing
waste:
work with your
customer’s brain and
how it is wired!
Brainfluence Conversion:
Boosting the Bottom Line
Roger Dooley
rogerdooley.com
rogerd@dooleydirect.com
@rogerdooley
Free Resources
Neuromarketing
Neurosciencemarketing.com/blog
Brainy Marketing
blogs.forbes.com/rogerdooley/
Inside Influence Report
influenceatwork.com
Dan Ariely Blog
danariely.com
Social Triggers Blog
socialtriggers.com

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