So you’d think a free offer would like to a free offer, right? No it doesn’t. And then business scratch their heads, and wonder why things don’t work.
What I’m saying is this: Attraction can work prettttttty well. And then you play goof-ball with conversion. And completely avoid the customer from consuming your offering.
Why is it […]
Entries from March 2007
How Shutterfly’s attraction goes wrong: The disconnect between email and webpage
March 28th, 2007 · No Comments
Tags: Consumption · Conversion · Attraction
Does a free marketing report still attract?
March 28th, 2007 · 5 Comments
Does a free marketing report still attract? I mean, here we are inundated with information and more information. And kaboom, there’s yet another website that you have to subscribe to–just to get the free marketing report.
Um, if you’re looking for this report, click here.
So does the marketing report attract?
Heck, yes it does. But there […]
Tags: Attraction
Why Customers Buy And Still Leave Shortly After (The secret of consumption)
March 26th, 2007 · 8 Comments
You’re at Emile’s
This isn’t just a restaurant.It’s Emile’s on 545 South, 2nd Street.
You’ve been dying to get to this restaurant forever. You’ve read all the glowing reviews. The food they say, is ‘exquiseet.’ The […]
Tags: Core Concepts · Consumption
Is Joel Stein creating an ‘attraction factor?’
March 26th, 2007 · 1 Comment
Jeff Eisenberg in his post on Joel Stein questions whether Joel is doing the right thing? So is Joel attracting an audience? You bet his boots he is. Because polarisation can be an awesome attraction factor. Polarisation is when you completely divide two groups. You move so radically to one position, that the other group […]
Tags: Attraction
Any Idiot Can Attract: So why put a conversion barrier?- Part 2
March 25th, 2007 · 5 Comments
So yes, if you’ve not run nude down the street, you may not experience the instant attraction factor. But that doesn’t change the fact that just about anyone (regardless of age, colour, shape) can create attraction–and yet not smell a whiff of conversion.
So why put a barrier when cusotmers want to convert?
Match.com tries so darned […]
Tags: Conversion · Attraction
The Secret Marketing Motivators Of Weight Watchers
March 25th, 2007 · 3 Comments
Let’s assume you desperately want to knock off some weight. And you’re serious enough to get onto a structured eating system.
Let’s also assume, you […]
Tags: Core Concepts
Any Idiot Can Attract: So why put a conversion barrier?- Part 1
March 24th, 2007 · 6 Comments
You can run nude down the street. You’ll attract.
You can wear an Elmo suit and go to the mall. You’ll attract.
You can wear the tiniest skimpiest bikini. You’ll attract.
Attraction is easy.
It’s conversion that’s trickier. So why put a conversion barrier?
Here’s an ad from Match.com
In this online ad, this woman skates across the floor not […]
Tags: Attraction
Attraction, Conversion, Consumption: Why You Need To Separate the Trio!
March 24th, 2007 · 1 Comment
Go to a pond where you can visibly see a lot of fish. Take a stone and throw it in the water. Notice what the fish do? Yes, they race towards the stone in anticipation […]
Tags: Core Concepts · Consumption · Conversion · Attraction

