Write right to create positive emotions
The side of the keyboard which characters come from determines the degree to which we find the words positive. Write words from the right side of the keyboard and you make people feel more positive.
Psychology
Social media profile pictures are more important than your text
Profile pictures on social media profiles are the main determinant of whether or not someone will follow you. Research shows that people judge you instantly from your profile picture.
People see what they want to see online
People can recognise words on web sites without reading them. It is all because of the priming effect of the desire to find those words.
Daydreaming is good for your online business
Day dreaming is good for your business because it helps increase social skills, thereby making the use of things like Facebook and Twitter work better in your company.
Running an online business leads to massive stress
People who run an online business could be suffering from significant amounts of stress without realising it. A new study of stressful occupations has some surprising results, but most people running an online business combine four of the top 10 stressful jobs into one single occupation. Running your own online …
Fear is not a motivation to buy
Experts tell you to focus on the fear. But fear freezes people and stops them buying. Research shows you should focus on pleasure.
How to check who to trust online
Which profession scores pretty low in terms of trust measurements? Politicians, certainly, journalists, often, but these days it’s a pretty safe bet to say that bankers are the bottom of the heap. Everywhere you look there is criticism of those champagne swilling, bonus grabbing toffs from Wall Street or the …
Please sit back to read this! Distance affects your buying decisions
Sitting back further from the screen can help your potential customers make the right decision to buy from you. Physical distance changes buying decisions.
The Internet unites people separately
The dream of Sir Tim Berners-Lee is to have a World Wide Web that is “free and open” and which extends its “benefits to all people on the planet”. It is a dream which means everyone benefits from being connected, learning from each other and sharing in that new-found knowledge. …
People are honest online – honestly..!
People are more honest online than they are in the real world. New research compares online profiles on LinkedIn with printed résumés.
I luv u – well if I did I’d SAY so…!
Today, all across the Internet there will be messages of love. From Tweets to status updates on Facebook and cryptic messages on YouTube there will be an outpouring of affection on the web. There will also be hundreds of millions of text messages sent out saying something simple like “I …
Social media is more problematic than cigarettes or alcohol
Social media can lead to significant urges to use it and new research says these can be more significant than the desire to smoke or drink. The urge to use media of all kinds is a real problem it seems.
Don’t be too honest on Facebook
Facebook users are nothing if not honest. Several studies have shown that we are frequently more truthful online than we are in the flesh. Want to know the “real person” you meet? Take a look at what they say on Facebook and other social networks and you’ll glimpse parts of …
Profile pictures online should be baby-faced
What is the first thing you look at when you land on someone’s social network profile page? When you look at an “About Us” web page, where do your eyes go? If you are like the bulk of Internet users you will focus your attention on the eyes of the …
Princess Diana and Bin Laden are both alive and well…! Really?
Princess Diana shares something with Osama Bin Laden apparently – like him, she is alive…! Trust me, it must be true because several people believe it and say so online. Yes, they are conspiracy theorists, admittedly. But there are plenty of people chatting away on the Internet who suggest, for …