Blog posts and articles on business psychology
The latest articles from Internet Psychologist and Business Academic, Graham Jones
Is your website racist?
Have you checked your website lately to see if you are being unconsciously racist?
When you take a break do NOT pick up your mobile phone
It’s a pretty safe bet that whenever you take a break, you reach for your mobile phone. It’s such a habit that it is seen as “normal”. Indeed, just stop off at a motorway service station and you’ll see hundreds of people sitting in cars or at the restaurants all …
Should you allow your staff to access personal stuff online while at work?
Productivity in the workplace is falling. If people were as productive as they were just ten years ago, businesses would be producing 20% more outputs than the were in 2009. But they are not. Economists are busy discussing the productivity conundrum because what is going on around the world these …
Your visitors want a deeply personalised website just for them
A personalised website is the key to increased sales conversion rates. Far from being freaky, deep personalisation is what people prefer.
How do people make the positive decision to buy from your website?
The decision to buy is made in an instant. But you want that decision to go in your favour. How can you achieve that?
Is the Internet stressing you out?
Is the Internet stressing you out? It is causing a large amount of stress. In Stress Awareness Month it is important to re-evaluate your use of the Internet so you can reduce your stress levels.
Email to be banned in UK after Brexit: EXCLUSIVE REPORT
Email will be banned in the UK after Brexit has happened following a discovery about severe psychological effects that this form of communication has.
Why are so many people wasting time with web search?
Web search is wasting time and reduces productivity. Phone calls can be quicker and more productive, yet people are making fewer calls
30 years of the World Wide Web
30 years of the World Wide Web has flown by. Can you remember life before the Internet? It was more cumbersome and time-consuming but was less stressful and we were less angry with each other.
Social media disrupts your idea of time:
5 quick ways you can be more productive
Social media disrupts the way you perceive time. As a result, social media is affecting your ability to work productively. Something needs to be done.
Psychographic segmentation is vital to your business: 10 things you need to know about your customers
Psychographic segmentation will help you engage with your readers and customers in much deeper ways than simply using demographic data.
5 easy steps to greater personal productivity when using the Internet
Personal productivity is at an all-time low. We are doing less, whilst being more active. The way we use the Internet is the problem. Here are 5 steps to solve the issue of online productivity.
What a year it was for the online world in 2018: a review of the Internet year
What a year it was in 2018 for the Internet. Significant changes in our attitudes to the online world combined with dramatic influences around the globe.
Yet more evidence that your mobile phone is bad for your mental health
Mobile phone usage is associated with lower well-being and mindfulness