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Persuasion Principles Map
Persuasion Principles Map
From Persuasive Advertising, J. Scott Armstrong, Palgrave Macmillan 2010
Strategy
1.Information

1.1. Benefits
1.2. News
1.3. Product or service
1.4. Price
1.5. Distribution
2.Influence

2.1. Reasons
2.2. Social proof
2.3. Scarcity
2.4. Attribution
2.5. Liking
2.6. Authority
2.7. Commitment
2.8. Reciprocation
3. Emotion

3.1. Emotional focus
3.2 Trust
3.3. Self-expression
3.4. Guilt
3.5. Fear
3.6. Provocation
4. Mere Exposure

4.1. Brand name
4.2. Product placements
General tactics
Media-specific tactics
5. Resistance

5.1. Distraction
5.2. Perspectives
5.3. Stories
5.4. Barriers
5.5. Brand emphasis
5.6. Spokespersons
5.7. Forewarning
5.8. Two-sided arguments
5.9. Indirect vs direct conclusions
5.10. Innuendos
5.11. Customer involvement
5.12. Trials and free samples
5.13. Causes





7. Message

7.1. Arguments
7.2. Clarity
7.3. Forceful text
7.4. Interesting text
7.5. Tone
7.6. Word selection
7.7. Wordplay
7.8. Metaphors
7.9. Simplicity
7.10. Informative illustrations
7.11. Informative color
7.12. Ad consistency
7.13. Corrective advertising
6. Acceptance

6.1. Problem/solution
6.2. Demonstration
6.3. Evidence
6.4. Data presentation
6.5. Customer endorsement
6.6. Celebrity endorsement
6.7. Expert endorsement
6.8. Comparative advertising
6.9. Negative advertising
6.10. Refutation
6.11. Puffery
6.12. Questions
6.13. Repetition
6.14. Subliminal messages
6.15. Memory devices
6.16. Word-of-mouth
6.17. Call for action


8. Attention

8.1. Target market alert
8.2. Campaign consistency
8.3. Campaign contrast
8.4. Slogans
8.5. Brand identifiers
8.6. Attractive visuals
8.7. Color for attention
8.8. Humor
8.9. Sex
8.10. Models
8.11. Technical quality
9. Still Media

9.1. Headline
9.2. Pictures
9.3. Text
9.4. Structure of body text
9.5. Typeface
9.6. Layout













10. Motion Media

10.1. Scenes
10.2. Voices
10.3. Music and sound
10.4. Pace
 


Principle of the day:

8.9.1 Use sex only when it has relevance to the product

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