Archive for 'Psychology'
InfluencERS vs Influence (Or, a Clue to Clout)

InfluencERS vs Influence (Or, a Clue to Clout)

Posted July 10th, 2010 | By Colleen | Categories: Clout, Content Strategy, Essays, Marketing, Persuasion and Influence, Psychology, Rhetoric | 1 Comment

Fast Company just launched The Influence Project, which kicked up some controversy. The gist is Fast Company is forming a quantitative influence metric [...]

CLOUT

CLOUT

Posted May 6th, 2010 | By Colleen | Categories: Books, Clout, Content Strategy, Marketing, Persuasion and Influence, Psychology, Research, Rhetoric, User / Customer Experience | 1 Comment

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1. Influence or pull

2. A book I’m writing

Yep, I’m writing a book! My goal? To blend persuasion research and theory into [...]

The New Rules of Persuasion

The New Rules of Persuasion

Posted January 26th, 2010 | By Colleen | Categories: Interaction Design, Persuasion and Influence, Psychology | No Comments

Not long ago, B.J. Fogg shared his latest insights into technology and persuasion—and his take on a winning solution. I don’t agree that many “crummy [...]

How We Decide

How We Decide

Posted December 1st, 2009 | By Colleen | Categories: Books, Content Strategy, Psychology, Research, Rhetoric | No Comments

If you like to keep insightful nonfiction on your reading list, consider adding How We Decide. It’s the best explanation of making decisions that [...]

An Almost Perfect Storm

An Almost Perfect Storm

Posted November 22nd, 2009 | By Colleen | Categories: Content Strategy, Essays, Mobile, Persuasion and Influence, Psychology, Research, User / Customer Experience | No Comments

If you care about persuasion, technology, and health, read “Catalyzing a Perfect Storm” in the latest issue of Interactions. To quote, [...]

“You Cannot Not Influence”

Posted July 6th, 2009 | By Colleen | Categories: Persuasion and Influence, Psychology, Rhetoric, User / Customer Experience | No Comments

Lots of gems in this rich pressie for reboot 11…enjoy!

Handy List of Influential Content Resources

Posted April 12th, 2009 | By Colleen | Categories: Content Strategy, Marketing, Persuasion and Influence, Psychology, Rhetoric, User / Customer Experience | 4 Comments

As promised, here is the annotated list of resources from my presentation at IA Summit 2009: Usable, INFLUENTIAL Content: We Can [...]

For Persuasive Design, Keep Rhetoric in the Mix

For Persuasive Design, Keep Rhetoric in the Mix

Posted February 25th, 2009 | By Colleen | Categories: Content Strategy, Persuasion and Influence, Psychology, Rhetoric, Writing | 1 Comment

I recently read the book Neuro Web Design: What Makes Them Click. Useful? Yes. Clear explanation of psychology in persuasive websites? Yes. All you need [...]

Persuasive Technology + Content Strategy = Influential Content

Posted November 30th, 2008 | By Colleen | Categories: Content Strategy, Marketing, Persuasion and Influence, Psychology, User / Customer Experience, Writing | 2 Comments

Persuasive Technology…Or Content?

One of my heroes is B.J. Fogg for recognizing the value and potential of persuasion in the interactive space. He defined a discipline [...]

What’s Happening: More on Metaphor and Content Strategy Panel

Posted October 24th, 2008 | By Colleen | Categories: Content Strategy, Happenings, Marketing, Persuasion and Influence, Psychology, User / Customer Experience, Writing | No Comments

It’s been a BUSY couple of weeks!  

My latest UXMatters column shares more on metaphor: The Magic of Metaphor.  So far [...]