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February 23, 2010

"Using the Psychology of Social Proof in Selling"

Dear Top Secrets Subscriber,

I'm always fascinated with what motivates people to take action. And one of the most persuasive and consistently effective psychological principles I've ever used in business is one called social proof.

The law of social proof states that people who are unsure of what actions to take, look to the actions of "similar others." So, if I'm not sure of what to do in a particular situation, I will likely look around to see what other people, similar to myself, are doing.

Social Proof Encourages People to Look at the Actions of People Similar to Themselves

Top Secrets Author, Entrepreneur & Business Consultant, David Blaise

Notice that it's not enough for me to know what others are doing. Social proof says I want to know about similar others. For example, if I'm a director of human resources, and I'm not sure what promotion would work best to attract and retain high quality people, it's likely I'd want to know what other directors of human resources have done in a similar situation. If you can tell me about similar others that I admire, so much the better.

In my promotional products business, I did a lot of fundraising promotions with development directors at public television stations. While they would inevitably ask what was "new and different," they were actually much more interested in knowing who was doing what. If I could tell one development director about a particular promotion that was working extremely well for another development director, I could almost invariably write an order for what was working for the "similar other." And if the successful promotion was being done by an anchor station (like WGBH in Boston, WNET in New York, KCET in Los Angeles or KERA in Dallas), I could very often sell that same promotion to dozens of other stations nationwide.

But this phenomenon is not unique to public television. How can you use the law of social proof, right now, to motivate and influence the key decision makers on your prospect list? You owe it to yourself to give it a try!

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