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Session 6
Session 6
Messages
• Persuasion
– Asking for something of value
– Asking audience to take action
• Audience • Purpose
– Demographics – Request action
– Psychographics – Prompt decisions
– Motivation – Change attitudes
• Knowledge
• Beliefs
• Emotions
• Electronic mail
• Social media
• Personal attention
• Technological reach
• Attention
• Interest
• Desire
• Action
• Build intrigue
• Support promises
• Highlight benefits
• Emotions • Logic
– Feelings – Analogy
– Sympathies – Induction
– Needs – Deduction
• Hasty generalizations
• Circular reasoning
• Attacking the opponent
• Oversimplification
• Cause and effect assumptions
• Faulty analogies
• Illogical support
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Reinforce Your Position
• Powerful words
• Figures of speech
• Right timing
• Marketing messages
– Information
– Goodwill
• Sales messages
– Action
– Purchase
• High price
• Poor quality
• Compatibility
• Perceived risk
• Business ethics
• Legal compliance
• Business etiquette