admin posted this in
Business on
December 21st, 2011
By admin, on December 21st, 2011
Humour Turns E-Mail Viral
A study by Sharpe Partners, an interactive marketing agency, revealed that
89% of adult Internet users in America share content with others via e-mail.
This is excellent news for those companies who use self-propelling
word-of-mouse” e-mail techniques to sell their products.
The study generated some interesting results regarding the type of content
that is most often forwarded, as well. The most popular content is humorous
material.
The second most popular category is news, followed by healthcare and medical
information, religious and spiritual material, games, business and personal
finance information and sports/hobbies. in that order. So it is easy to see
that humour is the best content for your viral e-mail campaign.
Cartoons, jokes and funny video clips are among the things that can be added
to an e-mail to insure that it will go viral. People will want to pass along
something that makes them laugh.
They are a lot more likely to hit the forward button and send your
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Stephanie posted this in
Psychology on
December 21st, 2011
By Stephanie, on December 21st, 2011
Psychology-themed gifts:
Inception DVD – Jungian symbolism, action adventure and Leonardo DiCaprio!
A subscription to Scientific American Mind magazine.
“I’m statistically significant” and other stats-themed t-shirts.
Memento DVD - the best amnesia movie that we can remember.
The Force Trainer – Become a Jedi: wireless headset interprets your brainwaves and moves an object.
“Connect it” brain/usb t-shirt.
Mindflex brainwave game - go head to head with a friend.
A subscription to The Psychologist magazine.
Serotonin necklace.
Freudian slippers.
Dopamine t-shirt.
Inflatable brain.
Ramon y Cajal t-shirt.
Make a donation to Mind – the UK’s leading mental health charity.
The best psychology books of 2011 (and there’s always the new Rough Guide to Psychology by the editor of the Research Digest!)
Gift-giving research
If in doubt, give them what they want. A study published this year suggested people prefer receiving what they asked for, rather than a surprise gift.
Don’t bundle your gifts. Gift receivers rate a single high-value gift more positively than a big gift bundled with a stocking filler.
This study,
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