Category: Marketing

Study shows how ‘theory of mind’ influences advertising skepticism

From the University of Oregon press release: Product marketers should be clear in their messaging to avoid customer skepticism that makes them feel duped, according to University of Oregon research…. Read more »

Researchers look at what it means to be a picky shopper

From the Penn State press release: There are hard-to-please customers in almost every industry, with certain people being picky about which clothes, houses and even romantic partners they will consider…. Read more »

Study suggests consumers are less forgiving of brand failures when algorithms are anthropomorphized

From the American Marketing Association press release: Researchers from University of Texas-Austin and Copenhagen Business School published a new paper in the Journal of Marketing that offers actionable guidance to managers on… Read more »

Study suggests anchoring biases decisions involving sight, sound, and touch

From the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute press release: Numeric anchoring is a long-established technique of marketing communication. Once a price is mentioned, that number serves as the basis for — or… Read more »

Study suggests emotionally appealing ads may not always help consumer memory

From the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, News Bureau press release: In almost all successful advertising campaigns, an appeal to emotion sparks a call-to-action that motivates viewers to become consumers…. Read more »

Study suggests link between word choices and extraverts

From the Nanyang Technological University press release: A study by a team of Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) psychologists has found a link between extraverts and their word choices…. Read more »

Study suggests generating content increases people’s enjoyment of positive experiences

From the American Marketing Association press release: Researchers from Rutgers University and New York University published a new paper in the Journal of Marketing that explores the phenomenon of user-generated content during… Read more »

Study looks at psychological ownership in the evolution of consumption

From the American Marketing Association press release: Researchers from Boston University, Rutgers University, University of Washington, Cornell University, and University of Pennsylvania published a new paper in the Journal of Marketing that… Read more »