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Appeal with Emotion, Confirm with Logic

July 30, 2009 by Steven M. Smith 1 Comment

A friend shook me up yesterday when he asked me, "Do you appeal to potential customers using emotion or logic?" I wanted to say both. But @#$!, the true answer was logic. Logic is a good thing. But when people make decisions, emotion trumps logic. What makes the heart pump faster for organizational decision makers? Three compulsions … [Read more...]

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