We’ve all heard of the old (debunked) study that said flashing the words “Eat popcorn” and “Drink Coca-Cola” between the images of a movie for just fractions of a second in the 1950s drove sales by over 50%. If that were true, then advertising would be pretty easy — and […]
Our culture has shifted dramatically over the past couple of decades to a consumption machine. People are buying and consuming more than ever before. One study from Psychology Today links impulse buying in general to the personality of the person, the pleasure from buying something new, and (here’s the big […]
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In the hustle and bustle of everyday life our mind is rarely at rest. In almost 50% of the time our thoughts are wandering. We are living through either past… [ccw-atrib-link]