I write for the Influence & Persuasion Newsletter at brainhacker.ca. Here is a currently unsorted list of articles from the past couple of months.
- Influence & Persuasion Newsletter Articles:
- Quick Grenade Trick Thingy Whatchamacallitabob: Bypassing Belief Shields by Invoking Belief
- Psychological Grenades: Questions to Invert & Implode Perspectives
- The One-Cause Trap: How The Mind Simplifies Reality (And How You Can Take Advantage of It)
- The Science of Persuasive Framing – Shape Perception, Shape Reality
- Why & How Con Artists Outsell Experts
- Persuasion Jiu-Jitsu: Lobbing Objections Back at People
- Cheat Sheet: Psychological Pricing & Scarcity Tactics
- Cheat Sheet: How to Use Status & Social Proof to Close Deals
- Encouraging Dreams & Allaying Fears
- Fortune Tellers, Spies & Sales Pros All Use These 5 Powerful Cold Reading Techniques to Instantly Build Trust & Credibility
- The Trojan Nod (Also Known as Reverse Psychological Agreement)
- Why Are You More Likely To Believe This Question Than A Statement?
- Influence & Persuasion Articles from February 2025
- The Indirect, Direct, Indirect Challenge Technique
- Lessons from White House Tantrums & Tariffs on Handling Bullies
- Rhetorical Devices Used By Master Persuaders (and how you can start using them today) – Vol. 1
- Effective Propaganda 101 – A Guide For Want to Be Dictators & Others
- Five Types of Trust for Different Contexts
- “Want to Build Instant Trust? Make This Counterintuitive Move”
- Confuse Then Simplify Pattern Interrupt Technique
- Always Quantify in Terms the Prospect Understands
- Eight Principles of Hypnotic Selling
- Scientific Advertising by Claude C. Hopkins – Book Review
- Why Persuasion Techniques Are Important
- 6 Psychological Triggers that Influence & Persuade
- The Three Pillars of Persuasion