- Perceptual contrast (starting high)
- Reciprocation (uninvited debts, unequal exchanges)
- Maintaining consistency (due to public commitment)
- Social proof (going along with the crowd)
- Likability (attractiveness, similarity, compliments, familiarity, and cooperation)
- Authority (or seeming authority)
- Scarcity (of quantity or time - making it a competitive situation)
Wednesday, January 16, 2008
Principles of influence
I recently read Influence: Science and Practice by Robert Cialdini, which was fascinating. I just want to keep a list here of the influence tactics he describes:
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