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The Best of The Brainy Business: 2019

Posted on December 27, 2019 | Leave a Comment

2019 was a content-filled year for The Brainy Business: 52 podcast episodes (with over 100,000 downloads), 27 articles on Inc, two courses launched (mindset and pricing), a white paper and many quotes, along with countless interactions on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and YouTube. In case you missed any of it…I wanted to share the top lists of 2019: most read articles and most downloaded episodes. Have you read and listened to them all yet? Did your favorites make the lists? Let me know on social media (links above) and I look forward to continuing to create and share all the content with you in 2020! The Brainy Business Podcast – Top Downloads of 2019 10) Episode 51 – Time Discounting: The[….]

Nebraska – Honestly, It’s Not For Everyone

Posted on October 20, 2018 | Leave a Comment

Advertisements for tourism are often cliche and Utopian in their focus. But, what if your city, state or country doesn’t have landmarks people often seek out? What if you are a place people are more likely to drive through than plan a trip to? How can you get people to think of you differently so you can increase tourism? That’s where behavioral economics comes in. If you listen to The Brainy Business podcast or have heard me speak, you have likely heard me say “perception is reality” more than once. That is because of how the brain forms opinions and ideas. If someone has a strong belief about something – like, “Nebraska is just a state you drive through” –[….]

The Most Ridiculous Loss Aversion Example

Posted on August 17, 2018 | Leave a Comment

Episode 9 of The Brainy Business podcast (which came out today) was the first Behavioral Economics Foundations episode, and it was dedicated to Loss Aversion. In it, after a list of GOOD examples for loss aversion (including those for real estate agents, financial institutions, accountants, business coaches, wedding retailers, and more) I give an example of a very ridiculous pop up that came up on a website trying to sell an online product. Loss Aversion Taken Too Far This is an example of taking loss aversion too far, where you might inadvertently trigger the conscious brain to be flagged for the wrong reasons, and talk your potential customer right out of a sale. It actually does a lot of things[….]

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