How to Be Persuasive

Re:How to Be Persuasive by ShabbyDoo on Sunday May 17, 2009 @11:18AM (#613485)

I'm reading this book now but prefer Caldini's _Influence_ (http://www.amazon.com/Influence-Psychology-Persuasion-Busine...) because it takes a more systematic approach to understanding what persuades others. For example, a chapter is dedicated to "social proof" and relevant experiments showing its power and subtleties are discussed.

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Re:How to Be Persuasive by joe_the_user on Sunday May 17, 2009 @07:56PM (#614088)

In fact, most of the things mentioned in this article are just variations on one of Cialdini's seven methods

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Re:How to Be Persuasive by xel02 on Sunday May 17, 2009 @01:41PM (#613673)

I have influence and am considering this book. Is there any significant difference in content?

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Re:How to Be Persuasive by ShabbyDoo on Sunday May 17, 2009 @04:47PM (#613937)

I'm only about 1/4 the way through. Some of the experiments cited seem to have been conducted after the initial release of Influence. I think that "50 Ways" is designed to be an easier read, but it doesn't give one the framework obtained by Influence.

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