You’re standing in a long line, and you’re dying to cut to the front.
Try using the magic word.
No, it’s not “please”.
In 1978, Harvard professor Ellen Langer found that whenever a “because” is used as a follow up to a request, compliance increases by over 50 percent. That’s a remarkable statistic, especially considering that the because can be followed by something utterly nonsensical.
The next time you want to get someone to do something your way – or get to the front of that line – make sure you’ve got the “because…” at the ready.
Now, we hope you enjoy another great set of links and articles that we shared with you over the past week on our crowdspring Twitter account (and on Ross’s Twitter account). We regularly share our favorite posts on entrepreneurship, small business, marketing, logo design, web design, startups, leadership, social media, marketing, economics and other interesting stuff! Enjoy!
The Small Business Guide To Creating a Perfect Logo https://t.co/bjtzK8Vpl2 pic.twitter.com/RuvDOUE3Si
— crowdspring (@crowdspring) September 6, 2018
How To Market Better and Grow Your Small Business Faster Using The Psychology of Reciprocity https://t.co/1tOPZnJe4X pic.twitter.com/VrO4eqmsnS
— crowdspring (@crowdspring) September 1, 2018
What Comic-Con Can Teach Businesses About Promotional Products https://t.co/dtikTtGYxY pic.twitter.com/RGpXMpI5Bd
— crowdspring (@crowdspring) September 1, 2018
Is your small business #website helping or hindering your restaurant or #foodservice business? https://t.co/wfKI236Rub @crowdspring
— Total Food Service (@TFS_TotalFood) September 3, 2018
How A Strong Logo and Brand Can Help Your Etsy Store Thrive – https://t.co/Pxt5OUvmfq pic.twitter.com/2n5LjQbUho
— crowdspring (@crowdspring) September 6, 2018
13 Powerful Ways You Can Manage Customer Expectations Better To Grow Your Business Faster Than Ever – crowdspring Blog https://t.co/xeeNWhoA7N
— Mike Hartman (@MikeHartman) September 5, 2018
Terrific insights … Convincing engineers to join your team https://t.co/IOlZlJbx5E pic.twitter.com/ZManWxMaDj
— Ross Kimbarovsky (@rosskimbarovsky) September 5, 2018
Good insights from @asmartbear … A Scorecard: Should a decision be fast, or slow? – https://t.co/6gukt7hbld pic.twitter.com/QoSv0b4JG3
— Ross Kimbarovsky (@rosskimbarovsky) September 7, 2018
How to Brainstorm Good Tech Company Names That Grab Customers | by @Capterra – https://t.co/roHABwUj7P pic.twitter.com/EjoemzBudk
— crowdspring (@crowdspring) September 7, 2018
Terrific read from @reidhoffman … Theranos: Blitzscaling, Blitzfailing, or Blitzfrauding? – https://t.co/A9sgQ7pDcN
— Ross Kimbarovsky (@rosskimbarovsky) September 4, 2018
Startup Marketing: 5 Startups that changed their name (and why) https://t.co/fsA5hc3axE pic.twitter.com/zM6UDIm8Sg
— crowdspring (@crowdspring) September 5, 2018
Ten Ways Leaders Can Help Employees Find Meaning at Work https://t.co/KFPohRl1cn pic.twitter.com/njijuYpTz5
— crowdspring (@crowdspring) September 5, 2018
These 12 Apps Will Help Boost Your Productivity https://t.co/vz7cigWdkD pic.twitter.com/DcUrwPqdSZ
— crowdspring (@crowdspring) September 5, 2018
5 Biggest Small Business Marketing Challenges (and How To Overcome Them) https://t.co/MSi0mWmvqQ pic.twitter.com/q11hq7GoBW
— crowdspring (@crowdspring) September 2, 2018
A Look Inside the Fascinating Cannabis Branding and Marketing Boom https://t.co/a4Ey1zC3Ui pic.twitter.com/F4tQaZmT1d
— crowdspring (@crowdspring) September 2, 2018
Want to Win Millennials? Understand Marketing in the Experience Economy https://t.co/lm7htQdlnm pic.twitter.com/O7YOaFP1U4
— crowdspring (@crowdspring) September 3, 2018
5 Powerful Psychological Triggers to Improve Marketing to Increase Sales | @advertisingweek – https://t.co/SbSwpdOVjK pic.twitter.com/QbMFMbIQV2
— crowdspring (@crowdspring) September 6, 2018
A Look Inside the Fascinating Cannabis Branding and Marketing Boom https://t.co/a4Ey1zC3Ui pic.twitter.com/F4tQaZmT1d
— crowdspring (@crowdspring) September 2, 2018
How to Create a High Converting Landing Page https://t.co/XbzlfesLpz pic.twitter.com/T6ZC8bjwKI
— crowdspring (@crowdspring) September 7, 2018
Amazon’s investment in R&D:
2009: $1.2 billion
2010: $1.7 billion
2011: $2.9 billion
2012: $4.6 billion
2013: $6.6 billion
2014: $9.3 billion
2015: $12.5 billion
2016: $16.1 billion
2017: $22.6 billionYou don’t just “become” a trillion dollar company.
— Chris Maddern (@chrismaddern) September 7, 2018
This is not trivial. https://t.co/wWHnKX6UJx
— Ross Kimbarovsky (@rosskimbarovsky) September 6, 2018
Terrific Nike ad (reminds me of Apple’s Think Different campaign). https://t.co/zyRTZPWJnw
— Ross Kimbarovsky (@rosskimbarovsky) September 5, 2018
The next time you're about to say "I can't," go ahead and watch this. (
@hcatoverton) pic.twitter.com/i8yd6amUwz
— NBC Sports (@NBCSports) August 31, 2018
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