Name: Buy Ology
ISBN: 9780385523899

Martin Lindstrom

Draws on a cutting-edge brain-scan study of people from around the world to shed new light on what stimulates interest in a product and compels us to buy it, refuting common assumptions and myths while answering questions about product placement, subliminal advertising and more. Reprint. A best-selling book.

Truth and Lies about why We Buy

Buy Ology

Martin Lindström

How much do we know about why we buy? What truly influences our decisions in today’s message-cluttered world? An eye-grabbing advertisement, a catchy slogan, an infectious jingle? Or do our buying decisions take place below the surface, so deep within our subconscious minds, we’re barely aware of them? In BUYOLOGY, Lindstrom presents the astonishing findings from his groundbreaking, three-year, seven-million-dollar neuromarketing study, a cutting-edge experiment that peered inside the brains of 2,000 volunteers from all around the world as they encountered various ads, logos, commercials, brands, and products. His startling results shatter much of what we have long believed about what seduces our interest and drives us to buy. Among his finding: Gruesome health warnings on cigarette packagesnot only fail to discourage smoking, they actually make smokers want to light up. Despite government bans,subliminal advertising still surrounds us– from bars to highway billboards to supermarket shelves. "Cool” brands, like iPodstrigger our mating instincts. Other senses– smell, touch, and sound - are so powerful, they physically arouse us when we see a product. Sex doesn't sell.In many cases,people in skimpy clothing and suggestive poses not only fail to persuade us to buy products - they often turn us away . Companies routinetlycopy fromthe world ofreligion and create rituals– like drinking a Corona with a lime – to capture our hard-earned dollars. Filled with entertaining inside stories about how we respond to such well-known brands as Marlboro, Nokia, Calvin Klein, Ford, and American Idol, BUYOLOGY is a fascinating and shocking journey into the mind of today’s consumer that will captivate anyone who’s been seduced – or turned off – by marketers’ relentless attempts to win our loyalty, our money, and our minds. Includes a foreword by Paco Underhill.

Keven Wang

Nelson Zagalo

A book about the use of invasive methods to analyse people tastes and needs. A book about the how so great technology is and how it can resolve all problems like magic. A book for cold blood marketeers.

Sebastian Rodriguez

An interesting book - the reason why we consume things beyond our rational consumer behaviors - the inner works of a circuit board, which is our brain. 
Sometimes - a boarding read.

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Bruno Carvalho

How much do we know about why we buy? What truly influences our decisions in today's message-cluttered world? An eye-grabbing advertisement, a catchy slogan, an infectious jingle? Or do our buying decisions take place below the surface, so deep within our subconscious minds that we're barely aware of them? Marketing guru Lindstrom presents the startling findings from his three-year, seven-million-dollar neuromarketing study, a cutting-edge experiment that peered inside the brains of 2,000 volunteers from all around the world as they encountered various ads, logos, commercials, brands, and products. His startling results shatter much of what we have long believed about what seduces our interest and drives us to buy.--From publisher description.

Buy Ology Truth and Lies about why We Buy

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