Neuromarketing Podcasts
Listen to Arbab Usmani's podcast episodes on Neuromarketing, behavioral decision triggers, price anchoring, relativity, and psychological friction.
Zappos: The Billion-Dollar Gamble on Customer Happiness ↗
How Zappos built a billion-dollar empire by prioritizing extreme customer service, culture, and emotional loyalty over short-term acquisition costs.
Why Simple Websites Work: Lessons from Don't Make Me Think ↗
Deconstructing Steve Krug's web usability principles and why reducing cognitive friction on digital interfaces drives dramatic conversion lifts.
The Hooked Model of Building Products ↗
Exploring Nir Eyal's Hooked framework: Trigger, Action, Variable Reward, and Investment - and how to build habit-forming product experiences.
How Social Norms Shape Our Behavior ↗
Analyzing Dan Ariely's research on Social Norms vs Market Norms and why business offers fail when they mix financial incentives with community trust.
Choice and Comparison: The Truth About Relativity ↗
Humans rarely choose things in absolute terms. Learn how decoy options and relative comparison shape buyer choices in pricing and marketing.
The Zero Cost Trap: Why Free Can Be Expensive ↗
The psychological power of FREE. Why zero price creates an emotional rush that distorts rational decision-making and how marketers leverage it.
The Power of Price Anchoring ↗
How initial price exposure establishes a cognitive anchor in the customer's mind, transforming perceived value and willingness to pay.
Coke vs. Pepsi: The Hidden Power of Brand Expectations ↗
The famous Read Montague fMRI brain scan study proving how brand perception physically alters brain activity and taste perception.
Social Proof & How It Influences Decisions ↗
Why uncertainty drives buyers to look to others for cues, and how to structure genuine social proof that overcomes buyer hesitation.
Scarcity: The Secret Weapon of Successful Marketers ↗
The psychology of loss aversion when items are limited. How authentic scarcity accelerates purchase velocity without eroding brand trust.