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Brandwashed: Tricks Companies Use to Manipulate Our Minds and Persuade Us to Buy - Community Reviews back

by Martin Lindstrom
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Misericordia
Misericordia rated it 9 years ago
This is one gread read for people interested in marketing, behavioural studies, psychology etc. A number of things already published elsewhere but there is also a lot of new good illuminating stuff incorporated.Q:1. Buy Buy Baby - When companies start marketing to us in the womb2. Peddling Panic and...
Cassandra Reads
Cassandra Reads rated it 11 years ago
When I first started reading this book, I assumed (foolishly, in hindsight) that none of it was going to apply to me. Brands to me mean clothes and aside from the one pair of Nikes I own, I don’t wear name brand clothes. After I started reading it, however, I started thinking about all the brands ...
Wyvernfriend Reads
Wyvernfriend Reads rated it 12 years ago
This was an interesting read, all about how we're persuaded into buying things. How a company makes easy links for us to choose products and then encourages us to unthinkingly go along with their choices. It asks us to look at our habits and decide if we're happy being led or whether we should que...
Eclectic Universe - Homeschooling Parent
A wonderful, outstanding book full of insight into how marketing pervades every aspect of our lives.
halfmanhalfbook
halfmanhalfbook rated it 12 years ago
Some scary stuff in here about how the marketing mind thinks! Read and learn!
Wyvernfriend Reads
Wyvernfriend Reads rated it 12 years ago
This was an interesting read, all about how we're persuaded into buying things. How a company makes easy links for us to choose products and then encourages us to unthinkingly go along with their choices. It asks us to look at our habits and decide if we're happy being led or whether we should que...
The Drift Of Things
The Drift Of Things rated it 13 years ago
You're even more of a sucker than you think you are. The more plugged in you are, the more susceptible you are to the sneaky tactics of those who mold opinions and buying habits. Ditch that cell phone! Stay off that Facebook account! Keep a few more secrets. Be more discerning and less impulsive.
Osho
Osho rated it 13 years ago
I have a lot of criticisms of this, but I'll stick with my gravest. First, the way Lindstrom interprets psychological and other research doesn't always match how I'd interpret it. For example, if you were to hook me up to a plethysmograph (you can't, but that's not the point), you might find that I ...
Boxes of Paper
Boxes of Paper rated it 13 years ago
"Branding" has become something of a catchphrase in today's society, where just about everything, and everyone, can market themselves as a brand. It's an interesting exercise to sit down and examine where your brand loyalties lie. I couldn't care less for clothing-related brands, but I'm a bit of a ...
Ania's books
Ania's books rated it 13 years ago
This book was amazing. I couldn't put it down at times, just like a thriller.Yes, as (hopefully) conscious consumers we are pretty aware of some (if not most) of the tricks Lindstrom writes about. However, seeing them all in one place, together with the scientific research and all the related data i...
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