How to Use Covert Persuasion To Help Others And Improve Your Sales
In this article I’d like to talk to you about the benefits of using covert persuasion to win other people over to your way of thinking. Many people think that this is manipulative or dishonest, but nothing could be further from the truth. This is a powerful method to create good, positive feelings in others.
The first breakthrough idea is that most people simply are too timid to make decisions. That is why people will always gravitate towards a strong leader. The truth is that most people are followers. Study after study has shown this to be true. Even when researchers have taken a group of obvious “followers” and put them into a group together, an obvious leader quickly emerges.
The drawback to this fact, is that while many people like to go along with others way of doing things, most people like to feel as though they’ve at least had their say in the matter, one way or the other.
When the opinions of people are treated correctly, the people being persuaded will willingly go along with whatever the persuader will suggest. This can prove to be very powerful indeed.
One powerful benefit of this is that it reduces second guessing dramatically. If you’ve ever been talked into buying something that you really didn’t want or need, you probably wanted to return it as soon as you got home.
But with covert persuasion, this almost never happens, as you have the full agreement of your customer every step of the way. That way they will not only appreciate that they bought your product, they will likely buy more from you in the future.
Because you are reading this, you can really begin to understand the persuasive power this can give you. You may even begin to imagine all the different ways you can use these ideas in your life to help others, and make lots of money. You are only limited by your creativity and resourcefulness.
If you want to discover the most powerful Persuasion Techniques, have a look at George Hutton’s NLP Persuasion page.
