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EPISODE · May 23, 2025 · 15 MIN

Why We Buy: The Psychological Biases Your Marketing Is Missing

from Marketing Unzipped · host Rob Curtis

Why do people pay more for the same cup of coffee just because it's served in a nicer cup? Why does a limited time offer suddenly make us want something we didn't even consider yesterday? If you've ever wondered why perfectly designed campaigns flow flat, while quirky, unpolished, those terrible ones, they just go viral, this episode will flip your assumptions completely. In this episode of Marketing Unzipped, we're talking about the psychology of choice!Marketing is built on a strategy called Choice Architecture which is the idea that the way a decision is presented shapes the outcome, even if the options stay exactly the same, you're not changing the product, you're just changing the frame. Imagine that you're at a coffee shop. The menu offers a small coffee for £2, a medium for £3.50, and a large for £3.75. Most people will go straight for the large, not because they need more coffee, but because the price difference nudges them to think it's better value that medium option. It exists to steer the choice only and this kind of behavioural design works because people don't make purely rational decisions. We take shortcuts. Today we discuss all the ways that you can use that in marketing to grow your business! The Pursuit Agency Did you know, there are 5.9 million SMEs totally stuck with their marketing. And with MyMarketr.io, that ends now! Tired of juggling tools, guessing strategies, or wasting time on content that goes nowhere? MyMarketr.io gives you the only thing you need to grow: Results, without the agency price tag.

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Why do people pay more for the same cup of coffee just because it's served in a nicer cup? Why does a limited time offer suddenly make us want something we didn't even consider yesterday? If you've ever wondered why perfectly designed campaigns flow...

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