How Leaders Successfully Influence Subordinates Without Intimidation

Back in April of this year, I had the privilege of interviewing Mark Altman, author of “Leadership for All The Mountains You Climb While Loving the View.” During that interview I became more bonded to Mark because of his viewpoint about effective leadership. Why? He epitomes the heart...

Social Influence Gone Bad

After watching the video, did you say to yourself, “I would’ve stood my ground and continued giving the correct answer.” If you said that to yourself, or something similar, I’m not surprised. I’ve heard similar statements from others that have seen or heard me describe...

Top Persuaders Easily Impact Emotions

Over the years, you, like me have had fun, exciting, joyful, and happy experiences that you can instantly remember when prompted to do so. For example, I distinctly remember my Mom giving me my first bicycle. It was royal blue! The handlebars had motorcycle style racing grips and it had an 8 inch wide...

Perceptual Persuasion Strategy: NLP Reframing

Hi, Ron Hudson here! Welcome back to the Immediate Influence Blog. It’s been quite a while since my last post. In fact, I’ve gone almost 30 days without posting anything. But, here I am today to reveal a powerful strategy of influence known as Reframing. Reframing enables you to [...]

A restaurant’s artful use of influence that surprised and delighted me

“Aged and hand–cut especially for Friday’s, half a pound of one of the most flavorful, popular steaks around, expertly seasoned and fire–grilled to your order. Then glazed and served with our Jack Daniel’s glaze and creamy mashed potatoes.” “Honey, I’m ordering...

Old School Marketing Tactics that Influence Buying Decisions

Today we have access to all types of incredible technologies.  Each technology offers varying benefits to the end user.  The technologies that are capturing our attention, whether we are in the board room or the class room, involve social media.  One of the main reasons is that social media allows...

How to Influence A Buying Decision – A Farmer’s Story

Welcome back! This post is a follow up to my previous post, “10 Powerful Offers that Influence Buyers Decisions in Your Favor.” However, as you can see, I haven’t provided another list of offers, but a story. The reason is that stories oft times convey messages much faster than other...