Reverse psychology?

Posted by DazzlinDonna on April 5th, 2006 in Uncategorized

Yesterday, I made six posts on SEO Scoop.? Of those 6, 5 were real posts, and one was just a test to make sure my new server was handling things properly.? The subject of that post said clearly, “Test - Ignore This”, and the body of the post, which showed up fully on the home page in the snippet said, “Just testing something out folks, move along, nothing to see here.”

Why do I bring this up?? Well, until very late last night, that post was the most-read post of the day.? After the day was almost over, it fell to #2.

I think this is hysterical.? What does this tell me?? If you want your users to do something, tell them NOT to do it! Ok, I don’t want to imply that you should always use this strategy for everything.? Don’t go out and replace all your Buy Now buttons, with Don’t Buy Now buttons.? But you might occasionally want to test this out with something small.

Maybe something along the lines of “Whatever you do, don’t click this.? You really DON’T want to know what you’ve been missing all this time”.

Thanks to all of you who turned my server test into a marketing test.?

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If you are the first to "discover" any of my posts in StumbleUpon, one of the following categories would probably be the most appropriate to place it into. You don't have to choose one of these, of course, but based on what I usually write about, there's a good chance any of my posts will fall into one of these categories.

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4 Responses to “Reverse psychology?”

kemal Says:
April 5th, 2006 at 8:40 pm
That’s funny Donna. Maybe on my forum, where I’ve got the rotating JavaScript messages at the top, I’ll add some messages that say, “Please don’t register and post messages. Do not participate or tell your friends about this site.” Perhaps worth a try…..
kf
sunnymonkey Says:
April 6th, 2006 at 2:55 am
In that case I would say

Don’t Read My Website

Dave
sunnymonkey Says:
April 7th, 2006 at 6:51 am
Just looked at the stats. Amazing how many people have looked! lol