Martin Lindstrom

Martin Lindstrom
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Martin Lindstrom (Lindstrøm) is an author and Time Magazine Influential 100 Honoree^[1]. Lindstrom's books include Buyology - Truth and Lies About Why We Buy^[2] (Doubleday Business, division of Random House) and Brandwashed - Tricks Companies Use to Manipulate Our Minds and Persuade Us to Buy (Crown Publications, a division of Random House), his first title written for consumers, for which Lindstrom conducted a $3 million word-of-mouth marketing experiment^[3] – inspired by the 2009 film, The Joneses – to study the effects of social influence on purchasing decisions.

Lindstrom is weekly columnist for Fast Company^[4] and TIME Magazine and frequently contributes to NBC’s TODAY Show^[5] Lindstrom has written six books on brands and consumer behavior. He is the founding partner and Chairman of the Board of Buyology Inc. and Director of Brand Sense Agency. In 2011, Lindstrom appeared in the Morgan Spurlock (Super Size Me) movie documentary: The Greatest Movie Ever Sold and on America’s Next Top Model.

Brandwashed

Buyology

Main article: Buyology

In Buyology - Truth and Lies About Why We Buy, Lindstrom analyzes what makes people buy in a world which is cluttered with messages like advertisements, slogans, jingle, and celebrity endorsements. Through a study of the human psyche, he discusses the subconscious mind and how it plays a major role in deciding what the buyer will buy. The author claims to have studied the behavior of 2,000 humans for three years.^[6][7]

Bibliography

• Brandwashed - Tricks Copanies Use to Manipulate Our Minds and Persuade Us to Buy (Crown Publications, division of Random House).
• Buyology - Truth and Lies About Why We Buy (Doubleday Business, division of Random House).
• BRAND sense - Building Powerful Brands Through Touch, Taste, Smell, Sight & Sound (Free Press, division of Simon & Schuster).
• BRANDchild- Insights into the Minds of Today's Global Kids: Understanding Their Relationship with Brands (Kogan Page).
• Clicks, Bricks & Brands (Kogan Page).
• Brand Building On The Internet (Kogan Page).

See also

• Buyology - Truth and Lies About Why We Buy
• Experiential marketing

References

1. ^ "Time Magazine Influential 100 Honoree". http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,1894410_1893209_1893463,00.html/. 
2. ^ "New York Times Bestseller List". http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/16/books/bestseller/besthardnonfiction.html?_r=1. 
3. ^ Press Release: Brandwashed by Martin Lindstrom
4. ^ "Fast Company Author's Profile Page". http://www.fastcompany.com/user/martin-lindstrom. 
5. ^ "Author's Today Show Appearances". http://www.martinlindstrom.com/index.php/cmsid__buyology_news#NBC+Today+ShowPersonal+Branding+Part+I. 
6. ^ Martin Lindstrom Official
7. ^ Random House profile of Buyology

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