From: "Paul Marsden" <PaulMarsden@msn.com>
To: <memetics@mmu.ac.uk>
Subject: Re: Convincing people within 15 minutes
Date: Fri, 8 Jan 1999 07:24:32 -0000
Mario,
Speed seduction and NLP, (which I guess this convincing people in 15 minutes
business is a derivative) are hyped commercial spins based on a few
principles of the social psychology of influence - for real science and
evidence without the hype or spin check out one of the best sites on the Web
(IMHO), Rob Cialdini and Kelton Rhoad's site at
http://www.influenceatwork.com/intro.html
P.S. Don't tell Aaron about this site - or Derek and I will be afraid, very
afraid :-)
Paul Marsden
Graduate Research Centre in the Social Sciences
University of Sussex
e-mail PaulMarsden@msn.com
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----- Original Message -----
From: Aaron Lynch <aaron@mcs.net>
To: <memetics@mmu.ac.uk>
Sent: 08 January 1999 00:50
Subject: Re: Convincing people within 15 minutes
>At 01:45 PM 1/7/99 +0100, Mario.Vaneechoutte@rug.ac.be wrote:
>>Dear all,
>>
>>Best wishes for 1999.
>>
>>I received this mail:
>>
>> from "TGD Ltd" <samyjo@easynet.co.uk>
>>
>>
>>http://www.aroscow.dircon.co.uk/Pages/offer.html
>>
>>If our bandwidth is exhausted, please save this mail, service will
>>resume.
>>
>>Polite notice about email:
>>
>>The best thing for you to do to receive no more from us is to reply
>>putting
>>REMOVE in the subject line.
>>
>>That's all you have to do - and delete this message. No need to flame
>>or
>>complain - we are responsible people and when asked politely we will
>>respond
>>in a professional manner.
>>
>>END OF MAIL
>>
>>Visiting the site, one reads:
>>
>>The Secret of Making People
>>
>> Fall in Love With You
>>
>>Congratulations on your enquiry!
>> Announcing a little known discovery that has been distilled into
>>
>>a proven and
>> easy to use system that can easily make people fall in love
>>with you.
>>
>>Make Anyone Like You, Appreciate and Love You In 30 Seconds or
>> Less!
>>
>>
>>Etcetera, etcetera.
>>
>>
>>It is about a report one has to read and then perform according to it,
>>to make all ones' messages immediately accepted (and much more). Can
>>anyone tell me more about this? I recall some messages from Aaron Lynch
>>about similar announcements or practices.
>
>Dear Mario,
>
>If I were an expert in winning appreciation and love in 30 seconds, then I
>would have already used the recipe on Derek. :-)
>
>There was, however, a discussion in September about "speed seduction," and
>Tim Perper and I alluded to similar products that have existed down through
>the generations.
>
>
>--Aaron Lynch
>
>http://www.mcs.net/~aaron/thoughtcontagion.html
>
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