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The SMALL BIG: Small Changes That Spark Big Influence Audio Walkthrough

Steve J. Martin, Noah J. Goldstein, and Robert B. Cialdini

The SMALL BIG explains how small, evidence-based changes can produce meaningful improvements in persuasion, helping business professionals frame messages, influence decisions, negotiate effectively, and strengthen customer relationships.

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52 chapters
English
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The SMALL BIG challenges the assumption that influencing people requires major investments, sweeping changes, or greater incentives. Drawing on behavioral science, the authors present more than 50 small adjustments that can significantly affect how people respond, decide, cooperate, and follow through. The book examines mechanisms including social proof, message framing, commitment, reciprocity, defaults, timing, precision, and the management of errors. Its lessons apply to customer loyalty, negotiations, sales communication, teamwork, productivity, and marketing campaigns. Listeners will understand how seemingly minor details—from the order of information to the wording of a request—can strengthen ethical persuasion or unintentionally cause an influence attempt to backfire.

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Better than a text book

The SMALL BIG: Small Changes That Spark Big Influence Audio Walkthrough

Steve J. Martin, Noah J. Goldstein, and Robert B. Cialdini

The SMALL BIG explains how small, evidence-based changes can produce meaningful improvements in persuasion, helping business professionals frame messages, influence decisions, negotiate effectively, and strengthen customer relationships.

Listen to the Preview
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GET THE FULL AUDIO
Complete chapter-by-chapter Audio Walkthrough.

The SMALL BIG challenges the assumption that influencing people requires major investments, sweeping changes, or greater incentives. Drawing on behavioral science, the authors present more than 50 small adjustments that can significantly affect how people respond, decide, cooperate, and follow through. The book examines mechanisms including social proof, message framing, commitment, reciprocity, defaults, timing, precision, and the management of errors. Its lessons apply to customer loyalty, negotiations, sales communication, teamwork, productivity, and marketing campaigns. Listeners will understand how seemingly minor details—from the order of information to the wording of a request—can strengthen ethical persuasion or unintentionally cause an influence attempt to backfire.

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