This post has two objectives. One is to get a lot of likes. The other is to not waste your time.
According to a new international marketing study, researchers have concluded that adding dogs or cats to promotional ads makes people more eager to pursue a goal or product. They were also more willing to take risks when making a decision.
The researchers found that dog and cat ads were most helpful when they had a promotional message with an enthusiastic tone. (hence all the exclamation points in my heading!!)
The researchers also found that marketers should consider crafting their advertising messages differently or recommending different products and services when they target consumers depending on their pet exposure situations.
Marketers should emphasize promotion-focused goals such as gains and non-gains if they are targeting dog owners or after consumers are exposed to dogs or dog-featuring stimuli such as in an advertisement.
On the other hand, marketers should focus on prevention-focused goals such as losses and non-losses if they are pursuing cat owners or after consumers who are exposed to cats or cat-featuring stimuli.
So let’s see if this works for blog posts as well.
If you liked all the dog photos, help me with my goal of getting a lot of likes.
At the same time, I hope the cat photos made it feel like I did not waste your time, or at least not as much as I usually do…
*header image from Halifax Humane Society
*bottom image from Orchard Road Animal Hospital
*for source of other images, right-click on the image and open the image in a new tab
How can I not like this post. The dogs steal the show, but that white cat with the different colored eyes wins the prize!
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yes, I am a dog person, especially a Newfoundland. but that white cat is striking.
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It is, it has “emerald blue” eyes, truly unique. π
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indeed they are…
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Ok so I really liked the pics, especially the dogs but the info was lost on me. I am so confused donβt know whether to hit like or not. Must be the visual person response. At least I hope it is Also when you read blogs through the app on a tablet or phone, you canβt right click on the images.
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at least you liked the photos π
thanks for letting me know about the right-clicking thing!
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of course I’ll hit like after all of these adorable photos!
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yay! thank you!
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I hate animals. But I gave you a “like” because I feel sorry for you.
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You don’t hate animals, you doolally! But oh how kind of you to feel sorry for him and help him out.
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Okay, if cooked and seasoned properly, I guess animals can be very likeable. Maybe that’s why I’m such a kind person.
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πΆπ€! I see this night ends how the day started!
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Good night.
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Sleep well and wake up with amnesia about a certain typo! Oh and I hope the half chapter doesn’t have you too curious.π
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Sorry, but your typos are unforgettable. No, I’m not too curious. So what happens next?
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“Unforgettable” ? Its too early to …smack my head..!
Haha! Don’t worry you will find out soon … maybe….perhaps…!
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Then it’s time to go back to bed.
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No, I am awake. π
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I was talking about me.
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Oh, for your first nap of the day?
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Yes, and it was very refreshing.
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π
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never too early for a head smack. it’s the perfect way to start your day…
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You stooges have crazy ideas about starting the day off right!
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there’s nothing like a good head smack to wake yourself up…
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hmmm… I’m wondering if I’ll find out what the type reference is to… I’ve got a bit of catching up on reading blogs from yesterday and today…
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Haha! Its really not worth your time, just akip Tippy’s post. LOL!
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what’s akip? π
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“Funnny!” Guess you will just have to wonder!
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I do a lot of wandering…
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How many miles do you go? π
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most of my wandering is in my head, along my neural pathways…
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π
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so that means it doesn’t matter how the rest of your day went; you had a great start and a great finish…
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Ummmm…..I think you misinterpreted π
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hopefully, your cooking of exotic animals doesn’t create another worldwide pandemic…
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Okay, then I’ll stay away from all Chinese scientists.
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and Chinese food markets…
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Especially if they’re wet.
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yes…
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it was very kind; I need all the help I can get…
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I like pity likes!
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Hey, take them any way you can get them.
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exactly…
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Liking because the white chimera cat reminds me of a friends’. Your efforts have succeeded.
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that cat was striking; thank you!
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My disco dancer friend has 2 twin cats that look like that – but each has opposite chimera eye colors (1 has R blue, 1 has L blue)
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I guess that makes it easy to tell them apart… π
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I’m sorry, I can’t click the “like” button on such a speciesist piece. Where are the rabbits and fuzzy ducklings and chicks? Well, okay, I did like it anyway.
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I’ll be more inclusive next time π
and thanks for the like…
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I like the dogs and cats. I’m just glad I’m not in marketing. It sounds complicated.
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yea, I’m not sure what they’re talking about either…
I just wanted to put up pictures of cats and dogs π
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The photos put me in a good mood, so perhaps there is something to this marketing angle.
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I think you’re always in a good mood. You must pictures of dogs and cats everywhere.
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if I call it even on the cats and dogs, do we begin where we started? (could be a follow up question to the chicken or egg first puzzle)
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that’s a good question.
Stephen Covey always said to begin with the end in mind. Not sure what that has to do with this, but I’ve aways liked that quote π
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You click junky! Shame, shame, shame …. as Gomer Pyle would say. π
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well, gollllly! π
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Hi Jim, this is spot on. Any animal, especially baby animals has this effect.
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I am assuming advertising during the Westminster Kennel Show is very expensive.
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it would be interesting if there was a national cat show, and compare what ads show during the dog show vs the cat show…
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Cute images but not sure what I’m buying but clicked like anyway π
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I’m not sure I knew what I was selling either, so thank you for the like!
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Sorry, but the images added as much to this for me as they would have done in an ad: zilch. Nice try, though. Keeping with the animal theme, I suspect this research is ππ© π
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does this mean I’m getting a pony for Christmas? π
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In Cockney rhyming slang, pony has a meaning you might not want as a giftβ¦
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ok. I won’t even ask… π
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I Am A Cat Person and even though you are not, I will still give you a Like since you included one.
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thank you; I tried to be inclusive,,,
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I’m surrounded by three dogs right now, so believe me, I see the appeal. I’ve have liked your post multiple times if I could have.
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I like bunny rabbits and you didn’t have any of them. My favourite recipe is Belgian Rabbit cooked with raisins and prunes.
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I think I’d like the raisin part…
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!!
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π
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Cute pictures of animals always gets a like from me! π
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I’ll have to keep that in mind!
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I see what you did there!
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really? because I’m not sure I do…
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Then you have terrific instincts.
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if you say so…
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I do, but don’t test my conviction on the matter.
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I probably test it with every post and comment I make…
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Good point.
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π
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Count me in for liking the dog and cat photos!
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thanks, Jennie!
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You’re welcome!
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π
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Did it work? Did your stats go up?
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of course not… π
at some point I’ll probably have to focus on quality, rather than cheap tricks to grow my audience π
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