Contagious: Why Things Catch On
by Jonah Berger · Jonah Berger
A Wharton marketing professor's research-based account of why some ideas, products, and messages spread by word of mouth, organized around six principles (STEPPS) such as social currency, triggers, and emotion, that readers can apply when designing content meant to be shared.
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