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Cialdini Social Proof or Hotchkiss Imitative Suggestion?

Posted on November 4, 2010 by Christopher Tomasulo

In 1924 a George Burton Hotchkiss copywriting book suggests that people use social proof in ad copy but calls it “imitative suggestion”. Are imitative suggestion and social proof the same and are they a form of hypnosis? Continue reading →

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