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Skaiste Sluijter

Marketing is not just my day job, it’s my passion. I am fascinated by consumer behaviour and its salient, but silent driver – the human brain. I fuse neuroscience and business insights to translate them into marketing strategies that benefit businesses and consumers.

With a Master’s Degree in Marketing, two Bachelor Degrees in Global Business, and international experience, I consider myself as an all-round marketer and a global citizen.

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Advertising

Aligning conflict brand stories with product types

We all know stories that show us a conflict followed by a solution. These are called reversal stories.Conflict reversal stories in advertising can help consumers understand product benefits. The stor…
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Conversion

How Discount Format Affects Conversion And Spending

Buy more to save more, money off, sale, special offer, spin the lucky wheel... So many different expressions to achieve one goal – conversion. But which method really works?  There are so many…
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Strategy

A Surprising Way To Minimize Product Returns

We live in a returns culture, where delivery is free and so are the returns. Zero shipping fees and favorable in-store return policies make it very attractive to bulk buy products consumers don’t nee…
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Strategy

There is no such thing as “green-ish” products for consumers

Brainwashing that has gone green There has been an increasing amount of warnings about climate change and its rash consequences in the media. For some, attempts to preserve the Earth for the future…
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Strategy

What sells better - something free or something off?

2 euros off or a complementary recipe book? Price-based incentives remain one of the most common types of sales promotion. However, non-monetary incentives have become increasingly more common. Non-…
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Advertising

Consumers Don’t Like To Be Told What To Do, Especially By Brands They Love

Nowadays we are more individualistic than ever. We are encouraged to make our own decisions, live the life in a way that we like. And yet, 72% of ads contain assertive language. Brands tell us what t…
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Conversion

When Brand Names Are All That Matters

We all know that one friend who wants to have luxury products so bad, they don’t spend too much time thinking whether they actually need the product or if it is of good quality. They just want to hav…
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Conversion

Do people really like the songs they vote for? How does the order effect influence decision-making.

Even Eminem benefits from neuromarketing Remember Eminem? He was gone quiet for almost four years. Lately, Post Malone, Drake and Kendrick Lamar have been topping the Global Charts. Every year in N…

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