5 Ways You Can Use Behavioral Economics to Your Business’s Advantage

For everything from pricing to employee management, look for tried-and-true ways to improve the system you have in place.

Question: In what ways can you use behavioral economics to your business’s advantage?

To Understanding Micro-Behavior

"Our ability to experiment with data, A/B test, and create models of behavior with minutiae requires us to rethink traditional behavioral economics. For us, understanding why people make the food decisions they make becomes paramount to providing them with decision-making information that facilitates healthy eating behavior. Think of it as a marriage of design thinking and revenue streams."


To Not Overwhelm Consumers With Choice

"Behavioral economics can make the irrationality of consumer behavior more predictable. When a default option isn’t possible, you must be wary of generating “choice overload,” which makes consumers less likely to purchase. Reducing the number of options makes people likelier not only to reach a decision but also to feel more satisfied with their choice."


To Build Better Business Insights

"The core idea of behavioral economics is to form a better understanding of how people think and act. By studying how your customers interact with your products, and what they are thinking as they do so, you can identify and eliminate problem points. Figure out what's giving them a bad experience, and get rid of it."


To Break Down Options

"Rather than showing the whole price, you can show the pricing per part. I am the owner of a tutoring company. Rather than giving my clients the price for the whole package, I show the pricing per hour."


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5 Ways You Can Use Behavioral Economics to Your Business’s Advantage

For everything from pricing to employee management, look for tried-and-true ways to improve the system you have in place.

Question: In what ways can you use behavioral economics to your business’s advantage?

To Understanding Micro-Behavior

"Our ability to experiment with data, A/B test, and create models of behavior with minutiae requires us to rethink traditional behavioral economics. For us, understanding why people make the food decisions they make becomes paramount to providing them with decision-making information that facilitates healthy eating behavior. Think of it as a marriage of design thinking and revenue streams."


To Not Overwhelm Consumers With Choice

"Behavioral economics can make the irrationality of consumer behavior more predictable. When a default option isn’t possible, you must be wary of generating “choice overload,” which makes consumers less likely to purchase. Reducing the number of options makes people likelier not only to reach a decision but also to feel more satisfied with their choice."


To Build Better Business Insights

"The core idea of behavioral economics is to form a better understanding of how people think and act. By studying how your customers interact with your products, and what they are thinking as they do so, you can identify and eliminate problem points. Figure out what's giving them a bad experience, and get rid of it."


To Break Down Options

"Rather than showing the whole price, you can show the pricing per part. I am the owner of a tutoring company. Rather than giving my clients the price for the whole package, I show the pricing per hour."


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