Delesign Digest: The Generation Effect

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Design Principle of the Day : The Generation Effect

You've crafted a brilliant marketing campaign - attention-grabbing visuals, persuasive copy, and a compelling offer. Everything seems locked and loaded for success. But when you launch, engagement remains disappointingly low. Your audience seems to be tuning out despite your best efforts.

The culprit? The Generation Effect. If your audience passively consumes your messaging without any active participation, retention and impact drops significantly.

Tapping into the Generation Effect 

The generation effect describes how information is better understood and remembered when your audience has to generate or make an effort to process it, rather than just reading or viewing it.

For example, having people fill in the blanks of a sentence themselves leads to superior recall compared to just giving them the complete sentence. Figuring out solutions on their own creates stickier learning than being handed the answers directly.

Putting the Generation Effect into Practice

When you make your prospects think a bit, it boosts their engagement, buy-in, and memory of your main messages. It keeps their minds alert and more open to your ideas.

Next time you get a marketing asset designed, consider incorporating the generation effect. Keep refining your work, and you'll see your message become clearer and more impactful over time.

Design with purpose, design for impact!

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