“We are built to act first and reason later. Our minds construct rational stories to justify emotional truths that our bodies have… — David Amerland Behavioral-psychology Copy Share Image
“Unconscious neural activity cannot be made conscious no matter how hard one tries. Part of ourselves is always hidden to us.” — David Amerland Copy Share Image
“Communication without a specific focus is just noise. It achieves little beyond taking time and energy.” — David Amerland Communication Copy Share Image
Real search is about providing valuable information when it's really needed to those who are actually looking for it. — David Amerland Copy Share Image
Social media is not rocket science. This, however, does not make it easy either. — David Amerland Copy Share Image
“I am a firm believer that knowledge is power but only if it leads to comprehension.” — David Amerland Copy Share Image
“What we learn from behavior economics is that the moment a metric is created it generates an incentive for people to pursue… — David Amerland Economics Copy Share Image
“Fathom your motivation so that you understand what you are prepared to do and why.” — David Amerland Learning Copy Share Image
“A pair of eyes attached to a human brain can quickly make sense of the content presented on a web page and… — David Amerland Computers Copy Share Image
“Our desire for a cause that will allow us to commit ourselves mind and body to its banner is a cry for… — David Amerland Desire Copy Share Image
“Goals without a sense of hope often fail to be reached. Hope without a set of goals materializes nothing of value. We… — David Amerland Goals Copy Share Image
“The idea of reputation, influence, and influencers in the offline world is as old as the hills. It's not new on the… — David Amerland Reputation Copy Share Image
“These mental and physical components of self belief are closely interlinked. They are used to slowly interweave the personal narratives that very… — David Amerland Belief Copy Share Image
“In many ways semantic search takes us back to the golden days of the Web when in terms of working online anything… — David Amerland Belief in yourself Copy Share Image
“The brain works in a holistic, cooperative way that makes our basest desire or most abject fear as expressive of who we… — David Amerland Abstract thinking Copy Share Image
Search is the means through which we navigate the Web. If your business is not visible in search it is difficult for… — David Amerland Business Copy Share Image
“The connectivity of the cloud and the prevalence of tablets and smartphones have eroded the traditional online/offline divide. Within a short time… — David Amerland Cloud computing Copy Share Image
“Narratives, stories, help create a deeper sense of shared identity. They generate meaning and foster cooperative actions through neurochemical correlates that kick… — David Amerland Copy Share Image
“For anyone who says we’re culturally and technologically advanced beings not held in thrall by our environment consider how we start each… — David Amerland Copy Share Image
“It seems perverse that we can be more social than anyone would have thought possible when we are at our most anti-social,… — David Amerland Copy Share Image
“When it comes to identity we are all constructs. Who we think we are is the result of our upbringing, memories, skill… — David Amerland Belief in yourself Copy Share Image
“Ammon Johns has probably forgotten more things about online marketing and branding than most of us have ever known. Ammon Johns is… — David Amerland Competitive advantage Copy Share Image
“The moment we remove the external world from our senses we’ve also removed a large chunk of how we feel inside ourselves.… — David Amerland Brain Copy Share Image
“In truth search can no more be considered independent of the Web than the Web can work without search. This symbiotic relationship… — David Amerland Copy Share Image
“There is one thing no one tells you about exercise: how you feel about what you do transforms the effect it has… — David Amerland Copy Share Image
“Our insecurities drive us. Our fears control us. We try to hide the first and deny the second and it is exhausting… — David Amerland Awareness Copy Share Image
“We cannot learn something new and stick to it without a modular approach to application, positive reinforcement and a real change of… — David Amerland Change Copy Share Image
“Search has become the real-time mirror of our collective consciousness. It reflects not just what we think, but what we are about… — David Amerland Collective consciousness Copy Share Image
Social media is the empowerment of the individual at the expense of the system. — David Amerland Empowerment Copy Share Image
“Companies that cannot successfully answer what they do fail to then understand how they can continue to do it in the face… — David Amerland Business Copy Share Image
“We are hard-wired to engage with those we trust, and this hard-wiring has led to a constant push for greater interaction and… — David Amerland Internet Copy Share Image
“Real-time marketing is not for everyone. To take advantage of it, you need to have a clear idea of what it is… — David Amerland Branding-culture Copy Share Image
“Every physical response, every psychological change and every mental transformation starts with the mind.” — David Amerland Copy Share Image
“It is humanity that’s actually propagated through the gossamer, reaching tendrils of trust and the emergence of happiness.” — David Amerland Happiness Copy Share Image
“Confidence, even when under pressure, has a way of turning an impossible situation into just another challenge to be met.” — David Amerland Attitude Copy Share Image
“without the mind the body is not capable of delivering anything beyond an average performance.” — David Amerland Body Copy Share Image
“The greatest challenge on the Web in the twenty-first century is to connect with your target audience in a way that enriches… — David Amerland Audience Copy Share Image
The social media web is a very noisy one indeed and making sure that you are heard requires you to shout more… — David Amerland Copy Share Image
Social media is addictive precisely because it gives us something which the real world lacks: it gives us immediacy, direction, a sense… — David Amerland Copy Share Image
