David is a best-selling author, speaker and trainer. He is also CEO of IPD, a world-class marketing agency based in Tampa, Florida. I have been a business owner for more than half of my life now and a ...

Marketing is all about persuasion. Of course, you could argue that some of the most successful brands of all time—Coca-Cola or Nike, say—got to where they are not by convincing people that their ...

The art of persuasion has always been fundamental to human society. Throughout history, rhetoric, the craft of persuasive speaking and writing, has been a crucial tool for leaders to shape public ...