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Exclusive research and insights for Emblaze community members. This is where breakthrough revenue ideas go from spark to sales‑ready story.
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  • Research Brief
    Brief: Does a Picture Make Business Content More Memorable?
    Dr. Carmen Simon led this neuroscience study to determine whether adding a decorative image to your 10% slide makes the primary message more memorable to your audience. Will adding a picture make your key takeaways more memorable?
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    Brief: Is Complex Content Dreadful or Delightful?
    Marketers and sellers are often told to “keep it simple” when explaining complex information. Does elaboration make it easier or more difficult for buyers to understand and remember a complex B2B presentation?
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  • Research Report
    Report: The Neuroscience of Persuasive Sales Presentations
    Your goal isn’t just getting people’s attention—you also need to direct their focus, help them remember the information, and ultimately persuade them to act in your favor. In this research report, you’ll get a look inside your buyer’s brain with insights from eight original neuroscience studies.
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    Brief: Do Zoom Backgrounds Help or Hinder Sales Presentations?
    Is one kind of Zoom background more effective than others? How does your background choice impact your audience’s attention and memory of the content? Find out how your buyer’s brain reacts to various Zoom backgrounds during virtual meetings.
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  • Checklists
    Checklist: Nine Tips for Delivering Persuasive and Memorable Sales Presentations
    Recent neuroscience research from Emblaze has provided a look inside the minds of your buyers, how they pay attention, what they remember, and what motivates them to take action. And in this checklist, you’ll get nine tactical tips collected from these neuroscience studies.
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  • Research Brief
    Brief: What’s in a Winning Renewal Story?
    Provocative messaging approaches may work wonders when you’re the outsider trying to acquire new customers, but research shows they’re not universally applicable, and that they could even backfire in a renewal selling context.
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    Report: Does Hybrid Live Up to the Hype?
    Face-to-face meetings—with all the stakeholders in the same physical space—are still almost impossible to pull off. So, companies are considering an alternative: hybrid meetings. But is hybrid more effective than fully virtual? Or is the hype around hybrid more about what sellers want, rather than what buyers prefer?
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  • Webinar Replay
    Video: Made You Look! The Neuroscience of Attention in Virtual Meetings
    Attention paves the way to memory and decision making. But how do you get attention when you’re not in the same room with your buyers? In this webinar replay, you’ll see results from three research studies based on the neuroscience of attention in virtual settings.
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  • Research Brief
    Brief: Can One Slide Make a Difference in an Investor Presentation?
    What motivates investors in their decision-making process? And does addressing potential objections upfront impact their decisions? Dr. Carmen Simon, Chief Science Officer at Emblaze, led a neuroscience study to see how investors and analysts react to risk-related information in a first-call presentation.
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  • Webinar Replay
    Video: Are Hybrid Sales Calls the Great Escape from Your Virtual Prison?
    Is a hybrid method effective for sales presentations? Don’t miss this webinar replay from Dr. Carmen Simon to learn what neuroscience reveals about your buyers’ brains during virtual, phone, and hybrid sales presentations.
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    Brief: Your Buyer’s Brain During Virtual, Phone, and Hybrid Sales Presentation
    Are hybrid presentations more effective than fully virtual meetings? Are people’s brains truly tired of the virtual world? And is there a way to develop a sales presentation that can work in any environment? Dr. Carmen Simon led this neuroscience research study to find out.
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  • Research Report
    Report: Captivate Your Prospects
    What really grabs people’s interest in demand gen messages? Beyond personal preferences, what should your messages include to engage and motivate prospects to respond?
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