{"id":6815,"date":"2017-07-14T18:04:46","date_gmt":"2017-07-14T16:04:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/phoneenglish.es\/blog\/?p=6815"},"modified":"2026-01-12T13:40:20","modified_gmt":"2026-01-12T12:40:20","slug":"instant-gratification-as-a-marketing-tactic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/phoneenglish.es\/blog\/2017\/07\/instant-gratification-as-a-marketing-tactic\/","title":{"rendered":"Instant Gratification as a Marketing Tactic"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em><strong><strong><em>B2 &#8211; Upper Intermediate<\/em><\/strong><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Humans are naturally inclined to have desires for things. In the business setting, whoever provides these desires in the best way and timely manner possible, gets ahead of the competition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With this in mind, instant gratification can offer a wide array of benefits for digital marketers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Get a deeper understanding of instant gratification, how it works to a company&#8217;s&nbsp;advantage in marketing, and ways to provide it to customers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-wp-embed is-provider-investor-square-investor-reviews-and-online-community wp-block-embed-investor-square-investor-reviews-and-online-community\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"Jw939wkABz\"><a href=\"https:\/\/investor-square.com\/investment-news\/newswire\/leveraging-instant-gratification-as-a-winning-marketing-tactic\/\">Leveraging Instant Gratification as a Winning Marketing Tactic<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"&#8220;Leveraging Instant Gratification as a Winning Marketing Tactic&#8221; &#8212; Investor Square | Investor Reviews and Online Community\" src=\"https:\/\/investor-square.com\/investment-news\/newswire\/leveraging-instant-gratification-as-a-winning-marketing-tactic\/embed\/#?secret=CplRpSuVeX#?secret=Jw939wkABz\" data-secret=\"Jw939wkABz\" width=\"580\" height=\"327\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Discussion Questions:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>1. 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