Like other crucial life skills, the persuasion can be studied, taught, and mastered. One of the wisest men in history knew this when he laid down his historic teachings on the art of rhetoric.
Human psychology has barely changed over the past few thousand years, making Aristotle's foundational teachings as relevant today as ever.
We didn’t know too much about Aristotle back in 2020 when Talking Toucan was a small copywriting and content marketing agency.
While we weren't world famous, things were looking good. We had a healthy book of business writing on a range of industries from wedding planning and photography to wooden decking!
But then the pandemic hit, our clients started cutting their costs, and our wings were promptly clipped.
In the chaos of the following years, we searched for a cutting edge that would differentiate us from other writers. That was when we stumbled upon Aristotle's teachings on the art of rhetoric, considered to be one of the original works on persuasion.
While it wasn't an easy read, it was fascinating to see how all modern techniques could be traced back to his fundamentals and we uncovered some new secrets!
But we were also aware that modern persuasion isn’t conducted in the assemblies of ancient Greece, it takes place in our email inboxes, on our social media feeds, and while we're browsing the web ...