My "success rate" (with approaching women) went up drastically when I changed the first words out of my mouth to "Can you hear me?". I now ask this even when I know a woman doesn't have earphones on.
Why does it work? I have a couple of guesses. It is a question that you can't help reply to. And inadvertently when you answer this question, you begin paying more attention to the party that asked.
In ad-speak, this pretty much takes care of the A(attention) in AIDA.
A slight twist to this: get people to say yes.
My "success rate" (with approaching women) went up drastically when I changed the first words out of my mouth to "Can you hear me?". I now ask this even when I know a woman doesn't have earphones on.
Why does it work? I have a couple of guesses. It is a question that you can't help reply to. And inadvertently when you answer this question, you begin paying more attention to the party that asked.
In ad-speak, this pretty much takes care of the A(attention) in AIDA.