28/05/2026
You've chosen brands you couldn't fully explain. The Mere Exposure Effect is why. 🧠
Psychologist Robert Zajonc demonstrated that repeated exposure to something; a shape, a colour, a logo, a brand, increases how positively we feel about it over time. No conscious evaluation required. Familiarity becomes preference.
For brands, this is both a strategy and a warning:
✦ Consistent visual identity across every touchpoint builds subconscious preference over time
✦ Brands that keep changing their look reset this effect every time
✦ Showing up repeatedly in the right spaces matters as much as what you show
The brands people feel loyal to without quite knowing why have usually just been consistently, recognisably present for long enough.
Consistency isn't boring. It's compounding.