AIDA: Attention, Interest, Desire, Action

AIDA is a four-stage persuasion framework — Attention, Interest, Desire, Action — used across sales scripts, cold emails, ads, and landing pages.

What is AIDA?

AIDA was first articulated by Elias St. Elmo Lewis in 1898 and remains the most widely-used persuasion model in sales and marketing. Every cold email, sales script, and ad creative implicitly follows its arc.

Frequently Asked Questions

What does AIDA stand for in marketing?
Attention, Interest, Desire, and Action.