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Copywriting for ConversionDr Karl BlanksChairman (and Resident Rocket Scientist)
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What you’ll get from this talk
Proven strategies for increasing sales
How to get someone else to do it for you
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Templates for ensuring your writing is effective
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Step 1: Become able to sell the product face to face
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Your robot salesperson will be no better than its creator
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Consider how it will affect your existing customers, your prospective customers, your competitors, existing and future staff, and anyone else who matters.
Put a real person’s face to each group of people you should be considering.
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Mental shopping list This site looks relevant—like it will provide what I’m looking for (i.e. will
satisfy my visitor intention).
I believe that this is the best site of its type, so I won’t be considering the competitors, (which include doing nothing and ordering offline).
I can easily find what I’m looking for
I understand which product is best for me, because the site makes clear recommendations.
I believe that this type of product is what I need.
I believe that this particular product is what I need.
I believe the claims that the site is making, about the company and about the products, because they’re supported with proof.
All of my miscellaneous product-specific objections have been overcome
I found the whole experience pleasurable, and I’d happily do it again.
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Don’t start writing until.. You know everything about the product You have bought and used the product with your own money You can understand why people buy it You could sell it to yourself or friends You know all the objections and have great counter-objections You have gathered proof to support all your claims (your “legal
dossier”)
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Step 2: Write it down
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The act of writingturns many a genius into a moron
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Write like a human
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Use at least as many words as you’d use when selling face to face
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Be very, very concise
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Be concise
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designsensory.com/pws/
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Four important aspects The “angle” The bits that get looked at first
The offer(s) (M&M trail) and call to action
The weakest aspects
The proof
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With your permission, I am going to make an analysis of the soil of your lawn to determine—at my own risk and expense—what elements are lacking in it, what you need for stronger, healthier, more closely grown turf.
An angle for selling fertiliser to home owners
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Four important aspects The “angle”
The bits that get looked at first The offer(s) (M&M trail) and call to action
The weakest aspects
The proof
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Headlines The product’s main benefits—explaining specifically how they’ll be
reached with certainty and with ease
For inevitable, high-risk sales: The perils of making a mistake
Entering the conversation that’s already going on in the prospect’s mind How to buy X How to choose between vendors The guarantee The offer The proof The urgency Anything else from the mental shopping list
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Four important aspects The “angle”
The bits that get looked at first
The offer(s) (M&M trail) and call to action The weakest aspects
The proof
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The offer(s) (M&M trail) and call to action Long-term strategy for pricing
Penetration pricing? Price high, then lower prices? Luxury pricing? Communicate that prices will keep increasing? Versioning: different price points for different customers?
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The offer(s) (M&M trail) and call to action Winning offers
Make the initial purchase a “no-brainer”, then make money on the subsequent payments.
Make the “headline offer” irresistibly appealing. This often involves understanding what main criterion your prospects are using to determine value. Have low prices for the things people use to judge value, then make your money from the other stuff.
Consider stripping down the features of your service, then charging for extras. Budget airlines do this.
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The offer(s) (M&M trail) and call to action If you can’t make it free, make it seem cheaper
Offer a “free trial” Which may be a no-strings completely free sample, perhaps with a discount voucher if
they decide to continue. (e.g. shareware). This works if your service is fantastic, and the best way to persuade them is to get them using it.
Consider offering something small and irresistible for an amazing price, just to get something into their shopping cart. Once they have accepted they’ll be going through the checkout, they are more likely to buy other things. (DIY stores do this.)
or a free trial with an ongoing monthly charge if they don’t cancel or a “we won’t bill you until x-days after your purchase or it may be a “return it within x-days for your money back”
Upsell/cross-sell Add premiums and incentives Bundle/unbundle
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Four important aspects The “angle”
The bits that get looked at first
The offer(s) (M&M trail) and call to action
The weakest aspects The proof
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Four important aspects The “angle”
The bits that get looked at first
The offer(s) (M&M trail) and call to action
The weakest aspects
The proof
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Types of proof Social proof
Testimonials From customers, particularly those who are famous (e.g. celebrities) or have authority
(e.g. the Queen on Weetabix) From the media (online and offline)
Data that shows how large you are or how fast you’re growing Self-evident proof (logic) Displays of credibility Demonstrations (e.g. Bose headphones) Description of how the product is made
Materials (e.g. used in helicopter blades) Process (e.g. Apple’s unibody Mac) People involved (e.g. Hiscox guitar cases)
Reason why the product was created (e.g. 37Signals’ Basecamp) Demonstrations (e.g. Bose) Association with influential bodies
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Outsourcing or delegating your copywriting Someone with a track record of getting wins
Ensure each change is split tested
Ensure the person follows this process
Need someone who can sell (would you buy from them?) write (can you understand what they write?)
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And finally…
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