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Customers Buy When They Feel Good
Prospective customers will not buy unless they feel good about you, your
company and your product or service. Here are 4 simple ways you can
stimulate their good feelings ...and motivate them to buy.
1.
Personalize Your Marketing
Prospects are more likely to buy from you when
they feel you are talking directly to them about their unique needs. Look
for ways to make your sales message more specific to the needs of
prospective customers.
For example, subdivide your targeted market into
several more narrowly defined niche markets. Then customize your sales
approach so it appeals to the specific interests of prospects in each niche
market.
Tip: You can narrow the appeal of your web site without
losing its effectiveness with your broader market. Just create
customized web pages for each niche market you target. Then add a link to
each of these specialized pages on your home page.
2. Emphasize Good
Feelings
Prospective customers usually base their buying decision on
how they feel about your product or service. Get them excited about
using it and they won't hesitate to buy.
One way to get them excited is
to convert the benefits provided by your product or service into a vivid
word picture. Put your prospect in the picture by dramatizing what it
feels like to be enjoying those benefits.
For example: If you sell
financial products, describe what it feels like to enjoy an affluent
lifestyle without debt.
3. Confront Buyer Skepticism
A prospective
customer will not buy if they have any doubt that you will deliver exactly
what you promise. Here are 3 of the many ways you can confront and overcome
skepticism in your customer's mind.
* Use testimonials. They prove
you've already delivered satisfaction to other customers. To be effective,
they should describe a specific result your customer got by using your
product or service. For example, "In just 2 weeks I lost 9 pounds, felt
years younger and still continued to enjoy my favorite foods".
*
Provide specifics. Convert general statements into specific descriptions.
Instead of "quick and easy", explain exactly how quick and how easy. Also,
reduce round numbers like "15 pounds" into specific odd numbers like "13.7
pounds". It sounds more authentic.
* Tone down your claims. A bold
claim creates doubt in your prospect's mind and jeopardizes the sale. Avoid
using any claim that sounds exaggerated - even if it is true. Reduce any
bold claim to a more believable statement.
4. Eliminate The Need To Make
Decisions
Try to structure your selling process so prospective
customers do not have to make decisions. Every decision they have to
make interrupts the buying process. It diverts their attention away from the
action of completing the sale.
This can be especially hazardous when
customers have difficulty making a clear choice among several options. Some
will avoid the risk of making a wrong choice by making NO choice ...and
you lose a sale you already had.
That's why you should promote only one
product or service each time you advertise. You can use separate promotions
for each product or service. But limit your prospect's decision to only
"Yes, I will buy" or "No, I will not buy". Don't risk losing them over a
"Which One" decision.
Tip: Sometimes you can successfully combine 2 or
more related products or services into a special combination offer. But
limit your customer's decision to "Yes" or "No". Don't include an option to
buy the items separately.
Prospective customers must feel good about you,
your company and your product or service before they will buy. Start
using these 4 simple tactics to stimulate their good feelings and
motivate them to buy.
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