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50 Emotions and Situations People Want to Avoid

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Article Overview: Learn how your product or service can help your prospect avoid an emotion or situation that causes pain.

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50 Emotions and Situations People Want to Avoid

People buy for one of two main reasons: to improve their lives or to avoid pain. There are hundreds of reasons why a prospect would purchase your product or service in order to improve their overall life.

But, equally powerful are the dozens of reasons why a prospect would purchase your product or service because they want to avoid a painful emotion or situation.

That means if your product or service can help your prospect avoid an emotion or situation that causes pain, you need to let them know!

Here are 50 emotions or situations that most people want to avoid in their life:

1) Anxiety

2) Criticism

3) Confusion

4) Danger

5) Death

6) Deprivation

7) Discomfort

8) Discouragement

9) Disrespect

10) Embarrassment

11) Entrapment

12) Failure

13) Fear

14) Grief

15) Growing old

16) Guilt

17) Heartache

18) Humiliation

19) Illness

20) Insecurity

21) Insignificance

22) Insults

23) Inferiority

24) Intimidation

25) Invalidation

26) Loneliness

27) Loss

28) Manipulation

29) Money-problems

30) Obligation

31) Pain

32) Powerlessness

33) Pressure

34) Rejection

35) Resentment

36) Restrictions

37) Ridicule

38) Risk

39) Shame

40) Stress

41) Suffering

42) Tension

43) Terror

44) Unattractiveness

45) Unimportance

46) Unloved

47) Unsupported

48) Unwanted

49) Worry

50) Worthlessness

So, if you can convince your prospect that you can alleviate painful emotions or situations in their life, your sales will soar.

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Jessica Swanson, Founder and President of Shoestring Marketinghas helped thousands of entrepreneurs implement low-cost, high-impact marketing campaigns.

Known for her energy, passion and “get-it-done” attitude, Jessica takes complicated marketing concepts, turns them upside-down, and makes them incredibly simple and outrageously straightforward.

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