Customers - What Makes Them Buy From You - Part Two
Customers - What Makes Them Buy From You - Part Two
Some people like to take chances, other prefer to be careful when making any decisions. With the latter, you are spending more time allaying their fears than building their desires. You can approach this by showing proven results for like businesses (if not direct competitors). Or, you can spread the initial investment over a longer term (in the Prospect’s mind) to make the initial outlay seem less worrying. Another option is to make the Prospect feel more worried about not going ahead with your proposal than they are about doing so. This might mean emphasising the “potential losses” e.g. business not gained, current custom lost, competitors gaining an increased market share etc.
Part of the anxiety of the person you are dealing with might be concerned with who they have to “justify” their decision to e.g. their boss or colleagues. If you can help them with this "justification", you have taken another step towards a sale!
It appears to me…
Another “buying motivator” can be how you present your product or service. Product appearance is important when buying almost everything (just look at product packaging) – so why not with what you are offering? This can even include the quality and appearance of your promotional material etc.
Can you find innovative and interesting ways to make your presentation - a different way to impress the potential Customer?
Length of time
Some business-folk are into strictly short-term thinking. Others are there for the long haul. Which is it with each individual with whom you are dealing? With the longer-term, you can present the benefits from their building a long-term relationship with you. For the “instant” desire, you need to find a way of making an immediate, powerful impact - and how quickly the result they seek can flow after they agree to go ahead with your proposal
If you have any questions or comments about "Selling to Customers", please email me at venworks@btopenworld.com
Customers What Makes Them Buy From You Part Two - To learn more about this author, visit Gordon Veniard's Website.
Like this article? Share it with your friends
The need for caution
Some people like to take chances, other prefer to be careful when making any decisions. With the latter, you are spending more time allaying their fears than building their desires. You can approach this by showing proven results for like businesses (if not direct competitors). Or, you can spread the initial investment over a longer term (in the Prospect’s mind) to make the initial outlay seem less worrying. Another option is to make the Prospect feel more worried about not going ahead with your proposal than they are about doing so. This might mean emphasising the “potential losses” e.g. business not gained, current custom lost, competitors gaining an increased market share etc.
Part of the anxiety of the person you are dealing with might be concerned with who they have to “justify” their decision to e.g. their boss or colleagues. If you can help them with this "justification", you have taken another step towards a sale!
It appears to me…
Another “buying motivator” can be how you present your product or service. Product appearance is important when buying almost everything (just look at product packaging) – so why not with what you are offering? This can even include the quality and appearance of your promotional material etc.
Can you find innovative and interesting ways to make your presentation - a different way to impress the potential Customer?
Length of time
Some business-folk are into strictly short-term thinking. Others are there for the long haul. Which is it with each individual with whom you are dealing? With the longer-term, you can present the benefits from their building a long-term relationship with you. For the “instant” desire, you need to find a way of making an immediate, powerful impact - and how quickly the result they seek can flow after they agree to go ahead with your proposal
If you have any questions or comments about "Selling to Customers", please email me at venworks@btopenworld.com
Customers What Makes Them Buy From You Part Two - To learn more about this author, visit Gordon Veniard's Website.
Like this article? Share it with your friends
![]() | |
| |
No article feedback found. |
| |
Leave Your Feedback |
|
| |
| |||
Jay Kubassek(Jay's Full Bio: EvanCarmichael.com/jaykubassek) In five years, Canadian-born entrepreneur Jay Kubassek went from selling mufflers at a Midas franchise to revolutionizing Internet marketing with the 2004 launch of CarbonCopyPRO, a online marketing education company, now worth over $20 million with customers in over 160 countries.
As an independent film producer, his upstart film fund Aliquot Films is currently producing a films with Spike Lee and Abel Fererra (starring Ethan Hawke and Dennis Hopper.)
Jay's entrepreneurial spirit is irrepressible. He’s the owner of five companies, a professional speaker and trainer, international real estate developer/investor, extreme sport enthusiast and emerging philanthropist. Jay resides in NYC with his wife Jamie, son Milo and dog Cooper. Visit Jay's official website: www.JayKubassek.com - Visit Jay Kubassek's Website |
|||
|
To learn more about the Evan Elite Author Program please contact us. | |||
![]() | |
![]()
| |
![]() | |
|
| |
![]() | |
|
| |
![]() | |||||||
|
![]() | ||
|
| ||
![]() |
| Have you written articles that would be of value to entrepreneurs? Become an expert on our site by publishing them! Expose yourself to a wide audience, drive more traffic to your website and get more sales! Click Here for details. |
|
|
![]() |
| Modeling the Masters: Learn the true secrets behind Walt Disney's business success factors & grow your company! Video produced by Phanta Media |
|
|
![]() |
"Learn straight from Evan how you can Make a Full Time Income (And More) from a Website"
Click Here To Learn More |
|
|
|
|
Get advice & tips from famous business owners, new articles by entrepreneur experts, my latest website updates, & special sneak peaks at what's to come!
|
![]() |
|
|
![]() | ||
|
Top 50 Blogs For Startups
Top Blogs To Watch In 2009 | ||
|
Write The PR
Press Release Builder | ||
![]() | ||
![]() | ||||
| ||||
| ||||
| ||||
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
| ||||||||||||
| ||||||||||||






Subscribe to Gordon's articles











