Business, Small Business - Posted by Andy Barck on Saturday, June 28, 2008 21:35 - 1 Comment

1500 Secret Marketing Strategies (51-75)

Secret Marketing Strategies1.jpg51. The "Code Cracker" Strategy

The "I’ve finally cracked the code…" strategy tells your prospects that your obsession or dedication to solving their problem has finally paid off. You could also tell them how much time, money, research, etc., has been invested in your product.

52. The "Admit It" Strategy

The "I’ll tell you what most (type of experts/your competition) don’t want to admit…" strategy tells your prospects that your competition is hiding something from them. Whatever you find and decide to expose should persuade them to purchase your product.

53. The "Change Your Mind" Strategy

The "I wasn’t going to tell you this but…." strategy tells your prospects that you weren’t going to reveal a specific piece of information but had second thoughts. If the information is beneficial to them, they will feel grateful that you changed your mind and possibly buy your product in return.

54. The "Truth" Strategy

The "the truth is, if you aren’t (your product’s benefit), then you’re (negative effect)…" strategy tells your prospects if they don’t own your product then they will continue to have specific problems. If you are a recognized authority or reputable business, they will automatically assume what you’re saying is the truth.

55. The "Full Profits" Strategy

The "I am giving away 100% commissions if you want to promote this…" strategy tells your prospects that if they order your product, they will need to make just one sale in order to make their money back. Unlike normal resell rights, you can have it set up as an affiliate program that gives them 100% commissions. It will be less work for your customers and all they will need is an affiliate link.

56. The "Twisted Their Arm" Strategy

The "(business/person’s name) never lets anyone promote this…" strategy tells your prospects that your affiliate product or offer is exclusive and they are the only ones viewing it. You can tell your prospects that you convinced the product owner or twisted the product owner’s arm to offer it to them.

57. The "Jumping Around" Strategy

The "like me back then, you’re probably jumping from one product to another and not benefiting…" strategy tells your prospects that you had the same experience as they do now. You can tell them you changed all that after you decided to create your own solution, which would be the product you’re selling. You just need to tell them why yours works and the competition’s doesn’t.

58. The "Health Warning" Strategy

The "major health warning: (your product’s name) is very addictive…" strategy tells your prospects to take notice because most people value their health. Once you have their attention, you can tell them the benefits of your prospect and why it’s so addictive.

59. The "Not Created Equal" Strategy

The "not every (your type of product) is created equal…" strategy tells your prospects not to assume that your or your competition’s products offer the same features and benefits. You need to tell them the beneficial differences that will persuade them to purchase your product.

60. The "Eye It Yourself" Strategy

The "for your eyes only…" strategy tells your prospects that your message or offer is just for their private viewing. Your subscribers will like the fact that they will get closed-door knowledge about your product and will have the first-chance opportunity to benefit from it.

61. The "Fix Or Fear It" Strategy

The "it’s an essential tool and without it, you may as well (negative effect)…" strategy tells your prospects that your product is a tool that will help them fix their problem. Plus, fear of a negative situation is a very strong motivation.

62. The "Product Retirement" Strategy

The "I’ll be retiring this product when I hit an undisclosed number of sales…" strategy tells your prospects that they better order now because they don’t know how close you are to your target number. You can tell them since they are still reading this, there are still some available and you’re very close to your sales goal.

63. The "Web Site XXX" Strategy

The "you’ll learn about http:///www.XXXXXX.com that will (a strong benefit)…" strategy tells your prospects that you know about a secret or little known web site that will help them gain their desired benefit. It could be part of your main product or a bonus product.

64. The "Read The Proof" Strategy

The "make sure you read the testimonial from (the person’s name)…" strategy tells and reminds your prospects to read your most persuasive testimonial. It could be from a reputable expert, have an audio or video message, a way to contact them personally, etc.

65. The "Mirror It" Strategy

The "check this out, it’s (a famous product), well almost…" strategy tells your prospects that your product is similar to another successful product. You should just make sure that your target audience knows about the product and they like it.

66. The "High Failure Rate" Strategy

The "(no.%) of (your target audience) fail, Why is that figure so high?…" strategy tells your prospects they will likely fail at reaching their goals. You can tell them people fail because they are missing an important component that they didn’t know about, which would be your product. You could use a list of testimonials in which people state that they didn’t have any success until they purchased your product.

67. The "Living Proof" Strategy

The "he/she is living proof that anyone in the world can…" strategy tells your prospects they too can improve their life even if they have some type of disadvantage. It could be a number of disadvantages like if they are poor, if they have a handicap, if they are temporarily homeless, if they are in bad health, etc.

68. The "Having Hard Times?" Strategy

The "I’ve had tons of e-mails from people asking me if they could make payments…" strategy tells your prospects that if they weren’t able to afford your product before, now they can because you are offering a payment plan. This would help you get orders from people that are in between pay periods, have just lost their job, are in debt, on a tight budget, etc.

69. The "Buy Or Read" Strategy

The "it will cost you ($) or keep reading to find out how to get it for free…" strategy tells your prospects they can pay for their desired benefit or, better yet, get it for no cost. You could have them refer some friends to your web site, give a testimonial or success story, join your affiliate program, etc. You could still make money by selling them something different with a one time offer.

70. The "Last Time" Strategy

The "don’t blink, over (no.) thousand people visit our web site - the last time we offered something like this…" strategy tells your prospects that they won’t have time to pause and think about purchasing your product as it may sell out fast. You could even tell them that you expect the number of visitors to be higher this time because you asked a few JV partners to help promote it.

71. The "Through The Wringer" Strategy

The "the (no.) (months/years) of testing, experimenting, tweaking and collecting case studies are finally done…" strategy tells your prospects that your product has been put through the wringer and is finally ready for release. You could tell them you hired a whole research team (if true) to develop the product and even tell them how much it cost you.

72. The "Future Release Bonus" Strategy

The "purchase through my affiliate link and I’ll give you my (your product’s name) which will cost ($) when it’s released on (date)…" strategy tells your prospects they will get a future product that will cost more (if true) than what they will be paying for your affiliate product. It’s a real bargain, they are getting more for spending less.

73. The "Spill The Beans" Strategy

The "I didn’t want to reveal that much but (the interviewer’s name) squeezed all my secrets out of me…" strategy tells your prospects that they should read or listen to the interview you did because you accidentally released closely guarded information. Of course, you could try to sell them your product at the end of the interview.

74. The "Meet In Person" Strategy

The "let’s meet in person…" strategy tells your prospects that you want to talk to them live, in person. If that is the subject of your e-mail, they will be interested in why because the Internet is usually so impersonal in nature and they wouldn’t get that many offers. You could invite them to a seminar, a mastermind group, a workshop, even for dinner, etc.

75. The "Negotiation" Strategy

The "after hours of negotiating I finally talked (business person’s name) into giving you a special deal…" strategy tells your prospects you gave up a lot of your personal time to get them a discount. They will appreciate that and likely respond to the time you gave up to save them some money.

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Elgin Computer Guy
Aug 1, 2008 20:45

This is a great list to get the creative thoughts happening when coming up with marketing material. Thanks for sharing!

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