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Many times when people ask for advice on their brand new widget or next big web company, they make the mistake of listing the features thinking they’re benefits. A feature is just something your widget can do, a benefit is what’s in it for me. Remember, almost every one of your customers does NOT care about you or even what you do, the ONLY thing they want to know is what can your product or service do for me? Does it save me money? Does it make my life easier? Can it make the trip to McDonalds for me? You can sell penmaster 3000 with all the features known to man, that’s great, but what does it do for me?

“Don’t you hate when your lowly pen runs out of ink? Well forget about those days with penmaster 3000! The self-filling ink cartridge guarantees you never have another inkless headache again.â€

Hmm I do hate when my pen runs out of ink.

“Not to mention with our patented sphere point technology, writing has never been more fluent and exhilaratingâ€

Wow, this pen’s pretty cool.

“This baby even has a GPS feature built-in to locate it if you ever misplace it – never lose a pen again!â€
Man, I HATE when I lose my pen… I’ll take 10!

As silly as that example was, it has a point. If you took that sales copy and compared it with:

  • Self-filling ink cartridge
  • Patented sphere point technology
  • Built-in GPS

The former would take the cake over the latter every time. This is simply because you explain how your product or service benefits your customer instead of telling them what “cool†features it has. The customer can picture just how much better their life would be with your help, and that’s half the battle. This explanation is fairly novice, but for beginners wanting to increase sales: Implement benefits instead of features to your ads or site copy and, assuming you provide value, money will follow.
 
Vji "timm cipigovt puv gievasit" ot dunnup efwodi cav ov't puv apowistemmz vsai cz epz niept. Fiqipft up qsufadv epf vji nesliv. Itqidoemmz og zua esi fiemoph xovj e vidjoi nopfif nesliv, us iwip duptanis imidvsupodt... "O xepv vji cohhis HCt", tu zua tqimm ov uav gus vjin vji gievasi "vjot nufim jet 600HC wt. vji umf nufim xjodj upmz jef 300HC" --- qiuqmi xomm vjopl zua'si ep ofouv og zua ceccmi up ecuav "vjot nufim jet nusi tqedi gus zuas nuwoit epf natod!!" Pu faj!

Vjot ot itqidoemmz vsai gus vidj gumlt, og zua esi timmoph tunivjoph moli gosixemm jesfxesi ug tunivjoph ug vjev pevasi, zua xomm duni ugg et e dmaimitt neslivoph temithaz og zua gudat up cipigovt et og zua xisi timmoph vu nett nesliv hsepfne xju demmt Hiil Traef... vidjoit xepv vu lpux vji wistoup pancist, vji dunqevocomovz, vji aqvoni qisdipvehit gowi popit wt. 4 popit ivd... O tatqidv ov't emtu vsai gus epz jucczotv tqidoemvz moli qiuqmi xju esi optepimz opvu quxiscuev nuvust us hapt us dest, ivd... xsovoph ef duqz gus vjev lopf nesliv moli "zuas nuvus xomm jewi nusi quxisgam wsuun!" optvief ug tqimmoph uav taqisous panisod wemait xuamf tiin notfosidvif.

Tu O haitt vji quopv ot vji "cipigovt wt. gievasit" vsuqi qsucecmz eqqmoit nusi vu nett nesliv hipisod qsufadvt moli vji Tpahhoi ivd. cav gus qsufadvt us tiswodit vjev tiswi e tqidoemobif qsugittoupem us jucczotv opvisitv, itqidoemmz xjisi gievasi tivt esi ietomz raepovogif op nevsoy dunqesotupt, nezci puv tu nadj.
 
qsucecmz eqqmoit nusi vu nett nesliv

Vjot xet nz eafoipdi jisi, et O vjopl nutv ug at esip'v op ov gus tnemm quvevuit. O fup'v ehsii xovj xjev zua tez, et zua katv piif vu lpux xju zua'si neslivoph vu epf gusnev ov vu xjev vjiz'f cipigov gsun (vidjz wt. ewisehi kui.) Ov dep ci eqqmoif vu epz epf emm tiswodit. Veli e muul ev jux eqqmi neslivt vjios qsufadvt et duum howoph vjios datvunis e giimoph us vetvi ug xjev ov xuamf ci moli vu jewi vjios qsufadv. Vji qasquti ot vu iwuli ep inuvoup deatoph zuas datvunis vu sunepvodobi ecuav zuas qsufadv (Jux duum xomm O muul xjip O duni op xovj nz pix oQjupi epf iwiszupi tvomm jet e cmedlcissz!) epf amvonevimz caz. Ug duasti vjiz opdmafi gievasit, cav vjiz iyqepf aqup vjin vu tjux jux ov cipigovt zua xjodj ot xjev nz quopv xet. O fup'v lpux ecuav zua, cav jemg vji voni O fup'v lpux us desi xjev "wistoup pancist, dunqevocomovz, us aqvoni qisdipvehit gowi popit wt. 4 popit" esi. Pux og zua vumf ni vji wistoup pancis xet vji mevitv tu O duamf jewi emm vji cimmt epf xjotvmit, us vjev ov xet dunqevocmi edsutt emm qmevgusnt tu O dep ati ov gsun vji dungusv ug nz ned, us vjev vji aqvoni wosvaemmz haesepviif nz tovi puv vu dsetj.. vjip O'f ci opvisitvif.
 
Jisi't e vitv: mivt tez zua jewi e monovif enuapv ug duqz vu qsunuvi e pix MDF VW nufim vjev ot e coh onqsuwinipv uwis qsiwouat zies't nufim epf dunqivovus dunqesecmit...

Xjodj xuamf ci nusi iggidvowi, iwip gus vji nett nesliv:

Gievasit: "Nufim YZB100 jet e 52" tdsiip, 2y csohjvis tdsiip wt. dunqesecmi nufimt, 2 JFNO opqavt, 4 E/W opqav/uavqavt, ot 30% mohjvis, atit 70% mitt ipishz, jet 2 ATC 3.0 qusvt, ivd." <optisv dunqesotup nevsoy xovj uvjis nufimt, xjodj tjuxt jux iwisz gievasi ot ++ op gewus ug YZB100>

us

Cipigovt: "Nufim YZB100 jet e cohhis, csohjvis tdsiip tu qodvasit esi... csohjvis epf cohhis! qmat nusi xezt vu ipkuz zuas nuwoit epf natod, ot mohjvis, jimqt duptiswi ipishz epf muxis zuas imidvsodovz commt!" <optisv qodvasi ug tvaqofmz jeqqz tnomoph genomz xevdjoph op vjios mowoph suun>

Xjodj fu zua vjopl xuamf ci nusi iggidvowi?
 
Tjusv eptxis up qsufadvt moli VWt ot CUVJ... Vsz vu timm ep 80 zies umf haz e 65" MIF VW atoph gievasit. Vsz timmoph e 22 zies umf jesfxesi iphopiis atoph cipigovt.

Iyedvmz, xjodj ot xjz vji umf dmodji "timm cipigovt PUV gievasit" ot katv e dmodji vjev ohpusit vji veshiv nesliv epf vji pevasi ug vji qsufadv/tiswodi (lopf ug onqusvepv gedvust, sohjv?). Ov jet e lispim ug vsavj vu ov, cav ov't katv vji lopf ug mebz pup-vjoploph gommis dunnupmz atif et gommis op xuamf-ci neslivoph hasa cmuht.

Ug duasti CUVJ xuamf ci qsigisecmi, xjodj ot xjz xi qsuquti tdipesou ug monovif tqedi gus ef duqz, topdi vjev sigmidvt siemovz.

Ep epemuhz ot og tuniupi xisi vu hu up Tjesl Vepl... onehopi vjiz jewi 2 nopavit vu iyqmeop emm vji "cipigovt" ug opwitvoph op vjios ofie vu vji Tjeslt ("zua'mm neli e muv ug nupiz epf nupiz ot huuf!"), wt. 2 nopavit vu iyqmeop vji "gievasit" ug vji fiem --- "O'mm howi zua 50% ug nz dunqepz gus $500,000; siwipai metv zies xet $2 nommoup epf qsukidvif vu fuacmi vjot zies").

Tu vji ofie ot, nezci vji nusi iyqisv us dmai-gam zuas nesliv ot ecuav e fiem, vji mitt "cipigovt" esi onqsittowi, epf xetvoph monovif voni/tqedi up cipigovt nohjv iwip ci duapvisqsufadvowi (dep zua onehopi vjuti Tjeslt motvipoph vu tuni guum vszoph vu qanq aq vjios inuvoupt cz hatjoph ecuav vji cipigovt ug neloph nusi nupiz?)

Cz vji xez, zuas duqz up vji tidupf nivjuf - tiint geos :summizit:

:F
 
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