Tag: questions

  • The 80/20 Rule of Writing

    8:39am
    Saint Paul

    Effective marketing can’t target everyone.

    Even things that are commodities—like food—shows ads with a mother (or occasionally a bumbling father—which only exists in the ad to sell to the mother).

    Which is why the “Five Question Words” you learned in grade school are still important.

    (I remember my grade school classroom with these 5 words, each in a speech bubble, laminated and taped to the classroom wall.

    I don’t remember the grade. I don’t remember the teacher.

    But I remember those words… and being frustrated that there are more than just 5!)

    So before writing your sales letter or ad, make sure you answer these:

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  • Persuasion Articles of the Week

    Photo "001597" by Alexey Gaponov, Flickr, CC-By-2.0
    Photo “001597” by Alexey Gaponov, Flickr, CC-By-2.0

    #stupid #questions #everythingisrelative #comparisons #convenience #information #scarcity #time #socialproof

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  • Use This Easy Visual to Help Build Rapport

    Here’s a shocker that you may have heard from me beforePeople want to help other people that they like!

    "Friends :-)" by @BK, Flickr, CC-By-2.0
    Do your friends make you feel good? “Friends :-)” by @BK, Flickr, CC-By-2.0

    When people like you, they want to help you. They want to spend time with you. They want to do business with you.

    So how do you get people to like you? How do you build that rapport? (more…)

  • Persuasion Articles of the Week

    Image "distant distance" by Rennett Stowe, Flickr, CC-By-2.0
    Image “distant distance” by Rennett Stowe, Flickr, CC-By-2.0

    #empathy #positivity #statistics #questions #learning (more…)