Completely remove value from your products
Now one thing I don’t want to do is let you think that there is only one bad way to add value (or completely remove value) from your products, because I’ve seen it done over and over again in different circumstances. I was going to give you three examples here, but lets take the fishing example above as one, and I’m going to give you two more, in totally different situations that will spoil your sales figures. Bear in mind these are real, live examples that are out there right now on the net.
Example one. The ‘Only want your bonuses’ factor: I land on this pretty blue and white, professionally designed, well built website that immediately makes me smile (Just feels nice when something is presented like this). I proceed to read the sales copy which briefly tells me how I can get money-making tips for free if I sign up to their newsletter. I see links to back issues here too so I’m not really put off by the thoughts of this being another poor excuse to send me ads. Then comes the standard, sign up today and get this freebie. I’m happy, because it looks relevant to what I want to achieve. Now normally at this point I’d just go and sign up, but this person decided to go the extra way to please me.
E-book 1, E-book 2, 3, 4, – Software 1, Software 2, Software 3, Software 4,5,6,7 and so on. Now on the surface this might seem like adding value to the point of people not being able to refuse, but honestly, are people signing up to their free newsletter for the freebies or for the content? Again, at first glance getting more subscribers is good right? Well, not really. Not if none of them care about your content and just wanted your collection of fifty thousand e-books. Remember, it’s all about quality, not quantity, and this example shows exactly how you can add too much value to a free a product to your detriment in the end. Your quality suffers, so does your pocket, and you’ve totally wasted your time.
Example two. The ‘Not sure what going on’ factor: Here’s a good one that I see a lot of, and something else that’s on the rise too. In fact, to be honest I really think this one is our fault, it’s us selling these guides that tell you to sell your bonuses like they’re products themselves. This isn’t incorrect information, but it can be taken too far.
Again, I’m surfing around the net and land on a site that happens to be a money making op. I am not opposed to lucrative opportunities naturally, and this one just happens to have a outstanding headline that lures me to read more. The more I get down the sales letter the better it becomes, till we hit the bonuses. E-book one, click here to read about this e-book (forwards me to a altogether new sales letter), click here to read about this software (takes me to a whole new sales letter) and so on for three or four bonuses. By the time I’m done, I’ve been taken all over the place, have five windows open, read six sales letters which each try to sell me on to something else, and have trouble finding my way back to your sales letter.
It’s important to remember to add value using bonuses in a way which makes your bonuses seem like real products themselves, but never ever lose sight of what you want your website to do. Don’t throw people off in different directions and have them read ten sales letters for different products. It just doesn’t work like that. Again while you may think you’re adding value, all you’re doing is distracting and confusing your visitors. When people say sell your bonuses like a real product, they mean a few hard hitting paragraphs about how this compliments the main product and you’re getting a heck of a good deal, or you can’t get it anywhere else, or where it’s been proven etc. Don’t go over the top, or again, you’ll be losing customers.
Just these two above examples (three if you include the fishing one) I see every single day, and the worst thing about it is, when people say to me ‘Why no sales from my site?’ and I tell them that parts of their bonuses sections are destroying their sales letter, I get strange looks and comments. See it’s like one of those little annoying mind puzzles, where the solution is so obvious people miss it, and I can tell they don’t feel too proud about that, but no worries. Not a problem at all, as long as you learn from it and don’t repeat the mistake you’ll do fine I tell them.
Now if you’ve read this far and are ultimately confused or lost as to what the heck you could possibly give as a bonus in addition to your product, or don’t have anything to hand, don’t worry. It doesn’t have to be tangible at all. It doesn’t have to be an old e-book (in fact, it’d probably be beneficial if it wasn’t an old e-book) it doesn’t have to be a piece of software. Open your mind a little and think about other things you could offer to people along with your product. Are you respected in your field of expertise? How about a free one hour, no strings phone or video consultation with your customers purchase, or even a follow-up consultation to see how they’ve done with the product you’ve just sold them?
This isn’t such a hard thing to implement if you have the knowledge. Personally, I like my free time, and you won’t get me talking to you on the phone about your business unless you’ve just deposited $500 into my account for the hour, and heck, you’d have to know me pretty well and be in my good books to get me down to that price too. Immediately that adds value to this product without me even offering the consultations, because I can tell you now, it took a little longer than three hours to write this guide. This is something you can do too, and if you really wanted there’s nothing wrong with going a step further and actually offering those consultations, maybe 30 minutes or an hour per customer free (depending of course on how many customers you plan to get per week. Be careful not to try to give 100 people a free three hour consultation every week).
You don’t have to be in the business of selling guides and info about business to put any of this together. It doesn’t matter what you’re selling, you can use this method somewhere, whether it’s an hour free technical support, or a free 30 minute confidence builder to compliment your main product. It is entirely up to you. Be creative, and hey, it could even lead to additional consultations putting even more cash in your pocket. Once again, a freebie aids your clients and you, not just your clients. An valuable ingredient indeed, and a question you should be asking yourself when creating any value adding material. How does this help my customers and me?
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ofigennoe.ru on October 9th, 2009 4:28 amDaniel, a very interesting post thanks for writing it!
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