7 Insider Secrets for Writing Sales Letters That Actually
Sell
If you use direct marketing and sales letters you
know they are the unpaid, untiring salesmen for your product.
Make them effective and they will reward you. If they are ineffective
you are leaving so much money on the table. Try the following
tips to make the most of your salesmen-in-print.
Tip One - Analyze other people's sales letters.
If you receive a sales letter and you are tempted
to buy file it away. When you next have to write a sales letter
get the file out and look for inspiration. For each retained sales
letter examine the wording, the layout, the offer and how it is
presented. You can even make notes on the sales letters that did
not persuade you to buy. What did they do wrong? How could they
be improved?
Tip Two - Include testimonials in the letter.
Comments from official sources outside your company
or from satisfied customers will greatly add to the proof your
prospect needs to become interested in your product or service.
Tip Three - Make Your Order Form Enticing
One often-neglected part of the sales letter is
the order or request form at the end of the letter. Make it clear,
attractive and easy to complete. If possible restate the offer
on the form so that the customer is in no doubt about what he
is ordering.
Tip Four - Make it easy for the prospect
to contact you.
Include a contact address, email, and fax number
as well as a contact phone number.
Tip Five - Have Heart-Pounding P.S.
When they first see a sales page many people scan
the headline, then go to the bottom of the page to read the PS.
This is because the PS often summarizes the offer. Make sure your
PS does this. If you feel you need more than one PS to fully give
the benefits you are offering use three, not two. How do marketers
know one or three P.S.'s work better than two? Testing.
Tip Six - Test Everything
If possible test everything in your sales letter.
A change to your offer, the price, the typeface or how a customer
is encouraged to respond can each make a difference to your response
rates. If you do not have the time or resources to test everything
then at least test different headlines. A change in headline can
double the response or better.
Tip Seven - Analyze the Results
After the sales page has been before your prospects
for a while take some time to analyze the results. How many sales
did you make? When you sat down to write the letter you should
have had a clear outcome in mind. Take a look at the response
to the sales letter. Did you get the outcome you wanted? If you
did not, why was that? If you find your sales letter cannot sell
your product or service then either it is too complicated for
your customers to understand or you have not expressed the benefits
well enough.
By following these simple seven steps, overtime
you sales letters will be your very own money making machines.
And the best part is it will be setup on autopilot. Just imagine,
once your sales letters are setup properly and you need to make
a few extra bucks one month, simply send out your sale letter
to your list or rent a list and watch the money roll in.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
My name is Drew Laughlin and I help salespeople who struggle to
exceed sales goals and quotas on a consistent basis. My "Amazing
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