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The average conversion ratio of most sales letters is a pitiful 1% -- or worse. You've just experienced the amount of frustration Web surfers feel when they're expected to read a 10-screen sales message composed of only 3 paragraphs. Massive blocks of text in sales copy are just not cool. Reading from a computer screen is already much more strenuous to most people than reading offline documents, so make your sales page easy on the eyes by using paragraphs that are no longer than 4-6 sentences each. BLOOPER #4: 'Is it a person, place, or thing, Pat?' If your visitors don't know what you're selling, they won't be very compelled to buy it -- even if it IS the greatest widget in the history of widgethood. Take the opportunity now to fix your sales copy before you forget, and start increasing your hits to sales ratio immediately. Article: The indifferent conversion ratio of most sales letters is a pitiful 1% -- or worse. Thankfully, there are dozens of little nuances that can instantly civilize the shadow of prospects you convert to buyers. Conversely, there are just as many that can make that ratio take an *immediate* nose dive. Are YOU committing any of these five response-busting bloopers? boot #1: 'This offer expires in 1.2 minutes!' Yeah -- right. And I'm Daffy Duck. FACT: Time-sensitive offers can and DO increase response. FACT: Hundreds of visitors won't know the difference between fake, limited-time-offer hokey, and the real deal. FACT: You might be isolating several hundred MORE would-be customers with your dishonest 'time-sensitive offer.' FACT: The smart ones will know the truth anyway. All I need to do to find out if an offer REALLY 'expires today!' is take a quick peek at the page's HTML code. If I see a jumble of JavaScript coding where today's date is supposed to be, I know I've got days, weeks, or even forever to get that 'limited-time offer.' Whoops -- I just released your 'little secret!' Not to worry. See the end of this tip for a quick fix. This little coding trick doesn't dog ME personally, as I'll still buy the product if the offer is good. But, some people simply *will not buy* if they see the same 'limited-time offer' on your page for a week. It's true! But, you can offer limited time offers WITHOUT character dishonest to your visitors. Want to know how? e-Mail me and ask, at: < mailto:FIX@ReadySetPROFIT.com > If you *ask me*, I'll send you an idea that I haven't seen ANYONE else use as of yet. Don't worry, I'm not disguising a product of mine as the 'idea,' and you won't be extraneous to any pesky follow-up list. I'm simply reserving the details for the few *motivated* marketers for real reading this article, whereas this idea won't be quite as effective if everyone knows how it works. boo-boo #2: 'Use that bold; just don't defame it.' The most important thing to keep in mind when bolding your sales page text is to bold THE RIGHT WORDS. Not only are too many bold words hard to read, but they defeat the purpose of the bolding -- to stress an *important* point. Visualize the words in all caps in the sentence underfoot as the bold words in a sales letter: 'LEARN a simple, easy-to-apply, 3-step formula for steadily increasing your WEBSITE profits each and every MONTH.' Now ... wasn't that goofy? impropriety #3: 'Am I supposed to READ this thing or dissect it?' Imagine the trouble you have reading an e-mail that fills your entire screen with one massive paragraph. Now, magnify that feeling 500 times over. Congratulations! You've just experienced the tread of frustration Web surfers feel when they're expected to read a 10-screen sales message composed of only 3 paragraphs. Massive gewgaw of text in sales copy are just not cool. Reading from a computer screen is even much more strenuous to most people than reading offline documents, so make your sales page easy on the eyes by using paragraphs that are no longer than 4-6 sentences each. bungle #4: 'Is it a person, place, or thing, Pat?' If your visitors don't know what you're selling, they won't be very forced to buy it -- even if it IS the greatest widget in the history of widgethood. in agreement with all, if they don't KNOW it's a widget, why would they want it? Let me give you an example. The website of one 'multi-millionaire' is selling a mystery item designed to tell you how to make millions. Throughout their sales letter, they give vague 'details' of their own personal plight to making millions with 'just a little work' by using their formula. Even more interestingly, this person doesn't offer a money-back guarantee. Instead, they offer to 'give you a formula that works.' (In short, all they 'guarantee' is that you'll get the product you're paying for -- the 'secret' of how they made their millions. Oh joy!) If it's such an effective formula, why not describe it? And more importantly, why not offer a money-back guarantee? Did I mention that a very minute percentage of customers ever take flying start of such a guarantee? Umm ... I'm not shopping it. Either figuratively OR literally. bloomer #5: 'If you're going to sell it, SELL it!' In 99% of sales letters I've seen, it's quite obvious that the writer is intending to sell me something. Not to say that this is BAD at all, insofar as hey -- we all gotta eat. However, if I'm going to buy something, I'll need to know the price. Case in point, I've seen sales letters deliver a huge pitch with their product, but have no price for it listed anywhere on the page. tap to the order page, and still the same deal. Fill out a form, set before to the next screen, and still no go. Get to the billing information page, and only THEN do you see the price of the product. Why was it such a secret? If your product is worth the price, don't hide it. Trust me. In doing so you'll make your prospects think that you hid it insofar as your product is overpriced -- and they'll leave without buying. Final Words... So -- how does YOUR sales letter measure up? If you're currently committing any of the five deadly sales copy sins above, it's not to late to repent and reform. Remember, you could be driving hundreds of hot prospects away with each one of the flubs above. Take the opportunity now to fix your sales copy confronting you forget, and start increasing your hits to sales ratio immediately. I'm rooting for you!
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