Many direct marketers depress results by not creating powerful online or hard-copy Positive Acceptance Statements on their order forms. Get your prospects to say YES!A Positive Acceptance Statement on your order form could prevent your marketing campaign from falling short of its deserved response. What is a Positive Acceptance Statement?It is part of your order form that you may recognize as the “Yes” box. But more important, it is the section of the order form where your prospect can read a recap of what he gets in return for his response. It is a powerful statement that should motivate even the most reluctant prospect to say “Yes, I want your product. Sign me up!”
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Short copy kills responseThat's right, long copy usually produces better response. But I do believe something in the copy must be short. In fact, many direct response copywriters make a vital blunder in starting copy on a direct mail letter, email, ad or website with a long first sentence.
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In previous issues I've told you the importance of giving your prospects the benefits of your product or service instead of the features. But sometimes copywriters have trouble finding the benefits. So over the years we've deveoped some easy ways to help you find the benefits in the features...
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When writing to business prospects, remember that business decisions are often made by groups rather than individuals.
Therefore, your product must be positioned in a way that it will appeal to several different people who make decisions based on separate and distinct criteria.
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The first paragraph of your letter, email, website, brochure or other DR piece is one of the most critical elements of your mailing.
Grab your reader’s attention immediately
In one or two lines you must create suspense or drama or introduce something unexpected. More important, it must persuade your reader that it is in his or her best interest to keep reading.
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One major problem with most “image” advertising is that when prospects are done looking at it, they are not sure what to do with their new-found knowledge.
The reason is, the copywriter did not tell them what to do. The ads are missing what direct response copywriters know as a “call to action.”
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You may be interested to know that if you are using more direct response in your marketing, you are not alone. According to the marketing research firm The Winterberry Group, there has been a shift in marketing expenditures toward more direct response.
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In direct response you want your copy to move your prospect right along. The "Bucket Brigade" are transitional words and phrases used to keep your prospect reading and moving easily through your piece.
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People love seeing their own name, and when you incorporate it into your copy, response rates go up.
If you aren't currently using personalization in your direct mail
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Your prospects are not looking or waiting to read your marketing material. Therefore, if you want their business, your copy needs to speak to their interests and their needs.
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