Every consumer wants to know what’s in it for them. If he gives a bit of his hard-earned money, what will he get in return? If she donates an hour of her valuable time, what can she expect to receive?
Whether the consumer donation is money, time, or loyalty, those consumers want to know that what they’ll receive will greatly outweigh what they invest. Dan Kennedy put it well when he referred to this concept as, “Selling money at a discount.”
This is the duty of your teleseminar’s registration page. Not only should your registration page name a common problem, agitate it, offer a solution, give benefit bullet points, and offer simple registration and payment, but it should quell fears, silence objections, and calm arguments…with a call to action that springs to action, even before those objections are formulated. Before your prospect has a chance to ask him or herself, “What’s in it for me?” or, “How is this going to better my position?” or, “How is this going to save me money?”, you need to thoroughly answer those questions for them.
You can quantify the cost of any topic. No matter the subject matter, you will always be able to find proof that you will save your customers money, time or grief. Consider these examples:
• If your topic is business related, and the foreseeable objection is price, include a statement like this: “For an investment of X, you’ll get the information to avoid the problem of Y, which if left unchecked, will cost you 100 times X.” For example, you can show your readers how spending $50 will save them $5000.
• If your topic is weight loss related, you can quantify the cost in this manner: “You’re already spending money on this problem, in the form of high insurance premiums, gym memberships, weight loss programs, and clothing. You’ll spend far less than all of this to participate in this teleseminar, which will eliminate the need for most of your current money spending.”
• If your topic revolves around parenting, consider presenting your quantification this way: “How much money are you spending on guilt gifts for your children? What if a great parent/child relationship was to replace those gifts? You would save money and gain what you really want.”
• Or, if your topic has little to do with money, and a lot to do with emotional cost, you can quantify your clients’ investments like this: “Isn’t it worth X to never feel Y again?”
You must calculate the actual monetary amounts for your registration page readers. Don’t expect them to do the math – they may click away without ever seeing the true monetary benefit that you’re offering.
Even if you’re not able to attain a sign-up from every reader, a good call to action will break through denial, and push those people closer to a sign-up next time you host a teleseminar with a similar topic.
Even if you’re hosting a free teleseminar, you must use your call to action to convince prospects that their investments of time will save them money, time or angst. In other words, you must convince them that participating in your teleseminar will literally make them money, or trap the money that they already have in their pockets. You must convince them that investing one hour can save them five hours of work. Or, convince them that investing one hour will save them hours of sleepless grief.
Your call to action should do just that: call for action to be taken. In fact, it should be so powerful, so undeniable, and make such good monetary sense, that your readers won’t be able to help but spring to immediate action.
Bernadette Doyle specializes in helping entrepreneurs attract a steady stream of ideal clients. If you want to get clients calling you instead of you calling them, sign up for her free weekly e-zine at http://www.clientmagnets.com
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