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Social Proof: If You’re Not Using It, You’re Losing Sales

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It makes the difference between converting a reader to a client and influencing a sale or not. It’s one of the key persuasion triggers that get people to take action. He wrote about six weapons of influence, and it turns out, social proof is one of the most powerful mechanisms for triggering buying decisions.

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How to Make Social Proof Work Online

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Social proof is such a strong trigger for online action, it’s good to know what works best for your Web content marketing strategies. Do some client recommendations work better than others?

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Phony Testimonials and Dumb Social Proof

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How do you get good client testimonials for your sales copy, for example, content for a landing page, when you don’t have a lot of previous clients? He’s just about ready to start offering products and services for sale. There are a couple key persuasion triggers to remember when composing sales content: Social proof.

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How to Choose a Fascinating Photo for Content Marketing Purposes

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Or to illustrate any other type of web content, such as web pages or sales letter pages? It doesn’t trigger any reaction on an emotional level. A while back I wrote about a book called Fascinate: Your 7 Triggers to Persuasion and Captivation , by Sally Hogshead. Related posts: 7 Fascinating Content Marketing Triggers.

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If Your Blog Writing Stinks…

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What if there were a secret formula you could use to grab people’s attention, stimulate their desire, and trigger action? Ba-da-boom , instant sales and subscriptions. Once their negativity buttons are triggered, you’ve got their attention, now do something with that. Your blog writing can improve.

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Content Marketing: What Are Your Target Audience’s Interests, Needs, and Wants?

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Therefore your content needs to trigger an action. Your content should be created with the end in mind: to further a relationship, make a sale, download a report. Good content builds momentum and always has an objective, according to Ann Handley and CC Chapman in their book Content Rules.

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If Your Blog Writing Still Stinks…

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I’ve talked about this before: here’s a secret formula you can use to grab people’s attention, stimulate their desire, and trigger action. Ba-da-boom , instant sales and subscriptions! Once their negativity buttons are triggered, you’ve got their attention, now do something with that.