Liar, liar pants on fire!
You don’t have something for everyone. Not
even Amazon, Ebay and Kijiji combined have something for everyone.
Individually those websites cover a lot of
ground and collectively they are vast in their scope. Yet they don’t have
something for everyone. Avoid absolutes in your marketing messages.
This phrase has appeared in the listing for
local Garage Sales. How could any one Garage Sale eclipse the offering of
Amazon, Ebay and Kijiji?
Yet these amateur marketers seem to think
that they’ll attract more visitors by exaggerating - by promising more - than they
can deliver. These amateurs seem to think that marketing is about promising the
big lie.
Perhaps the lie attracts people but how
might those people feel when they arrive and find the seller is a liar? What
will they think once they realize that they’ve been tricked? Will the
negotiations be friendly?
We visited some Garage Sales this year. I
noticed that many buying and selling decisions at the Garage Sales are made on
whims. A small thing or feeling nudges the decision.
You might suggest that these Garage Sale
operators are indeed amateurs. They don’t know any better. You might be right.
What about professional sellers and
marketers? What’s their excuse? Have you noticed that some of them tell lies?
You don’t need to lie to sell. Marketing
and selling isn’t a matter of deception. It’s about building trust.
What are you doing to build more trust with
your prospects and clients? Test your promises against the truth. Not your
truth – the real truth!
George Torok Keynote Marketing Speaker Co-author of Secrets of Power Marketing Get your free copy of "50 Power Marketing Ideas" Power Marketing on FaceBook Marketing Zoo on Twitter
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