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10/22/2024

𝗟𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗺𝗮𝗿𝗸 𝟰: 𝗥𝗲𝗺𝗼𝘃𝗲 𝗥𝗼𝗮𝗱𝗯𝗹𝗼𝗰𝗸𝘀 𝗣𝗿𝗶𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗼 𝗢𝗯𝗷𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻

Our prospects are constantly trying to come up with reasons why they should not buy your product, even as they learn more about it. And so it’s your job to preempt these objections that stop prospects from becoming customers.

But, 𝘩𝘰𝘸?
There are (3) three general categories of objection:
1. 𝙋𝙧𝙞𝙘𝙚/𝙏𝙤𝙤 𝙚𝙭𝙥𝙚𝙣𝙨𝙞𝙫𝙚
2. 𝙏𝙤𝙤 𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙥𝙡𝙞𝙘𝙖𝙩𝙚𝙙
3. 𝙇𝙖𝙘𝙠 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙧𝙪𝙨𝙩

Ideally, you want to remove the roadblock of objection before the prospect even knows his objection exists. In other words, anticipate the roadblock and address it in a logical sentence construction for your Facebook Ad copy.

✔️𝙋𝙧𝙞𝙘𝙚/𝙏𝙤𝙤 𝙚𝙭𝙥𝙚𝙣𝙨𝙞𝙫𝙚
Objections based on price are the ones you will come across most frequently. That's because all purchases come with some level of financial risk. In writing your Ad copy, consider the position of your product and how to demonstrate its value. By providing value and painting a picture of where your solution will take them, they can be convinced that it's enough reward to justify the risk.

✔️𝙏𝙤𝙤 𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙥𝙡𝙞𝙘𝙖𝙩𝙚𝙙
Complicated products only confuse prospects. The core value of a product gets diluted in a flood of flashy extras. A straightforward product, on the other hand, allows businesses to better connect with prospects, making it easier for them to sell the product. A good, simple advertisement focuses on the mass desire and the most compelling feature of that product.

✔️𝙇𝙖𝙘𝙠 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙧𝙪𝙨𝙩
"I've never heard of your company." People generally do business with companies they like, know, and trust. In an inbound sales interaction, the prospect is familiar your content or familiar with your organization in some way. Lack of trust can be overcome by reminders of your past interactions, or you may reconsider your sales cycle and whether it's feasible to nurture them further.

Above all, learn what led your prospect to seek out your product and write your Ad copy accordingly.

10/21/2024

𝗟𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗺𝗮𝗿𝗸 𝟯: 𝗖𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗮𝗻 𝗔𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗶𝘁𝗲𝗰𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗕𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗲𝗳

To construct an architecture of belief, in other words to make your advertisement believable, you must first start with facts your prospect is already willing to accept. You must lead your prospect logically and comfortably through a gradual succession of more and more remote facts; in which each sentence has prepared him to accept.

In constructing your architecture of belief, every claim, every image and every proof in your ad has two separate sources of strength: the content of the sentence itself; and the preparation you have made for each successive sentence. Convincing someone to believe you is all about convincing him to either accept a new belief or updating his current knowledge or beliefs. As an effective advertiser, you must recognize what already exist in your prospect’s mind and deliberately lay groundwork for continued belief in each sentence.

Not all people will accept your ideas on the first attempt but the good news is that there are simple rules that can increase your chance of convincing people to believe you within your advertisement.

If the prospect you want to convince has prior knowledge or experience about what you're trying to convince him of then your primary goal is to build upon his prior knowledge or shake his beliefs and prove him wrong. After doing so, you can present your prospect with your own idea.

If the person does not have a previous idea about that thing you are trying to convince him of, then you can just start by teaching him of your beliefs right away. What is your prospect’s ‘State of Awareness’? What is the sophistication of your audience?

𝙼𝚊𝚔𝚎 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚠𝚘𝚛𝚍𝚜 𝚙𝚘𝚠𝚎𝚛𝚏𝚞𝚕. The pitch itself needs to be full of words that actually elicit an emotional or physical response. You can do this easily by framing your statements around key phrases.

𝙳𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚕𝚘𝚙 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚜𝚘𝚗𝚒𝚗𝚐. Back up your reasoning with vivid examples and evidence. Use memorable and striking details that will illustrate the key points for you.

And, because of this strategy in constructing architecture of belief, we can strengthen the power of each successive sentence in two separate ways:
𝟭. 𝗜𝗻𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗻𝘀𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝗶𝘁𝘀 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗻𝘁. Make greater promises, portray more dramatic images, offer more compelling proof, and/or
𝟮. 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗲 𝗼𝗿 𝘀𝗲𝗾𝘂𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝘄𝗵𝗶𝗰𝗵 𝘀𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲𝘀 𝗼𝗰𝗰𝘂𝗿 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗮𝗱. Strengthen the groundwork for belief in each sentence by the material which precedes it; thereby, increasing the intensity of the belief given to it. You gain immediate acceptance of its content without questions.

We are creating a stream of acceptances with planned sequence, content, and direction. If we are successful, the absolute conviction in your prospect’s mind is that he must have your product.

10/04/2024

𝙄𝙨 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙢𝙖𝙧𝙠𝙚𝙩 𝘿𝙀𝘼𝘿?
Does your market no longer believe in your advertising, and therefore no longer wishes to be aware of your product?

Now, the emphasis shifts from the new promise and the new mechanism which accomplishes it. You have only two options: 1) to identify with the prospect himself in your Ad headline or 2) declare your market DEAD.

Is it time to move on? 𝐃𝐨𝐧’𝐭 𝐛𝐞𝐚𝐭 𝐚 𝐝𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐡𝐨𝐫𝐬𝐞!

Let’s plow ahead and explore the (𝟕) 𝐬𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐋𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐤𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 “𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐭𝐨 𝐖𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐀𝐝 𝐂𝐨𝐩𝐲?” The landmarks of advertising are important stages to convince your audience to buy your product. It is the equivalent to a road trip with a map of only destinations as the ‘landmarks’ for success!

We will explore the (𝟳) 𝘀𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗻 𝗺𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝗶𝗺𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗺𝗮𝗿𝗸𝘀. They are as follows:
𝟭. 𝗣𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻, 𝗜𝗻𝘃𝗶𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗩𝗮𝗹𝗶𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻
𝟮. 𝗣𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘇𝗲 𝗜𝘁
𝟯. 𝗖𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗮𝗻 𝗔𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗶𝘁𝗲𝗰𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗕𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗲𝗳
𝟰. 𝗥𝗲𝗺𝗼𝘃𝗲 𝗥𝗼𝗮𝗱𝗯𝗹𝗼𝗰𝗸𝘀 𝗣𝗿𝗶𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗼 𝗢𝗯𝗷𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻
𝟱. 𝗦𝗵𝗼𝘄 𝗬𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗰𝘁 – “𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝗗𝗼𝗲𝘀 𝗜𝘁 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗸?”
𝟲. 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗲𝘁𝗶𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗔𝘁𝘁𝗮𝗰𝗸
𝟳. 𝗕𝗼𝗿𝗿𝗼𝘄 𝗔𝘂𝘁𝗵𝗼𝗿𝗶𝘁𝘆

On October 14th (in 10 days, I hope you join me), I will begin to explore each of these (𝟕) 𝐬𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐤𝐬 in the suggested order from above.

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10/01/2024

𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝘁𝗼 𝗥𝘂𝗻🏃💨𝗙𝗮𝗰𝗲𝗯𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝗔𝗱𝘀 𝗧𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘁?
Getting traffic is easy with ad copy. Improving your conversion rates, however – not so easy!

Improving your click-through rate requires improving ad copy that laser in on your target audience.

Driving customers – not just visitors – to your landing page is the best way to make sales. A great way to start is with a conversion-based Facebook ad campaign that combines organic and PPC campaigns.

09/30/2024

'𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝘁𝗼' 𝗴𝗲𝘁 𝗮 𝗙𝗔𝗦𝗧🏃💨𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗺𝗮𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗺𝗼𝗻𝗲𝘆 𝗮𝘀 𝗮 𝗱𝗶𝗴𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗹 𝗺𝗮𝗿𝗸𝗲𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗲𝗽𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗲𝘂𝗿?
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09/27/2024

𝗗𝗜𝗗 𝗬𝗢𝗨 𝗞𝗡𝗢𝗪?🍎
There are 5 elements of social posts to drive leads on Facebook. They determine relevance to your audience, drive engagement and generate leads.

09/22/2024

We have the ability to choose. The psychology of choice explores why we subconsciously make the decisions we do, what motivates those decisions, and what needs these decisions are meant to satisfy.

09/18/2024

Today I take a look at (1) one example in the third Stage of Sophistication for the weight reduction field.

In this example, the limit of the basic promise has been reached by its headline:

“I AM 40 POUNDS LIGHTER – NEVER A HUNGRY MOMENT!”

𝘕𝘰𝘸, we can refresh this Ad copy with a sub-header that provides your mechanism by which this will be achieved:

“I AM 40 POUNDS LIGHTER – NEVER A HUNGRY MOMENT.”
Read an astonishing experience of Atlanta’s Food Expert with his ‘Eat-and-Reduce Plan’

There are other methods to introduce your mechanism such as directly into the header, the first line in the body of the text, or the first paragraph. You get the idea!

𝘊𝘢𝘯 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬 𝘰𝘧 𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘦𝘹𝘢𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘣𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴?
𝐑𝐞𝐟𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧: Spend the remainder of your day thinking of 3 examples for your business or your client’s business as a practical exercise and write them down.

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09/09/2024

Today I explore the third Stage of Sophistication for developing your Facebook Ad copy headlines.

In this stage, your prospects have now heard all your competitor’s claims, all the extremes and promises. Perhaps they have even bought one or two competitive products. Every time they turn on the TV or open Facebook, another similar headline screams out at them.
• 𝘏𝘰𝘸 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘤𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘶𝘪𝘴𝘩 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘥𝘶𝘤𝘵 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘴?
• 𝘏𝘰𝘸 𝘥𝘰 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘣𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘬 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘪𝘯 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘢𝘥𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮?

You must approach this market from a position of ‘restoring power’ – a new promise. Old customers become dissatisfied with their old purchases, old solutions, and begin to look for new ones. The mass desire and tremendous profit potential still exists. But it cannot be tapped into by the same old, simple methods any longer.

𝘍𝘰𝘳 𝘦𝘹𝘢𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘦, women still want to lose weight. By now they have read dozens of Ads for weight reduction. All promise to take off 20, 30, 40 pounds in a matter of weeks. They no longer fully believe them. Perhaps, they believe these ads so little that they won’t even try a new product at all. For months, even years, they may simply accept their overweight condition as something that just can not be helped.

But the desire never fades. The dissatisfaction continues to build up, month after month. Secretly, perhaps even unconsciously, these women are hoping to find a new solution—your new headline—that promises them a new way to satisfy this age-old desire. And on this fundamental fact, we build our strategy for selling to a market in its third Stage of Sophistication.

This market needs your product to make all these old claims become fresh and believable to them again, in other words, a new promise. A product – your product – that makes the old promise become fresh and believable. A different process becomes a fresh chance for a new brand. It is a brand-new possibility of success where only disappointment has resulted before.

Here the emphasis shifts from the old promises from the competitors to the new promises from your product. Your headline expands and exploits your competitor’s inferiority. The claim remains but now it is reinforced by your promise from your mechanism that accomplishes it.

𝘚𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸𝘭𝘦𝘥𝘨𝘦…
I take a look at (1) one example and the logical reasoning behind this type of Ad in nine (9) days on September 18th.
Stay tuned!

09/01/2024

Instant Replies🤗 are a clever way to let people know that you'll respond soon. This allows you to buy some time until your community manager is available. It also tells users that your business is concerned about their social 👣footprint and customer service.

We receive many questions through FB messenger. We want to make sure every prospective customer feels like they are being heard👂, responded to quickly, and that their question(s) will be answered. Facebook Messenger is simply another way to offer excellent ✨customer service.

08/28/2024

Today I explore the second Stage of Sophistication for developing your Facebook Ad copy headlines.

If competition in your market already exists, and their direct claim is still working; then copy that successful claim, but expand on it. Drive it to the absolute limit of belief but remain honest. Outbid your competition. Business is a blood sport!

𝐹𝑜𝑟 𝑒𝑥𝑎𝑚𝑝𝑙𝑒, here are two successful headlines in the now fiercely competitive weight reduction field. They have both been pushed to limits in believability and legality. But they both work.

“𝙻𝙾𝚂𝙴 𝚄𝙿 𝚃𝙾 𝟺𝟶 𝙿𝙾𝚄𝙽𝙳𝚂 𝙸𝙽 𝟺 𝚆𝙴𝙴𝙺𝚂 – 𝙼𝙾𝙽𝙴𝚈 𝙱𝙰𝙲𝙺 𝙶𝚄𝙰𝚁𝙰𝙽𝚃𝙴𝙴!”

“𝙸 𝙰𝙼 𝟺𝟶 𝙿𝙾𝚄𝙽𝙳𝚂 𝙻𝙸𝙶𝙷𝚃𝙴𝚁 – 𝙽𝙴𝚅𝙴𝚁 𝙰 𝙷𝚄𝙽𝙶𝚁𝚈 𝙼𝙾𝙼𝙴𝙽𝚃!”

Sometimes to validate these claims takes time. In most fields, this expanded claim technique reaches its limits in successive stages.

𝘊𝘢𝘯 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬 𝘰𝘧 𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘨𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘴𝘰𝘱𝘩𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘣𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴?

𝗥𝗲𝗳𝗹𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗲𝘅𝗲𝗿𝗰𝗶𝘀𝗲: Spend the remainder of your day identifying commercial ads in their stage of sophistication and compare to their competition.

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08/27/2024

𝗪𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗲 𝗔𝗱 𝗖𝗼𝗽𝘆 𝗛𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗬𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗰𝘁’𝘀 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗦𝗼𝗽𝗵𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻

Today I share one of several principles to consider when developing your Facebook Ad copy headlines.

As we mentioned before, there are three (3) questions you must answer before you can determine what goes into your headline. They are:
1. 𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘴𝘴 𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘮𝘰𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘴 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘮𝘢𝘳𝘬𝘦𝘵?
2. 𝘏𝘰𝘸 𝘮𝘶𝘤𝘩 𝘥𝘰𝘦𝘴 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘮𝘢𝘳𝘬𝘦𝘵 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘥𝘶𝘤𝘵? (𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘚𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘈𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴.)
3. 𝘏𝘰𝘸 𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘴𝘪𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘢𝘳 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘥𝘶𝘤𝘵𝘴 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘰𝘭𝘥 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘣𝘦𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘴? (𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘚𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘚𝘰𝘱𝘩𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯.)

The third question is the most easily answered. A few hours of research should give you samples of every competing ad in the field—if there are any.

There are approximately 𝟱 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝗴𝗲𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗦𝗼𝗽𝗵𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 of which we will discuss starting with stage 1 below:

𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘴𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘮𝘢𝘳𝘬𝘦𝘵?
If you are the first in your particular market with your particular product, then you are dealing with prospects that have no sophistication about your product. In other words, they have never received any information about such a product before. Once you get them interested, they are likely to become much more enthusiastic, believe much more of what you have to say, and buy that much more readily. Remember, your story is brand new to them.

So if, you can not mention price, product, function or desire. 𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘥𝘰 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘭𝘦𝘧𝘵?
Your market, of course! And the distinct possibility that by broadening your appeal beyond price, product function or specific desire, you can reach the maximum limits of your full potential market.

Your strategy in approaching this market then is simple: be direct. Above all, don’t be fancy.

Name either the need or the claim in your headline—nothing more. Dramatize that claim in the body of your Facebook Ad copy—make it as powerful as possible. And then bring in your product; and prove that it works. Nothing more—because nothing more is needed.

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I explore the second Stage of Sophistication for developing your Facebook Ad copy headlines.

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