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Is Your Business Any Different From Those Out There? Have you ever wondered why your business has not really picked off like you would have loved? The thin line between making sales and the lack of it is understanding how your readers or potential customers think. There are different reasons why people would probably buy products from you and I would list ten of them below.

But before then don’t forget that there’s a difference between offering your customers features and benefits. For instance if I am trying to sell a software to you, I could decide to just tell you the features of the software or I could decide to tell you the benefits (i.e. how exactly the software can help you improve business)

Features

Multiple use
Easy installation
Customer Service available
Money back Guarantee
Lifetime access for multiple blogs, with a single license
Our software installs in less than a minute!
24 hour customer service available, we respond to every question
30 day FREE trial, you can get your money back if unsatisfied.


So, What Benefits Should You Offer?

Simply telling your readers what they stand to gain, in explicit terms, can help you increase sales. Tell them that your products will help them double their sales or conversions, let them know that they will gain more visitors, tell them things that have a direct positive effect on their businesses. Below are 10 reasons why your readers might buy from you.

1. The Product Meets a Need

It is easier to sell to someone when he really needs the product. Put yourself in a position where you are the first person he thinks of when such a problem arises. When I wanted to buy my first WordPress theme I had just two choices, Woothemes and Woothemes. They had done enough to position themselves as different from the others. If I would go for a theme now, I’d rather choose from Themeforest (they have lots of themes on offer which you might be unable to get elsewhere) or I might choose a theme that runs on the Genesis Framework.

2. It Is Highly Desirable

Have you ever wondered why ice cream sells well on the beach during summer? It’s simply because everyone’s sunbathing. There are some products that don’t sell every time but as it stands, people need it badly. Do you have a product like that? Maybe it’s for Christmas or Father’s Day, what would work well here is that you do some heavy promotions building up to the D-day.

3. It is Affordable

Maybe the product is cheap enough for him to buy or you have made payment easier by offering instalment. This can bring more people to buy your products. Not everyone can afford a $1997 coaching.

4. The Product is Safe

The product on offer reduces risk or the buyer has fewer things to worry about after making the purchase. Make sure your buyer finds out how reliable the product is – in clear terms.

5. The Product is known to Perform

If the product has testimonials, reputation and evidence of performance you will be able to assure your audience and get people to make purchases. The important thing here is for the product to do what is written on the pack.

6. It Looks Really Cool

You can’t have a poorly designed product and expect people to start queuing up to buy. With the kind of products on offer nowadays, yours has to be aesthetically tasteful to stand a chance. Does it make his website look better? Does it improve people’s perception about his website? If it does, you stand a chance of making a sale.

7. It is Convenient to Use

If the product has clearly visible instructions to follow – and not that he (the buyer) has to do a lot of research before he gets the slightest hint about what the product does, then he might be inclined to get the product.

8. Is it Easy and Cheap to Maintain?

I won’t want to buy a $37 product when I’ll have to spend $195 every month renewing its license or when I’ll have to spend another $97 purchasing another an add-on. One time payments usually works well with people; tell them they would pay once and get the product for a lifetime. I’m not sure about passing it on to their children though?

9. The Product is Durable

Sometimes you have to tell your customers that some things don’t come cheap. A watch that goes for $20 is different from a Rolex watch, almost the difference of a lifetime. People still prefer quality to quantity.

10. They Would Feel Left Out If They Don’t Buy

Tell them they would be missing out on a really good opportunity to catch up with their peers. This can apply to a product that people buy just to have fun. These kinds of products are bought more out of trying to be fashionable than actually needing one. This one deals more with their psyche.

Source: http://www.incomescene.com/why-people-buy/

Is Your Business Any Different From Those Out There? Have you ever wondered why your business has not really picked off like you would have loved? The thin line between making sales and the lack of it is understanding how your readers or potential customers think. There are different reasons why people would probably buy products from you and I would list ten of them below.

But before then don’t forget that there’s a difference between offering your customers features and benefits. For instance if I am trying to sell a software to you, I could decide to just tell you the features of the software or I could decide to tell you the benefits (i.e. how exactly the software can help you improve business)

Features

Multiple use
Easy installation
Customer Service available
Money back Guarantee
Lifetime access for multiple blogs, with a single license
Our software installs in less than a minute!
24 hour customer service available, we respond to every question
30 day FREE trial, you can get your money back if unsatisfied.


So, What Benefits Should You Offer?

Simply telling your readers what they stand to gain, in explicit terms, can help you increase sales. Tell them that your products will help them double their sales or conversions, let them know that they will gain more visitors, tell them things that have a direct positive effect on their businesses. Below are 10 reasons why your readers might buy from you.

1. The Product Meets a Need

It is easier to sell to someone when he really needs the product. Put yourself in a position where you are the first person he thinks of when such a problem arises. When I wanted to buy my first WordPress theme I had just two choices, Woothemes and Woothemes. They had done enough to position themselves as different from the others. If I would go for a theme now, I’d rather choose from Themeforest (they have lots of themes on offer which you might be unable to get elsewhere) or I might choose a theme that runs on the Genesis Framework.

2. It Is Highly Desirable

Have you ever wondered why ice cream sells well on the beach during summer? It’s simply because everyone’s sunbathing. There are some products that don’t sell every time but as it stands, people need it badly. Do you have a product like that? Maybe it’s for Christmas or Father’s Day, what would work well here is that you do some heavy promotions building up to the D-day.

3. It is Affordable

Maybe the product is cheap enough for him to buy or you have made payment easier by offering instalment. This can bring more people to buy your products. Not everyone can afford a $1997 coaching.

4. The Product is Safe

The product on offer reduces risk or the buyer has fewer things to worry about after making the purchase. Make sure your buyer finds out how reliable the product is – in clear terms.

5. The Product is known to Perform

If the product has testimonials, reputation and evidence of performance you will be able to assure your audience and get people to make purchases. The important thing here is for the product to do what is written on the pack.

6. It Looks Really Cool

You can’t have a poorly designed product and expect people to start queuing up to buy. With the kind of products on offer nowadays, yours has to be aesthetically tasteful to stand a chance. Does it make his website look better? Does it improve people’s perception about his website? If it does, you stand a chance of making a sale.

7. It is Convenient to Use

If the product has clearly visible instructions to follow – and not that he (the buyer) has to do a lot of research before he gets the slightest hint about what the product does, then he might be inclined to get the product.

8. Is it Easy and Cheap to Maintain?

I won’t want to buy a $37 product when I’ll have to spend $195 every month renewing its license or when I’ll have to spend another $97 purchasing another an add-on. One time payments usually works well with people; tell them they would pay once and get the product for a lifetime. I’m not sure about passing it on to their children though?

9. The Product is Durable

Sometimes you have to tell your customers that some things don’t come cheap. A watch that goes for $20 is different from a Rolex watch, almost the difference of a lifetime. People still prefer quality to quantity.

10. They Would Feel Left Out If They Don’t Buy

Tell them they would be missing out on a really good opportunity to catch up with their peers. This can apply to a product that people buy just to have fun. These kinds of products are bought more out of trying to be fashionable than actually needing one. This one deals more with their psyche.

Source: http://www.incomescene.com/why-people-buy/

Is Your Business Any Different From Those Out There? Have you ever wondered why your business has not really picked off like you would have loved? The thin line between making sales and the lack of it is understanding how your readers or potential customers think. There are different reasons why people would probably buy products from you and I would list ten of them below.

But before then don’t forget that there’s a difference between offering your customers features and benefits. For instance if I am trying to sell a software to you, I could decide to just tell you the features of the software or I could decide to tell you the benefits (i.e. how exactly the software can help you improve business)

Features

Multiple use
Easy installation
Customer Service available
Money back Guarantee
Lifetime access for multiple blogs, with a single license
Our software installs in less than a minute!
24 hour customer service available, we respond to every question
30 day FREE trial, you can get your money back if unsatisfied.


So, What Benefits Should You Offer?

Simply telling your readers what they stand to gain, in explicit terms, can help you increase sales. Tell them that your products will help them double their sales or conversions, let them know that they will gain more visitors, tell them things that have a direct positive effect on their businesses. Below are 10 reasons why your readers might buy from you.

1. The Product Meets a Need

It is easier to sell to someone when he really needs the product. Put yourself in a position where you are the first person he thinks of when such a problem arises. When I wanted to buy my first WordPress theme I had just two choices, Woothemes and Woothemes. They had done enough to position themselves as different from the others. If I would go for a theme now, I’d rather choose from Themeforest (they have lots of themes on offer which you might be unable to get elsewhere) or I might choose a theme that runs on the Genesis Framework.

2. It Is Highly Desirable

Have you ever wondered why ice cream sells well on the beach during summer? It’s simply because everyone’s sunbathing. There are some products that don’t sell every time but as it stands, people need it badly. Do you have a product like that? Maybe it’s for Christmas or Father’s Day, what would work well here is that you do some heavy promotions building up to the D-day.

3. It is Affordable

Maybe the product is cheap enough for him to buy or you have made payment easier by offering instalment. This can bring more people to buy your products. Not everyone can afford a $1997 coaching.

4. The Product is Safe

The product on offer reduces risk or the buyer has fewer things to worry about after making the purchase. Make sure your buyer finds out how reliable the product is – in clear terms.

5. The Product is known to Perform

If the product has testimonials, reputation and evidence of performance you will be able to assure your audience and get people to make purchases. The important thing here is for the product to do what is written on the pack.

6. It Looks Really Cool

You can’t have a poorly designed product and expect people to start queuing up to buy. With the kind of products on offer nowadays, yours has to be aesthetically tasteful to stand a chance. Does it make his website look better? Does it improve people’s perception about his website? If it does, you stand a chance of making a sale.

7. It is Convenient to Use

If the product has clearly visible instructions to follow – and not that he (the buyer) has to do a lot of research before he gets the slightest hint about what the product does, then he might be inclined to get the product.

8. Is it Easy and Cheap to Maintain?

I won’t want to buy a $37 product when I’ll have to spend $195 every month renewing its license or when I’ll have to spend another $97 purchasing another an add-on. One time payments usually works well with people; tell them they would pay once and get the product for a lifetime. I’m not sure about passing it on to their children though?

9. The Product is Durable

Sometimes you have to tell your customers that some things don’t come cheap. A watch that goes for $20 is different from a Rolex watch, almost the difference of a lifetime. People still prefer quality to quantity.

10. They Would Feel Left Out If They Don’t Buy

Tell them they would be missing out on a really good opportunity to catch up with their peers. This can apply to a product that people buy just to have fun. These kinds of products are bought more out of trying to be fashionable than actually needing one. This one deals more with their psyche.

Source: http://www.incomescene.com/why-people-buy/

As regards website flipping: I'll say, to make more profit the website in question should have content and should at least be making some money. That way you can charge more for the website.

As touching Domain name "Parking": If you simply buy a domain name and "park" you can still sell it for a 400% profit but I don't think that will be enough to build you a successful business.

Something looks fishy...

Such is life...

Interesting times ahead...

Happy birthday to her...She has been a blessing to many.

These are really oddball questions... Do you have the answer to any of them?

This is disgustingly shameful...Anyways we shouldn't forget he flagged off his campaign after some school children were killed while on the assembly line in school...This is simy called insensitivity...

This is a sorry case...Uganda beat Nigeria. Na wa o.

National Geographic Channel stuff...

I guess this should help a bit:

Ethical hacking and ethical hacker are terms that describe hacking performed to help a company or individual identify potential threats on the computer or network. An ethical hacker attempts to hack their way past the system security, finding any weak points in the security that could be exploited by other hackers. The organization uses what the ethical hacker finds to improve the system security, in an effort to minimize, if not eliminate, any potential hacker attacks.

Source: http://www.computerhope.com/jargon/e/ethihack.htm

So, how can you generalize in such a manner? Are you saying every ward is like this?

Please be more specific...ward, town, etc.

Thanks

Sure...he works very hard for the team.

Land the job first before you start thinking of salary... Are you in for the money or for the love of the job?

I'm subscribing for this ASAP! Looks like the best bet for me.

Blogging can be very profitable if treated as a business and not a full time job.

Youngzedd: For the best service go for GTBank.

Best bank in black man's land.

I agree with this, GTBank is quite good at this.

omoelu1: mtn nite plan (9pm-6am) goes for 2,500K. you will b given 3Gig with additional 1.5g which u can use during the day

I agree with this advice. This was also the advice i got from a friend recently. I often used the #5,000 100-hr plan in the past but this seems to be a better proposition.

Who get time...next week ma christmas, shey make i come dey pack my loads ni?

nerodenero: US don't have a permanent friend!

They need serious deliverance... Which american currently alive can boast of doing the same thing he did. They are all hypocrites, smiling when you are there but stabbing you when you aren't... Bunch of hypocrites!!!

They need serious deliverance... Which american currently alive can boast of doing the same thing he did. They are all hypocrites, smiling when you are there but stabbing you when you aren't... Bunch of hypocrites!!!

roland2rule: Better...pls be fast

I just checked the Senate building... It's ultra-dry. Or maybe the notice was placed at the VC's office. #FingersCrossed

I'll go and confirm sef...

roland2rule: I hope they release the lecture time-table soon, if I don't see this, am nt going anywhere............

Besides, last time I got to my room my roommates (those rats who also have their own bedspace allocation every year) had taken over the room. I didn't try to go in because even through the window I could see it was a sorry sight.
Bottom line: I'll wait for at least 2 weeks before I go anywhere...

roland2rule: I hope they release the lecture time-table soon, if I don't see this, am nt going anywhere............

Besides, last time I got to my room rats (who also have their own bedspace allocation every year) had taken over. I didn't try to go in because even through the window I could see it was a sorry sight.
Bottom line: I'll wait for at least 2 weeks before I go anywhere...

emmanugo: corect guy..e b lik say na only me n u undastand dis movie sotei we fit predict d next scenes

abi now... We don know say ASUU in deny tomorrow.
God help us.

diarra94: its nice to see young nigerians diving into the ever expanding world of programming and web development. i am pretty good in developing android applications, javascript, php, python and ruby. but my main specialization is html and i will encourage any one who wants be a programmer to learn html due to the fact that its very flexible.

Obviously.

True talk... Many NLs need this

Sermwell: Mr president is so on point! ASUU didn't conduct itself as a responsible association at all! They were just being non challant about the whole thing! Perharps that's why FG is angry and there seem not to be a headway in the matter!

What FG should do is to call all stakeholders to the table and sign the agreement... The mere fact that ASUU is making all these demands shows that they smell something fishy... FG is not to be trusted to honour agreements.