Principles of marketing through persuasion

May 30, 2009 by Chris  
Filed under Blogging, Leadership Skills

Marketing is one word which makes whole world go round and round and round, it is the base for any company to grow and excel ahead. Unless you do marketing for your product it is not going to attract your buyers, buyers obviously want to know how your product is better than other, they need to understand the difference then can you persuade them to buy your product.

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marketingThere are loads of internet companies which will do marketing for you, but how many of them really exist and give you the results that you want, now here is the big question, if at all you decide to do your marketing how can you go about it, how do you find a perfect resource to rely on. Some famous names like Mike Filsaime, Jeff Walkers, Eben Pagan are some of the internet biggies in the world of marketing over Internet. These individuals have a million dollar product businesses over Internet and has a huge audience following, if you are a regular over marketing sites you might have heard these names some time in your dealings with these big companies, whatever may be the case, there is surely one thing particular about them that they are making money online through selling product information online and these information are a promise that is a secret for making big money online, you might well wonder what is this big secret and how can you make money online it at all you plan to get into this business. the question everyone is asking today is how these people come up with such secret and are there really any profits involved?

There are many companies selling their online money making kits, but these sound to be very costly sometimes they amount to more than $3000 and no guarantee. Even if the price is big, people are still letting it go for the fact that they will make money and recover it, lot of such kits have been helpful to people in making money the various of these programs are Mass control, product launch formula and blog mastermind, there are lots of things to learn from these product kits. Whatever the courses you might attend to, there is one lesson to learn that all the internet market is based on foundational concept and influence, whatever you might sell to anyone that person should be influenced by you and your product to be worthy enough to buy your product against other competitors. Marketing is action which involved hard selling and easy pricing and easy profits. Its very necessary to understand what the opposite person might be influence about so that he will buy your product.

There is one very popular book on Influence which is known by the name “The Psychology of Persuasion” by one famous author named Robert Cialdinie and I can assure you that the book is really fruitful for all Internet Marketers as it states methods which will give you great assured success rate. If you have this book then you don’t need any other expensive gadget or a book or a lecturer or a workshop to attend, this book has all the information from famous books and different methods which you can apply in your daily business. Robert in his book states that to succeed in internet marketing you need to follow 6 hard core principles which are a must for internet marketing, these includes scarcity, liking, reciprocity, commitment, authority, social proof, if you follow them blindly then there is no stopping you, you can reach greater heights in business everywhere.

You are surely going to get good effective results to following these 6 important tools or essentials to make your business marketing efforts a real success, the art of persuasion is not born it is made out of efforts which will assure your buyers of your products. The main 6 principles are briefly discussed over here, for details you can surely buy or rent this book which will give you immense knowledge about the essentials of marketing.

The very first one is reciprocity – we know that business involves give and take relation, whether its money giving or a barter exchange you have to gain something in return. Internet business involves assurance you cannot sell anyone to anyone, you have to have good reason to sell it and provide a real value for the product to your customers. In business you cant afford to have loyal friends or loyal customers, they will switch to other brands if they are not satisfied with your product, so use the best of all the resource you have to persuade them in buying the product.

You can add value to your product, by putting your product profile in ads, newspapers, hoardings, writing a blog providing vital information on the product, etc. this way people will appreciate your efforts and try your product against other products of similar category.

Scarcity is one another thing which needs to be taken care of, when it comes to business remember one thing the more scarce the product it will fetch a real good value, remember the days when you used to go shopping for Christmas and people used to head for one unique product item, the mental psychology of people is such so even the fad of all products will yield a good price if marketed properly. Having a scarcity in your business some might say a bad sign, but it is a powerful weapon which will increase the product value and validity, it is similar to that of someone collecting old stamps, old coins, etc. remember if you have some scarce products, market them properly and give correct value of its use to the people. You can also build a rare scarcity in to your products, you can say to your clients about limited supply from company and that prices will increase in a short while. You can quote a special price for the product for a particular date that will assure your buyers to buy them quickly.

Liking is something that comes and should come naturally, a person is persuaded into buying a product only when he likes it otherwise no one is going to spend money on it. We know and we trust people you are close to, so building good relations is important in business, with proper transparency both the parties can trust each other and have good mutual bond with their audience. You can have or built up various affiliations in business world and try connecting to the people this way. You can send them links through various internet ads companies and also writing blogs can help for people would know more about the product and its uses. You can even state your own opinions regarding the subject matter.

Authority is a must for expanding your influence over people, you just cannot start selling products unless you have detailed knowledge about the product. You have to have good knowledge about the product and be an expert in the field. People should be benefited listening to you and their experience with you should be a pleasant and knowledgeable one, the benefit should be in the form of knowledge which will persuade them into buying your product after knowing its benefits.

May whatever you do be on the top list of achiever, whether its in marketing or doing business with your clients, when you give your 100% to them then shall you get true returns in terms of profits, you can share your ideas or views or comment on your thoughts and those written by others.

Social – proof is something you cannot ignore, we all know that its human tendency to follow people, follow up comes when you have trust on the person you are following, it is but obvious for the people to look at what others are doing and try doing the same thing because its popular. Take for example the case of a restaurant, you are new to the area and you want to eat, there are number of restaurants in line in the area but you tend to go and eat where there are more people because of the social proof that the food is good in the restaurant.

The same thing you can apply for marketing of your business and your product, try providing social proof to your clients or customers or buyers this would be the best example for them to understand and see for themselves about the validity of the product and its usage.

Consistency is what people ask for in any transaction, people get obsessed with your products only when they get used to it, and they will get used to it only when they are comfortable in using them. Success doesn’t come in just one day, it’s a gradual process which assures your buyers of all the experiences with you and while using your product too. You have to commit yourself entirely to business for the well being of your clients and customers, their happiness should be the top priority.

If you are very sure of your success rate then you can well go ahead with your plans and achieve your success. Choose yourself one thing which you can master in and see the results, you should be real passionate about the work you are doing if its marketing then give all your efforts the best of skills you have. We have seen lots of books about marketing and the prices are also sky-rocketing so the best way to cut cost is to follow robert’s guidelines given in his book and also what is stated here. This is just a short and brief idea about his book and the people who have understood this well would not require a book at first place.

You can share your views freely with me, regarding whatever written on influence or psychology, you can also comment and advice on things you strongly feel about.