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Copywriting to Beat Price Resistance With the Cappuccino Effect
Tuesday, 12 August 2008
By Cathy Goodwin

  Copywriting presents special challenges when your website visitors arrive with a mindset of, "I can't afford this service." To convert these prospects to clients, you copywriting needs to reframe your prices and fees.

Recently someone sent me an email, saying, "My target market is people who are very smart but who chose fields where they don't make a lot of money. How do I motivate them to buy?"

(1) Emphasize value.

Frugal clients have learned how to spend money wisely. For example, clothes can be compared on "cost per wearing." Demonstrate that your product or service can

--help buyers earn far more than they invest
--help buyers save far more than they invest
--help buyers save time so they can earn (or save) more than they're spending

(2) Show buyers they're getting much more than they realize. Often they're buying one service but gaining additional, unexpected benefits that have real value.

"You're not just getting business information," one coach says. "You are also getting accountability and a sounding board. So you won't just get
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What is Web Branding Anyway?
Monday, 11 August 2008
By Scott Lindsay

  The whole idea behind web branding will find several differing viewpoints. For some experts the basis of web branding is a means of identifying your site by providing an image association. This is typically accomplished through a logo that is used liberally on your site as well as through all forms of advertising.

This viewpoint is valid, but may be better understood as impressions. This would be the number of occasions that a person is exposed to your brand.

There is a second understanding of branding that seems to be understood by those under twenty-five, but is less understood by those who stand to gain the most benefit from the process of branding. Web branding is essentially the emotional connection you can create between your product and the consumer.

Do you remember the Smuckers commercials. The kindly, grandfatherly voice of Mason Adams took us down memory lane. Even if we never experienced a moment of what was seen on screen we had an emotional connection with a jar of jelly.

The repeated use of Mason's voice along with recurring themes
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