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		<title>7 Things You MUST Have on Your Sales Page</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Apr 2009 01:56:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Socrates Socratous</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Internet Marketing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Starting Out]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[increase sales]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sales letter]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sales page]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s 11 am thursday morning and I am actually
sitting at a coffee shop enjoying a nice cup
of coffee with a friend. We just finished playing
a 2 hour tennis game and we are getting ready
to go have some more fun at the shooting range.
My friend is on the phone so I decided to write
an email and [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It&#8217;s 11 am thursday morning and I am actually<br />
sitting at a coffee shop enjoying a nice cup<br />
of coffee with a friend. We just finished playing<br />
a 2 hour tennis game and we are getting ready<br />
to go have some more fun at the shooting range.</p>
<p>My friend is on the phone so I decided to write<br />
an email and share some quick tips that will help<br />
you make more sales.</p>
<p>&quot;7 things you MUST have on your Sales Page<br />
that significantly increase sales&quot;<br />
1. A compelling Headline</p>
<p>Having a headline that states your BIGGEST<br />
benefit and builds curiosity that leads your<br />
reader to read further down your sales page<br />
is a MUST.</p>
<p>MOST of your visitors will leave your page<br />
BEFORE reading anything more than your headline<br />
so the better the headline, the better the<br />
chance to read more and close the sale</p>
<p>2. Listing your benefits</p>
<p>You should have a list of your benefits each<br />
with an explanation on how this applies to<br />
your reader (i.e. what is it going to do for them)</p>
<p>3. Testimonials</p>
<p>Do not underestimate the power of testimonials<br />
Feedback from happy customers is one of the best<br />
forms of &quot;social proof&quot;.</p>
<p>If you are just starting out and have no<br />
customers, there are a couple of things you<br />
can do:<br />
- ask friends and family to review your product<br />
- Send review copies on forums to a few people<br />
in return for a testimonial<br />
- run a small PPC campaign before launching and<br />
give free copies in return for feedback</p>
<p>4. An image that represents your product.</p>
<p>an ebook cover, a software box, a DVD box image<br />
a report paperback cover image etc are some of the<br />
ways you can represent a digital product.</p>
<p>The image is extremely powerful. A picture is<br />
processed a LOT faster in people&#8217;s minds than<br />
blocks of text describing what the picture showcases.</p>
<p>5. a Professionally looking design</p>
<p>If your website is NOT professionally looking,<br />
then your potential customer will think that<br />
is how sloppy your product is as well and NOT<br />
buy from you.</p>
<p>A long form sales letter is Not the exception.<br />
there are many things you can do to make it look<br />
nicer. Here are a few:</p>
<p>- Put your letter in a 750 pixel table and center it<br />
- Put your text on white background<br />
- Use a border around your text<br />
- Layout the elements of your sales letter using<br />
&quot;balanced&quot; design principles<br />
- Use spacing and white space to enhance reability<br />
- etc etc</p>
<p>6. a PROMINANT order button/link</p>
<p>A light yellow box with a dotted border that<br />
restates the main benefits and call to action<br />
has proven to be a winner.</p>
<p>It is Extremely bad when your visitor is ready<br />
to order and cannot find your order button<br />
(it happened to me a few times.)</p>
<p>7. a Guarantee</p>
<p>You MUST have a quarantee. At least 60 days.<br />
It always increases conversions.<br />
But if you dont agree with me,<br />
think about it this way:</p>
<p>Your customers can contact their banks and<br />
do a chargeback which NOT only gives them<br />
a refund, but also hurt you (you end up paying<br />
on top of that). So why not offer the refund<br />
since you gonna end up giving it anyway.</p>
<p>Just do it and you will see what I mean by<br />
judging your results.<br />
8. (bonus tip)<br />
Your Bonuses.</p>
<p>Including relevant bonuses with your product<br />
almost always increases conversions. It increases<br />
your offer&#8217;s perceived value dramatically. Some<br />
people will even buy your product JUST for the<br />
bonuses. Make sure you give quality bonuses that<br />
complement your product.</p>
<p>Ok, my friend has been off the phone for 5 min now<br />
and he is pestering me to get going so I have to close.<br />
(sorry if there are mistakes, no time to review)</p>
<p>BEFORE I go,<br />
I want to remind you of the subscriber-only special<br />
I am running on Sales Letter Factory until sunday.</p>
<p>Sales letter factory will put ALL of the above<br />
FOR YOU on your sales letter (and a lot more)<br />
It will guide you step-by-step, kinda forcing you<br />
do create a GREAT, converting sales letter</p>
<p>Get all the details here:</p>
<p>== <a href="http://salesletterfactory.com/thank_you.php">http://salesletterfactory.com/thank_you.php</a></p>
<p>Stay tuned for more tips soon</p>
<p>till next time,<br />
Partner to Your Success,<br />
-Socrates Socratous<br />
P.S. Don&#8217;t take these tips lightly. USE THEM<br />
you WILL have a much better Sales letter.</p>
<p>Notice:<br />
Sales Letter Factory Subscriber-Only Special:<br />
<a href="http://salesletterfactory.com/thank_you.php">http://salesletterfactory.com/thank_you.php</a></p>
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