The importance of personality in YOUR Copy & Marketing
written by john c ashworth
There is an absolutely wonderful marketing principle for your small business that may be applied in many different situations that has to do with scarcity and the fact that most people want more of which they can't seem to get enough. Denial or exclusivity increases desire. This is one of life's greatest truths if you ask me.
Generally speaking, when it comes to being a consumer, really personal, memorable, and amazing experiences worth talking about and sharing are extremely rare. This is not only unfortunate for all of us, but it is actually a huge missed opportunity for you and your small business and everything you are trying to do to grow your enterprise.
So, when you give your public, and especially your own prospects and customers a really friendly, personable, believable "regular guy" to deal with, people are thrilled to have found you. Add to that an expert dose of entertainment in everything you do and communicate to your lists and you have an extremely powerful elixer for small business growth.
You as the owner or operator of your enterprise have this opportunity. As I said earlier, most squander it for a variety of reasons, the main one being that you sell yourself short and think that no one will be interested in what you have to say and/or don't feel this a valuable use of your time or you simply don't feel comfortable with so much attention directly focused on YOU. That's OK in part. You don't necessarily have to be the one to take on the task of becoming the 'attractive character' in your business. But someone should. Think of some of the great companies out there who have done this with their advertising with a memorable spokesperson and think about how effective that really is.
Find this spokesperson and attractive character inside your small business. Promote them constantly and outrageously and be entertaining and not boring and you will be amazed at what kind of sales growth you can create and then sustain over time.
Good luck!
-John
PS If you're interested in speaking with me directly about how I can help you achieve this effect inside your small business and want to explore the possibility of me becoming your spokesperson, check out the video feed on the ash flash, my youtube channel, and almost anything else I share here and then let's talk about how and what I might be able to create and do for you and your small business.
