Preventiveproducts

Why it’s harder to sell preventive products:

O.K. this is going to be my last “official” post of this year.

I’ll be on next week for holiday wishes and maybe some other “fun” stuff, but nothing too heady.

We’re closing down the Kingdom for work, until 2013… and I hope you’ll be doing something similar — and, sooner that later.

Product selection, and niche selection, is always a hot topic.

And conventional wisdom tells you, “Don’t pick preventive products or niches — they’re much harder to sell.”

But do you know specifically WHY they’re much harder to sell?

You don’t?

O.K., then let’s talk about this, because understanding why is also likely to help you understand some other strategic marketing and selling issues you’re likely to deal with.

For starters, most people just aren’t willing to invest time and money into preventing things, simply because it’s not a necessity NOW.

Most of us have so much on our plates, we barely have time to do things like brush our teeth. So when you start asking people to do things that are based on some event occurring in the future… it just doesn’t fall on their radar screen, simply because they’re overwhelmed with the stuff they have to do right now.

For many people, next Thursday might as well be… next year.

Second, ANY TIME you’re dealing with a “prevent” sale, it means you’re asking people to look into an unknown date in the future. And future events just aren’t as mentally tangible as present day needs.

Lastly, the truth is, for most of us… preventive products — besides bringing negative images to mind (like, “death” for example when you’re selling life insurance), the likelihood of actually needing a preventive product, isn’t very high.

For instance:

Fire extinguishers – how many times has your house burned down, or how many other homes do you know of, that burned down?

Home alarm systems – how many times has your home been broken into?

Teeth cleaning – How many people do you know, whose teeth just rotted away because they weren’t cleaned?

Life Insurance – Again, death is REALLY negative, and no one wants to deal with this. Plus, for most people, the mere thought of death repels any kind of action.

And so on.

Between these three things, you can see why selling prevention is so difficult.

Not that there isn’t a market for it — it’s just a harder sell than “relieving pain,” or “solving problems” for instance… where people are looking for fast relief — right NOW.

Enjoy your weekend.

Now go sell something, Craig Garber

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About the Author

Craig GarberAuthor of "How To Make Maximum Money With Minimum Customers, " and publisher of Seductive Selling - an offline marketing newsletter currently read in 15 countries, world-wide. In a nutshell, I do two things: 1. I show you how to attract a reliable, steady stream of pre-qualified leads who are ready to do business with you NOW... 2. And I increase your net profits and cash-flow, by increasing your customer, client, or patient value -- often, dramatically. How do I do this? By developing, and helping you implement, unique, personalized lead generation and marketing strategies... using compelling sales messages that push your customers emotional buy-buttons. I've worked with over 300 clients in more than 104 different industries, since March of 2000, and I really enjoy what I do. I'm a stable, reliable, happily married family guy with three kids who loves life and always follows through on my commitments and promises. I love to listen to music, workout, read, travel with my family, take pictures, and go bass fishing. I always say "Yes," when it comes to good cigars, good books, and good coffee :-)

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