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b2b and consumer, no audience needed

outcome not stated

confidence

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evidence

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a single source, nothing corroborates it

Write the promise from pain plus a deadline

Assemble the offer line from the pain, the alternatives the buyer has already rejected and the self-interested thing they actually want, then bolt on a reason to act today. Without that last piece the reader agrees with you and does nothing.


The method

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    Write the promise out of the pain with the alternatives plus the selfish desire, then attach a reason to act today.


What it returned

  • Katelyn Bourgoin suggests a limited-time offer, a free shipping code, or a discount timed to land exactly at the target moment, and points out she used the same construction on the pitch closing this article.


Sources


the second source

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Three plays a week, for the phase you are in

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