Rational and Emotional Appeals<\/p>\n
We’ll skip the intellectual appeals because this should be second nature. Emotional Hotspots<\/strong> \u00c3\u201a\u00c2\u00a0 If triggered, these hotspots will leave the prospect defenseless<\/em>. Let’s look at some practical applications. Rational-based appeal:<\/strong> Emotional-based appeal:<\/strong> Emotional appeal can target higher level values<\/em> like comfort, luxury, prestige. As you get the prospect more involved in your presentation, you’ll be able to direct the flow of the transaction and they will follow your lead.<\/p>\n Poll the prospect<\/strong> Appeal to emotional attributes<\/strong> For a customer who’s interested in effectiveness<\/em>, an analysis showing that it’s more powerful than competitive products<\/em> would help address their needs.<\/p>\n Emotions can be a double-edged sword<\/strong>. Rational and Emotional Appeals We’ll skip the intellectual appeals because this should be second nature. More than 90% of sales appeals are geared towards giving the product’s factual features or benefits. Most of the time this doesn’t work. Consider using emotional appeals instead. Emotional Hotspots Emotional Hotspots are a prospect’s sensitive areas. Their Achilles’ heel, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[22],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/whoisandrewwee.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/whoisandrewwee.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/whoisandrewwee.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/whoisandrewwee.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/whoisandrewwee.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=55"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/whoisandrewwee.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/whoisandrewwee.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=55"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/whoisandrewwee.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=55"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/whoisandrewwee.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=55"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nMore than 90% of sales appeals are geared towards giving the product’s factual<\/em> features or benefits.
\nMost of the time<\/strong> this doesn’t work.
\nConsider using emotional appeals instead.<\/p>\n
\nEmotional Hotspots are a prospect’s sensitive areas<\/em>. Their Achilles’ heel, so to speak.<\/p>\n
\nIf you drive a prospect’s emotional hotspots and you are successful, they’d be powerless and usually buy the product or service.<\/p>\n
\nInterweaved in this are elements of features, benefits and needs-based selling.<\/p>\n
\n“By this MP3 player which comes with 4gigabytes of storage space, latest communication technology USB and bluetooth connectivity.High capacity NiMH battery with 5000 mAh capacity. Use the EzTunes software to transfer files.”<\/p>\n
\n“Enjoy hundreds of hours of your favourite music and enjoy your favourite tunes on the move. Supreme portability and convenience as you wirelessly transfer music to and from your desktop.”<\/p>\n
\nYou are more likely to get a consensus when you focus on the macro perspective (it will improve your quality of life), rather than the micro (“what’s the battery life like?”)<\/p>\n
\nBy asking the prospect the attributes that they’re looking for (reliablity, effectiveness, durability) you can continually emphasize those attributes.<\/p>\n
\nFor a customer who’s interested in durability<\/em>, they would particularly keen if they find out your product is designed and engineered to provide ten years of trouble-free service<\/em>.<\/p>\n
\nAs you probe the prospect’s emotional responses, you will also discover their points of sensitivity.
\nThis will help you refine your approach to enhance the chances of success.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"