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The Ultimate Sales Letter
Attract New Customers. Boost Your Sales
Book • 1994
In this book, Dan Kennedy explains why some sales letters are successful while others fail.
He provides a step-by-step formula for writing effective sales letters, focusing on understanding the customer's needs, fears, and pain points.
Kennedy emphasizes the importance of addressing objections, creating pressure through scarcity and limited-time offers, and using persuasive techniques such as guarantees and premiums.
The book also highlights the need to avoid perfectionism and to make the sales letter engaging and readable by using short sentences, enticing words, and short paragraphs.
He provides a step-by-step formula for writing effective sales letters, focusing on understanding the customer's needs, fears, and pain points.
Kennedy emphasizes the importance of addressing objections, creating pressure through scarcity and limited-time offers, and using persuasive techniques such as guarantees and premiums.
The book also highlights the need to avoid perfectionism and to make the sales letter engaging and readable by using short sentences, enticing words, and short paragraphs.
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