Do you ever feel lost?

Hi Brandon;

Sorry to hear about your predicament, but I suggest 3 things;

You know what you're going to find out from this post on? Advice. HELP And that will address this "pressing problem" you're experiencing. Can you translate that to your product and potential customers?

I would not be asking them why they are not buying, you could find a forum in your niche and find out what types of "pressing problems" they are experiencing and if you can't incorporate into your product, you can incorporate into your service to your customers, a free report, etc.

SECOND - read the first, have you identified a need for your product or did you create it with the hope someone will want it, you may think its a brilliant idea, but is there a market for it? Use a keyword search tool and type in some keywords....don't just search word or keyphrase, use WEBSITE. Also look around on yahoo answers and type your niche or keywords into the search and see what kind of questions others are asking.

LASTLY -if you are FEELING lost, you will be lost, try and focus on everything going right for you, if not in your business (at the moment) then, in your life.

Good Luck to you!

Terri

When feeling lost, regroup by focusing on your 'why'. It's got to be strong enough to pull you through those lost moments. If not, change it!

I heard a great tip recently and that was surveying your list using Survey Monkey. It's an opportunity for you to find out exactly what they are looking for!

Good luck.

If you have zero sales you can still split test. Start a PPC campaign with keywords that people would search for when looking for a product like yours. Split test 2 different landing pages until you get a few sales. Then you should be able to go from there.

If you have a product that people actually want, then a good PPC campaign usually works once you get it optimized.

Brandon, you may feel lost, but to me it sounds like you're on the right track.

Asking you prospect what it is that you can do to help THEM is a great idea.

If you launched 2 products that didn't sell well, the questions I'd be asking are:

1) Is there a BUYING market? People looking for FREE ringtones aren't looking to buy anything.

2) Was the copy well written or was it weak?

3) Did the offer get in front of enough eyeballs?

There aren't measures to take to "make sure" it will sell, simply measures to take to increase the chance of it selling well.

Research the need for the product (does not having it cause people pain? Can it relieve pain or inconvenience?)

Make sure they are a buying market

Entice them by giving them something cheap or free so they can see the quality of your work before buying the real deal.

Keep going man...this is all part of the journey.

Mike

Can I suggest that you read "Eat that Frog" by Bryan Tracy?

or at least get the summary/synopsis on line.

It sounds like you have put so much time and effort into your new product launch so you might not like what I have to suggest - but...

Some days you just have to let go. You have put a lot of solid work into your product, you have worried and fretted over it and chances are you have made it as perfect as it can be. You have determined there is a need for the product - basically you have done all you can do. My suggestion is to go to the beach for the day -oops you are in Canada it might be getting a bit cold for that. But go somewhere. Do something that is not work related - for the whole day. Just go and have fun.

Then when you are completely relaxed the ideas for what you need to do next will come - honestly. It is just at the moment this is probably consuming your every waking minute and I can understand that. But you have already mentioned about doing a survey - great idea and it won't hurt to try it so on some level your brain is still working on other ways you can promote what you have got - so give your brain a holiday for the day and I am sure you will be able to come up with the solution you need.

An NLP presupposition I remember above all others is that we all have within us the resources we need to succeed. So I know you can do it - I just suggest cutting your brain a bit of slack so you can sort this out.

Sending you heaps of good luck
Lisa

Thank you so much for all the advice! It's good to know that I am not completly off track here.

I guess this is just part of the fight that makes us stronger as business people. Mental toughness plays a big role in success!

There's a lot of reasons for not making sales....if the product is wanted by the public, you're wasting time and money....then I'd move on. If a product doesn't sell in the first week....I'd move on...Test it on ebay, clickbank, Bonanzle or whereever.