How to make a sale in 10 seconds or less

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Ok, as you all know, I'm a copywriter, so I'll go ahead and give you guys 1 of my little tricks that I use to increase conversions for clients--or you can do this for yourself if you're a copywriter and sell your own products.

Here's the trick: You have less than 10 seconds to grab the attention of visitors to your website or you've lost any chance of making a sale, so there's no secret that your headline is the key to intriguing them and keeping them on your site.

As marketers, we all know that testing is the key to increasing your sales, so here's a proven way to know that your headline will work before you ever put it up:

Go to Digg.com, type in the name of your niche and find the articles will the most digs. Once you've found it, take the headline and tweak it to fit your particular product---almost 95% of the time my clients report back to me an increase in sales.

So why does this work: Well it's been tested already. There's a reason why the article has a lot of digs---people are clicking on it because of the headline, so by grabbing it and tweaking it to fit your product, you already have a proven winner.

There's no reason to reinvent the wheel or spend hours or weeks trying to come up with something that may or may not work. Go for what's already been proven to work in your market and those digging the articles are most likely in your market.

Believe it or not, a lot of successful marketers employ this same method--just try it and by using stuff that has already been tested to work, you'll grab the attention of visitors to your site and have them sold in 10 seconds or less!
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  • holy crap, that one little tid bit of information is worth a ton of money... ha ha ha im going to start doing that, thanks for the helpful information!
  • Great Advice. Have been doing it already, but still good stuff
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  • Right along those same lines, you can also try this:

    Go to EZineArticles.com and type in a keyword related to your niche. Click the first article that comes up then scroll down past it and past the "Recent Articles..." part that appears below.

    Right below that is the "Most Viewed Articles in (Category) in the last 90 Days". See which are the Top 3. That can also give you some good ideas for headlines or possible content that people are looking for on a certain topic.
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  • It was right in front of me the whole time! Good info. I think you should make a 1 page, 1 sentence e-book and sell it for $97.00!
  • Great idea, I'll be using that thanks
  • Yeah, Perry Belcher made a big splash about this before the holidays.

    Here's his video about it:

    My Sneaky Little Email Headline Trick | Perry Belcher : Strictly Personal

    He was framing it around email open rates though, not direct sales.

    In either event, Digg (and other social bookmarking sites too) is definitely a cool tool for this idea.

    Amazon's best-seller list is another - book titles of best sellers can give you similar creative inspiration.

    Brian
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    • Simple and brilliant. This is going to help me a lot , thanks for sharing.
  • Great advise! Thanks for sharing!
  • Boy... it doesn't get any easier.

    Thanks,
    Joe
  • Thanks for the tip. I've heard this tip before on this forum (either from a wso or thread) but its good to be reminded of it again.
  • Woooooowwwwwwwww!

    I never knew this! In fact, I am on to it. Thank ndcole
  • cool idea, thanks for sharing
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    • Great info! Thank you for sharing!
  • that's in fact an excellent tip.

    I've been reading the headlines on digg,...and as I am in a very "weird" niche, sometimes it is difficult to apply it.

    Anyone could give some examples, changing Very much the original niche?

    I'll start:

    Orginial Digg Article: "Digg this if your sick of power users stealing stories."

    New one: "Digg this if your sick of not finding your ideal midget date".

    One more:

    Orginial Digg Article: "Inside the mind of an autistic savant"

    New one: ""Inside the mind of an Ant breeder"
  • simple, quick and effective...I like it!
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    • Wow thanks for sharing that tip nice to see useful information here.
  • That's a great idea, I shall certainly be testing that one out, can't wait to give it a go. Thank you for sharing.
  • Great idea will do it cheers
  • Good stuff. I have messed around with this concept...

    Im going to digg into it further...

    Thanks!
  • I've only just joined and the first post i look at is this one-wow glad i joined. I'll be taking this advise. Thanks for sharing.
  • Are you saying take the most popular digg titles, reword them slightly, and re-digg?

    Or make an article with the title?

    Louis
  • Great advice! Something I will definitely be implementing.

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    Ok, as you all know, I'm a copywriter, so I'll go ahead and give you guys 1 of my little tricks that I use to increase conversions for clients--or you can do this for yourself if you're a copywriter and sell your own products. Here's the trick: You have less than 10 seconds to grab the attention of visitors to your website or you've lost any chance of making a sale, so there's no secret that your headline is the key to intriguing them and keeping them on your site.