This is the slideshow presentation used at two recent workshops in Lymington.
This will match your workbook you filled in at the event.
For details of future events go to www.myusp.biz/events
SEO Case Study: How I Increased SEO Traffic & Ranking by 50-60% in 6 Months
Editor's Notes
Welcome to… Thank you for being inte3rested in a subject I love. The aim is that by the end you’ll also love it
3 Sessions – 1. Building a case for having a USP 2. Building YOUR USP 3. Sharing them with the group in order to sharpen them up
SOME OF YOU LIKE TO MAKE NOTES AND SOME DO NOT
THIS IS EXACTLY THE SAME CHOICE YOUR PROSEPCTS GO THROUGH WHEN ENTERING YOUR MARKETI AND LOOKING FOR A SUPPLIERx
I WOULD ASSUME MOST OF YOU HAVE COMPETITORS AND HAVE TO COMPETE FOR NEW BUSINESS
YOUR BUYERS HAVE A CHOICE
YOU HAVE PLENTY OF COMPETITORS OUT THERE….BUT WHO IS AS FASCINATING, CHARASMATIC, STIMULATING AND IMPRESSIVE AS YOU ARE?
HAVE A QUICK THINK....
YOU MIGHT THINK YOUR COMP R YOUR ONLY RIVALS 'BUT' ....THERE IS ANOTHER MAJOR THREAT...*ASK*
UNLESS YOU SELL A LEGAL REQUIREMENT LIKE CAR INSURANCE....
SHOES
IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHO'S IN THE ROOM
NAME LOCATION
WHAT DO YOU DO?
HOW OFTEN R WE ASKED THIS? EACH TIME IT'S A MASSIVE OPP
NOW, IT COULD B ARGUED THAT WHAT YOU'VE ALL JUST SAID IS ABSOLUTELY VITAL
*ASK*
EVERYONE DOES IT BUT HOW DOES IT HELP THE BUYER?
DRILL
YOU’RE NOT ACTUALLY BUYING A DRILL ARE YOU? YOU’RE BUYING THE HOLES IT MAKES
ROOM EXAMPLES
SO WHAT ARE YOUR CLIENTS ACTUALLY BUYING? THINK ABOUT IT, IT’S WHAT TODAY’S ALL ABOUT
*ASK*
AGAIN, THERE'S A FEW LEGAL REQUIREMENT PURCHASES THAT DON'T NECESSARILY APPLY TO THIS RULE
Professional Trusted Advisor – consider that phrase when considering positioning yourself in front of your prospects.
UNFORTUNATELY, A LOT OF BUSINESS SEEM HAPPY TO PUT THESE UP.
THE LAST THING YOU WANT TO BE IS THE BARRIER TO ENTRY INTO YOUR VERY OWN BUSINESS
TRY TO TALK ABOUT PROBLEM SOLVING AND NOTHING ELSE. AND TALK ABOUT IT IN A WAY THAT CREATES VALUE. MAKE IT A NO-BRAINER
THAT BARRIOER REPRESENTS A WEBSITE WITH NO VIDEO, NO HEADLINE AND THOUSANDS OF WORDS TO READ,
INTERCHANGABLE COMMODITY
IF A GARDENER SAYS TO SOMEONE “I’M A GARDENER….” THE CHANCES ARE…
AS BUYERS WE ALL HAVE THE LUXURY OF CHOICE – DON’T GIVE IT TO THEM
IF U DON’T WANT TO BE AN INTERCHANGABLE…
NO ONE TALKS ABOUT A BORING BUSINESS
*ASK* FOR DEFINITION
MY FIRST FLYER
THIS TICKLED ME RECENTLY
ANOTHER MERCEDES VIDEO – GRIM REAPER
BEFORE WE START WORK ON OUR OWN USPs LET’S TAKE SOME TIME TO SUBSTANTIATE ….
*ASK*
*ASK8
*ASK*
Ask yourself where you fall
WHY DON’T YOU, OR YOUR STAFF FOLLOW-UP?
SCARED OF WHAT SOMEONE MIGHT SAY,
YOUR ANTHEM, IF YOU LIKE, THAT POWERFULLY CONVEYS WHY….
GIVES YOU THINGS OF VALUE TO SAY WHEN YOU FOLLOW UP WHICH IS WHEN 80% OF SALES TAKE PLACE
WHY IS A USP VITAL?
SO YOU CAN FOLLOW UP AND BE IN THE 80% BRACKET OF WHERE SALES ARE MADE
TO SUMMARISE MY PRROF OF WHY A USP IS CRITICAL TO YOUR BUSINESS LONGEVITY
And HAVING something to say requires a USP...unless you’re Jimmy Carr
Meerkat NEXT
THEY.RE MY TOP 5
WORKBOOK CREATE SECTION
THIS COULD ARUABLY BE THE MOST IMPORTANT THINKING YOU’VE DONE ON YOUR BUSINESS ‘EVER’
GOING TAKE OUR TIME
THE QUESTIONS MAY APPEAR SIMILAR BUT I’VE INCLUDED EACH OF THEM BECAUSE…
A USP IS VERY NARROW SO ONLY APPLIES TO ONE PRODUCT OR SERVICE SO DECIDE NOW
DOES EVERYONE HAS ONE……?
7 MINUTE BREAK
THAT GUY HAS CREATED SO MANY USPS I’M SPEECHLESS
LOOK AT YOUR BEST EXISTING CLIENTS FOR A VERY GOOD CLUE
THAT SHOULD ACTUALLY SAY WHAT ‘PROBLEMS’
THINK HARD
DON’T GO ONTO THE NEXT QUESTION, DIG DEEP
THE MOTHER OF ALL QUESTIONS
I LOVE THIS ONE BECAUSE IT ILLICITS ‘FUN’ ANSWERS
PERONALLY I THINK FUN IS IMPORTANT
DON’T JUST LOOK AT YOURSELF, LOOK AT THEM FOR CLUES HERE
FINAL QUESTION
NEXT PHASE IS ALL ABOUT TAKING THE TOP ANSWERS
CAN HAVE HALVES
THIS CAN TAKE 15-60 MINUTES, WE’LL
ANYONE NEEDS HELP JUST ASK
*ASK) HOW CAN YOU SEE THIS BEING USED IN YOUR BUSINESS?
LET’S SHARE SOME. WHO’D LIKE TO SHARE WHAT THEY HAVE AND BE OPEN TO FEEDBACK FROM HIGHLY INTELLIGENT BUINESS OWNERS OR POTENTIALLY, YOUR FUTURE PROSPECTS?
WE’RE ALL IN THE ZONE