Two Paths ⚡️ The Marketing Upgrade


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Two Paths

In 9 words:

Articulate the potential futures your customer could experience

Dilemma: Sometimes we want to hide from the truth. Especially with big, hard decisions.

It’s easier to pretend that staying where we are doesn’t have any risk. The costs of not taking action can be hidden — because we haven’t experienced them yet.

But the reality is, it’s not just making a purchase that’s risky. Not making getting what you need is risky too.

Solution: Don’t let your customers off the hook that easy. If you have a product or service that could truly change their life, show them the difference.

Spell out exactly what’s likely to happen based on the choice they make today.

How will their future be better because of your offer?

How might it be worse if they don’t take action?

Make it real.

3 Ideas to Implement

1

Alone vs. together

Depending on which market you serve, your customers might find that achieving their goal is a lonely road.

If you’re offering personal support, highlight the difference between continuing to go it alone vs. having support.

Real-world Example: Relationship coach Evan Marc Katz outlines the difference between two choices: The slow, painstaking difficulty of going it alone and hoping to “win the husband lottery”. Or having someone else just give you the exact playbook for finding love.


2

Stuck vs. progress

Make it clear that not choosing to move forward means staying stuck. For your best, most action-taking customers — that’s going to be an unacceptable option.

Real-world Example: Mariah Coz contrasts the choice between not getting help and staying stuck, and moving forward to reach your goals.


3

Expensive alternative

If your sales page has already presented a compelling case for moving forward, you can instead focus this section on the less appealing alternatives.

It doesn’t just have to be financially expensive, either. You can highlight the time, energy, and emotional expenses of the alternatives.

Real-world Example: For their Copy Cure course sales page, Marie Forleo and Laura Belgray highlight it is NOT to write your own copy. Because if you want copy that’s effective, that means hiring an expensive copywriter.


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