Unless you are an inventor, most likely you are selling a product or service that is being offered by someone else, somewhere, at some time. The first person to start your type of business would have gone through a lot of trial and error. Thank that person, as now you can not only profit by not repeating
same mistakes, but by learning what they do to get business.The best way to do this is to practice what any businessperson knows: know your competition. The most beneficial thing you can do is to study what they are doing to attract customers.
Go online, do a search, pull up web sites of your competition, and start taking notes. Here are some things to look for.
* What do you like about their web site? * How can they improve upon it? * Is it user-friendly and easy to understand? * Is it too wordy or complicated? * Could someone browsing this web site learn quickly what this business actually does? * Does their web site move too slowly, due to an over-emphasis on graphics that sacrifices actual message?
With your notes, you can begin to set up key points that you feel your target audience needs to know about your product or service, and why it will benefit them to do business with you.
Look at these different web sites and read headline.
* Does it draw you in? * Do you care to read more? * Do you feel intrigued, or more than a little confused?
If you find one you like, there is nothing wrong with re-wording it to fit your business. Remember that we are talking about imitation, not plagiarism.
It has been said that there is nothing new under sun. While this may be case, at least give what your company is offering a unique slant, and make an effort to provide it in a more informative and interesting format than what your competition is doing.
