Monthly Archives: June 2012

Writing Marketing Materials for Different Management Levels

Another valuable piece of information in a sales guide is a hierarchy of managers who make the decision about whether or not to buy a product. The overwhelming majority of businesses have such a hierarchy whether the business develops software, … Continue reading

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Reaching High-Tech Customers: Pain Points

Welcome Fellow Copywriting Connoisseurs of Pain! Today I am going to discuss one of my favorite parts of the sales guide – pain points. I will talk about why I like them so much and why they are invaluable to … Continue reading

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Marketing to High-Tech Customers: Features and Benefits

If you are part of an engineer-led company, one of your biggest headaches is apt to be identifying product benefits. People who are very close to a product think that “everybody knows” what the benefits are and just describing the … Continue reading

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Reaching High-Tech Customers: Value Proposition

Once the prospective audience and its problems are defined in broad strokes, we need an overview of the product we are marketing with what is traditionally called a “value proposition.” A well-focused value proposition is extremely important.

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Nine Items That Help You Persuade a High-Tech Prospect to Buy

One reason I enjoy marketing writing is that you are always working to make the strongest, most persuasive argument you can to sell your products. Some might see this as crass commercialism, but it is also fun and a challenging … Continue reading

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