PersuasionNo. 54

Sell the sizzle

Rather like those ‘serving suggestion’ photos on food packages, try to capture the context in which your product is consumed, or allude to a feeling that it forges, or a moment it creates. Help your readers to imagine a future that is enriched by your product. How will it make them feel? Can you engage their senses?

From Don’t Sell the Steak, Sell the Sizzle! – Elmer Wheeler (YouTube)

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For your key product, write one sentence about the feature and one about the experience it creates. Lead with the experience.

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