You have an appointment with a prospective client. You plan to tell them everything you will do to help them with their problem. You’ll describe all of your services and give them a list of the many deliverables they can expect.
Before you tell them everything, you might want to hold something back.
Instead of telling them about A, B, and C, maybe only tell them about A and B. Because if you spill your guts the first time you speak with prospective clients, you won’t have anything left to offer them later.
- To offer as a bonus for signing up TODAY (e.g., at your seminar, this week only, etc.) instead of waiting
- To get them off the fence when they want to think about it, talk to someone, or otherwise put it off
- As an incentive: buy A and B, get C, at no additional cost
- As an upsell (an optional service they can also “buy”)
- As an unannounced bonus, to surprise them with after they sign up
You hold things back when you negotiate on behalf of clients, right? Same concept.
If you don’t have anything you can hold back, create something. A voucher they can use on another matter or a service provided by another professional.
Hold something back. You never know when you might need it.
Marketing is easier when you know the formula
