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THE SECRET MARKETING MOTIVATORS OF WEIGHT WATCHERS

Let's assume you desperately want to knock off some weight. And you're serious enough to get onto a structured eating system. Let's also assume, you were presented with two diets.

Diet 1 consists of: Chocolate. Cake. Maybe even chocolate cake. Pasta with Cheese. Some butter chicken. Vegetables. Fruit.

Diet 2 consists of: Vegetables. More vegetables. Fruit. More fruit. The occasional cake or chocolate.

Don't tell me which one you've chosen.

I already know.

But hang on a second. You said you needed to lose weight, right? So you know darned well, that Diet No.2 is the one to choose.

So why on earth are you eyeing Diet No.1? Because you know what you need. But it's not what you want.

You want to eat. You want to drink. You want to enjoy yourself, not watch in envy as others around
have a rollicking time, while you're on another silly boiled veggie diet.??

And that's where Weight Watchers comes in.

To quote their website:

"Eat all the foods you love on the Flex Plan”
Enjoy the full range of food options, while making better choices with the POINTS system. Choose any food, as long as you control how much you eat. Easily handle any food challenge, even when choices are limited."

Notice what they just sold you? Not what you need. But what you want. The people that go to Weight Watchers aren't veggie eaters. Not by a long shot.

The customers at Weight Watchers lurrrve their food.

They adore their wine.

They want their ice-creams and their chocolate.

And Weight Watchers gives them what they want--namely the ability to eat what they want--as long as they stick to the eating plan. It's the same reason why teenagers buy pimple cream. What they want isn't just the flawless skin... they want flawless skin so they can get a date.

So look at the pimple cream ad on TV.

What's it talking about? It's talking about the darned texture of the cream. It's talking about the
fragrance. It's talking about the new packaging. Oh c'mon give me--and all those teenagers out there a break.

They don't care about the whiz bang features of your cream. They don't care about your background or your company heritage. They don't care about your la-dee-dah packaging. They just want the date, get it? The date. Nothing but the date. And only the date.

So sell them the date, will ya?

Businesses make this mistake over and over again.

They try and sell software. They try and sell marketing strategies. They try and sell copywriting
services. They try and sell better websites. But does the customer really want any of the above???

Like hell they do.

If someone on the next block--or even the next planet, was able to promise your customer money,
freedom and respect, your customers would all be exiting through la salida, mucho rapidemente!

Yes, without so much as sniffing your strategies, software, websites or whatever it is you're
selling.

So listen carefully. Because what I'm about to tell you will get you more customers--and hence more profits -- than ever before.

Ask your customer what they want.

Then give them what they want.

Word for word.

Don't get all misty-eyed with the product or the service you're selling. It ain't going to help you
sell better. Or more. Or more often.

And here's what you need to do. Start with some simple research. No, not the $85,000 kind. Just
speak to your customers. And ask them what they want most. It's that simple.

You could even make a list of possible things your customers could want, and then get them to rate what's most important on the list.

Then collate the list.

And in your copy, put the things that your customers reeeeeeally want at the top.

Weight Watchers is teaching you a lesson... are you listening? They know full well what the customer needs. But they sell what the customer wants. ?

Because eventually by tapping into the wants, Weight Watchers ?is able to give the customers what they really need too -- namely weight reduction and overall fitness. Not to speak of improved eating habits.

The secret is always in the want.