Written by Arno Wingen
Plenty of brands and companies have top-of-mind awareness. Think about cola—what brand comes to mind? Think about a search engine—what brand comes to mind? Think about famous TV shows—what show(s) come to mind?
You’ve answered these in your mind. Which is the entire premise of top-of-mind awareness. Think of a subject, and something is at the top of the pile.
Ideally, every potential customer in your area thinks of you when they think of the product or service you sell and/or the problem you solve. So let’s talk about how to make that happen.
Once upon a time, I worked in real estate. Had my own firm, did pretty well. In fact, I did so well that I was invited to participate in a contest to determine who was the best real estate agent in my country!
It was a big event, and I was supposed to do a pitch in front of a live audience of about 500 peers. The pitch and the subject would determine who would be the grand prize winner.
Spoiler alert: I absolutely nailed that speech, won the contest, and demolished the competition.
How?
By introducing the concept of a CTA.
CTA stands for Call To Action. And it’s the best way—by far—to build that coveted top-of-mind awareness.
Let’s say you run a service business. Could be accounting, could be real estate, could be a law firm, or any other service business.
How would you get the word out about your business?
Maybe you’d run ads. Maybe you’d put up a sign. Maybe you’d tell friends and family about the fact that you started a business.
Maybe you’d do all of the above. That’d be a great start.
Now add a CTA to that, and everything gets supercharged.
Something like:
“Download your free guide to do X,”
or
“Put your email here and we’ll send you the best way to do Y,”
or
“Text us today and we’ll tell you exactly how to do Z.”
Something that gives them a reason to respond. A reason to raise their hand and say, “Yes, please get in touch with me.”
Adding a CTA makes everything better. It allows you to attract both customers that are ready to buy now and customers that are still thinking about it. You build a list, a herd of people interested in whatever you’re selling. You’re building marketing equity for both today and tomorrow.
So let’s start adding CTAs to your marketing. It’s easy, doesn’t cost anything, and it can change EVERYTHING for you.
Talk soon,
Arno
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