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In this video I'm going to give you 5
tips to create an irresistible call to
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action. A strong call to action is the difference
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between a page that converts and one that
falls flat.
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So the first tip to create an
irresistible call to our action is to
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have a call to action on every page.
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Not just your home page, but also your
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blog posts, in your emails and really any
Facebook posts or any marketing content
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that you do.
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Because everything that you write should
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have a call to action.
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After all, you're creating that piece of
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content for a specific reason.
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You want to build engagement with your
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prospects, an audience, and really get
them to start taking action.
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And it might not always be the call to
action on your homepage, such as signing
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up for the 14 day trial.
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It could be signed up to your mailing
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list so then you can potentially sell to
them later on, or it might even be in an
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email getting them to share it with
somebody.
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Or reply to you so you can learn a little
bit more about their problems and what
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you can help them with.
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But really you should be engaging with
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your audience at every opportunity that
you can to really build.
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That a relationship where you do
something and they take action, and
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that's why you should have a call to
action on every page.
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Now, you also recommend that you begin
with the end in mind.
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So before you start writing anything in
email or blog posts or a landing page,
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decide what action you want that reader
to take at the end so you're really clear
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on us, because if you're not clear on it,
they're not going to know what to do.
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So the second tip to create an
irresistible call to action.
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To start with a verb, now it is called a
call to action.
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So really, start that call to action with
action verbs like stars.
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Try, download, subscribe, watch, share,
fill out, find out, shop or order.
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It just makes it really clear that they
are.
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You're expecting them to take an action,
and the best way to show that is by
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starting with an action verb.
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Now some of these action verbs like start
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or try are great to use.
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Because they don't seem as committal as
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something like buy or shop and that's why
a lot of sites, even online course sites
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like Udemy will say try any course enroll
today instead of buy or shop because it
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sounds like not a big commitment.
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So if you have the option try and pick a
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verb like start or try that doesn't sound
like a big of a commitment like shop or
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order. Now the third tip.
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To create an irresistible call to action
is to create a sense of urgency.
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And here are some easy ways to create a
sense of urgency.
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In your call to action include words like
click now, try our software or service
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today, limited time offer quantities
limited only 47 left sale ends on August
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thirty first.
Doors closed on Thursday and don't miss
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out. These are all ways to create that sense
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of urgency and.
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This has been a technique used before the
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Internet was even invented to get people
to buy things.
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The closing, then sales that you might
see in a retail shop.
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The Christmas sales, the January sales.
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People know that there's a deadline
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there, and that really encourages them to
buy because it creates that sense of
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urgency now.
The fourth tip to create an irresistible
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call to action is to really just make it
visible.
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You need to.
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Be really clear on what you expect people
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to do.
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They don't have time to figure it out
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what they're supposed to do next.
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So you should really draw the user's eye
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to the action you want them to take.
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And you can use contrasting colors like
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maybe on a website or in a blog post like
for example here you can see I've
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highlighted in yellow and yellow box here
the call to action which is to download a
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PDF and of course they enter their email
in order to get that so I get their email
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address. But on the page, hopefully it's a bit
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zoomed out, but you can see that really
does catch the attention of the blog
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post. Now also in the sidebar here, hopefully
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you can see that this really is a
contrasting color I've used to catch
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attention and it's the email signup form
in the sidebar of my website.
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But if you're using an email for example,
you can just simply bold a call to action
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like I've done here on the slide and you
can really see it.
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Os or sticks out.
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Another tip for emails as well as
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actually paste the full link into the
email.
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When people see links, they automatically
know that they're supposed to click on
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them. And I would recommend you paste the full
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link in rather than say click here,
because if you just have click here it
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can really get lost.
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It's easy to miss, and if you want to
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make it visible in an email, you can just
paste the whole link in, even on a
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Facebook post as well.
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Pasting the whole link in makes it really
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visible. Really obvious what you want them to do.
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So tip number four is to make it visible.
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Now tip number five is to minimize the
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risk. If you want to really reduce people's
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fears and hesitations, you should
minimize the risk and really make it easy
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for them to say yes.
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And there's a couple of ways that you can
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do that.
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One is the money back guarantee, and you
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can use the phrase like join today and
enjoy our 100 % money back guarantee for
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30 days.
You can also use something more specific,
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like if you don't get extra results by X
time, then I'll give you 100 % of your
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investment back, no questions asked.
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And that's a good phrase to use because
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you're getting 100 % of your investment
back.
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So it's making them think that's an
investment.
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It's not just an expense.
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And also no questions asked also reduces
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the risk because they know, OK, I'm not
going to be bounced around from support
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teams. There's nothing I have to do.
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In order to get the refund, it's just no
questions asked, and so that's often a
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good little phrase to put in to minimize
the risk.
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Now, another way you can minimize the
risk is by saying something like start
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your free trial today.
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No credit card required, no software to
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install. So the risk is not just in terms of their
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money, but it's also their time and
effort.
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So if you say there's no credit card
required, that means they won't have to
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cancel it or remember to cancel it later
on.
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And there's no big installation process,
which really means there's no risk of
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their time and wasting it.
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Another phrase that can be good to use is
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something like download and get started
today, sign up in just 60 seconds, get
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approved in just 8 minutes.
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It's another thing I've seen and those
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specific time numbers really minimize the
risk and say, OK, I'm not going to be
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doing this for the next two hours.
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I can get this done quickly, and it's
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going to be quick to get going.
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So that wraps up the five tips to create
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an irresistible call to action so really
what you need to do is be sure to use all
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these 5 tips when writing your next call
to action.
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Remember that a strong call to action is
the difference between a page that
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converts and one that doesn't.
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So take this seriously and apply those 5
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tips to your next call to action.
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