๐—›๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฆ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—น ๐—ช๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜ ๐—ฃ๐—ถ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ข๐—ป ๐— ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ช๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด๐˜€

You’ve seen this scene in a hundred horror movies.

The family knows the house is haunted. Furniture moves by itself. Something growls from the basement. The television starts talking to their daughter.

And what do they do? They stay another night.

You want to grab them by the shoulders and shout, “GET OUT OF THE HOUSE!”

Your prospects can be just as frustrating.

They know their website isn’t converting. They know their advertising is wasting money. They know their sales process needs fixing.

They agree with your diagnosis. They believe your evidence. They may even compliment your presentation.

Then they do absolutely nothing.

But here’s the mistake copywriters make: they assume the prospect needs another reminder of how serious the problem is.

So they pile on more warnings, alarming statistics, and worst-case scenarios.

But the prospect already believes the house is haunted.

๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐—ฏ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐˜† ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ณ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ณ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—บ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ด๐—ป๐—ถ๐˜‡๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ด๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜„๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฑ๐—ผ ๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜ ๐—ถ๐˜.

Perhaps they don’t know where to begin. Maybe they’re worried about the cost, the disruption, or making an expensive mistake.

Your copy needs to address those concerns instead of continuing to describe the monster.

Show what happens after the order. Explain the first step. Demonstrate how implementation works. Remove unnecessary commitments and give the prospect a manageable way to begin.

When somebody already knows they’re living in a haunted house, another ghost story won’t help.

๐—ฆ๐—ต๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—บ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฒ๐˜…๐—ถ๐˜.

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By Richard

Richard is a copywriter and direct response specialist.