Help Customers Buy by Answering, “Is Changing More Uncomfortable Than Not Changing?”

(NOTE: In 2022, I analogized Marshall Goldsmith’s "What Got You Here Won't Get You There". HERE & THERE refer to those posts.)

We’re still covering whether people believe changes are necessary & which preparations make changes worthwhile.

Difficult preparations discourage motivated people by benefits. Advantage offers reduce friction & augment motives. When they’re home/HERE, customers feel authentically confident if they’ve established some influence/control before conditions deteriorate.

Too many “necessary” routines/results might not feel worthwhile. Distance to THERE/results might matter more than perceived hardships HERE & while moving.

What’s customers’ beginning-to-end return-on-investment? Consider hassles of research, planning, resource shopping, step-by-step processes, then monitoring/maintaining another result? Excessive personal costs deplete people who can’t maximize desired/necessary achievements.

Advantage offers reduce physical loads & cognitive labor to lift customers, so accomplishments/destinations are reachable.

Destination conditions & resources can be beneficial & become advantageous with maximized preparations. ‘Product-X $50’ “offers” don’t indicate/influence expected results, so how could buyers feel prepared? If people expect too little, they don’t recognize enough value.

For people to believe offers are valuable, retailers should develop functional hope by compellingly (logically+emotionally) describing how customers can create/retain value.

Prospects' enthusiasm & other emotions might drag logic along while it seemingly objects. If offers have negative connotations, people might struggle to use logic to drag emotions to decisions.

Imagine Logic & Emotions Proceeding Hand-In-Hand.

Compelling offers should facilitate decisions & induce harmonious balance. Do you figure customers’ stress is beyond your responsibilities? Do you add empathetic values to products & inspire members to reprioritize/adjust plans/budgets instead of settling for their status quo?

Outcompete others by developing advantage offers while harmoniously balancing your costs & potential profits.

NEWS FLASH: Priorities overwhelm consumers. Don’t assume people are motivated to remember offers or proactively seek facts. Apply facts to members’ priorities by explaining advantages.

Headlines/Opening statements should: 1-Boost awareness of/attention to advantages while inspiring interest, so niche members prioritize researching/thinking &/or 2-Present desired happiness options or methods for coping with, mitigating/remedying stressors.

Why do some retailers introduce themselves in commercials before offering anything? Did members lose sleep wondering about retailers’ names?

Let’s continue analogizing extraterrestrials instead of stereotyping Earthlings.

What’s most concerning to Doomtopians? Does pollution interfere with sleep because of breathing trouble or poisons undermining health? Which would disrupt more life aspects- staying or leaving home?

Environmentalists might figure their deteriorating “home” leaves them dispossessed. They’ll leave declining conditions which feel familiar yet threatening. Identities are shaped by homes/HERE & vice versa. Declining health limits abilities & affects self-concepts.

Whether positive/negative, long-term conditions can permeate self-concepts. If people aren’t liberated by safe vulnerability in mental/physical “homes”, exhaustion inflicts negative vulnerability.

Which insightful facts do you provide for subconscious processing while conscious minds play/rest? Though stress might motivate, leisure allows mental clarity & confident decisions.

Ideal homes are chosen for criteria (comfort, security & affordability) when people imagine themselves living well. How do you help members form criteria? Somewhat like clothing, people can visualize/try-on potential homes mentally/physically.

Though Doomtopians want comfortable identities, New-topia (potential THERE) is noticed, but unexplored, unfelt & unheard.

Stress can diminish self-identities as people struggle toward distant relief, they doubt their judgment, then themselves. To offset negatives, people might repeat intriguing conceptions which start feeling reachable/achievable.

People grasp preferred story-interpretations. Interpretations combine previous & current inputs & experiences. If terminology & observational interpretations link positive experiences, repetition is likely. Your ads & consultations can suggest favorable terms to shape desires & experiential descriptions. Bland terms bring bland expectations & memories.

Experiences are influenced by moods during activities. Using high-quality product descriptions matched with skills, encourage customers to avoid feeling defeated by unsolved problems or project mishaps. Functionally hopeful people don’t settle for final defeats.

Result misinterpretations might bring self-blame. Misunderstood consequences discourage attempts. Insecurity could prompt withdrawing or refusing to accept blame plus block learning & succeeding.

Without previous launches, Doomtopians aren’t prepared to evaluate multiple results or consider criticism. Step-by-step projects could be tested/launched incrementally & expose troubles.

Guide members step-by-step to satisfy desires. People sink into doubts like mental quicksand & negative memories are like outdated quicksand warnings. Differentiate your store & advantage offers by differentiating “solid-ground” from “quicksand” so members recognize you as a teammate in identifying & avoiding hazards.

Depending on internal stories, Doomtopians might perceive space-travel as riskier than pollution instead of escaping prolonged hazards. Consider how Doomtopians still suffer physically, which increases mental suffering raising cumulative suffering.

Hope relieves some suffering. Cognitive labor brings fulfilled plans which build functional hope as environmentalists pursue happiness by increasing distance from hopeless stagnation. If people aren’t pursuing happiness, are they pursued by problems? Are they freezing or delaying excessively?

Without polluters’ cooperation, environmentalists barely influence conditions but can control space-travel. What indicates Doomtopia is beyond practical remediation? Senses detect important issues since Doomtopia is polluted. Thick air-pollution can be tasted & smelled but easily dismissed depending on motivations.

Environmentalists prepare to leave Doomtopia because their troubles are caused by pollution. They don’t know if they’ll have less severe troubles as extraterrestrials on New-topia. Various providers & trip planners can offer relief from exit-related uncertainties/pressures plus healthcare might increase readiness.

Planners Can Compare “What We Know:” to “What We’ll Learn:”.

These facts outline safety & progress issues for studying discoveries to prepare for New-topia.

Before direct experiences are possible, evolving observations can help environmentalists discuss & mentally test options & build preliminary confidence. While accumulating observations, travelers can adjust functional hope while comparing preferences with Doomtopia experiences. Positive expectations are important for avoiding regret about leaving/losing most valued possessions.

Without confidence, people might generalize negatively. Others create “evidence” while believing they’re prepared/qualified. Interpretations affect whether travelers believe their destination is/could become better than Doomtopia. Can they bring appropriate remedial resources? Are they concerned about their skills & knowledge being irrelevant?

How much/quickly can they adapt current skills & knowledgebases? Will adaptations negate anything they value? Can adaptations be completed with familiar resources &/or resources available on New-topia? Can environmentalists survive unknown circumstances while finishing adaptations?

Will current New-topians accept/cooperate with arriving environmentalists & their efforts? Distant observations tentatively indicate New-topia fulfills criteria. What indicates New-topia is/will remain suitable with Doomtopian practices? In effect, travelers would accept software-like terms & conditions before leaving. Users are screwed even if firms should’ve known/knew about problems.

If environmentalists arrive to find more negatives than expected positives, their supplies would be incompatible with conditions, but leaving wouldn’t be practical. Bigger spaceships could hold more supplies but require more manufacturing materials & fuel for liftoff.

Like Earthlings discover, preparations are finite so customer integrators guide acquisitions according to practicalities. Other retailers push whatever’s profitable.

As Doomtopia Declines, Environmentalists Have Maintenance Tasks.

Medium-term & short-term tasks are important for maintaining foundational factors even while longer-term projects progress. If people lose focus on any necessities, eventually life foundations seemingly crack/shatter as stress weighs down.

Doomtopians were split. Polluters figure they’re maximizing “their” Utopia. Polluters insulted environmentalists, who still had daily responsibilities while suffering with polluter-inflicted health problems & evacuation preparations.

To-do lists became overdue lists. Investments were necessary for hardware, software & education.

Focus your offers on positivity of efforts/escaping to reach advantages instead of tolerating increasing losses. Help members recognize threats with advantageous consultations to encourage members to overcome risks.

Earthly Offer Example: 'As you consider priorities, is your to-do list becoming an overdue list? Though you're handy with tools, are 2 hands enough for all responsibilities? Which tools are worn-out, outdated or incompatible with your goals? Our retailer teammates are: (list). With consultations, you & teammates can determine what you can do or delegate. Since you want to settle these issues, let's find high-quality materials & tools so you'll have top-notch advantages. If you settle for less, you'll have more trouble later. Don’t do that to yourself. Though big retailers sold you cheap stuff before, you're wiser now & expect better. Your advantages require advantageous products & best practices whether you do the work or prevent stress by delegating to our team.'

Earthlings plan transitions but can’t afford premature changes. Example: While moving, I needed to maintain & carefully use my previous vehicle. Since pushing/removing possessions could tear car interiors, I delayed my car purchase. Though I wanted a better vehicle, I tolerated a deteriorating vehicle until I finished my task. Rushing could’ve relieved short-term stress but been harder on my body long-term & busted my vehicle early.

Gardening & other planned projects/tasks can include opposite priorities/desires & conflicting plants/chemicals.

People’s choices often preclude multiple desired fulfillments because of limited resources. While mentally wrapped in deliberations, people might miss unremedied smaller growing issues. People might regret logical, emotionally satisfying purchases because other necessary resources are gone & advantages are out-of-reach.

Consumers might avoid Fear-Of-Missing-Out but suffer regret of yielding to temptations.

Whether negatives are externally inflicted or from mistakes, your advantage offers can warn niche members.

As a customer integrator, your connections will bring 2-way communication/rapport. You can confirm customers’ awareness of problems/remedies & opportunities. Customers will trust you to answer questions without exploiting their vulnerability.

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