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The Single-Most
POWERFUL
Word In
PERSUASION
by Roy Furr
THE SINGLE-MOST POWERFUL WORD IN PERSUASION • BY ROY FURR
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THE SINGLE-MOST POWERFUL WORD IN PERSUASION • BY ROY FURR
Heck, even if you can guess what it is, chances are 99-to-1 that you have no clue how to use
it. At least when it comes to having a breakthrough, transformational impact because of
how you use this one word.
First of all, I’m going to give you some crap for even reading this.
And it’s not just me stalling, or giving you crap for the hell of it — it’s key to the lesson.
Because the headline that hooked you into reading this implies that this secret word
is some kind of persuasion “tactic.”
And if you think that way, you might get a little bit of what you want in life.
But the true riches — and especially, the true happiness — will never come from
chasing tactics.
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THE SINGLE-MOST POWERFUL WORD IN PERSUASION • BY ROY FURR
… Until the car you’re chasing slams on the brakes — and you smash your snout into its
back bumper, and collapse into a whimpering heap on the pavement.
Usually when someone tells you about some super-powerful persuasion word, it’s all
tactics.
And that’s why even if you know what the word is…
Chances are STILL 99-to-1 that you don’t know what makes it so powerful, or how to
use it.
(You’ll want to keep reading this until the very end because once you’re done, you WILL
know how to use this for maximum effectiveness.)
“Because.”
Zilch.
Nada!
A series of tests were done where someone tried to “cut” in line at a copy machine.
They changed the language they used when asking to cut in line, and how it impacted
results.
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THE SINGLE-MOST POWERFUL WORD IN PERSUASION • BY ROY FURR
60% of the people asked this question let the experimenter cut in line, and make their
copies first.
Here they simply added the word “because” with a simple explanation for why they wanted
to cut.
Half again more from the simple addition of “because” with a reason.
“Excuse me, I have 5 pages. May I use the Xerox machine because I have to make copies?”
Who the heck uses a copier who DOESN’T have to make copies?
And yet, instead of the 94% compliance they got from offering a reasonable explanation for
why they should be allowed to cut…
They still got 93% of the people being asked to let them cut in line!
That’s right…
Only 1% of the people asked actually THOUGHT about the reason given after the
word “because” and allowed that to influence their decision…
Which means that by simply adding the word “because” with ANY explanation that doesn’t
sound like total bull dung is likely to increase compliance by nearly 50% — with more than
9 out of every 10 people complying.
And how you can use “because” to get everything you want in life!
Rewind to the very beginning of the 20th Century, to the place where modern direct
response advertising was born…
Home of the legendary Claude Hopkins, Albert Lasker, and John E. Kennedy…
Kennedy was the copywriter who actually came up with the single-best definition of
advertising…
“Salesmanship multiplied.”
In it, he explained how in order to be successful — in order to sell — your advertising must
strike a “responsive chord” with your readers. That it must go into the mind of the prospect
and figure out what it is that will make them want to buy.
And that, it must use the desires they already have to craft a compelling “reason why” they
should respond.
And offering it to them in a way that gives them a “reason why” they need to respond
now.
Quoting another legend, Zig Ziglar, “You can have everything you want in life, if you will just
help other people get what they want.”
It’s implicit.
Roy Furr
http://www.BreakthroughMarketingSecrets.com
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