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Pre-Sell: How To Sell Something That Doesn’t Exist

Author: Sean D'Souza

Not one of us has ever been able to check in to our local airport, get on a rocket and zoom into outer space. Well, not yet at least.

So for all practical reasons, the product/service doesn't exist. But that doesn't stop people from signing up to be on the first space flight.

So how do you sell something that doesn't exist?

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No one has their spacesuits ironed yet, but the price-tag is out already.

So just how do you pre-sell the unknown?

Hmmm, how would you tell someone about a kiwi for instance, if that person had never seen a kiwi before?

Well, you could draw a representation of the kiwi. Or you could describe it with words. Or if you knew how to replicate the sound of the kiwi's mating call 😉 you could describe it with sound.

Sound. Visual. Text

It doesn't matter what you sell: You can represent your training, products or services with sound, visuals and text.

Let's take an example of a product for instance—A New Album

So how is it being pre-sold? It's being pre-sold through sound and visuals (that's video), through text, and through graphical representations of what's coming.

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All artists pre-sell their albums way in advance through different media.

But what if you wanted to pre-sell your consulting practice instead?

All you have to do is show the customer a visual representation of what your schedule looks like. While largely devoid of text and sound, the calendar visually sums up the spots remaining, and therefore pre-sells the remaining dates.

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Of course almost all events are pre-sold without exception

And whether you're hosting a teleconference, or a workshop, or any kind of training, you'll need a combination of sound, text and visuals to pre-sell the event. In fact, if you pay close attention, you'll quickly see sound, text as well as visuals are critical to sell an event.

Which brings us back to the rocket thing. At the point of this article being written, you can't really jump into a rocket and soar off into outer space. But hey, that isn't stopping the rocket guys from doing a pre-sell!

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Filed Under: Pre-Sell Tagged With: info products, infomarketing, information marketing, information products, small business marketing ideas

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  1. how to play bass says

    April 29, 2010 at 12:39 am

    There are two other great thing about pre-selling – one is that you find out if there is a demand for your product. And the other one is that it sends a psychological deadline for all of us procrastinators out there.

    Pre-selling was one of the best pieces of advice I got from Sean. Works like a charm every time.

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