There’s no right or wrong answer.
You probably use a bit of both.
Let me splain’ the difference with a story:
Imagine for a moment you’re driving somewhere you’ve driven to a million times before. You’re behind the wheel. It’s a perfect day outside. You haven’t a trouble in the world.
What crosses your mind when you’re in this zone?
Who you’ll see once you get to where you’re going…
What your plans later in the week…
How great the weather is outside…
And a million other things.
But you aren’t thinking about driving, right?
Because you’ve driven this route a million times before.
During this kind of driving your brain is in “right brained” mode.
But what if there’s a detour in the road?
And your brain has to think of a new route. At this moment, your brain shifts from right-brain to left-brain thinking in order to solve this problem.
Make sense?
Marketing messages are the same enchilada.
Anytime you hit your prospect with a fact… a feature… a benefit… you appeal to their left brain… the rational side of their brain that analyzes the ba-jeebers out of everything.
But switch to a story… an outcome… or a metaphor… and you appeal to your prospect’s right-brain.
The part that’s creative.
That feels.
That uses intuition to make decisions.
Which side of the brain should you appeal to most often?
Both are good.
But I’d rather appeal to the right side of my prospect’s brain.
Why?
Because despite that fact that everyone thinks they’re logical… the truth is… we all make emotional decisions for most things.
Want proof?
Think about the last time you bought something significant.
There were two sides of your brain talking.
The left side said:
You can afford this.
You deserve this.
You work hard in order to afford this.
And the right side of your brain said:
You want this.
It feels right.
I’m going to get it.
Both sides made the decisions.
But the right side of the brain (assuming everything else is equal) wins out. Just look at all the credit card debt in America. Why is this? Because people make buying decisions with their emotions despite the fact that they don’t have the cash to pay for things.
So all I’m saying is you should think about this before crafting your next sales and marketing message because it can be the small difference… that makes a big difference… in your results.
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