A timeless concept within the form of art known as sales, a call to action is vital. And in fact, while it’s easy to work ourselves right around the known and proven traditional tactics of selling when creating a website, for most, this is exactly what a website is supposed to do — sell a product or service to the visitors. On the web, the call to action is vital.
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What you just read was one form of a call to action. It’s intended to spur you to become more involved with what you’re reading — whether it’s consciously or subconsciously. It is also remarkably simple, but it works!
Of course, that’s just one kind of call to action. There many more types and purposes. We can help you though — just call give us a call anytime at 1-800-555-5555 and we’ll be glad to answer any of your questions!
Okay, you’re right — that was another call to action right there. And a very important one at that. Asking your visitors to take the next step and give you a call helps them to understand that you’re eager and ready to help them reach the objective they’re trying to reach. It also gives you an incredible opportunity to speak to them directly — which can be a remarkably effective form of selling.
Take the next step now… why wait?
This kind of call to action offers a bit of encouragement for a potential customer to move quickly. It’s about the "why not, what’s there to lose" mindset. After all, there’s no obligation. It can be helpful to use this kind of call to action on a website here and there — although you don’t want to over-do this technique and come across as being too pushy.
Which brings us to the next point. The sweet spot with direct selling and call to action is often thought of as being that point between being comfortable and being too pushy. You’ve got to take and edge and reach out to the potential customer, but you generally don’t want to over-hype it up or anything like that. Find a sweet spot.
Click here to buy it now!
Finally, Giving your customers the opportunity a couple of times on the page to take the next action — such as clicking through to the order page, for example — not only gives subtle cues that purchasing can be a good thing… it also puts the opportunity right in front of their eyes, exactly where they happen to be focused on the page. If you only wait to the very end, you might miss the chance.
But don’t forget to still ask for the sale one last time at the end of the page anyway; this is important too…
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Until Next Time.
George Chaney
President/CEO
SEO King, Inc.
