| If you'd like to know how to use your competition's | | | | "You'd be much better off learning 'tournament' |
| own products and services against them -- while | | | | based martial arts - like Brazilian jiu-jitsu, karate, |
| adding an extra layer of persuasion to your sales | | | | tae-kwon-do or even boxing. Where you'll have a |
| letters and ads -- then this article will show you how. | | | | referee and lots of 'rules' to make sure you don't |
| Look, as much as you may not want to | | | | injure yourself or anyone else..." |
| acknowledge them, you have competition. If you | | | | In this case, the ad completely invalidates the |
| don't, if you somehow found a virgin market nobody | | | | competition for people who want to learn hard-core |
| else on the planet knows about, then you will some | | | | fighting, and not just "martial arts" or other |
| day and this will apply then. | | | | sports-related fighting skills. |
| But the point here is you have competition. We all do. | | | | And if you really want to add some power to your |
| And one of the things most of are tempted to do in | | | | copy...boldly tell your readers to compare you to the |
| our ads is ignore them and act like they don't exist. | | | | competition. You can use it in your body copy and |
| Sometimes that's a good idea but, as you will see, | | | | even in your guarantee by saying something like: |
| you can also use the existence of your competition | | | | "Try our widget. If you don't think it absolutely blows |
| to your advantage in your copy. | | | | away the widgets sold by Company X, return it for a |
| How? | | | | full and immediate refund..." |
| Simple: You acknowledge them...and then invalidate | | | | Do you see how this works? |
| them. | | | | You are actually using the weight and strength of |
| In other words, you come right on out and tell them | | | | your competition's product or service against |
| about your competition...followed by why they should | | | | themselves. |
| choose you over them. | | | | Instead of trying to pretend you have no |
| For example, here's a piece of copy from an ad | | | | competition, you actually come right on out and |
| running right now teaching people about | | | | declare they exist...and then spin it into yet another |
| street-fighting: | | | | reason for people to buy from you. |