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Answer Upon - How Much Incentive Do You Need To Give Your Prospects For Them To Respond?
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What type of people do you attract by dropping your price? Price-shoppers looking for a discount? Or future clients seeking quality?
They switch to your product or service to save $5 or $25…then switch back to your competition when the sale is over.
But for the sake of this short arti
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What type of people do you attract by dropping your price? Price-shoppers looking for a discount? Or future clients seeking quality?
They switch to your product or service to save $5 or $25…then switch back to your competition when the sale is over.
But for the sake of this short arti
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But for the sake of this short article, let us assume that dropping prices is a good way to win customers.
How much should you drop it?
The best way to know is to test. You may find the results interesting.
Many studies have shown that anything beyond a $5 incentive has little effect on response. For example, let’s say a postcard campaign is receiving a 10% response rate with a $5 discount. Next run, you try a $25 or $50 discount, but only receive a 12% return. (Hard compensation for an extra $20-$45 profit loss.)
Why is this happening?
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