Archive for the 'Benefits & Features' Category


Are Features All that Matter?

Published on Dec 15th, 2008 in Benefits & Features | No Comments »

Like so many other marketers, Seth Godin, author of such marketing must reads as Tribes: We Need You to Lead Us,Meatball Sundae: Is Your Marketing out of Sync?and All Marketers Are Liars: The Power of Telling Authentic Stories in a Low-Trust World,has taken some space on his blog to comment on the marketing machine that [...]

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The Qualities of a Magnificent Coach

Published on Dec 3rd, 2008 in Benefits & Features, Ideal Clients, Marketing Funnels | No Comments »

Back in September of 2006, I did a K-cast with Nicki McClusky, of findyourvoicecoach.com. The theme was, “What are the qualities of magnificent coaches?”
Exquisite listening: they have a way of listening from the soul: for values, for vision, for purpose, in addition to hearing the client’s actual words.
Seeing the client as they truly are: which [...]

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Benefits vs. Features

Published on Sep 21st, 2008 in Benefits & Features | No Comments »

Probably one of the toughest things you’ll learn in business is discerning the difference between benefits and features. And this knowledge can make or break your business … because people buy benefits, not features. So if you’re pushing the features of your products and services, you’re not going to sell much.
Thing is, features are easy [...]

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