New Client Brainstormer SALES COPY & MARKETING BRAINSTORMER™ 1. Name First Last 2. What is the name of your business? 3. Do you have a business nickname? "i.e. The Queen of _______" or "America's Leading Authority on ____"4. Please enter your email. 5. Enter the URL of the website that is most relevant to our project. (Mention any others you’d like me to see as well)6. Briefly describe what you are selling. Examples: "It's a ___(what?)___________ that does __(What?)_____ for (Who)_______" OR "It's a _____(What?)_______ that helps _____(Whom)_____ do______(What?)___" OR I help ______(who)______ do/get/achieve/ _____(result)______ so that they can ______(end results)_____7. Tell me everything you know about your target customer. Think both demographics and psychographics if possible. So "single mom between 35-45" would be a demographic, and "...who wants to home-school her kids because she distrusts public education" or "who is at the end of her rope balancing work and home life" would be psychographics. 8. What is the biggest, “hairiest” problem your customer has -- that your product or service is meant to help fix?9. How aware is he/she that this IS a problem? (If she is NOT conscious of the problem, or is tolerating it, we’ll have to start with raising awareness)Time to dust off your acting skills. Imagine you are your customer, being asked to share your feelings about the problem she is facing. For the next few questions, fill in the blanks, as if you were complaining or explaining your feelings about the problem AS "her." Write as many examples for each one as you can think of. Don't edit or erase. If one of your answers jumps out as REALLY juicy to you, put a star next to it.10. "When I think about (problem), I feel ____ because ____."11. "I worry that ____"12. "What REALLY sucks about this is ____"13. "If I don't solve this soon, ______"14. "This problem is stopping me from ______"15. "And it's affecting other areas of my life, such as _____"16. OK, stop playacting - Anything else I should know about your customer?17. Now imagine paradise for your client. Her problem is solved. What does that look like?Don't mention how your product comes into it. Just paint a picture of life after the problem is solved or the goal is achieved. 18. Fill in the blanks "as" your happy customer. (write as much as you want)"I feel _____ now because ____"Now I can"Now I can 19. "This is also great for my __(health, business, etc.) __because ______"Think of the ripple effect solving the problem could have on other areas of her life or business. For example, losing weight could be great for her health, but also for her family because she has more energy for them, her love life because she feels more attractive for her mate, her career because she feels more confident and looks more capable to her superiors, and her mood because she loves the way she looks. Fill in as many of these as you can. We may not use them all, but you may find extra benefits that will strengthen your copy. 20. "The best thing about this is ________ "21. What is the name of your product or service?22. How/why does your product/service solve or help solve the client's problem?23. In what ways is your product different or better than other similar products she could buy or may already have bought?24. Now think of other ways (NOT competing products) your customer could try to solve her problem. How is your solution superior to those? Or how could your product enhance what she may already be doing?For example, if your product helps with relationships, your customer might also try going it alone, hiring a marriage counselor or talking it out with her friends. 25. Making Your Case -- do you have any testimonials from users of this product or other products of services of yours? Describe briefly.26. Do you have any statistics or results to share?You might mention how many people you have helped, how much money they made, etc. OR you can share general statistics from your industry, i.e. how many marriages end in divorce or how many young couples fight over money. 27. Is your expertise based on your personal experience? Tell your story here.Your expertise can come from your professional experience (25 years as a marriage counselor for example) , OR it could be your own story of overcoming the problem your product is designed to solve. Were you once where your customer is now? ("My marriage was headed off a cliff... and here's what I did to turn it around"). FEATURES28. List the features of your product or service.What elements does your customer receive? How long does it run or how many modules are there? What are the pieces or elements they get? 29. Taking each feature separately, what is the benefit(s) of each one?For example, if you are giving mp3 recordings of your class, a benefit would be the ability to review the material again and again, or catch up if they are unable to attend the live class. A good way to find the benefit of your feature is to add "so that". "The course is being conducted online, so that you can attend from the comfort of home and save travel time and costs." 30. Are you offering any bonuses? If so, what? Describe each one and why it's valuable for your client or how it will enhance the main product for themHINT: Is there any especially valuable feature or element you are including with your product that you could separate out and designate as a standalone bonus? Examples might be assessments, consulting time with you, software or apps, a community element such as a forum or Facebook group. 31. Is the product or any of the bonuses limited -- that is, there is only a certain number available, or expire at a certain time? Yes No 32. If YES, explain.33. Are you offering a guarantee? Describe it. If you're not sure, just write "not sure yet"34. Explain the pricing details of your product, including any payment plans or "early bird" pricing35. Anything else I should know? (LAST CHANCE!!)WHEW. You're done.NEXT STEPS: Please send an email NOW to me at lisa@lisarothstein.com and copy my assistant Sharon at team@lisarothstein.com to alert us that you've completed this. In the meantime, why not gather testimonials and details of bonuses you will not have included in the form so they can be added as we go. Don't have these yet? Go get 'em! There must be lots of folks who have nice things to say about you 🙂 It's so exciting to be collaborating with you! Lisa P.S. Questions? Hit us up at team@lisarothstein.com Δ