{"id":3875,"date":"2010-01-15T08:02:42","date_gmt":"2010-01-15T13:02:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/37d57f8fa2.nxcli.io\/blog\/?p=3875"},"modified":"2010-01-14T09:19:26","modified_gmt":"2010-01-14T14:19:26","slug":"create-winning-guarantee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.marketingforsuccess.com\/blog\/copywriting\/create-winning-guarantee\/","title":{"rendered":"How To Create A Winning Guarantee"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Today having a money back guarantee in your ads, web copy, emails and sales letters is mainstream. It\u2019s expected of you. But rattling off a guarantee isn\u2019t as effective as it used to be.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Perhaps you\u2019ve already discovered this. In this article, I\u2019m going to show you several types of guarantees you can use and how to leverage your guarantee as a point of value.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Typically, the longer the money back guarantee, the less refunds you\u2019ll end up having. The reason why is because people <!--more-->tend to procrastinate. The more time they have, the longer they\u2019ll put off requesting a refund. Now if your guarantee is short, they\u2019ll have the motivation to act.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Now for the types of guarantees you can use.<a href=\"https:\/\/www.marketingforsuccess.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/copywriting-guarantee.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-3877\" title=\"copywriting guarantee\" src=\"https:\/\/www.marketingforsuccess.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/copywriting-guarantee.jpg\" alt=\"copywriting guarantee\" width=\"150\" height=\"113\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Standard Money Back Guarantee:<\/span> This is the typical guarantee most people employ, wherein you offer a 30-day, 60-day or 1-year return policy. If you plan on selling on Clickbank you\u2019ll be restricted to a 60-day money back guarantee. Copy for a standard guarantee will run along the lines of this:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\u201cTry my ____ for 60 days and if you\u2019re not 100% delighted then simply return it for a prompt and courteous refund with no questions asked.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Double Your Money Back Guarantee:<\/span> This is a very powerful guarantee but few people are willing to use it. That\u2019s easy to understand why when you consider that you stand to lose money from people who are freeloaders.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">However, marketing tests show this type of guarantee almost always increases sales conversions significantly. The copy for this type of guarantee usually goes like this:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\u201cIf you don\u2019t boost your profits by ________, then return the materials in good condition and show us proof you tried the program as described and you\u2019ll get double your money back!\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Another version of this guarantee would involve not giving double their money back if they requested a refund, but instead ten dollars extra or some such amount. For the faint of heart, this variation of the double your money back guarantee will still effectively boost your conversions.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">It\u2019s important how you describe your guarantee too. Effective phraseology includes:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Satisfaction Guarantee; Generous 60-Day Money Back Guarantee; Try it Risk-Free for 90 Days, Prove it at Our Risk for 30 Days, Examine it for a Full Year on a 100% No Risk Basis, Double-Your-Money-Back Guarantee!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">These are just a few of the many variations possible. When writing copy for your guarantee you want to use it as an opportunity to further sell your product\/service. So instead of the standard guarantee \u2026<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em>\u201c30 Day Money Back Guarantee<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em> <\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em>Try my _____ risk-free for 30 days and if you\u2019re not completely delighted then send it back for a full refund, with no questions asked.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\u2026 You can improve it by adding value and benefit-laden copy like this \u2026<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em>\u201c60-Day Money Back Guarantee<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em> <\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em>If you don\u2019t see an instant savings of ____ in 1 week and then a further savings of ____ 2 weeks, then send it back and we\u2019ll refund your money in full with no questions asked. You deserve results and we 100% guarantee you\u2019ll get your money\u2019s worth many times over.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em>&#8211; Mike<br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n<table style=\"text-align: left;\" border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"8\" cellpadding=\"8\" width=\"450\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"450\" height=\"0\" valign=\"top\" bgcolor=\"#ececec\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marketingforsuccess.com\/blog\/mike-jezek\/\">About Mike Jezek<\/a><\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mfsstore.com\/writingcopy.html\"><strong><br \/>\nRelated Resources<\/strong><\/a><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marketingforsuccess.com\/blog\/author\/mjezek\/\"><br \/>\nMore Posts by Mike Jezek<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>To discover the easy and inexpensive ways <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">anyone can attract more clients and maximize their profits<\/span>, sign up for your<strong> <\/strong><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marketingforsuccess.com\/free8-s.html\">FREE <\/a><\/strong><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marketingforsuccess.com\/free8-s.html\">Profit Now <\/a><\/strong><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marketingforsuccess.com\/free8-s.html\">Report<\/a>. <\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<div class=\"zemanta-pixie\" style=\"margin-top: 10px; height: 15px; text-align: left;\"><a class=\"zemanta-pixie-a\" title=\"Reblog this post [with Zemanta]\" href=\"http:\/\/reblog.zemanta.com\/zemified\/0990939f-7d55-424d-a164-4434e3d90fe7\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"zemanta-pixie-img\" style=\"border: medium none; float: right;\" src=\"http:\/\/img.zemanta.com\/reblog_e.png?x-id=0990939f-7d55-424d-a164-4434e3d90fe7\" alt=\"Reblog this post [with Zemanta]\" \/><\/a><span class=\"zem-script more-related more-info pretty-attribution paragraph-reblog\"><script src=\"http:\/\/static.zemanta.com\/readside\/loader.js\" type=\"text\/javascript\"><\/script><\/span><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today having a money back guarantee in your ads, web copy, emails and sales letters is mainstream. 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