Comments on: The Greatest Selling Tool of All Time: Scarcity! http://www.robertplank.com/scarcity/ "Simplify and Automate Your Life With Email Autoresponder Mailing Lists" Tue, 24 Jan 2012 02:55:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Robert Plank http://www.robertplank.com/scarcity/#comment-4127 Robert Plank Wed, 23 Sep 2009 21:41:28 +0000 http://www.robertplank.com/?p=827#comment-4127 All right guys I've hit 100 comments so I'm closing up the ability to leave comments on this post. Did you see how well scarcity worked? I didn't even have a reward... just announcing the offer was closing soon got me 10 times as many comments as I would have had otherwise. 100 comments in 3 hours... thanks again! All right guys I've hit 100 comments so I'm closing up the ability to leave comments on this post.

Did you see how well scarcity worked? I didn't even have a reward... just announcing the offer was closing soon got me 10 times as many comments as I would have had otherwise.

100 comments in 3 hours... thanks again!

]]> By: Ron http://www.robertplank.com/scarcity/#comment-4125 Ron Wed, 23 Sep 2009 21:40:30 +0000 http://www.robertplank.com/?p=827#comment-4125 Happy Birthday Robert! Happy Birthday Robert!

]]> By: Miguel Alvarez http://www.robertplank.com/scarcity/#comment-4124 Miguel Alvarez Wed, 23 Sep 2009 21:39:57 +0000 http://www.robertplank.com/?p=827#comment-4124 Happy b'day Robert! =) And you're absolutely right. Scarcity is one of the most powerful driving forces for instant action. The minute people find out they can't get something is when desire hits a peak... the trick is to not over-do it and to stick to your deadlines so the technique does not lose power with your list. Cheers! Miguel Alvarez @copywriting Happy b'day Robert! =)

And you're absolutely right. Scarcity is one of the most powerful driving forces for instant action. The minute people find out they can't get something is when desire hits a peak... the trick is to not over-do it and to stick to your deadlines so the technique does not lose power with your list.

Cheers!
Miguel Alvarez
@copywriting

]]> By: Frank Williams http://www.robertplank.com/scarcity/#comment-4123 Frank Williams Wed, 23 Sep 2009 21:37:26 +0000 http://www.robertplank.com/?p=827#comment-4123 Happy Birthday and many,many thanks. You and Flads are the reason I started a membership site and am increasing my online income. Happy Birthday and many,many thanks. You and Flads are the reason I started a membership site and am increasing my online income.

]]> By: Tony Hayes http://www.robertplank.com/scarcity/#comment-4122 Tony Hayes Wed, 23 Sep 2009 21:32:00 +0000 http://www.robertplank.com/?p=827#comment-4122 Hey Robert, Happy Birthday, hope you have a good one. You are one of the few i would buy almost any product from, however the scarcity thing does irritate me slightly. It happened to me recently with your own video product and i could not justify spending hundreds more on the product than it was available for earlier. I think with low cost products it works well, but when you get into the hundreds ...well, i just cant allow myself to feel so ripped off to pay hundreds more than the starting price. Hope it helps, its meant as constructive, not having a dig but it was something i found myself pondering a few times since that offer got away from me:) All The best! Tony Hey Robert,
Happy Birthday, hope you have a good one.
You are one of the few i would buy almost any product from, however the scarcity thing does irritate me slightly.
It happened to me recently with your own video product and i could not justify spending hundreds more on the product than it was available for earlier.
I think with low cost products it works well, but when you get into the hundreds ...well, i just cant allow myself to feel so ripped off to pay hundreds more than the starting price.
Hope it helps, its meant as constructive, not having a dig but it was something i found myself pondering a few times since that offer got away from me:)
All The best!
Tony

]]> By: Christy http://www.robertplank.com/scarcity/#comment-4121 Christy Wed, 23 Sep 2009 21:27:42 +0000 http://www.robertplank.com/?p=827#comment-4121 Happy Birthday Robert! I love seeing how quickly you create & promote your own products. Hope you have a fun bday and a great year ahead. Happy Birthday Robert! I love seeing how quickly you create & promote your own products. Hope you have a fun bday and a great year ahead.

]]> By: Gail Fernley http://www.robertplank.com/scarcity/#comment-4120 Gail Fernley Wed, 23 Sep 2009 21:25:24 +0000 http://www.robertplank.com/?p=827#comment-4120 Hi Robert, Happy Birthday and especially for reaching the quarter century mark! My step-son Michael turned 25 at the end of August this year, too. Ahhhh, to have the energy of a 25-year-old again... what memories... Anyhow, I think the price scarcity is the most effective for me, from a prospect/customer/buyer point of view... As someone else pointed out above, the time factor just doesn't cut it all the time because you CAN still see those offers way past their deadlines, which makes subsequent offers you get less potent and/or believable. I signed up for your VST2.0 early, I might add, because 1) I wanted to do something with you and Lance (because of previous relationship with Fladlien), and 2) because of the scarcity of price factor, I could save the most $$$ by getting in on the ground floor, so to speak... IT WORKED ON ME! Have a good and SAFE 25th, Robert. Take care, Gail Hi Robert,
Happy Birthday and especially for reaching the quarter century mark! My step-son Michael turned 25 at the end of August this year, too. Ahhhh, to have the energy of a 25-year-old again... what memories...
Anyhow, I think the price scarcity is the most effective for me, from a prospect/customer/buyer point of view... As someone else pointed out above, the time factor just doesn't cut it all the time because you CAN still see those offers way past their deadlines, which makes subsequent offers you get less potent and/or believable.
I signed up for your VST2.0 early, I might add, because 1) I wanted to do something with you and Lance (because of previous relationship with Fladlien), and 2) because of the scarcity of price factor, I could save the most $$$ by getting in on the ground floor, so to speak... IT WORKED ON ME!

Have a good and SAFE 25th, Robert.

Take care, Gail

]]> By: Roger (AwesomeIM.com) http://www.robertplank.com/scarcity/#comment-4119 Roger (AwesomeIM.com) Wed, 23 Sep 2009 21:20:18 +0000 http://www.robertplank.com/?p=827#comment-4119 Happy Birthday, Robert! Good article on scarcity. Strange how that works... Happy Birthday, Robert! Good article on scarcity. Strange how that works...

]]> By: Neal http://www.robertplank.com/scarcity/#comment-4118 Neal Wed, 23 Sep 2009 21:17:24 +0000 http://www.robertplank.com/?p=827#comment-4118 Robert, You never cease to amaze me. I'm working on my first membership site and am invoking scarcity by having only member per geographic region. So far, the survey results seem like the market will respond positively to this offer. The real test will be when the actual offer is made. Keep up the great work and Congrats on turning a quarter of a century! Neal Robert,

You never cease to amaze me. I'm working on my first membership site and am invoking scarcity by having only member per geographic region. So far, the survey results seem like the market will respond positively to this offer.

The real test will be when the actual offer is made.

Keep up the great work and Congrats on turning a quarter of a century!

Neal

]]> By: Bill Davis http://www.robertplank.com/scarcity/#comment-4117 Bill Davis Wed, 23 Sep 2009 21:16:20 +0000 http://www.robertplank.com/?p=827#comment-4117 Happy birthday, man! Happy birthday, man!

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