Selling from the First Sentence – Deadly Mistake #5

Note: This is the 5th out of the 10 deadly common mistakes that will get your number instantly banned by WhatsApp

Links to the other mistakes

1. Deadly mistake #1 – Messaging from a brand new number.
2. Deadly mistake #2 -Sending whatsapp messages to completely random database
3. Deadly mistake #3 – Having a spammer like profile
4. Deadly mistake #4 – Sending 2000 messages on day 1

Most WhatsApp messages irrespective of size or content

Either look like this

Or look like this

Essentially most people either beg their prospects to buy or they order them to buy!

But you are NOT selling vegetables! You cannot just shout out

and then expect people to buy!

I understand it takes a lot of effort to create engaging content.
Most business owners don’t have the time or resources to create that type of content!

The least you can do is

Ask them if they are ineterested

For more details on the best message format and the best practices to set up your WhatsApp marketing campaign you can check out how many messages can I safely send

If you send this one simple line at the beginning of your campaign then it can help you figure out and filter out all the people who are most likely to report your number and get you banned from WhatsApp…

Plus you don’t need to sell in every sentence of every message!

Just ask a question to figure out the relevant people who might be interested in your offer…

And then send a sequential list of contact on WhatsApp (like we send this series) to deliver valuable useful information to your audience and build trust!

Before asking them to make a purchase from you!

An example of the sequence of messages that we send to our prospects and existing customers

It might seem like a lot of hard work but it is not!

Just taking a few minutes to draft an informative message and then sending it will get you insane results in the long term!
Just always shouting buy from me, buy from me will get you banned!

Next…

Read about the other 9 common mistakes that can get your number banned! (some of the links are coming soon)

1. Deadly mistake #1 – Messaging from a brand new number.
2. Deadly mistake #2 -Sending whatsapp messages to completely random database
3. Deadly mistake #3 – Having a spammer like profile
4. Deadly mistake #4 – Sending 2000 messages on day 1
5. Deadly mistake #5 – Selling from the first sentence
6. Deadly mistake #6 – Not taking care of the basic things
7. Deadly mistake #7 – Not understanding how WhatsApp works
8. Deadly mistake #8 – Not asking for option, Not respecting unsubscribe
9. Deadly mistake #9 – Ban -> unban and back to spamming
10. Deadly mistake #10 – Not maintaining a subscriber list