People Purchase from Emotion and Justify Their Purchase with Logic

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(Newswire.net — July 7, 2013) Denver, CO — People purchase the same way, whether it is online or in a brick and mortar shop.  The basic subconscious patterns are still present, and almost everyone exhibits them.  Consumers want to be informed, advised, and convinced.  These benefits are all present in the online environment.  Details about products are easy to access, comparisons can be made quickly, and pricing is transparent. Even with these benefits available to the consumer 24/7, many people still do not trust online companies enough to purchase from them.

There are ways to handle this lack of trust issue, by building the trust between you and the consumer.  You can lead the consumer through the purchasing process, providing them with the information they are looking for.  You can create a unique customer experience that adds value through quality page content that showcases the products your target customers are searching for.

Even though you are creating content for the Internet, always think of your consumers when creating product descriptions, rather than trying to write strictly for the search engines.  Consumers will pick up on companies that care more about their rankings, than their consumers.  Both rankings and consumers can have good descriptions if care is taken during the creation of the content.

Remember that people buy from emotion, and justify their purchase with logic.  Using this knowledge you will want to create emotional product descriptions that will capture the benefits of the product, and not just the features.  Try to get inside your target markets mind, and understand their desires.  Then you can offer them what they are looking for.

With all the new changes to the Google algorithms, high quality content is becoming more important for ranking.  If your website does not rank, people will not see it no matter how good your product is.  With this said, creating quality content for your target market will provide you with top rankings, which will give the people searching for information about your product exactly what they are looking for.

Author:  Sherrie Chastain
Internet Marketing Consultant