Communicating a Service Offering in Cairns
Because services are not touchable, marketing communications for services achieve more than market services. Communications make services more tangible, and present prospects something firm to consider.
As a result, marketing communications for most services drag around a heavier burden than communications for products. A bright red Porsche 911 convertible, for example, yells loudly and beautifully for itself. Very few services shout for themselves at all.
We implicitly trust most products. We trust that our new tyres won’t blow out, our white sugar will taste sweet, and our aspirin will soothe our headaches without bad side effects. But we are far less trusting and certain about most services.
We worry that our solicitors and web designers will do more than necessary, and bill more than is warranted. We worry that the latest weight loss service will be useless, just like the two we have tried before. We worry that our home renovators will exceed their budget and complete the job weeks after they promised. We worry that the collection agency we hire for our service will harass our clients worth keeping and collect only a small part of our outstanding receivables.
So unlike communicating about products, talking about services must make the service more tangible and real, and must reduce risk for the worried prospect. It’s not like selling Porsche automobiles.
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