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The Secret Tactic That Verizon, Progressive Insurance, and NAPA Auto Parts Use To Rock Their Sales

Posted September 22, 2022

Verizon, Progressive Insurance, and NAPA Auto Parts;

All three have leveraged a sales tactic that most sales reps don’t know exists;

They Make Intangible Things TANGIBLE!

Let’s take a quick look at each of these companies and how they absolutely ROCK this tactic!

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Verizon

Take a look at those people behind the former “Can you hear me now” guy.

What do they represent?

The Verizon network.

And do you know what the “Verizon network” is?

An intangible selling point that;

They were able to make it tangible by putting a face on it and;

Helping you visualize it!

They also put a human face on it! Before, you might have been inclined to think that a network, was a bunch of ugly ass cables buried in the ground.

When people visualize an intangible, the intangible becomes more memorable.

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Progressive

Look at that picture and take note of what Flo is holding in her hand.

Not the ray gun scanner thingy, the other hand.

It’s a box marked “Auto Insurance”.

Silly question time;

Do you know what insurance of ANY kind is?

An intangible!

What the hell does insurance look like?

When people visualize an intangible, the intangible becomes more memorable.

And now, my absolute FAVORITE!

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NAPA Auto Parts

NAPA Auto Parts commercials usually show a situation where someone orders spark plugs or something.

The person behind the counter gets the spark plugs and also includes a cool looking blue can.

The customer looks confused and the person behind the counter says something like this;

“Oh, that’s the ‘NAPA know-how’ that comes free with every purchase. You get our advice, suggestions, and expertise”

Brilliant!

Why?

Because they just made an intangible (expertise and know-how) TANGIBLE!

What Tom Taught Me About Making Intangibles TANGIBLE

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