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This is Why No One Believes You

Name: This is Why No One Believes You
Uploaded: 2025-09-17T17:01:38+00:00
Duration: 43 s
Channel: Peter Vander Wall
Description: Short YouTube marketing advice by Peter Vander Wall arguing that big, unrealistic promises (outrageous hooks/guarantees) destroy trust with leads because…

17 Sept 2025 · 1 min

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Short YouTube marketing advice by Peter Vander Wall arguing that big, unrealistic promises (outrageous hooks/guarantees) destroy trust with leads because prospects find them unbelievable. Instead of leaning on guarantees or refunds, marketers should make the promised "dream outcome" feel believable—show how the result is attainable—so prospects will engage and sign up.

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Big, crazy promises lose you a ton of trust with your leads. And that's why these outrageous hooks, like doctors will save you $50,000 in taxes or you don't pay. They don't work, because what doctor looks at that and goes, oh, yeah, this random guy on the Internet could totally do that. That seems realistic. Nobody. These big promises, these outrageous guarantees, they don't work because people don't believe you can fulfill on that. And so why would they waste their time on signing up, even if you'll give them their money back if it doesn't work out? So rather than focusing on the guarantee or what happens if this doesn't work out for the prospect, you need to focus on building up the dream outcome. How can we make it super believable that they'll actually save this $50,000 or they'll actually attain this goal that we're promising them.