(USP), also known as a unique selling point refers to a marketing concept that was put forth in the early 1940s to understand the patterns associated with successful advertising campaigns. The term itself was coined by Ted Bates & Company’s Rosser Reeves, who theorized that successful campaigns made such unique claims to the customer that the prospective buyers were convinced to switch brands. The elements of USPs are:
While “unique selling proposition” was once meant to apply to only Reeve’s field — television advertising, today the term is spread over all media fields and has evolved to refer to any aspect of a consumable product or service that differentiates it from similar objects.
Email marketers can leverage USPs to build successful campaigns and convert site visitors to subscribers. Calls to action, or other actionable words or phrases, such as “Subscribe to our list and receive exclusive offers for our product” are credible USPs that speak to prospective users.
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