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Ask HN: Difference between selling benefits vs featuers

1 pointsby gamebit07about 11 years ago
I am basically a dev. but I do have a SaaS product, which is selling. But my sales skills are not good, and hence conversion rates are low.<p>One advice I get from people is sell benefits not features.<p>Could someone please explain via example, how to do the above.

2 comments

gane5habout 11 years ago
Say I&#x27;m trying to sell water.<p>Features: Liquid at room temperature. One oxygen atom, two hydrogen atoms. Has high specific heat capacity.<p>Benefits: Helps with the balance of bodily fluids necessary for digestion, absorption, transportation of nutrients, creation of saliva, maintenance of body temperature.
dandrewsabout 11 years ago
O Bog, how I despise semantically null product briefs that promise to &quot;synergistically increase your profit potential&quot; or &quot;apply market-leading holistic techniques to help build world-class infrastructures&quot; or whatever.<p>Please, please, just tell me: What does your product <i>do</i>?