This post is part of the đź“– The Brain Audit series.


Today I am reading a new chapter called The Problem from the book The Brain Audit: Why Customers Buy (and Why They Don’t) written by Author, Sean D’Souza.

TL;DR! đź’¬

Do you often wonder what your customer is thinking? Don’t leave the thought process to chance and let that customer walk away. Your customers don’t want to walk away. They want to buy from you.

The Brain Audit shows you how the customer takes decisions. And what you need to put in place, so that the customer feels happy to buy products or services from you.


Yesterday, I started a brand new book The Brain Audit: Why Customers Buy (and Why They Don’t) and finished the introduction chapter.

Yesterday, we read and understand that we need to know the 7 elements of why our customers buy from us or why they don’t. Here are the 7 things for you to recap.

  • Bag No. 1: The Problem (we are reading this today)
  • Bag No. 2: The Solution
  • Bag No. 3: The Target Profile (The Trigger)
  • Bag No. 4: The Objections
  • Bag No. 5: The Testimonials
  • Bag No. 6: The Risk Reversal
  • Bag No. 7: The Uniqueness

Bag 1: The Problem

The brain recognises a problem long before it recognises the solution to the problem.

Your brain is trying to keep you alive for obvious reasons.

I was to throw a tiny piece of cloth your way, and you’d probably raise an eyebrow. But if I threw a block of wood instead, you’d be ducking, swerving and defending yourself in the best way possible.

That’s your brain at work. And that smart little brain does one heck of a lot in a matter of milliseconds.

In any given situation your brain goes through these quick steps:

Step 1: Your brain sees a change Step 2: It recognises if you’re going to be in trouble—or not. Step 3: It takes measures to get out of the way.

As you can see, problems seem to activate our brains.

And when you bring up the problem in your marketing materials, sales pitches and presentations, you are in turn activating the brains of your customers.

Dead cats get more attention than gleaming red Ferraris. How come? Well, that’s just how our brains work.

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And what are benefits, but solutions?

So while the brain is focused on the problem, we use the solution/benefits to get the attention of our customers.

We’re not making up problems to scare customers into buying our products/services.

All we’re really doing is highlighting the issues that exist—and showing customers how their lives can be better if they adopt our products/services. And of course, we do this by highlighting the problem.

That’s it for today. Tomorrow, we will read the remaining sections from the chapter.

Key Takeaways

  • Problems get our attention, better than anything else. Yet, most of us don’t communicate with problems. Instead, we bring up solutions. And there’s a specific reason why we bring up solutions.

  • Most marketing or sales courses have completely side-stepped the importance of the problem. Most courses or books will tell you to highlight the benefits of a product or service.

The Brain Audit

Author(s): Sean D'Souza

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Part 2 of 15 in the đź“– The Brain Audit book series.

The Brain Audit: Why Customers Buy (and Why They Don't) - Day 1 | The Brain Audit: Why Customers Buy (and Why They Don't) - Day 3



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