5 Mistakes Creative Strategists Make When Selling to Women

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Here are the top five mistakes creative strategists make when selling to women:

1. Agitating Pain the Wrong Way

“PAS” works well for men but often makes women feel unsafe. Because of societal expectations, women already live in a loop of self-criticism, comparison, guilt, and overthinking, largely due to societal expectations. When copy piles onto that loop, she feels threatened. If she feels threatened, she won't buy.

2. Using Urgency That Triggers Suspicion

Countdown timers and fake scarcity speed up the buying process for men by triggering their competitive instinct. In women they create suspicion and backfire. She thinks, “Why are you pressuring me? What are you trying to hide? If your product is so good, why are you trying to guilt me into buying?”

3. Using Proof Stacks to Impress Instead of Relate

With men, social proof can be used to impress. With women, social proof needs to be relatable. If you lead with your biggest result or a dramatic transformation like “I made $100K in 90 days.” A man might think, “That could be me.” A woman might think, ”That's not relatable.” She looks for what's possible for someone like her. Someone with her constraints, starting point, and doubts.

4. Misunderstanding the Circular Buying Pattern

Men buy linearly: they see an ad, click, read, and buy. Women buy circularly: they see an ad, click, read, leave, come back later, check reviews, ask a friend for their opinion, wait for a response, and finally buy days later. Men mistake this for indecision. But it's their normal process of validation. Optimizing funnels for a single visit ignores this circular pattern.

5. Skipping the Permission Gate

Women are conditioned to put everyone else first. Even if a woman wants to buy something for herself, she questions whether she deserves it. This is her internal “Permission Gate.” Most copy does nothing to help her give herself permission to buy.

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5 Mistakes Creative Strategists Make When Selling to Women