{"id":612,"date":"2022-12-06T14:23:39","date_gmt":"2022-12-06T14:23:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uglymugmarketing.com\/blog\/?p=612"},"modified":"2022-12-06T14:23:39","modified_gmt":"2022-12-06T14:23:39","slug":"descriptive-language","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uglymugmarketing.com\/blog\/descriptive-language\/","title":{"rendered":"Descriptive Language"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Freelancers - Descriptive Language\" width=\"750\" height=\"422\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/7gC3nCFdl6g?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u200a<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Not being descriptive with your language is costing you a lot of money every single year.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Here&#8217;s exactly what I mean by that.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So when I say the word food, what comes to mind?\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What do you think of when I say the word food?\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Get a picture in your head.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Next, if I were to say the word fruit, what comes to mind when I say the word fruit?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What do you think of then?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If I were to say berry, what comes to mind when I say the word berry?\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">And then finally, blueberry.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What comes to mind when I say the word blueberry?\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You see, as I move through these words, as I progress down this list, the mental picture that you paint in your head, the emotions that get evoked get clearer and clearer.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You need to do the same thing with your proposals.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You need to paint pictures that are crystal clear, help your prospective clients, visualize the outcome that they are after, help them see the future that they&#8217;re gonna have as a result of working with you.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When you do this, you will sell more and you will position yourself as an authority.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u200aNot being descriptive with your language is costing you a lot of money every single year.\u00a0 Here&#8217;s exactly what I mean by that.\u00a0 So when I say the word food, what comes to mind?\u00a0 What do you think of when I say the word food?\u00a0 Get a picture in your head.\u00a0 Next, if I were&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uglymugmarketing.com\/blog\/descriptive-language\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Descriptive Language<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":613,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"categories":[33],"tags":[14,31,11,10],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v19.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Descriptive Language - Ugly Mug Marketing<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Freelance. 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