Only one can be best
One of my (many) pet peeves with software vendor marketing is when an AMS company claims "We're the number one AMS product in the market" or "We're the top provider of membership software!" Since only ONE company can be "number one," by definition, all but one of these companies are lying.
And besides, "number one" as measured by what? What makes you "number one" or "the top"? According to whom?
Don't the people writing this marketing drivel know that it doesn't just fall on deaf ears, it actually makes them look silly (for making a claim that simply cannot be substantiated)?
What would be really impressive marketing copy would be things like the following:
- "98% of our customers are still using our software 10 years after first licensing it."
- "On average, our software saves our customers 40 hours of staff time per month."
- "Users of our software become better looking and more popular the longer they use it." (Just trying to see if you're paying attention.)
So if you're reading this marketing copy, ignore it. And if you're writing it, please stop!
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