Increasing the Consumption of Your Product or Service

Last night I went to the art fair at my kids’ elementary school. My son, Max, who’s in 2nd grade had created a picture of his ideal city (see below).

 

Kids drawing of a city

 

I was thrilled to see that the Growthink office made the picture. 🙂  (It’s also funny to see that the city just had to have a video store in it).

Interestingly, there was something in the picture that I noticed, that I bet no other parent noticed. Can you see it? What I’m referring to is the fact that the Growthink office is the only one with double-doors. Clearly, my son has been schooled in Consumption Theory, which states that the more frequently your clients consume your products or services, the wealthier you become. So, by having double doors, Growthink can let in and serve more clients and create greater wealth (so I can buy my son more video games of course).

My favorite examples of consumption theory in action are Prell Shampoo’s use of the word “REPEAT” in it’s directions to get customers to wash their hair twice (and thus consume twice as much shampoo) each time they bathe. Adding the words “Use Daily” to the directions may have doubled Prell’s consumption again. My other favorite example is Colgate toothpaste, which dramatically increased consumption in an even easier way; it simply increased the size of the opening from which the toothpaste comes out.

How can you get clients to consume more of your products and services?