Dan Kennedy called PAS the most reliable sales formula ever invented. Popularly used in everything from tweets to long-form sales pages, PAS goes like so:
- Problem – Present the problem your prospect feels
- Agitation – Poke at that problem until it’s visceral
- Solution – Present your solution to the agitated problem
Sean Mitchell offers this variation on PAS:
- Problem
- Agitation
- Discredit – Discredit other solutions
- Solution
Lisa Manyan offers PAS “for women”, which she calls CSI:
- Challenge (the problem)
- Solution (the solution)
- Invitation (the CTA)