Managing Customer Value
Ideal Marketing is No Marketing Ideal Sales is No Sales What is Ideality? As defined in the book, Systematic Innovation: An Introduction to TRIZ (Theory of Inventive Problem Solving) co-authored by John Terninko: Ideality is defined at the sum of a system’s useful functions divided by the sum of its undesired effects. This theoretical measure Read More …
A serial entrepreneur having founded multiple start-up companies, including one of the first profitable Internet enterprises. His last company appeared on the Inc. 5000 list three years in a row. Eric V. Holtzclaw, Founder/CEO of Laddering Works, advises clients on the “whys” of business: Why customers buy, Why teams work and The all-important “entrepreneurial why”. Read More …
The challenge many organizations have is separating or differentiating themselves from the competition. We have discussions about our unique value proposition or unique selling point but with many organizations once they get down to explaining it, it all sounds the same to the customer. It seems that everyone can be anyone with “good marketing”. Looking Read More …
I have talked for many years that your marketing process should follow the decision process of your customer. Even to the extent that I would create a map to follow that path. In the old days, we called it a marketing funnel and that has evolved to the customer journey. I would then attempt to Read More …
Most of them know how to solve their problems. Most of the time a salesperson is not invited to the table till 60% of the decision process is already completed. If you are there to tell the customer that 1 + 1 = 2, you are there responding to a request for a proposal and Read More …
In marketing, we consider the triggers that we need to capture the minds of our consumers. We look at how we combine the three components of value from a Service Dominant Logic perspective, of course: Three components of Value: Functional (Know): This is the practical side where we help solve problems, resolve issues, get projects Read More …