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Context and curiosity drive commerciality and pricing

Red Star Kim

The crux of marketing is to anticipate (and meet) client needs whilst maximising profit. Price is a major driver of profit. For beginners I would suggest “The psychology of price – how to use price to increase demand, profit and customer satisfaction” by Leigh Caldwell (a cognitive economist). Books on pricing?

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Sales Targeting Toolbox for Professional Services Firms

Red Star Kim

And to evaluate the relative attractiveness of different segments Malcolm McDonald on value propositions – How to develop them (kimtasso.com) In professional service firm (PSF) marketing there is the challenge that we often span both B2B and B2C markets , across multiple sectors and for sometimes hundreds of service lines in different territories.

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4 Growth Strategies Used By The Most Successful Companies

Hubspot Sales

Whether it's customers, revenue, locations, leads, mentions, or profits, you've got to play the growth game if you want to be successful in business. You might remember when Dollar Shave Club burst on the scene in 2012 with the promise of high quality, but affordable blades delivered right to your door. billion monthly active users.

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The Proven Process for Developing a Go-to-Market Strategy [+Templates]

Hubspot Sales

The engagement and conversion rates of your ads will indicate which value proposition and pain points work best. With your personas and value matrix built, dive deeper to understand the journey a potential customer will take, both from the buyer’s perspective and from the perspective of your company.

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Value-Based Pricing: Is It Right For You?

Liston Witherill

        Value-Based Pricing: Is It Right For You?: In 2012, the wall street journal published an article claiming that Mac users were willing to pay 20 to $30. I recently saw a private survey of firms that showed value pricing accounted for less than 1% of all revenues.

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How can a podcast help an agency’s new business strategy?, with Nathan Anibaba

Account Management Skills

But I only really started getting good at sales, I would say, when I moved into the agency world, in around 2012, where I worked, I was I became sort of a sales executive for inbound marketing agency called Tomorrow People. How do we actually get this podcast in front of them? And then how do we make it predictable?