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The 5 Most Important Practices to Get Value Selling Right Thomas Pisello CEO & Founder [email protected] @tpisello www.alinean.com Cindy Barnes Chief Innovation Officer & Founder [email protected] @Futurecurve www.futurecurve.com

Interview: The Five Most Important Practices to Get Value Selling Right w/ Cindy Barnes of Futurecurve

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Live Interview with Cindy Barnes, Value Proposition author and Founder / Chief Innovation Office at FutureCurve. Discussions of importance of Value in helping to Fight Frugalnomics, Value and Sales Propositions, Value Messaging, Value Selling Tools (ROI / TCO).

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The 5 Most Important Practices to Get Value Selling Right

Thomas PiselloCEO & Founder

[email protected]@tpisellowww.alinean.com

Cindy BarnesChief Innovation Officer & Founder

[email protected]@Futurecurvewww.futurecurve.com

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Why is Value Such a Big Issue?

#1 Issue = ?

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How Have Prospects Changed?

Do More with Less

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So What is Value?

Value = Benefits – Costs2

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Value: Rational + Emotional?

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What is a Value Proposition?

What you sell … What your customers value and are willing to

pay for…

Value gap!

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What is a Sales Proposition?Company-level

value proposition

Sales propositions for one set of solutions or bundle of

products

Sales proposition for a specific opportunity

Company-level value propositionfor specific sectors or geographies

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How Do You Get started?

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Who to Involve in Value Proposition Development?

Marketing

Value Engineering

Product Marketing

Sales Enablement & Sales Thought

Leaders

Channel Marketing

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How Do You Leverage Value Propositions for Improved Marketing & Sales

Effectiveness?

Why Change?

Why Now?

Why You?

Why Renew?

Justify the GainQuantify the Pain Prove not the SameAchieve the Claim?

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Developing and Delivering Insights?Industry Research

Financial Reports

Customer Research

Customer Capability / Maturity Assessments

Customer Current Costs

Projected Benefits

Realized Benefits

Total Value Proposition

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Top Five Tips to Get Value Selling Right?

What you sell … What your customers value and are willing

to pay for…

Value gap!

#1 Issue

#1 – Decide you have a value gap

#2 – Find the evidence

#3 – Gain a senior sponsor

#4 – Get the Board onboard & get the team going

#5 – Crucially – involve your customers!

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Introduction

Q&A

Thomas PiselloCEO & Founder

[email protected]@tpisellowww.alinean.com

Cindy BarnesChief Innovation Officer & Founder

[email protected]@Futurecurvewww.futurecurve.com