Marketing has traditionally been broken down to a formula known as the 5Ps the five factors that make up an organizations marketing strategy. If these are done consistently, well, and for a long enough period of time, these 5 factors also become part of their brand.
So far, so good. But the problem is that no one can seem to agree on exactly which 5 Ps are important, so the list typically includes: people, product, place, process, price, promotion, paradigm, perspective, persuasion, passion, positioning, packaging, and performance.
Wow. Sounds complicated, huh? Im going to try and simplify effective marketing into five moves five concrete actions that you can implement immediately. Your challenge: try one or more of these NOW.
Move 1: Move Up
Want to try something different? The next time youre speaking with a prospect, when the question of price comes up, DOUBLE your normal price and see what happens.
Am I crazy?
Maybe, maybe not. The other side of the coin is that maybe YOURE crazy for not charging for VALUE, but instead competing on PRICE. Businesses that compete on price lose. Period.
The easiest thing your...