pricing for profit
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Stay out of the commodity trap. How raising your prices can bring you better customers, a competitive advantage, and higher profits. ********** www.pricingformula.com ***********TRANSCRIPT
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PricingFormula.com
An Early Lesson About Pricing
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That's me (Jeff Simon) in what could be best called the “sawdust tent” assembling some components of a playground I helped with.
In my free time.
:)
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Recession, eh?!
We're not in a
recession, but darn
close, Clinton says
-Oregonian
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Recession, eh?!
Recession's root
cause is consumer
debt, expert says
-Washington U of
St. Louis
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Recession, eh?!
Consumers Say Recession, Data Not Far Behind-Forbes
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Appropriate Rant
This whole "recession" thing everyone's blathering about was merely fabricated by the media (you know, the people we trust to deliver the "news" to us) so they'll have more to, uh, g-r-i-p-e about while they assault us with election propaganda.
Did you know that ABC, NBC, CBS and CNN have predicted 40 out of the last 2 recessions?
- Perry Marshall
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Appropriate Rant (continued)
I'm not participating in the current recession and you don't have to either. Look, grow your business, buy your beer, go on vacation, live life as normal and ignore the prophets of misery. OK?
- Perry Marshall
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Appropriate Rant (continued)
I'm dead serious about this. The recession IS a fabrication of the media, but becomes a sort of self-fulfilling prophecy. Because of the talking heads and all their cheery news, the Mortgage biz is nearly in Intensive Care. Yeah, some people are being affected by this.
- Perry Marshall
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If everyone else thinks recession, where's your opportunity?
But is it really time to lie down on a steam ventand hope for better times? Or is there money to bemade?
-John Forde
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Lesson from history
Companies that had higher sales and net incomeduring the recession of 1974-75 didn't touch adbudgets. What's more, they also beat non-advertisersin the two years after the recession ended.
- Courtesy Copywriter's Roundtable John Forde
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Another lesson from history
According to McGraw-Hill, companies that increasedad budgets during the 1981 recession trouncedcompetitors not just during the downturn, but forthree years following.
- Courtesy Copywriter's Roundtable John Forde
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Bottom line about the Recession
A lot of mental real estate opens upwhen recessions hit. Competing marketing messagesgrow quiet. But consumers still need solutions.
Translation: They're still willing to buy.
-John Forde
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The problem
Chained to your business
No oversight for your employees
No vacation without losing business
Pain in the a . . . neck (P.I.T.A.) clients
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P.I.T.A. by the numbers
$3.99 per delivery100 jobs a day
A few more jobs
Approx Gross Total $450 / day
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What did Rand get for his $3.99
● A customer who was . . .– highly demanding
– hard to please
– quick to anger
– highly disloyal
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And on top of that . . .
90 day payment cycle!!!
Whatever meager profit you do makeis absorbed by having to carry your costs
for 90 days!!!
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Sometimes all you needis a change in mindset
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Listen for how the quality of clientschanges as the price goes up
How does this relate to your business?
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Important takeaway:
Look how a mundane business like courierwork can generate a profit center out of . . .
practically . . . thin air.
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Important Takeaway
Raising prices leads to . . .
Better customers
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Important Takeaway
Raising prices leads to . . .
Service that's easier to perform
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Important Takeaway
Raising prices leads to . . .
Increased profit gives you the opportunity to reinvest in your business
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So what if you do not have the abilityto quickly change your mindset?
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Your price strategy options
● High $$$$ information
● Academic, but maybe not so practical
● Fortune 500 clientèle . . . not you!!!
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Few options available for the “rest of us”