Get one tip, question, or belief-challenge that just might change the way you market, to help your customers buy. A *daily* email for b2b founders on improving your business —without the bullshit.
Not being the expert
|
Not behaving like the expert can take many forms. One of them: trying to avoid pushback, arguments, or resistance in your relationship with clients. It can hurt you more than help. You can be in the order-taking business, if you prefer. And that's fine. The impact that comes from it, though, will be smaller. You can be in the service business, where your impact will be higher. Or you can be in the transformation business, and help them achieve the potential your customers have. How you want to be the expert —or not— is up to you. |
Rod Aparicio
Get one tip, question, or belief-challenge that just might change the way you market, to help your customers buy. A *daily* email for b2b founders on improving your business —without the bullshit.
Locking up your prices for 5 years (or more than one year). It's not about what your customer will think about how much money you're making. They actually don't care. What they do care about is having certainty. And when you can guarantee certainty in your prices, you have a lever point compared to your competitors.
This might be the time of the year where you start rethinking your prices for 2026. And the story will repeat in (the end of) 2026. And 2027. And 2028. I could be totally wrong: Will your prices change because of inflation? Or because you need to charge 5% more? Maybe 10% more? To keep up with the market? Do you want to rethink your prices? Stop thinking in year by year. Entertain this thought. You can discard it when it makes no sense. What if you would be able to charge a price that would...
A few days ago you received a message about your unique ability. Well, Dan Sullivan is giving away this workbook on unique ability. This was totally unexpected, but it seems worth sharing with you. Seems like Santa somehow was getting this ready for you if you wanted it. :)