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Differentiate By Building A Strong Promise

by Tony Vidler There are notable differences between high growth professional firms and others when it comes to differentiating themselves. How they choose to express their value and stand out is quite different to the mainstream. Undoubtedly the average or low growth firms inability to express what their difference is in relation to […]

Where your Value Proposition REALLY fits in

by Tony Vidler A well crafted and well articulated Value Proposition is the key component in any good marketing strategy. Even though it is the most important part of the entire marketing message, it is not the first thing however… To craft a great marketing message for your business there are three essentials and […]

I sell…You sell…We ALL sell. Or should do…

by Tony Vidler I am a professional. I am a salesman. These two things are not contradictory. We all sell stuff. It seems like I’m selling my time these days…sometimes a product….sometimes it is just selling concepts and possibilities. Mostly it is selling behavioural change & fixing other peoples’ problems though. But I sell. […]

The 9 Essentials Of Your Value Proposition…in 9 Seconds

by Tony Vidler There are 9 things you have to nail in only about 9 seconds if you want your value proposition to be truly effective. Sound impossible? It’s tough to craft a great value proposition that hits all 9 things….but it is definitely not impossible. In this quick video we talk about what […]

The times are a changin’…Business as usual is a dead end!

by Tony Vidler The difference between any two professional practices filled with well qualified and well meaning people is usually that a different culture exists in each. All businesses develop a “way we do things here” over time…whether they meant to or not. A culture evolves within the business…whether you wanted it to or […]

Unremarkable Means You Are Un-Referable

by Tony Vidler Virtually all professional service firms would love to work on referral business alone, but somehow struggle to even get to the point where they have regular referrals from clients that are unsolicited. They are simply not referable. The missing ingredient for many service firms is remarkable service, or remarkable value. Customers […]

Get other businesses to get you new business

by Tony Vidler In the perpetual search for new ways to get new clients many professional service firms overlook a really obvious, and incredibly lucrative, way of getting new business. That is getting other businesses to send their new clients to you. Unlike Center-Of-Influence (COI) marketing where an individual directs individual potential new client […]

Listening To Customers Leads To Innovation

by Tony Vidler Buying a “bread making machine” provided fantastic insight into the value of “listening”. Specifically, how listening to customers leads to innovation which in turn can lead to decades of prosperity for a business. The particular brand of bread-maker that was deemed absolutely essential to our household is made by an Australian […]

Sales management is more than “make the troops jump through hoops”

by Tony Vidler The majority of professionals running practices have superb technical competency, and often have significant commercial management skills, but a very common shortcoming is “Sales Management” experience or skills. The typical result of this shortcoming is that management of the revenue producers in a professional practice becomes a matter of making the […]

Let Your Prospects Try-Before-They-Buy

by Tony Vidler “try before you buy” is a great way of removing risk for a consumer from a big purchasing decision, isn’t it? We can learn from the retail sector here because they figured this out years ago. One of the toughest challenges is getting customers to switch brands or products. You know […]

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