Ashvin's life experience

Started this blog to write about the MBA experience but the education did not stop there. After the hustle and bustle of life for a while i finally got some time to pause and reflect, should blog more about the intriguiging things i have learnt along the way.. Life is not about numbers, statistics, PR's or milestones reached... its a Journey that should be journalled; if there is such a word. Let me share this more and see where this leads.

Thursday, October 06, 2005

Value Proposition

Value Proposition: A concise statement of the compelling promise that a product, brand, or company makes to a defined target audience that outweighs its total perceived cost while being differentiated from available alternatives and supported by reasons to believe.

The customer/target audience weighs in

The promise, the differentiation and the supporting evidence

Against the costs/price and the risks.

Essentially weighing costs against benefits

Components of benefits

Promise is a crisp articulation of the primary benefits—functional, emotional, and economic—that customers get from buying, using, endorsing our brands, products, or initiatives.

Differentiation is the distinctive claim that sets us apart in a meaningful way from the competing alternatives that the target audience may consider, including the status quo alternative.

Supporting arguments are the reasons the prospects should believe the promise and the claims of differentiation we make for our products, brands, or company.

2 Comments:

  • At 5:19 PM, Blogger Ashvin Naik said…

    Developing a value proposition

    1. Understand/define the Environment.
    2. Identidy and define the set/s of target audience/s
    3. Define the problems of this/these audience/s
    4. Define the costs incurred by the problem
    5. Clearly state how your product will overcome these costs.
    6. Clearly state the costs involved in deriving the benefits from your product
    7. Provide evidence to prove your claim on cost and benefits.

    and you're done.

     
  • At 2:33 PM, Blogger Ashvin Naik said…

    Benefits translated to Promise(functional, emotional & economic), differentiation and support.


    Perceived costs addressed by price, risk and effort required.

     

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