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Confessions of a Spreadsheet-Aholic: EVE – Wielding a Versatile Tool for Clear Customer Math

Until smartphones and mobile devices appeared, the list of Universal Tools was pretty short. A Swiss army knife was always near the top. When I was a kid I saved up and bought the only kind of ...

Partner Post: Sales Negotiations: Know and Quantify Your Switching Costs

Editor's Note: This post originally appeared on Chris Provines' blog. For more information on Chris, please visit his website.   I’ve had a number of conversations recently with sales ...

July Tool Tip: Adding Additional Information and Supporting Documents to Models

Q: Where can I store additional information or attach supporting documents to my model? A: There are two ways to store additional information about a value model: on the individual elements of ...

Confessions of a Spreadsheet-Aholic: Does TCO Support Strong Value Propositions?

“Total” is a good word. Whether or not you like Arnold Schwarznegger movies. Whether or not you’re a Valley Girl. “Total” conveys a sense of comprehensiveness. Like you’ve thought of ...

Confessions of a Spreadsheet-Aholic: Quantified Customer Value Propositions without the Alphabet Soup

I always liked speaking in abbreviations.  When I was a rookie, it was a great way to show off.  It let co-workers know I’d learned the ropes.   And if they fired me, I could always get a job at ...

Understanding Quantifiable and Intangible Value from the Customer’s Perspective

Defining value from a customer’s point of view requires enterprises to look at quantifiable and intangible value of products. In his recent webinar, “Delivering Value Pricing Through B2B Sales ...

5 C’s of Value Selling and Value Pricing

“Why don’t customers buy? Frequently the reason they don’t buy is because they do not understand or appreciate the value that we can deliver to them,” explains Mike Wilkinson, Co-founder and ...

How B2B Pricing and Sales Teams Can Overcome The 7 Challenges of Value

“Value is a mystery...We do not define value. Our customers define value. Our job as a business, and as a sales team is to solve the value mystery,” explains Mike Wilkinson, Co-founder and ...

June 2014 Tool Tip: Benefits of Multi-year Analysis

Q: What is the purpose of Multi-Year, and how do I use it? A: For many B2B products, a standard representation of economic value (or “Basic” Value Model in LeveragePoint, as seen below) is ...

Sustaining Exceptional Profitability through Value Management

Insights from Dr. Thomas Nagle There was a dramatic difference in how successful CEOs and CFOs responded to the Great Recession and a dramatic difference in the resulting pricing ...

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