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Switching Costs

June 30th, 2009 · No Comments · Business Strategy, Marketing, Pricing

You may not have heard about switching costs before, but you’ve certainly experienced them.  In this article I’ll explain what switching costs are and how they can help you retain clients.
What we learn from Apple
I have a Creative MP3 player, and I recently bought a Samsung player for my son.  I bought my Creative a few [...]

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The Invisible Touch Key #3 : Packaging

February 17th, 2009 · No Comments · Marketing, Pricing

I’ve been writing about Harry Beckwith’s book The Invisible Touch.  I mentioned how Beckwith looks at four key areas for the marketing of services businesses.  In previous articles I’ve written about how Price and Brand affects the perception of your service.  This week I’ll look at how the packaging of your service can influence your [...]

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The Invisible Touch – Key #1 : Price

January 21st, 2009 · 2 Comments · Marketing, Pricing, Value

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 I’ve been reading The Invisible Touch by Harry Beckwith.  I like Beckwith’s books – he’s one of the few writers around who writes specifically for those of us who sell services.  In the book he looks at four keys to selling a service:

Price
Brand
Packaging, and
Relationships

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Recurring Revenue for Your Business

January 15th, 2009 · 2 Comments · Pricing

 
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 Jamie Harrop had a post a few days ago about charging clients a fixed monthly fee for the web / design / maintenance work he does for them.  You can read his post here.
In my business we do something similar for some clients – charging a recurring, monthly fee for our ongoing [...]

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