The Value Proposition – Part Two

I have some additional thoughts on my last post.  Here is why the "pick any two" mentality is doomed.
 
Firstly, the main reason a company needs to deliver all three components of the Service – Price – Quality triad is this:  You never can know which two the customer is choosing, if they are not really choosing all three.  If you don’t deliver on all three, you automatically reduce your market.
 
Let’s say your company is delivering Service and Quality, but with a higher price.  You automatically lose that part of the market that buys primarily on  Price only, Price and Service, Price and Quality, or on Price – Service – Quality.  This is going to be a large percentage of your available market.
 
When I was in sales and sales managment, the sales trainers of the day taught that there actually five decision criteria that customers use when deciding on a purchase.  The first is the reputation of the vendor, the second is the level of trust they felt for the sales person,  the third is whether the product fully fit the perceived need or desire, the fourth was the time frame of the purchase, and the fifth, and last, is whether the price is perceived to be a fair value.
 
The problem is this:  In a world where competiton tends to drive everything to the level of a commodity, when all things appear to be equal, price is the deciding factor.  Low price wins in a evenly competitive environment.

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I am a cybersecurity and IT instructor, cybersecurity analyst, pen-tester, trainer, and speaker. I am an owner of the WyzCo Group Inc. In addition to consulting on security products and services, I also conduct security audits, compliance audits, vulnerability assessments and penetration tests. I also teach Cybersecurity Awareness Training classes. I work as an information technology and cybersecurity instructor for several training and certification organizations. I have worked in corporate, military, government, and workforce development training environments I am a frequent speaker at professional conferences such as the Minnesota Bloggers Conference, Secure360 Security Conference in 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, the (ISC)2 World Congress 2016, and the ISSA International Conference 2017, and many local community organizations, including Chambers of Commerce, SCORE, and several school districts. I have been blogging on cybersecurity since 2006 at http://wyzguyscybersecurity.com

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