- Hiring developers
- Managing developers
- Retaining developers
- Delivering on schedule
- Designing the product right
- Building the right product
- Preventing bugs from hitting production
- Communicating within the organization
- Continuity when senior talent leaves
- Building the right product
- Hiring developers
- Communicating within the organization
- Building the right product
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Isolate the solution that solves the biggest problem. - We'll make sure that you're building the product that most directly solves your business problem.
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Is your "solution statement" the mirror-image of the "problem statement?"
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Have you audited your communication to check that the solution doesn't pop-up first? (It comes AFTER the prbolem)
- Who is your target audience? What is the demographic?
Target audience: Target demographic:
- Now choose three people from that demographic as your target profiles.
- Narrow it down to one person.
- Speak to that person and get a list of problems (with regard to a product/service).
- Choose one problem and expand it
- Use that very same person to get feedback (so be aware that what you hear and what are saying may be different).
- List your target profile.
- List the main problem.
- List the main solution.
- Now test the trigger. Do you get the response: "What do you mean by that?" or "How do you do that?" If not, you need to rework your trigger. Start from the top again.
- Brainstorm all the possible objections to your product or service.
- Now list all the answers to all the objections.
- List the biggest objection and the answer.
Step 1: Get the testimonials
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What was the obstacle that would have prevented you from buying this product/service?
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What did you find as a result of buying this product/service?
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What specific feature did you like most about this product/service?
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What would be three other benefits about this product/service?
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Would you recommend this product/service? If so, why?
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Is there anything you'd like to add?
Step 2: Link the testimonials to each objection.
Obection 1:
Testimonial:
Objection 2:
Testimonial:
Objection 3:
Testimonial:
Objection 4:
Testimonial:
- Identify the obvious risk.
- Identify the hidden risk.
- Decide on your risk reversal
- Name the risk reversal for your product/service.
- Product/Service 1:
- Risk Reversal:
- Product/Service 2:
- Risk Reversal:
- Product/Service 3:
- Risk Reversal:
- Write down what you want to do in your business that's different from everyone else?
- List all the factors that could make your business unique.
- Use "Weighted Ranking" to decide
- Now list only one factor that is going to be your point of uniqueness.
- Flesh out the uniqueness to create more clarity.
- Does your uniqueness solve a problem for a specific audience?
- Test your uniquenes to see that it is really unique.
- List how you are going to propogate your uniuqeness
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