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"The New Deal"
If you aren't reading or tracking Keith McCullough of ResearchEdge's musings, you really should be. He is thoughtful, flexible, and practically-minded, all valuable traits in deranged times like these. Here is part of today's missive:
Increase Profits Without Adding Resources - Part 1
There are countless ways to improve your bottom line WITHOUT adding resources. In this three-part series, I'll share some simple, inexpensive and easy-to-implement ideas for increasing your bottom line.
How should CEOs select business metrics?
Metrics or measurements used for reviewing and planning various aspects of business have a lot of bearing on the results because what is measured and inspected is considered important by people. Metrics can be classified as historical or forward looking. Bias for historical data and analysis needs to be overcome. Customers, employees, and cash flows can provide vital clues to CEOs aiming to establish more forward looking signals and metrics. One can derive actionable points from even historical metrics if root-cause analysis for coming up with pro-active actions is done. Will all this take CEO's attention away from vision, innovation, and inspiring people? No. The above methods provide a springboard for day to day innovation and path breaking ideas. They also support realizing the vision.

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Product Packaging The Secret to Selling a Commodity Product
In the world of marketing, perception is reality. You can use that to your advantage if you sell a commodity product. This article gives you a good example of how to package a commodity product for higher profits.

Business Tip 2: Follow The Money
When asked, virtually all executives we interview complain that their margins are shrinking. This is a concern since our market is a global, hyper competitive commodity and price driven, margin battering place. How you made money last year may not make you money this year.
FIVE STEPS TO GETTING THE FEES YOU KNOW YOU DESERVE
By John Doerr One of the most common laments I hear from service business executives goes like this: "Our services are becoming a commodity. Everyone is out there saying they can do the same thing we do, pushing fees further and further down. Prospects are just buying on price." Unfortunately as service providers, there are aspects of what we provide that have become commodities. Price competition is rampant. However, if you follow these five steps to provide value before, during, and after the sales process, you will get the fees you know you deserve.

IS THERE ANY VALUE IN YOUR VALUE PROPOSITION FIVE TIPS FOR COMMUNICATING THE REAL VALUE OF YOUR SERVICES
By John Doerr Are You Different? In the course of my work with all manner of professional service firms, I hear a very common lament. “We are becoming a commodity. The prospects just seem to buy on price. We are really good. How can I possibly separate myself from the crowd?” My usual response is, “What can make you special? Why are you different?”

Marketing is about Differentiation
Without a differentiated service, your service becomes a commodity because you become subject to the market, and vulnerable to someone else with a lower price. To command a higher price for your service and maintain superior profit margins, you must differentiate your service and provide more “perceived” value.
Top Salespeople Avoid Commodity Selling
If your pushing products/service you may be turning your product/service into a price driven commodity. With small changes in how you approach, talk and present can take you out of the price driven commodity race.

All Customers Care About Is Price?
"If you find a price lower than ours, we will beat it by 10%" "Lowest price guarantee" "Lowest price guaranteed" " Lowest Price promise" You see these price advertisements everywhere, nowadays there is a laser focus on low price. For some businesses and companies lowest price has become their only competitive weapon in their marketplace, and not just because the economy is bad, but because it's the easiest way out. It is, however, also the least profitable way of doing business.
Selling Yourself Short? How to stand-out without lowering your price
Is what you do for a living perceived by potential customers as being a mere commodity; more or less the same as others in your profession? When that happens, customers revert to the easiest differentiator – price. The outlook gets worse as you realize that somewhere in the global economy there is likely someone offering similar products or services for a cheaper price. And with the internet it’s easier for your customers to find them. What’s most frustrating is when you know your products and services are indeed different, but customers don’t seem to get that and put you in the same category as everyone else.

4 Tips to Get a High Price and Earn Money On eBay
Would you like to be able to get the price that you want for your high price products, and earn money from eBay? I bet you do, so follow the 4 tip´s below and you will not go far wrong. 1. Price. To get the best price for your high price product, you will need to present it in the best way possible by using the best possible photo´s. It may be worth your while to have them professionally taken so that the product will look like it is worth the price that you are hoping to get for it.

My 2012 Gold Forecast
There are many variables that go into a forecast or prediction. Sometimes unforeseen events can play a major factor in the price movement of a commodity, including the price of gold in 2012. What price could gold reach in 2012? This article will give you answers.

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