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=Defining the business strategic positioning=
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* Who are our [[Customer Segmentation|customer groups]]?
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* What are the benefits or our company's offering?
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* How do we accomplish our [[Customer Value Proposition|value proposition]] for the customer?
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=Who: Understanding the market?=
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* Who are our true customers? Who decides? Who pays? Who consumes?
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* What are the true, core needs, or our customers? What does our offering accomplish for our customer: does it address functional, experiential or sumbolic needs?
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* How manifest are the needs of our customers? Are there important latent needs?
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* What are the [[Customer Segmentation Criteria|Customer Segmentation Criteria]]? How well do we define the hunting ground? Do we have a tight and accurate [[Market Segmentation|Market Segmentation]] which results in measurable, differentiated customer groups which allows competitive actions? How creative is this segmentation?
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* What are segments we are focusing on? What are the size, growth rate and competitiveness of each of the segments?
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=What: [[Customer Value Proposition]]=
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* What are the qualifying [[Critical Success Factors|Critical Success Factors]] in our markets ('tickets to ride')?
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* What are the winning Critical Success Factors in our markets ('tickets to heaven')?
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* What are our companies [[Competitive Advantage|Competitive Advantage]]s?
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** What are we truly ''better'' at?
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** What are we truly ''different'' at?
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** Do the competitive advantages complement each other and generate a strong value proposition?
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* Is our customer value proposition based on:
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** Product benefits? ''What do we offer?''
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** Customer process benefits? ''How do we offer it?''
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** Pricing benefits? ''Cost to the customer?''
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** Image benefits? ''What does our offer stand for?''
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* How do we create value for the customer:  What are the core process, competences and assets of our company?
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* To what extent are the value creation processes included in the marketing planning and the budgeting process? How well is the company's customers value proposition matured?
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* How adequately is the business performance monitored, through market research and the balanced scorecard?
 
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Latest revision as of 19:54, 27 August 2020

Defining the business strategic positioning

Who: Understanding the market?

  • Who are our true customers? Who decides? Who pays? Who consumes?
  • What are the true, core needs, or our customers? What does our offering accomplish for our customer: does it address functional, experiential or sumbolic needs?
  • How manifest are the needs of our customers? Are there important latent needs?
  • What are the Customer Segmentation Criteria? How well do we define the hunting ground? Do we have a tight and accurate Market Segmentation which results in measurable, differentiated customer groups which allows competitive actions? How creative is this segmentation?
  • What are segments we are focusing on? What are the size, growth rate and competitiveness of each of the segments?

What: Customer Value Proposition

  • What are the qualifying Critical Success Factors in our markets ('tickets to ride')?
  • What are the winning Critical Success Factors in our markets ('tickets to heaven')?
  • What are our companies Competitive Advantages?
    • What are we truly better at?
    • What are we truly different at?
    • Do the competitive advantages complement each other and generate a strong value proposition?
  • Is our customer value proposition based on:
    • Product benefits? What do we offer?
    • Customer process benefits? How do we offer it?
    • Pricing benefits? Cost to the customer?
    • Image benefits? What does our offer stand for?
  • How do we create value for the customer: What are the core process, competences and assets of our company?
  • To what extent are the value creation processes included in the marketing planning and the budgeting process? How well is the company's customers value proposition matured?
  • How adequately is the business performance monitored, through market research and the balanced scorecard?