Creating a strong value proposition
What makes your business unique and desirable to your target market? If you’re not sure, you won’t be able to tell your customer why they should do business with you. You need a value proposition.
A value proposition is a concise statement that outlines how your products or services deliver value to your customers, and what makes your business unique. It explains how a product solves a pain point, communicates the specifics of its added benefit and states the reason why it’s better than similar products.
Value proposition examples
The more specific you can make your value proposition, the better. Avoid making generic claims that can apply to any business. Strong value propositions deliver clear promises to the customer, like increased revenue, decreased costs, improved health, greater efficiency, or fewer errors. These are the clearly identifiable things that will actually benefit your customers, and the reasons they’ll be drawn to your business.
Examples of effective value propositions are Wal-Mart’s “Everyday low prices,” Slack’s “Make work life simpler, more pleasant and more productive,” and Shopify’s “One platform with all the ecommerce and point of sale features you need to start, run, and grow your business.” These demonstrate the value and benefits these companies promise to offer.
About the Value Proposition Canvas
Strategyzer.com and Swiss business management theorist Alexander Osterwalder developed the Value Proposition Canvas to help business owners create the perfect value proposition. really looking for.
The VPC is a visual method that helps us to systematically understand what customers want, and to create products and services that perfectly match their needs. It collects information about customer needs and requirements which allows for a more effective design of your products and services. This should lead to sales and profitability and much less time wasted on developing ideas that customers may not care for.
Anyone can think of good and creative business ideas, but it’s a good idea to design value for your customers on paper first. By using the Value Proposition Canvas, you identify customer needs, and products and services to meet those needs, in a visual and structured way.