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  • 1.  Session Proposals from Ron Baker

    Posted 12-14-2023 12:01

    Hi everyone 

    Here are two proposals from Ron Baker.  Please provide your feedback.  Thanks! 

    Pricing on Purpose: From Time Spent to Value Created

    Customers don't buy time; they buy value. Firms with a better understanding of value will have an enormous competitive advantage in attracting both customers and top talent.

    Price is the marketing moment of truth. It's the number one driver of profitability, more so than cutting costs, increasing efficiency, or even customer acquisition. This session is designed to help firms price on purpose, developing a core competency in this essential skill. Pricing is an art, not a science. But it's also a skill, meaning the more you do it, the better you will get. As a result, your culture will become obsessed with value, not time spent.

    Learning Objectives

    • Understand the First and Second Law of pricing and how they influence your pricing decisions
    • Developing and pricing options
    • Learn how the anchoring and framing effects influence pricing
    • Comprehend what and how people buy
    • Learn the importance of price psychology

    Who Should Attend

    Any professional who is interested in being among the leaders in the profession moving away from the old business model of "We sell time," will find this presentation stimulating, dynamic, and thought-provoking.

    Top Ten Pricing Lessons

    The top lessons and principles I have learned about pricing since I began to implement it in my firm in 1989. What was the main motivation to move away from hourly billing and maintaining timesheets. What we did instead, and what were the consequences. Where the professions are today with respect to alternative pricing methods will also be discussed.

    Learning Objectives

    • Understand why pricing is driven by your firms strategy and positioning
    • Why in the real world debits don't equal credits
    • Learn that cost accounting is an opinion, but cash is fact



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    Anne Sawyer
    Executive Director
    90 Minds Inc.
    Sunset Beach CA
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  • 2.  RE: Session Proposals from Ron Baker

    Posted 12-14-2023 12:08

    Anne,

    Can you confirm that the cost of this session is included in the T$OE subscription we have with Ed and Ron.   Personally I think these are interesting sessions, but will not garner huge attendance.



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    Gary Feldman
    Principal
    I-Business Network
    Marietta GA
    16786270646
    http://www-i-bn.net
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  • 3.  RE: Session Proposals from Ron Baker

    Posted 12-14-2023 12:29

    Yes that is correct - there is no charge and it's included what we already pay.  



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    Anne Sawyer
    Executive Director
    90 Minds Inc.
    Sunset Beach CA
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  • 4.  RE: Session Proposals from Ron Baker

    Posted 12-14-2023 12:47

    I am interested in both of these sessions, but my role for my company is more of an administrator than it is a consultant.  I still do consulting work when I am needed, but my primary focus is doing all the things that consultants don't like doing because it is mostly non-billable type work.  I don't know how many people would attend, but if these sessions were scheduled against a sponsor session, then I could see more attendance in these sessions than if it were scheduled against another good Sage 100 consulting-type session.

    I agree with Gary that hardcore consultants won't attend these sessions.  But, anyone who has a hand in generating revenue or helping to set pricing would likely attend.



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    Brian Kelly
    Accounting Systems, Inc. (ASI)
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  • 5.  RE: Session Proposals from Ron Baker

    Posted 12-14-2023 12:57

    Pricing on Purpose is something I've heard Ron do in a 2 hour format at a Sage Summit long time ago before he met Ed, and why I bought one of his books right after. Pricing on Purpose especially could be exciting IF we could get a larger 90M audience with newer people attending as well as the regular crowd AND in an extended session format of 2+ hours. People will get their most bang for the buck that way.



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    Alnoor Cassim
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  • 6.  RE: Session Proposals from Ron Baker

    Posted 12-14-2023 21:35

    I like both of these sessions, and I agree with Brian that Ron's session should be at the same time as a vendor advertising session so that he gets more attendance.  Consultant's earning a paycheck as an employee probably are less interested or aren't interested. If you are a business owner, these sessions with Ron are invaluable.  It took me several years for Ron's teachings to really sink in.  They are not easy concepts to grasp until you take a leap of faith and start implementing them.  Once I tried them, I soon realized this was a better way to do business.. Focus on creating value for your customers, not on trading time for dollars.    



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    Doug Higgs
    Midwest Commerce Solutions, Inc
    (312) 315-0960
    Chauffeur, Chef, and Personal Assistant to Sprinkles
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