Don't fight for customers, let them fight over you Have you ever queued for a restaurant? Pre-ordered something months in advance? Fought for tickets that sell out in a day? Had a hairdresser with a six-month waiting list? There are people who don't chase clients, clients chase them. In a world of endless choices, why does this happen? Why do people queue up? Why do they pay more? Why will they book months in advance? Why are these people and products in such high demand? And how can you get a slice of that action? In Oversubscribed , entrepreneur and bestselling author Daniel Priestley explains why...and, most importantly, how. This book is a recipe for ensuring demand outstrips supply for your product or service, and you have scores of customers lining up to give you money. Oversubscribed Shows leaders, marketers, and entrepreneurs how they can get customers queuing up to use their services and products while competitors are forced to fight for business Explains how to become oversubscribed, even in a crowded marketplace Is full of practical tips alongside inspiring examples to alter our mindsets and get us bursting with ideas Is written by a successful entrepreneur who's used these ideas to excel in the ventures he has launched
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, John
ISBN-10
0857086170
ISBN-13
9780857086174
eBay Product ID (ePID)
208621772
Product Key Features
Book Title
Oversubscribed : How to Get People Lining Up to Do Business with You
Author
Daniel Priestley
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
Home-Based Businesses, Marketing / General, Customer Relations, Entrepreneurship, Small Business
Publication Year
2015
Genre
Business & Economics
Number of Pages
224 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
8.7in
Item Height
0.9in
Item Width
5.8in
Item Weight
14.4 Oz
Additional Product Features
Lc Classification Number
Hf5415.P65927 2015
Table of Content
Introduction 1 Part I: Principles for Becoming Oversubscribed 7 Principle 1 Demand and Supply Set the Price 9 Principle 2 Separate Yourself from the Market 19 Principle 3 The Four Drivers for a Market Imbalance: Innovation, Relationships, Convenience and Price 29 Principle 4 Buying Environments Create Buyers 41 Principle 5 It's OK to be Different 53 Principle 6 Value is created in the Ecosystem 69 Principle 7 Nothing Beats Being Positively Remarkable 83 Part II: The Campaign Driven Enterprise Method: Turning Principles Into Strategy 89 Phase 1 Campaign Planning: Know Your Capacity, Who It's for and When You Can Deliver It 95 Phase 2 Build Up to Being Oversubscribed 117 Phase 3 Release When Oversubscribed 137 Phase 4 Remarkable Delivery 153 Phase 5 Celebrate and Innovate 163 Part III: You, Your Team and the Crazy Times We Live In 173 It's Time to Paddle 175 Struggle, Lifestyle or Performance? 177 The CDE Team 183 One Last Thing: The Chapter I Wrestled with 209 Acknowledgements 211 About the Author 213