How strong value can help your business

Have you ever been in a situation where the customer you are tirelessly pitching to, sees no value for your event planning service? I mean, it’s so frustrating to see customer tell you whether or not they could easily plan their event themselves.

The fact remains, even if you’re the best event planner in the world but can’t present a strong case for the value you’re proposing to your customer, you’ll never be able to sell your product. You need a good value proposition that communicates the benefit of doing business with your customer. It’s your selling point and so you must sell it.

Here are three tips to help your customers value your event planning services.

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Creating an event planning value proposition

To create a good value proposition, you should ask yourself four basic questions:

• Why is my event planning business better than the competition? This is ywhat sets you apart.
• What do I bring to the table that adds value to my customer’s event?
• How does my service actually save the customer money?
• In the end, why would my customer be glad they trusted me with their event?

If you take this exercise seriously and write down your answers (because you’re going to be using them to create a strong value proposition for your marketing plan) and you still aren’t sure why a customer should hire you, you’re likely losing out to the competition.

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Think back to events you’ve coordinated and the things you’ve done that someone without your experience might not do. Review all the small details you took care of and all the ways you saved your customers money. If you’ve developed a strong vendor network and leveraged it to deliver the best events possible for your clients and you’re poised in a crisis and don’t let last minute snags turn into disasters, these are deliverables on your part.

Depending on the level of event management you do and the type of events you specialise in, you should also be able to customise your statement to highlight specific advantages. Think of a way to express these specific advantages succinctly and smoothly. What you want to do is paint a picture of someone your client can trust to create a first-class event while reflecting their tastes, all the while staying within budget.

The magic of a strong value proposition

A strong value proposition builds trust in the customer and allows them to seal the deal with confidence. You can’t ask someone to do business with me simply because you’re an expert. You need to give your customers concrete reasons to trust you.

Even if you’re progressing in your event planning training and you’ve built a portfolio and begun marketing yourself and building a network of dependable event-support vendors, you can’t leave this last step undone. A strong value proposition lets a customer know, without a doubt, that you are the best person to handle their event and can tackle things they cannot.

Conclusion

Once your unique statement of benefits is written, give it star billing on your website, Facebook page, Twitter profile, and other social media venues. Be sure to update this regularly and ask satisfied customers for testimonials.