Documenting these Eight Points makes everything easy.

We’ve helped hundreds of companies and organizations better understand their business models and refine their go-to-market strategies using the Eight Points process.  It’s as simple as this:

Eight Points Process:  4 + 4 = 8

Companies lack a simple way to understand their business model and create marketing plans.  Plus, they lack discipline to identify opportunities and create effective strategies.   This simple method enables anyone to find opportunities in ideas and create strategies to pursue those opportunities.

4Cs of Strategy = Business Plan (Idea to Opportunity)

4Ps of Marketing = Marketing Plan (Opportunity to Strategy)

Customer, competitors, channel partners and company assets are the core elements of your business model.  Calibrate to identify and pursue specific market opportunities. Pursue strategies using the 4Ps of Marketing.

4Cs of Opportunity = Business Model 

Always start with customers.  Who are they?  What challenges do they have?  Knowing who they are, how they behave and what their attitudes are will help you hone your model to focus on specific opportunities.

 

4Ps of Strategy = Marketing Plan

If you have a good product focused on the needs of specific customers’ wants and needs, you can use promotion,  geographical places and price points to motivate them to buy.  Products, promotions, place and price are the core elements of your marketing strategy/plan.