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  • Selling the Soul of the Business

    Successful businesses usually get that way by doing something well. Really successful businesses get that way by doing something well and documenting, duplicating, and training associates on how to do it using a system.

    A killer innovation strategy in these cases is to look at what you do well and determine how to turn it into a product of service and sell it.

    There are countless examples in every industry of an individual business that creates a successful way of doing something and sells that success system to others in the industry. In some cases, this work becomes far more rewarding that what the business actually did in the first place.

    What part of making it, fixing it, packaging it, and shipping it could you do for another market segment? Who else could you teach how to do what you do?

    How could you turn what is now a necessary expense or cost of production into a product or service that turns a profit? Is there an element of research, acquisition, project management, or process that you do to make a better product, but could actually become something you sell. Is there anything that your current clients do that they would gladly offload to you? Is there a software or application that you rock at using that others would pay you to teach?

    Innovation of this sort is embedded in the walls – it’s the soul of your business really – and selling it just might re-energize the way you think about business entirely.

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    Posted by: John Jantsch on Mar 22, 07 | 1:01 pm
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    • <pingback>...marketing expert John Jantsch in his post about “Selling The Soul of the Business” says that: “Really successful businesses get that way by doing something well and documenting, duplicating, and training associates on how ...</pingback>
    • Interesting post on how successful businesses can leverage their competencies and drive additional revenue. I can see how mature businesses may take this approach to get a step up in revenues, but I think some smaller, less mature businesses may think that they are really giving away the farm. I think it takes a certain amount of maturity to go this route, and those who do will see significant upside.

      http://www.SimplifyThis.com
    • <pingback>...get that way by doing something well. Really successful businesses get that way by doing something well and documenting, duplicating, and training associates on how to do it using a system. A killer innovation strategy in these cases is to look at what ...</pingback>
    • A few years ago, we took this concept one step further. We owned a few home care companies in California...and decided to sell the entire business opportunity by teaching people how to start companies just like ours in other states. That process alone grew into a $5mm training business!

      Jeff
      www.northstarthinktank.typepad.com
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