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Posted by Obie Fernandez on Aug 17, 2008 03:38 PM
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Wow, great presentation by Obie.
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Truly great presentation.
Where can I get a PDF or PPT of Obie's slides?
Great!
This could backfire on Obie, he exposed himself as a salesman and not a techie, this totally ruins and go against what people would respect him for.
"Make your clients fear you!" ... bad
"Make your clients respect you!" ... good
"Charge as high as you can" ... bad
"Charge as low as you can" ... good
Toe support this, I remember in a paper about Dell, they were talking about how they offer custom services to large clients or deals, by for example preloading the new computers with the software he needs for each user. They said it would cost the client -i dont recall the exact number from the paper - for example 20 $, they said they could have charged him 15 $, and the client would still take it, but no, Dell charges 5 $!
As another example, the whole outsourcing business is based on this concept, offering as low as they can!
I understand, premium products to maintain their image need to charge premium prices, but obie didnt go their, his pricing discussion was weak, why would anyone be impressed by this talk
Read a marketing book if you wonna learn or get serious about pricing, there is a lot more to it if you wonna be scientific and systematic about it, else your number will be just a guess, a shot in the dark that could win or miss, and even this argument is acutally better advice than obie gave
obie must be doing something right, else people wouldnt be impressed by the little he say, he does seem to have created an audience ... but not matter how good he is, what he said in this presentation is nothing at all!
So... how much do you make a year? Sorry but some of us have no interest in charging as little as possible for our services.
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