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A 3-step methodology for repositioning a product or service

A 3-step methodology for repositioning a product or service

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June 15, 2021
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  1. A three-step methodology
    for repositioning a product
    or service: A case study
    Presentation by Ben Chant
    December 2019

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  2. PwC
    Contents
    1. The problem
    2. Approaching this with a 3 stage
    methodology
    3. How we applied this methodology to
    Software Assurance
    4. The results
    5. FAQs
    2

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  3. 1The problem - why
    was this proposition
    not resonating with its
    target audience?

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  4. PwC
    A three-step methodology for repositioning a product or service: A case study December 2019
    Proposition messaging not clear
    4

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  5. PwC
    A three-step methodology for repositioning a product or service: A case study December 2019
    Siloed go-to-market planning
    5
    Revenue
    targets
    Commercial
    objectives
    Client mapping

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  6. PwC
    A three-step methodology for repositioning a product or service: A case study December 2019
    Sales teams requiring
    information on buyer profiles
    and customer narrative
    Marketing unclear on BU
    objectives for campaigns
    Sales and marketing enablement
    6
    Point-in-time campaign
    activity without strategic
    planning
    ?

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  7. 2Using a different
    approach

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  8. PwC
    A three-step methodology for repositioning a product or service: A case study December 2019
    Product marketing life cycle
    8
    Market Insight
    Sales and Marketing Enablement
    Market-driven value
    propositions to help
    bring our people and
    clients closer together
    Go To Market planning

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  9. PwC │9
    Market insight
    1 Competitor analysis
    In-depth research into existing and
    new markets for selling your product or
    service, including reviewing current
    marketing metrics.
    2 SWOT analysis
    3 Market pricing
    4 Buyer profiling (Gains, pains and jobs)
    5 Use case definition (the only...that...for...with….)
    6 Key marketing metrics (page views, bounce rates, time spent, SEO)
    7 Analyst inquiries/research

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  10. PwC │10
    Go-to-market
    planning 1 Living breathing strategy document and plan of action for BU, sales
    and marketing
    The strategic and tactical planning for
    bringing a proposition to your target
    audience through the route-to-market
    with the biggest ROI
    2 Ties the marketing objectives to business objectives
    3 Outlines short-term and long-term deliverables for the business,
    sales and marketing
    4 Outlines the target audience
    5 Maps key value statements to relevant buyer communities and use
    cases
    6 Identifies key themes to focus on throughout the year

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  11. PwC │11
    Sales and Marketing
    enablement 1 Sales collateral mapped to buyer journey
    Providing sales teams with collateral,
    messaging and training to sell to their
    clients
    Providing marketing teams with
    collateral, messaging and campaign
    packs run marketing activity
    2 Proposition delivery roadmap
    3 Proposition/campaign packs
    4 Sales training
    5 RFI/RFP support
    6 Thought leadership

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  12. 3Applying this to the
    Software Assurance
    proposition

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  13. PwC UK Sales and Marketing
    Market insight
    13
    Reviewed feedback from clients
    and engagement leads
    Learned key market insights from
    engagements with research
    analysts
    ● The root problem being the culture between security and IT
    teams and quick-win solutions to help alleviate
    ● The ‘true buyer’ (CTO and CIO)
    ● We weren’t known as technically proficient
    ● Weren’t clear on what problem the proposition was solving
    ● Not all services under the ‘Software Assurance’ offering
    were relevant to the target audience
    ● Client’s weren’t ready to adopt the proposition’s technology
    capability
    Actions Outcome
    Researched what our competitors were
    doing to identify how we differ
    ● We could translate very technical insight into business
    priorities
    ● We had a security culture service that could add value to our
    software assurance service
    Reviewed digital marketing metrics such
    as time on page, page views, bounce
    rates SEO analysis
    ● Audience wasn’t spending much time on our pages
    ● Terminology like software assurance weren’t being used
    extensively and needed to bring in target those looking for
    broader risk compliance

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  14. PwC UK Sales and Marketing
    Go-to-market planning
    14
    Created a living, breathing go-to-market
    document
    Created a new portfolio name; from
    ‘Software Assurance’ to ‘Software
    Security & DevSecOps’
    ● More recognisable by the wider software
    security market
    ● Early to market positioning for
    DevSecOps
    ● Guided how to sell and market the
    proposition
    ● Allowed us to focus on 12 key accounts
    Actions Outcome
    Mapped out clear routes-to-market
    ● Became clear to sales what value
    statements to lead with when talking to each
    buyer type and influencer
    Identified key campaign themes
    mapped to buyer challenges
    ● Helped to drive a marketing plan of activity:
    ○ Building credibility for cultural issues
    ○ Positioning us as technically proficient

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  15. PwC UK Sales and Marketing
    Example outputs
    15
    Business objectives Target audience Sales toolkit Campaign plans

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  16. PwC UK Sales and Marketing
    Sales and marketing enablement
    16
    Created collateral and key content to
    support each stage of the buyer journey
    Prioritised marketing activity to focus
    on enabling sales in existing
    accounts
    ● Focussed on identifying existing
    accounts mapped to the use cases we
    had planned for and focussed on
    converting those to meet revenue targets
    ● Central drive was created for
    commercial teams to arm themselves
    with external collateral (flyers and pitch
    decks tailored for each buyer group) as
    well as a battlecard
    Actions Outcome
    Ensured proposition was positioned
    correctly in the relevant marketing
    campaigns at the right times
    ● Put ad-hoc event and comms plans on hold
    to focus on less with more impact
    ● Created thought leadership to promote our
    early-to-market subject matter expertise on
    how to solve the IT-Security Culture
    conundrum

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  17. PwC UK Sales and Marketing
    Example outputs
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  18. 4The results

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  19. PwC
    Re-engaged with more
    impactful conversations with
    accounts that we had previously
    struggled to penetrate.
    Helped to win 3 targeted
    accounts:
    • UK banking institution
    • Multinational online
    payments organisation
    • Mobile payments company
    Recognition from
    Forrester as leaders in
    cyber security consulting
    and innovators for
    DevSecOps proposition
    Results
    19
    Increase in
    opportunity pipeline
    from thought
    leadership marketing
    campaign, resulting in
    ongoing pursuits with
    targeted accounts.

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    © 2019 PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP. All rights reserved. PwC refers to the UK member firm, and may sometimes refer to the PwC network. Each member firm is a
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