3. PRODUCT
OFFICE SUPPLIES
FEATURES
• Full catalog of office supplies
• Printers and photocopiers
• Free same-day delivery
DIFFERENTIATION
• You will get a dedicated account manager
• We do not charge shipping
• You can talk to a human when you need something
4. • Full catalog of office supplies
• Printers and photocopiers
• Free same-day delivery
PRODUCT
OFFICE SUPPLIES
FEATURES
DIFFERENTIATION
TARGET
OFFICE MANAGER IMPROVEMENTS
• Decrease the amount of time they spend
ordering office supplies
• Decrease their office supplies costs
• Decrease the time it takes to receive
deliveries of office supplies
• Make something work better
• Make something easier
• Decrease the time it takes to
do something
• Increase revenue or income
• Decrease costs or expenses
• Improve the customer’s
product
• Decrease the risk of
something bad happening
• Improve visibility or access to
information
VALUE
• You will get a dedicated account manager
• We do not charge shipping
• You can talk to a human when you need
something
5. PRODUCT
OFFICE SUPPLIES
IMPROVEMENTS
TARGET
OFFICE MANAGER CHALLENGES/CONCERNS
• Can be a hassle to order office supplies
• Need to find new ways to decrease costs
• Can take time to receive deliveries for
office supplies
• What is the opposite of the
improvement?
• What problem goes away with
the improvement?
• What problem starts to
happen if this improvement is
not provided?
VALUE PAIN
• Decrease the amount of time they spend
ordering office supplies
• Decrease their office supplies costs
• Decrease the time it takes to receive
deliveries of office supplies
6. PRODUCT
OFFICE SUPPLIES
CHALLENGES/CONCERNS
TARGET
OFFICE MANAGER PAIN QUESTIONS
• How important is it to simplify ordering office
supplies?
• How much of a priority is it to find new areas to
cut costs?
• How important is it to quickly receive deliveries
of office supplies?
• What question could we ask to
see if the prospect has each
challenge or concern?
• For each pain point the
product fixes is a question
that could be asked.
VALUE PAIN QUESTIONS
• Can be a hassle to order office supplies
• Need to find new ways to decrease
costs
• Can take time to receive deliveries for
office supplies
7. PRODUCT
OFFICE SUPPLIES
TARGET
OFFICE MANAGER CURRENT STATE QUESTIONS
• Who are you purchasing office supplies from?
• How long have you been purchasing from
them?
• How is everything going?
• What are some of the things you like about what
they provide?
• What are some things that you think could be
better?
• When was the last time you considered making
a change for purchasing office supplies?
• How many offices do you currently have?
• How many employees do you have?
• Currently have what you sell?
• Current vendor/provider
• Current systems and
processes
• People in the organization
• Current contracts and
expiration dates
• Size details – number of sites,
people, systems, etc.
• Current performance/stats
(technical, marketing,
financial, etc.)
• Last time evaluated other
options
VALUE PAIN QUESTIONS
8. PRODUCT
OFFICE SUPPLIES
TARGET
OFFICE MANAGER CUSTOMER EXAMPLE
• We worked with an office manager
• They were needing to find additional cost
savings
• We helped to do that by becoming their
sole vendor for office supplies
• Decreased office supplies costs
• Decreased time spent order
• Who have we helped that is
similar to the target buyer?
• What problem did they have?
• What did we sell to solve that
problem?
• What are two improvements
we helped to influence?
VALUE PAIN QUESTIONS
CUSTOMER
EXAMPLE
9. OFFICE SUPPLIES
FEATURES
• Full catalog of office supplies
• Printers and photocopiers
• Free same-day delivery
DIFFERENTIATION
• You will get a dedicated
account manager
• We do not charge shipping
• You can talk to a human when
you need something
FOR OFFICE MANAGERS
IMPROVEMENTS
• Decrease the amount of time they spend
ordering office supplies
• Decrease their office supplies costs
• Decrease the time it takes to receive
deliveries of office supplies
CHALLENGES/CONCERNS
• Can be a hassle to order office supplies
• Need to find new ways to decrease costs
• Can take time to receive deliveries for
office supplies
PAIN QUESTIONS
• How important is it to simplify
ordering office supplies?
• How much of a priority is it to find
new areas to cut costs?
• How important is it to quickly receive
deliveries of office supplies?
CUSTOMER EXAMPLE
• We worked with an office
manager
• They were needing to find
additional cost savings
• We helped to do that by
becoming their sole vendor for
office supplies
• Decreased office supplies
costs
• Decreased time spent order
PRODUCT TARGET VALUE PAIN QUESTIONS
CUSTOMER
EXAMPLE
CURRENT STATE
QUESTIONS
• Who are are you purchasing office
supplies from?
• How long have you been purchasing
from them?
• How is everything going?
• What are some of the things you like