
Oversubscribed: How to Get People Lining Up to Do Business with You
How To Get People Lining Up To Do Business With You
Daniel Priestley(Author)
Capstone Publishing Ltd
2nd Edition
Published on 27. February 2020
Book
Paperback/Softback
240 pages
978-0-85708-825-3 (ISBN)
Description
Learn how to get your business oversubscribed in a crowded marketplace to make your business stand out and get people lining up to do business with you
Are you constantly chasing customers? Why does it seem like some businesses have their customers begging to purchase their goods or services? Think about it for a moment. When a new iPhone is released, why do customers camp overnight to be the first through the door? In cities with thousands of great restaurants, why do some restaurants require reservations months in advance? Why is it that some consultants, accountants, lawyers and healthcare professionals can charge exponentially more than others? In the modern marketplace, consumer options are virtually endless, intense competition is rife and so much is given away for free online. Often businesses are left scrambling to attract enough customers to make a small profit. Yet the opposite is true for a small number of businesses that do things differently--customers chase them. They have buyers who gladly queue up, pay more, and eagerly wait for the chance to hand over their money for the next thing. How do these businesses do it? More importantly, how can you become one of them?
Oversubscribed is the guide to transforming your business into one which customers fight over! Author Daniel Priestley, a successful entrepreneur who has built and sold businesses around the world, shares proven, real-world methods that will not only grab customers' attention, but will also have them lining up to buy from you. This invaluable guide will teach you how to drive demand for your products or services far beyond supply and will dramatically increase the success of your business. Now in its second edition, this updated version offers new insights and motivating examples that are right for the 2020s. This book will show you:
* The principles and philosophies Oversubscribed businesses live by that are often the opposite of what most businesses do
* Specific steps for getting into the mind of your customer so they only want to buy from your business
* How to structure campaigns and product launches that systematically get your business Oversubscribed
* How to implement a process of signalling to market, and collect signals back from market to build up desire and demand for your products and services
The new edition of Oversubscribed: How to get people lining up to do business with you is a must-read for entrepreneurs, marketers, business leaders and owners, team managers, and business students.
Are you constantly chasing customers? Why does it seem like some businesses have their customers begging to purchase their goods or services? Think about it for a moment. When a new iPhone is released, why do customers camp overnight to be the first through the door? In cities with thousands of great restaurants, why do some restaurants require reservations months in advance? Why is it that some consultants, accountants, lawyers and healthcare professionals can charge exponentially more than others? In the modern marketplace, consumer options are virtually endless, intense competition is rife and so much is given away for free online. Often businesses are left scrambling to attract enough customers to make a small profit. Yet the opposite is true for a small number of businesses that do things differently--customers chase them. They have buyers who gladly queue up, pay more, and eagerly wait for the chance to hand over their money for the next thing. How do these businesses do it? More importantly, how can you become one of them?
Oversubscribed is the guide to transforming your business into one which customers fight over! Author Daniel Priestley, a successful entrepreneur who has built and sold businesses around the world, shares proven, real-world methods that will not only grab customers' attention, but will also have them lining up to buy from you. This invaluable guide will teach you how to drive demand for your products or services far beyond supply and will dramatically increase the success of your business. Now in its second edition, this updated version offers new insights and motivating examples that are right for the 2020s. This book will show you:
* The principles and philosophies Oversubscribed businesses live by that are often the opposite of what most businesses do
* Specific steps for getting into the mind of your customer so they only want to buy from your business
* How to structure campaigns and product launches that systematically get your business Oversubscribed
* How to implement a process of signalling to market, and collect signals back from market to build up desire and demand for your products and services
The new edition of Oversubscribed: How to get people lining up to do business with you is a must-read for entrepreneurs, marketers, business leaders and owners, team managers, and business students.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Publishing group
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 139 mm
Thickness: 22 mm
Weight
418 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-85708-825-3 (9780857088253)
Schweitzer Classification
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E-Book
02/2020
2nd Edition
Wiley
€12.99
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E-Book
02/2020
2nd Edition
Wiley
€12.99
Available for download
Previous edition

Book
04/2015
Capstone Publishing Ltd
€16.90
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Content
Introduction
Part I: Principles for Becoming Oversubscribed
Principle 1 Only Oversubscribed Businesses Make a Profit
Principle 2 The Only People That Matter Are Your People
Principle 3 First Make Your Market Then Make Your Sales
Principle 4 People Buy When the Conditions Are Right
Principle 5 Be Different and Set Your Own Rules
Principle 6 Value Is Created in the Ecosystem
Principle 7 Meet People Where They Are, Speak to Them in Their Language
Principle 8 Nothing Beats Being Positively Remarkable
Part II: The Campaign-Driven Enterprise Method: Turning Principles into Strategy
Phase 1 Campaign Planning: Know Your Capacity, Who It's for and When You Can Deliver It
Phase 2 Build-up: Warming Up the Market while Sending and Collecting Signals
Phase 3 Oversubscribed Release: Communicating Demand and Supply Tension before Allowing People to Buy
Phase 4 Sales Follow-through: Proactively Follow Up with Prospects to Maximise the Effectiveness of Your Campaign
Phase 5 Celebrate and Innovate
Part III: You, Your Team and the Times We Live In
Get Ready to Surf the Waves
Struggle, Lifestyle or Performance?
The Campaign-Driven Enterprise Team
One Last Thing: The Chapter I Wrestled With
Acknowledgements
About the Author
Part I: Principles for Becoming Oversubscribed
Principle 1 Only Oversubscribed Businesses Make a Profit
Principle 2 The Only People That Matter Are Your People
Principle 3 First Make Your Market Then Make Your Sales
Principle 4 People Buy When the Conditions Are Right
Principle 5 Be Different and Set Your Own Rules
Principle 6 Value Is Created in the Ecosystem
Principle 7 Meet People Where They Are, Speak to Them in Their Language
Principle 8 Nothing Beats Being Positively Remarkable
Part II: The Campaign-Driven Enterprise Method: Turning Principles into Strategy
Phase 1 Campaign Planning: Know Your Capacity, Who It's for and When You Can Deliver It
Phase 2 Build-up: Warming Up the Market while Sending and Collecting Signals
Phase 3 Oversubscribed Release: Communicating Demand and Supply Tension before Allowing People to Buy
Phase 4 Sales Follow-through: Proactively Follow Up with Prospects to Maximise the Effectiveness of Your Campaign
Phase 5 Celebrate and Innovate
Part III: You, Your Team and the Times We Live In
Get Ready to Surf the Waves
Struggle, Lifestyle or Performance?
The Campaign-Driven Enterprise Team
One Last Thing: The Chapter I Wrestled With
Acknowledgements
About the Author