VALUE PROPOSITION DEVELOPMENT
The specific promise, the proof behind it, and the risk you take off the buyer.
A value proposition is not a tagline and it is not a benefits list. It is a specific trade stated plainly: here is what you get, here is what it removes, here is why that is believable, and here is what happens if it does not work. Written properly it is slightly uncomfortable to sign off, because it commits you to something measurable.
The work is mostly subtraction and proof. I start from the positioning and the recorded buyer objections, write the proposition for each segment, then go through every claim asking what evidence exists for it today. Anything unsupported either gets cut or lands on a proof gap list next to the asset that would fix it: a case study, a certification, a demo, a guarantee.
Risk reversal is the part most brands skip entirely. Buyers rarely stall because they misunderstood the benefit. They stall because the downside of being wrong sits with them personally. So the proposition names who carries that risk and how you take some of it on, in terms specific enough that whoever handles your contracts will have an opinion.
WHAT I DO
- Value proposition per segment — the offer, the pain removed and the before-and-after state, in one short block per buyer.
- Proof map — every claim matched to the evidence that supports it today, named and located, so it can be cited on a page.
- Proof gap list — claims with nothing behind them yet, each paired with the asset that would make it sayable, ordered by effort.
- Risk reversal options — guarantees, pilots, scoped first phases or terms that move part of the downside off the buyer, with the cost of each noted.
- Value ladder — how the proposition changes from entry offer to full engagement, so the steps do not contradict each other.
- Hero variants — two or three testable versions of the on-page promise, written to be compared rather than admired.
HOW I WORK
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ASSEMBLE
Pull the positioning, the buyer objections and your current claims into one list, then strip the adjectives out.
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DRAFT
Write the proposition per segment as a plain trade: what you get, what it removes, why it is believable.
- 03
AUDIT
Check each claim against real evidence and move everything unsupported onto the proof gap list instead of softening it.
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DE-RISK
Add the guarantee, pilot or scoped first step that shifts part of the buyer’s risk, and state what it costs you.
BEST FOR
- Companies whose site lists features and leaves the buyer to work out why any of it matters.
- Businesses with a strong product that loses deals late, when the buyer weighs the risk of switching.
- Brands selling the same thing to two segments who each need the value stated differently.
NOT THIS
- Not pricing strategy. I show what the market publishes and what risk reversal costs, but I do not model margins or set your prices.
- Not positioning. The category-level choice of what you own is made in Brand Strategy & Positioning; this is the offer sitting inside it.
- Not full website copy. You get the proposition blocks and hero variants, not every page of the site written out.
THE PROOF
Published case studies from brand solutions work. Each one names the client and shows what was delivered.
STRAIGHT ANSWERS
REST OF BRAND SOLUTIONS
MAKE A
WISH.
Tell me what you're building. I'll tell you how loud it can get.
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YOU WRITE
Tell me what you're building and what's in the way. Two lines is enough.
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WE TALK
A 30-minute call, booked within 7 days. Real questions, no pitch theatre.
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YOU GET A PLAN
Scope, timeline and an honest number, usually within a week.