How CompetitionProof™ works

We do the work. We prove the results. Then we make you a case study.

Why it works

Marketing never creates new demand. It only activates it. When everyone in your industry runs ads, builds websites, and writes selling scripts with the same promises about quality, price, years in business, and special member programs and coupons or discounts, you get price wars, lost bids and survival mode. It costs time, money and energy.

CompetitionProof™ finds untapped demand and distinctions your competitors don't even know exist, so they become irrelevant... like they just moved away. They can't offer the value you now offer.

The process

  1. 1

    A 15-minute call.

    We look at where you're creating your competition with a “distinctions test” right on the call. Then, we share the 7 questions. You'll find it both shocking and refreshing. If we both feel like it makes sense for you, we discuss what working together would look like.

  2. 2

    Schedule a “Getting Started” call.

    We go over a Phase One project to begin helping you become CompetitionProof.

  3. 3

    Your baseline.

    Before anything changes, we measure where you stand: revenue, pricing, close rate and where your customers come from.

  4. 4

    Think Tank research.

    We use the New Demand FORMULA: Primary and secondary research digs into what your best buyers truly care about, the things no one in your industry is talking about. It's shockingly effective.

  5. 5

    The seven questions.

    A working session with Nate built around seven questions you've never heard before.

  6. 6

    Your distinction and your offer.

    What only you can offer, built from capabilities you already have.

  7. 7

    Your message.

    Words that make the right buyers feel the difference before they ever call you.

  8. 8

    Test it.

    We teach you how to prove it with real customers before you roll it out in your marketing and sales efforts.

  9. 9

    Launch it.

    Your team, or one of our trusted partners, puts it into action.

  10. 10

    Measure it.

    Results at 30, 60 and 90 days, against your baseline.

  11. 11

    Become a case study.

    Your results become proof, with your permission.

What we do, and what we don't

We do

  • Find the distinctions no competitor can claim
  • Research what your buyers want most
  • Build your offer and your message
  • Advise you monthly as you roll it out

We don't

  • Run your ads or campaigns
  • Become your marketing department
  • Manage your vendors
  • Run your operations

When you need help putting it into action, we introduce you to trusted partners who do that work well.

Proof

Putnam Fuel

Everyone else competed on:

Price per gallon and service

They won on:

Kids' safety workshops for the moms who choose the fuel company

How they won:

Grocery-chain sponsors put 100,000+ flyers in shoppers' bags promoting kids' outdoor-safety workshops, and service sign-ups surged within a week.

Nearly doubled revenue in three years

Appletree Business Services

Everyone else competed on:

Tax savings, bookkeeping services, quality, great fees

They won on:

A Financial Confidence Map that gave owners real relief from worry, and a monthly membership program

How they won:

Owners stopped comparing bookkeeping prices and started buying peace of mind, every month.

More than tripled, then sold

Ice Dam Shield

Everyone else competed on:

Chasing electrical projects for builders

They won on:

Solving ice dam problems in gated communities, a category of its own

How they won:

Built an ice-dam monitoring and melting system and took it where no one else was solving the problem.

Over $1 million in sales in under nine months

Want to see where you created yours? It takes 15 minutes.

You'll find it both shocking and refreshing.

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