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Cesar Abeid is a Certified Project Mangement Professional and Vice President of Client Services at Remontech. He started his career as an electrical engineer. He is the author of Project Management for You and host of the Project Management for the Masses podcast. What Is Project Management? What is the most important thing you can share about pricing? Do not become a commodity. Be […] The post The Fundamentals of Project Management with Cesar Abeid – 068 appeared first on Art Of Value.

The history of economic thought regarding the concept of value is "a tale of two theories". The Labor Theory of Value states that value is equal to the sum of the labor and materials to create something. The Subjective Theory of value states that value is the perception in the mind of the customer. Ron Baker and Ed Kless discuss these theories from chapter 8 of Ron's book Pricing on Purpose. The post The History of the Theory of Value with Baker & Kless – 067 appeared first on Art Of Value.

In 2012, David Wells led Moores, a 40-lawyer practice, through a transition from hourly billing to value pricing. From his experience, he learned value pricing is more than a way to determine what to charge a customer. It is a business model, a philosophy, and a way of thinking. David shares how the new model changed the customers, employees, processes, and systems at Moores for the better. The post Value Pricing Is A Business Model with David Wells – 066 appeared first on Art Of Value.

Wes Higbee is a software consultant from New York. He has been interviewed on the AOV Show before about software consulting, agile development, and customer value. Matt Riopelle is a creative consultant from Austin. He was a guest on the AOV Show previously to discuss the importance of pricing. Wes and Matt practice value pricing in their businesses and frequently […] The post Pursuing of the Economic Buyer with Higbee & Riopelle – 065 appeared first on Art Of Value.

Rags Srinivasan is an engineer, turned pricing consultant. His epiphany came when he realized it is not about costs. Nowadays, he leverages an analytical approach on pricing. He has an MBA from the Haas School of Business at Berkeley, where he studied with Teck-Hua Ho. He is an avid hiker and said that if it is not […] The post The Ethics of Price Discrimination with Rags Srinivasan – 064 appeared first on Art Of Value.

Michael Port is the author of six books and a New York Times best-selling author. The Boston Globe commented, “He is an uncommonly honest author.” He has been called a marketing guru by the Wall Street Journal and a sales guru by The Financial Times. His seventh book, Steal the Show, is due this fall. “Book Yourself […] The post Using Value to Steal the Show with Michael Port – 063 appeared first on Art Of Value.

Barrett Young is an accountant who founded The Green Abacus in 2012. He has never kept a timesheet, no longer does tax returns, and has never worked for a Big Four Accounting Firm. Barrett served our country as a Marine in the infantry, and he loves to snowboard. Providing Unlimited Access What is the most important thing […] The post The Accountant Who Does Not Do Taxes with Barrett Young – 062 appeared first on Art Of Value.

Mark Wickersham is the #1 Amazon best-selling author of Effective Pricing for Accountants. He ran an accounting practice for seven years and is now a mentor to over 150 accountants in the United Kingdom. He is also an avid cyclist. Price Has Nothing to Do with Cost What is the most important thing you can share about […] The post The Psychology of Options in Pricing with Mark Wickersham – 061 appeared first on Art Of Value.

Kimanzi Constable has gone from delivering bread to becoming a full-time writer. He writes for cool places like The Huffington Post, Entrepreneur Magazine, and Fox News. He has self-published over 100,000 copies of his books including, Are You Living or Existing? If you follow him on social media, you know he is a huge Taylor Swift fan. […] The post The Value of Writing for Others with Kimanzi Constable – 060 appeared first on Art Of Value.

Joni Newkirk is the founder and CEO of Integrated Insight. She is a former Senior Vice President of Business Insight and Improvement at Disney. She was responsible for anything analytical outside traditional finance. One of the big things was pricing and revenue management for essentially everything Disney sold. They were responsible for forecasting revenue, which included things like daily attendance and a 10-year […] The post The Story of Disney’s Brilliant Price Hike with Joni Newkirk – 059 appeared first on Art Of Value.

Kai Davis is an outreach consultant who focuses on building relationships and online community. He is also an e-commerce consultant who helps businesses increase their sales. Previously he was a front-end developer for WordPress and a jazz pianist. He is speaking in September at the Double Your Freelancing Conference. Kai's Value Pricing Journey What is the most important thing […] The post Standardizing Value Through Products with Kai Davis – 058 appeared first on Art Of Value.

Susan Fennema is the project manager at MightyData. We have worked together for over five years. This episode is a glimpse into the internal conversations we have to continuously improve service for our customers. Creating a Quick Win What is the value of offering a “quick win” to the customer? The biggest value is a quick turn-around. We can […] The post A Live After Action Review with Susan Fennema – 057 appeared first on Art Of Value.

Kevin Mitchell is the President of the Professional Pricing Society (PPS). He is the publisher of a quarterly journal on professional pricing, which is primarily academic research. He also publishes a monthly newsletter, called the Pricing Advisor, which follows trends in pricing. He has spoken all over the world on pricing, including North America, South America, Europe, and […] The post You Can Learn To Price Too with Kevin Mitchell – 056 appeared first on Art Of Value.

Chris Cerrone & Laci Urcioli are the hosts of the Chris Cerrone Show, a podcast with 1.8 million downloads across 136 episodes. They are also marketing and business consultants, who hail from Vegas. Chris is a former skateboarder, and Laci a former circus performer. Know Your Value What is the most important thing you can share about […] The post Finding Your Sauce (and Value) with Cerrone & Urcioli – 055 appeared first on Art Of Value.

Carrie Dils is a WordPress developer and business consultant, a recommended Genesis developer by StudioPress, and an author of WordPress training courses at Lynda.com. Personally, she is a lover of rescue dogs and a craft beer connoisseur. Getting Started in Web Development What is the most important thing you can share about pricing? Every time she […] The post The Story of My Pricing Journey with Carrie Dils – 054 appeared first on Art Of Value.

Donald Kelly is the host of The Sales Evangelist podcast and an award-winning speaker. His podcast has been mentioned in Entrepreneur Magazine, The Huffington Post and on Yahoo Finance. He's a sales trainer and mentor, and a self-admitted addict to staycations. Kirk was a guest on Episode 32 of The Sales Evangelist. Getting Started in Sales What […] The post The Role of Value in Sales with Donald Kelly – 053 appeared first on Art Of Value.

Mike Kim is a marketing consultant that specializes in creating personal brands. He is also the chief marketing officer for an education company in New Jersey. He is the host of the Brand You! podcast, and a speaker at Podcast Movement this summer in Fort Worth, Texas. Positioning Yourself with Price What is the most important thing you can share […] The post Visual, Verbal and Value Identity with Mike Kim – 052 appeared first on Art Of Value.

Wes Higbee was a guest on a previous episode of the Art of Value Show. His latest book is about value and software, Commitment to Value: How to Make Technical Projects Worthwhile. He is also the owner and chief consultant at Full City Technology. Wes focuses on helping teams learn to develop from a value perspective. The Path to […] The post The Value of the Customer’s Customer with Wes Higbee – 051 appeared first on Art Of Value.

Mark Stiving has a Ph.D. in Pricing from UC Berkeley. He is the author of Impact Pricing and writes a popular blog PragmaticPricing.com. He is consultant and teacher at Pragmatic Marketing, which helps product managers at Fortune 1000 companies define, build and market great products. What Is the Customer Willing to Pay? What is the […] The post Which One? or Will I? with Mark Stiving – 050 appeared first on Art Of Value.

Ben Furfie is a web designer who specializes in front-end development. Business wise, he focuses on lead generation for small to medium size businesses. Technology wise, he uses WordPress and the Genesis framework. He started out as a writer and then began to pick up the technology while working on magazine projects. He recently spoke […] The post The Real Goal of Value Pricing with Ben Furfie – 049 appeared first on Art Of Value.