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Analysis of Bissel Little Green

Customer (Who specifically is helped?)
People that have dirty carpets or upholstery, especially pet owners, parents of young children.
Pain (What is the frustration for the customer?)
Stains are ugly. Rubbing them out is difficult or impossible.
Solution (How does the product remove the frustration?)
A wet-dry vacuum combined with a brush that sprays hot, soapy water on stains and then suck them out.
Offer (Pricing, warranties, terms)
CAD 90$ for the machine, and CAD 20$ per soap bottle.
Channel (How do customers discover and purchase the offer?)
Machine is found everywhere: big-box retail and Amazon. Then, the machine creates a need for the soap bottles, which are found wherever you got the machine.

Exercises for the reader

  1. Can you think of a totally different way to efficiently help this market?
  2. Can you think of a different market where an analogous strategy would work?
  3. What is the underlying need that the customer has beyond the immediate problem?

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