The ROI Value Library

Documented proof, the method behind it, and the ten pitfalls to avoid — everything that turns a value claim into a number a CFO will believe.

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Three documented outcomes, side by side.

ClientIndustryHeadline resultWhat we provedFormat
MetrixCRM software>1,000% ROI · $3.2MThree-year earned valueCase study
InfoGenesisHospitality POS$5M contracts wonWon on value, not priceCase study
Environmental ServicesLocal services+40% leads · −39% costROAS $7 → $12Case study
Every case study is a documented, CFO-certifiable ROI retrospection.

Understanding value selling

The method, the vocabulary, and the traps.

The method
How a value claim becomes proof.

Four value buckets

Every benefit is Revenue, Cost Savings, Asset Savings, or Risk Reduction — counted in dollars.

BAU → Goal → Actual

Lock the baseline, build the value case, then prove the realized value.

ROI Replay & DriftWatch

Projected vs actual over the term, with drift caught and a next best action.

Problem Pyramids™

Find the customer's REAL business requirements — what they actually value.

The five maturity levels
Where you sell from decides whether you compete on price or on proven value.

1 · Not on Value

Asking for the order.

2 · Features

Touting the product.

3 · Benefits

Listing what might help.

4 · Ostensible ROI

A suspect number.

5 · REAL ROI

Proven value \u2014 breakthrough.

Common traps
The pitfalls that make an ROI number suspect.

Features, not dollars

Selling capability the buyer must convert to value themselves — so they buy on price.

Vanity metrics

Logins and adoption % measure presence, not money. A CFO can't bank a percentage.

No matched actuals

Nobody checks whether the ROI came true, so estimates drift from reality.

The wrong variables

Selling value the customer doesn't actually care about.