Selling Drupal - Winning Business from Wary Prospects

Track: 
Business and Strategy
Experience: 
Beginner

We all know that Drupal is the most amazing Content Management Framework anywhere. Sometimes, it can be difficult to communicate this information to potential prospects who may be considering other options such as WordPress or Joomla, a proprietary CMS, a custom-developed site based on .NET or Java, or anything else besides Drupal. This session will describe some of the key reasons why Drupal is the ONLY logical choice for most web projects. We will discuss the specific Drupal features and modules we present to clients to sell them on the technology and eliminate competing products and technologies from consideration. We will also talk about important functionality Drupal provides out of the box but which is lacking in most other toolsets. Finally, we'll discuss common prospect objections and how we address them. The key objective is to help us all win more Drupal business.

Intended audience: 

This session is intended for anyone who wants to attract more Drupal clients. We will discuss why Drupal is the best choice for web development from a client's perspective.

Questions answered by this session
Question 1: 
Why should an organization choose Drupal over other open source content management systems such as WordPress or Joomla?
Question 2: 
Why should I choose a technology based on PHP instead of something more "hard-core" like Microsoft's .NET or JAVA?
Question 3: 
How can Drupal help my organization over the long term? (In other words, why should my organization not just build a simple static site?)
Question 4: 
Why should I not use a home-grown content management system, a small "light-weight" CMS, or a proprietary CMS?
Question 5: 
Why is using Drupal better than developing my website from scratch?
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