Step Change Launches Free Value Gap Audit for Australian Businesses

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Sydney agency Step Change has launched the Value Gap Audit, a free tool scoring how clearly businesses communicate their worth. It reads a website, competitors, and a marketing asset, then flags where the pitch is strong or leaking. Australian businesses have already begun running it.

-- Step Change, a Sydney strategy and marketing consultancy, has launched the Value Gap Audit, a free online tool that scores how clearly a business communicates its own value, the company said.

The tool requires three inputs: a company's website, a small set of competitors, and optional marketing assets, such as a proposal. It then returns a score showing where a business's value proposition is strong, blind, or leaking. The company says the assessment takes about two minutes.

Step Change reports that about 290 Australian businesses have run the audit since it launched in July. The shocking outcome was that only one in twenty communicated their value to their target audience effectively… ie, most have a very uncomfortable value gap.

The launch lands in a large market. The Australian Bureau of Statistics counted more than 2.7 million actively trading businesses in the country as of June 2025, and businesses with fewer than 20 employees made up about 97 percent of them. Most compete on how clearly they explain their worth.

The Value Gap Audit is available now. Step Change said the tool is free and involves no commitment to the agency.

About Step Change

Step Change is a Sydney strategy and marketing consultancy founded in 2007 and led by Ashton Bishop. It helps businesses grow by strengthening their value propositions and carrying them through segmentation, content, and sales. The Value Gap Audit is at https://value-gap-audit.hellostepchange.com.

More information is available at https://www.hellostepchange.com and https://linkedin.com/company/step-change-marketing.

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