The $416K Question
Your PMs spend $312K/year on slides. You spend another $104K consolidating their reports. Together, that's a budget nobody approved.
The Cumulative Cost at Your Level
Time and money stack up as information flows up the org chart
Your PM Team
5 PMs × 4 hrs/week building slides
You (Director)
5 hrs/week consolidating PM reports
Total Cost Under Your Oversight
PM team + your consolidation time = hidden budget drain
What Would $416K Buy Your Department?
That budget exists. It's just hidden in labor costs. What if you could redirect it?
Hire Two More PMs
$416K covers 2+ PM salaries. Actual project managers doing actual project management instead of slide formatting.
Accelerate Key Projects
Redirect 1,300 hours of PM capacity to the projects that actually matter. Hit milestones early instead of late.
Boost Productivity
Each PM gets 4+ hours back per week. That's a 10-15% capacity increase without adding headcount.
No More Late Nights
Your PMs stop working Thursday nights. You stop working Sunday afternoons. Everyone's happier.
The Email You Wish You Could Send
Here's the business case. Copy it. Paste it. Send it up.
"I've identified $416K in hidden labor costs spent on manual presentation work across my team. For $2,088/year, we can eliminate 95% of this work and redirect 1,300 hours to actual project delivery. ROI: 199x. Payback period: 2 days."
Frequently Asked Questions
Everything you need to know about the ROI calculation
QHow is the $416K cost calculated?
The calculation includes PM team slide-building time (5 PMs × 4 hrs/week × 52 weeks × $75/hr = $312K) plus director consolidation time (5 hrs/week × 52 weeks × $100/hr = $104K). Total: $416K in hidden labor costs annually.
QWhat ROI can I expect from SlideStrike?
With a $49/month subscription ($588/year for a single user), directors typically see 199x ROI by eliminating 95% of manual presentation work. For a team license at $2,088/year, the ROI is even higher.
QHow do I make the business case to my VP?
We provide a ready-to-use ROI calculator and sample business case email. Just input your team size and hourly rates, and share the automatically generated cost analysis with leadership.
QCan SlideStrike really replace 5+ hours of work per week?
Yes. Most directors spend 4-6 hours weekly consolidating PM reports. SlideStrike does this in minutes by automatically reading, extracting, and synthesizing data from any file format into executive-ready slides.
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