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Pricing: everything you always wanted to know but were afraid to ask, with ProfitWell CEO Patrick Campbell

2020/5/21
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Patrick Campbell 强调定价是企业最重要的杠杆之一,应该投入更多时间和精力。他指出,与获客和留存相比,提高定价对业务产出的影响最大,可达 4-8 倍。他认为,许多公司在定价策略上过于被动,更新频率过低,平均大约三年才会更新一次。他建议企业应该将关注点从价格点转向影响每客户平均收入 (ARPU/ACV) 的所有因素,例如价值指标、附加功能策略、折扣策略和包装策略等。 Campbell 指出,随着市场竞争日益激烈,获客成本上升,企业需要更平衡的增长策略,更重视定价和留存。他分析了市场竞争加剧的原因,并指出如今企业需要平衡增长策略,在销售和营销上仍然需要投入大量资金,但同时需要更多地关注定价和留存。 在定价模式方面,Campbell 介绍了几种主要的定价模式:按功能差异化定价、按价值指标定价和混合模式。他认为,按价值指标定价越来越流行,因为它能够更好地反映客户的实际价值。他还讨论了免费增值模式,认为它是一种获客模式,而不是收入模式,企业应该在准备好之后再使用它,并建议在有经验丰富的增长团队支持下再采用免费增值模式。 在定价测试方面,Campbell 认为,如果流量足够,可以进行 A/B 测试;如果流量不足,则应进行市场调研,例如使用 Max Diff 和 Van Westendorp 模型等方法,然后根据 KPI 衡量结果。他强调,进行市场调研时,应该关注客户的实际需求和支付意愿,并根据不同的客户群体进行细分,避免只关注整体数据。 在价格调整方面,Campbell 建议,对于长期客户,可以采用“祖父条款”折扣策略,即给予他们一段时间内的价格优惠,以保持客户关系。但他同时指出,在调整价格之前,必须进行充分的市场调研,确保客户满意度较高,并且要根据客户的实际情况进行个性化处理。他分享了一个案例,说明了在价格调整过程中,与客户进行沟通的重要性。 最后,Campbell 分享了他自己的创业经历,阐述了他选择 Bootstrap 的原因和策略,以及在创业过程中遇到的挑战和经验。他认为,Bootstrap 能够让企业在早期阶段更加专注于产品和市场,避免过早地受到资金的限制。

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Pricing is a critical yet often overlooked aspect of company building. It's essential to understand the importance of pricing and how it impacts overall business strategy.

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We're joined by Patrick Campbell, founder & CEO of the world's leading SaaS profit-optimization service ProfitWell, to dive deep on all things pricing and monetization. Patrick began bootstrapping ProfitWell 8 years ago, and has since grown the business into a massive success with customers like Notion, Lyft, Masterclass, Atlassian, Help Scout, HubSpot, Cisco, Autodesk and many more. Patrick gives us a masterclass in how to think with a profit-maximization lens about pricing, feature development, growth and retention. And, as a special bonus at the end of the episode, he talks about his own entrepreneurial journey, bootstrapping the company without any venture funding, along with challenges overcome along the way. This episode has something for everyone to learn about company building — and is not one to miss!

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