why next-gen firms embrace subscription billing plans

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zoho president explains the “freemium upsell.”

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by sandi leyva and michelle long

let’s take a look at some pricing strategies for the subscription economy.

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there are a number of things that businesses can do related to subscription models, in particular around their pricing strategies. we have the freemium and upsell model, multiple additions, pay as you go, tiered or volume-based pricing and bundling. i’ve got some examples of each one of these. i’d be fairly surprised if we haven’t run across these already as consumers.

our guest for this discussion about subscription-based models is raj sabhlok, president of zoho corp., in his own words…

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welcome to the subscription economy

laptop with "sign up" on screenwhat it is and why it’s popular.

by sandi leyva and michelle long
acceleratorlibrary.com

we’re going to be speaking about subscription economy, which is new to a lot of us.

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our guest for this discussion about subscription-based models is raj sabhlok, president of zoho corp.
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ed kless on factors affecting price sensitivity

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kless

parsing substitute, expenditure, fairness and other effects.

by sandi leyva and michelle long
with ed kless, senior director of partner development and strategy at the sage group
acceleratorlibrary.com

many of you offer a fixed price on many occasions, which is fantastic.

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what you’re doing now is maybe just fixed pricing and not value pricing, and the key here is we’re going to make this jump now. now that you made the leap to fixed price it is a very easy jump to value pricing. i’ll quickly describe the difference for those of you who might not have fully fleshed this out in your mind.
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your time has no inherent value

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kless

… but here’s what does.

by ed kless, as told to sandi leyva and michelle long

do you believe your time has inherent value to your clients?

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sorry, but no. your time has no inherent value; it certainly doesn’t have any value to anyone but you.
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ed kless: what is strategic pricing?

there are three strategies. use what you want, but learn them all.

by sandi leyva and michelle long
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kless

i’m super jazzed to introduce ed kless, who’s going to be discussing the fundamentals of strategic pricing.

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he is the senior director of partner development and strategy at the sage group. he’s also the co-host and author of the soul of enterprise. he developed and delivers curriculum for sage consulting academy, business strategy and workshops related to customer experience. he’s also a senior fellow at vera sage, which is where ron baker teaches pricing to firms in our industry.

kless: we’re going to review the fundamentals of strategic pricing. what i’ve found fascinating about the subject of pricing is for as complex as it is, there are only three basic strategies. we’re going to review what those are and talk about where one might use one over the other and why they’re important to know. even if you don’t prescribe to one or the other or only ever use one strategy, it’s important to know what the three are.

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the four factors for fixed pricing

price targetplus 5 reasons not to manage employees by timesheet.

by jody padar
the radical cpa

ron baker and ed kless of the verasage institute are the hands-down experts on value pricing. they do a phenomenal job of explaining how it works and why you shouldn’t track time.

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i’ve done it for the last nine years and i absolutely love it. i would never go back to time and billing.
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daily billing cuts month-end load, creates audit trail

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by roman h. kepczyk
quantum of paperless

studies done over the past two decades have clearly shown that there is a significant improvement in realization for firms that enter, release and post time and expenses on a daily basis. this process allows for daily or “hotel” type billing that is sent out with the completion of each billable project.

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the next step in the evolution of time and billing systems provided real-time dashboards to report on firm activities and effectively allow firms to generate invoices. this can work only if all time and expenses for all personnel are captured within the system. while most firms have a daily time entry “policy,” the biggest abusers of the policy are owners and managers, so it is about time for them to get on board and use the system.
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