raising margins through value based pricing [inbound 2014]
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RAISING MARGINS THROUGH VALUE-BASED PRICING
Arjun Moorthy VP Business Development & Partner Program - HubSpot
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1 Evolution of Pricing & Packaging in Partner Program
2 Pricing by Value
3 Caveats in Pricing by Value
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Evolution of Pricing & Packaging in Partner Program
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In the beginning there was “a la carte”
And it was good
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But it had its limitations
Client pays for your inefficiency
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“Bury The Billable Hour” – Tim Williams
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Next came package pricing
And it was better
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Price too low and…
1. Insufficient margins
2. Quality suffers
Price too high and…
1. Competition undercuts you
2. Competition replaces you as
can’t tie your price to value
delivered
Risks of package pricing
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“All value is subjective” – Ron Baker
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The next step is value based pricing
Nirvana!
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Value-based pricing with guidance
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2 Pricing by Value
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All Value Is Subjective While true we should quantify value as better
buy-in from client
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Two ways for an agency to add value
Acquire more customers for client
Save money on acquisition costs
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Acquire more customers
Understand LifeTime Value (LTV)
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" 2 Types of customers – Non-recurring revenue
• LTV = Revenue * Gross-margin – Recurring revenue
• LTV = Revenue * Gross-margin * average # of repeat purchases
" Examples • Toy store: $50 * 30% * 10 = $150 • Agency: $2000/mth * 55% gross margin * 18 mths = $20k
Calculating LifeTime Value (LTV)
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Save money on acquisition
Understand Marketing COCA
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Calculating Marketing COCA
Marketing COCA = Total marketing spend
# of customers acquired
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• The monthly price is: • The Higher of 10% of the LTV
and the COCA
• Why 10%? • An investment that yields a
10x return in 10 years is a great investment (25% IRR). If return is shorter than 10 years even higher return.
Zeroing in on price using LTV and COCA
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Pricing calculator to help with the math
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3 Caveats with Pricing by Value
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Caveat 1: Marketing budget & driving growth
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• Anchoring to visits or leads, not customers
in first engagement
• You don’t know efficiency of prospect’s
nurturing or sales process so promising
customers in first engagement is
irresponsible
• Prospect’s sales cycle length is important to
consider to verify marketing ROI. This time
can be a guide for minimum retainer length
Caveat 2: Sell the process, not the promise
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Caveat 3: Share in the risk
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Bury The Billable Hour While true an agency must know its
utilization to ensure sufficient margins
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Three drivers of your costs
1. Hours of effort involved in a task, since primarily labor business
2. Overheads and loaded costs
3. Utilization rate of employees
Caveat 4: Understanding your costs
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Pricing calculator will calculate margins
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Thank you
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Prove: Business Case/ROI – worked example What returns can I get from inbound?
$200,000
How much new booked revenue do you plan to generate each month
$400,000
What % will come from inbound marketing
50%
What is avg. revenue per customer £67,000
New customers needed monthly 3
What’s the lead-to-customer conversion rate
0.1%
Monthly leads needed 300
What is your visitor-to-lead conversion rate
4%
Monthly visitors needed 7,500
What will it cost? $21,000
Planning: Brand, Creative, Messaging (divided by 12 to get monthly cost)
$1,000
Website development (divided by 12 to get monthly cost)
$3,000
Marketing Preparation (divided by 12 to get monthly cost)
$1,000
Content to get started (divided by 12 to get monthly cost)
$2,000
Marketing Tech (divided by 12 to get monthly cost)
$1,500
Monthly Campaigns etc. $10,000
Internal Resource cost (divided by 12 to get monthly cost)
$2,500