3: New Pricing Strategies

Published: June 5, 2017, 5:45 p.m.

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Updates and pricing strategies highlight today\\u2019s episode. Ben did yoga this morning, and he is feeling relaxed as he is settling in with his new lifestyle. Next week Ben is closing his first part-time chief revenue officer engagement. Now it\\u2019s time to come up with a contract and a pricing strategy.

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Derrick is looking at different pricing strategies and markets for Drip. There are so many opportunities for positioning and marketing. The extended trial free plan has created a full pipeline that converts at a healthy rate. Derrick also spent his Memorial Day weekend playing with the programming language Elixir and learning some cool new data manipulation techniques. Enjoy the show.

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Today\\u2019s topics include:

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The startup life ups and downs and the brain body connection.
\\nDoing work as an independent creative professional and how contracts help get freelancers paid.
\\nHow reaching out to your email list can lead to interesting opportunities.
\\nPricing for services and how to price based on value.
\\nDifferent pricing packages with tiers and bundling strategies.
\\nProblems with offering free plans and support and scale issues.
\\nWhen product features increase so do support obligations.
\\nPeople being nice on the Internet.
\\nContent hubs or Websites.
\\nLearning Elixir.

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Links and resources:

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Podcast Motor
\\nF*ck You, Pay Me by Mike Monteiro
\\nPatrick McKenzie @Patio11
\\nDrip
\\nJulian Shapiro
\\nElixir
\\nPhoenix Framework
\\nProgramming Phoenix

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