February 4, 2012  






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Here are descriptions of webinars we presented under the auspices of SoftwareCEO.com. Each CD (described below) consists of a 90 minute browser-based presentation including voiceover and Q&A. In addition to the CD, purchasers will also receive a PDF version of the presentation. The title of each CD is...

The webinar audience included people directly involved in product pricing including senior management, and members of the product management or marketing team. The contents of these CDs can help you and your company realize untapped revenue and profit opportunities.

Value-Driven Software Pricing: Get Customers to Pay for Value Delivered — and Leave Less Money on the Table

The first part of the webinar covers the basics of how to set product prices and establish discount schedules using value-based principles. In the second segment, the focus is on identifying how to keep "value-driven prices" in place — in face of tough market conditions, talented purchasing agents, and sales professionals eager to strike a deal and move on to the next prospect.

The takeaways from this webinar include:

  • Fundamental concepts of price setting and structuring sales transactions
  • Techniques for developing simplified price lists and discount schedules
  • How to spot when sales need negotiating or discounting help
  • Ways to improve the price-setting process
  • How quarter-end sales pressures can be avoided

If you want to order this CD, you can order on-line through our secure server or view and print an order form. Order On-Line vs. Download Order Form

What's the Right Price for My Software? Five Steps That Will Help Set Standalone and Subscription License Prices.

The webinar consists of two parts. Topics in the first part include how to set product prices and establish discount schedules applying value-based principles to perpetual software licenses. In the second segment, the focus is on how to choose the right pricing method and how to modify perpetual license prices accordingly -- with particular emphasis on subscription licenses.

Setting prices and then getting them to stick is becoming more of a challenge when there are new and emerging business models like software subscriptions, software-as-a-service, and on-demand software availability.

Regardless of what pricing method is chosen, prices must relate to the software company's business model, customer targeting, product development, and financial plan. Balancing the factors -- Right Pricing -- can have long-term positive consequences if done right or big headaches if done incorrectly. Choosing the wrong pricing method can only add to the pain.

This Webinar CD can help you if any of these issues concern you...

  • You want to offer a new product on a software subscription basis but are nervous because you are uncertain about how to set the right price
  • A competitor is offering a web-accessible product on a subscription basis and you don't know whether or how to respond
  • You are considering offering your customers the choice between a perpetual license or a hosted, subscription but you want to minimize the disruption to your revenue stream
  • You are developing a business plan and want to understand the impact the choice of licensing and hosting will have on your financials
  • Your company has developed a lot of products over the years and the price list has become way too complicated
  • Customers - and your sales reps -- have been complaining more loudly about your prices and you are unsure whether your prices are set correctly
  • "Flying by the seat of our pants" used to work when you did pricing but competition is getting tougher and you are wondering whether there is a better way
  • Every other time pricing has gotten messed up and you swear this won't happen this time to your product.

If you want to order this CD, you can order on-line through our secure server or view and print an order form. Order On-Line vs. Download Order Form

Gaining an Edge in Pricing: How Pricing Can Help Grow Customers, Revenues, and Profits

As technology becomes more widely available, companies cannot rely on new products, gee-whiz technology, or more advanced features to drive growth. In fact, more software companies are relying on pricing-related strategies to drive their growth. This webinar discusses how pricing is the driving force in four key strategic areas. Applied properly, pricing can help remove some of the impediments to sales that slow the growth in customers, revenues, and profits.

There are four areas where pricing can create a strategic advantage:

  • Aligning price metrics with customers' businesses
  • Setting price levels according to value delivered
  • Controlling discounts to realize higher net prices and profits
  • Developing long-term sources of recurring revenues

If you feel your pricing processes and practices get in the way of success, this webinar CD will provide some of the insights and practical tips and tools needed to do a better job of pricing. The Webinar CD covers:

  • 5-step plan for setting price
  • How to align price metrics with your customers' businesses
  • How to set price levels according to value delivered
  • Establishing discounts and why monitoring discounts is important for profitability
  • Dealing with recurring revenues – from subscription licenses to maintenance and support

If you want to order this CD, you can order on-line through our secure server or view and print an order form. Order On-Line vs. Download Order Form


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