acquisition STUDY AND DEFINE MARKET SEGMENTS !Who is our ideal customer profile !What industries are they in, what size companies and markets !Why do they need us? What are their alternatives? !How do we help them RESEARCH COMPETITION & ALTERNATIVES !What are options our ICPs have? !How much do they cost? !What problems are the competition solving? !What are the alternatives and pros/cons? !How do they price and package? CREATE PRICING, PACKAGES & METRICS !How do our customers value our product? !What should we charge? !How do we charge? !What’s our discount policy? !What terms will and won’t we allow? !Create guidelines for deal desk !What is considered an exception? Jan 2020 ! Finalize pricing for the product ! Train entire field on pricing ! Focus on market share ! Embed pricing in template ! Discount policy: sales can discount up to 20% with no approval Feb 2020 ! Do not change pricing, hold list prices, unless product is enhanced ! Monitor what competitors are doing and adjust sell price/discount policies as needed ! Can adjust discount policies to be more aggressive if needed on sell price March 2020 ! Pending business goals and sales to date, reduce allowable discounts to increase ACV/Sell Price ! Prepare for Good, Better, Best ! Adjust any price points or policies as needed pending competitors Create a detailed summary for sign-off