Jesse Lopez

AMA: Brex Product Marketing Lead, Jesse Lopez on Pricing and Packaging

October 25 @ 10:00AM PT
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👋 Jesse Lopez

👋 Hi, I'm Jesse Lopez, based in Dallas, TX

💼 Currently the Head of Product Marketing at Dandy (digital dental lab); formerly Square, Brex, Intuit

👀 Unmoderated testing to validate segment messaging

🤝 Product Strategy, Segment Marketing, B2B Marketing, and Pricing & Packaging

🍦 Rocky Road

Jesse Lopez
Gusto Product Marketing Lead | Formerly Square, Intuit, Brex, Dandy, Klaviyo, PepsiCo, Heineken, Mondelez3y
The role of PMM in pricing strategy varies across companies. There is never an "ideal" time to make pricing changes. My core belief is that a pricing strategy should be a...
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Jesse Lopez
Gusto Product Marketing Lead | Formerly Square, Intuit, Brex, Dandy, Klaviyo, PepsiCo, Heineken, Mondelez3y
Rolling out pricing and packaging for a new product launch requires a well-planned execution plan that informs multiple audiences as to "what you are selling," "how you d...
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What have been your key learnings from any "Pricing/Re-pricing launch" that you have led/seen within your company?
Please share your experiences from successful efforts and also the launches that didn't go well. Any tools/templates that worked for your teams?
Jesse Lopez
Gusto Product Marketing Lead | Formerly Square, Intuit, Brex, Dandy, Klaviyo, PepsiCo, Heineken, Mondelez3y
A pricing launch is never easy; you must educate internal and external audiences on your pricing model's "what" and "why." Some key learnings based on my past experience...
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Jesse Lopez
Gusto Product Marketing Lead | Formerly Square, Intuit, Brex, Dandy, Klaviyo, PepsiCo, Heineken, Mondelez3y
Your pricing and packaging are components of your competitive positioning - the way you group features or the value metric you use to charge a SaaS fee helps frame your o...
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Jesse Lopez
Gusto Product Marketing Lead | Formerly Square, Intuit, Brex, Dandy, Klaviyo, PepsiCo, Heineken, Mondelez3y
It would be best if you considered both options when determining a pricing strategy for a product - based on my experience, the answer typically lies between both options...
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Jesse Lopez
Gusto Product Marketing Lead | Formerly Square, Intuit, Brex, Dandy, Klaviyo, PepsiCo, Heineken, Mondelez3y
Education, education, and more education! Adoption takes time and education. Many companies plan for a pricing rollout by writing an informative email, which drives awar...
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Jesse Lopez
Gusto Product Marketing Lead | Formerly Square, Intuit, Brex, Dandy, Klaviyo, PepsiCo, Heineken, Mondelez3y
Both - pricing is a team effort. PMM and PM should be in lock-step when building, executing, and optimizing a pricing strategy. Some considerations on critical phases of...
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Jesse Lopez
Gusto Product Marketing Lead | Formerly Square, Intuit, Brex, Dandy, Klaviyo, PepsiCo, Heineken, Mondelez3y
With limited context into your exact situation, I can share some initiatives/tactics I have employed in the past to execute price increases or restrictions to features: ...
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