Impact Pricing
The Impact Pricing Podcast helps businesses win more deals and charge higher prices by focusing on pricing and value. It teaches how understanding buyers' perception of value enables better product building, marketing, and selling. Ultimately, pricing is about creating, communicating, and capturing value.
Episodes
Why Pricing Transformation Fails Without Leadership with Anna Fastishevskaya
What if the biggest obstacle to pricing transformation isn't the pricing strategy itself, but getting people to change? Anna Fastishevskaya leads commercial finance and pricing for Eaton across EMEA, bringing experience in finance, commercial strategy, profitable growth, and pricing transformation. She also has an unexpected perspective on leadership: she's a theater actress who uses acting techni
Buyer Insight: Product Myopia: The Antidote
This is an Impact Pricing Blog published on July 27, 2026, turned into an audio podcast so you can listen on the go. Read Full Article Here: https://impactpricing.com/blog/product-myopia-the-antidote/ If you have any feedback, definitely send it. You can reach us at mark@impactpricing.com. Now, go make an impact. Connect with Mark Stiving: Email: mark@impactpricing.com LinkedIn: https://www.li
Is Your Business Healthy? Your Pricing May Have the Answer with John Gilbo
What if your pricing has been quietly leaking margin—and you simply haven't looked closely enough to find it? John Gilbo is Sales Director for North America, Australia, and New Zealand at QuickLizard, with pricing leadership experience at Kirkland's, Academy Sports + Outdoors, and Safeway. He has spent years working across pricing technology, retail pricing, markdowns, promotions, elasticity, and
Buyer Insight: Product Myopia: The Symptoms You've Been Misdiagnosing
This is an Impact Pricing Blog published on July 20, 2026, turned into an audio podcast so you can listen on the go. Read Full Article Here: https://impactpricing.com/blog/product-myopia-the-symptoms-youve-been-misdiagnosing/ If you have any feedback, definitely send it. You can reach us at mark@impactpricing.com. Now, go make an impact. Connect with Mark Stiving: Email: mark@impactpricing.co
How to Raise Prices When Everything Is Getting More Expensive with Jacob Moller Korsgaard
What happens when your costs keep rising, your contracts lock you in, and your customers still expect stability? Jacob Moller Korsgaard, Director of Pricing at Danfoss, has spent 15+ years in B2B pricing and leads global pricing for Danfoss Climate Solutions. In this episode, he explains why raising prices during inflation is about much more than adding a percentage to your price list. Jacob break
Buyer Insight: Product Myopia: Where It Hides in Your Company
This is an Impact Pricing Blog published on July 13, 2026, turned into an audio podcast so you can listen on the go. Read Full Article Here: https://impactpricing.com/blog/product-myopia-where-it-hides-in-your-company/ If you have any feedback, definitely send it. You can reach us at mark@impactpricing.com. Now, go make an impact. Connect with Mark Stiving: Email: mark@impactpricing.com Linke
Why AI Gets Pricing Wrong and How to Train It to Get Pricing Right with Roberto Rivera
Roberto Rivera is the founder of Pricing Nerd, where he builds AI-powered pricing workflows for B2B companies. With more than 25 years in pricing and experience working alongside some of the field's early pioneers, Roberto has focused on turning pricing expertise into scalable AI-powered workflows. In this episode, Roberto explains why simply asking AI "What price should I charge?" produces unreli
Buyer Insight: Product Myopia: The Disease You Don't Know You Have
This is an Impact Pricing Blog published on July 6, 2026, turned into an audio podcast so you can listen on the go. Read Full Article Here: https://impactpricing.com/blog/product-myopia-the-disease-you-dont-know-you-have/ If you have any feedback, definitely send it. You can reach us at mark@impactpricing.com. Now, go make an impact. Connect with Mark Stiving: Email: mark@impactpricing.com Li
Why Technically Correct Pricing Recommendation Can be Strategically Wrong with Sandeep Mathew
Sandeep Mathew is a sales and marketing leader with 19 years of global CPG experience, including extensive work at Unilever building and deploying revenue growth management (RGM) capabilities. He eventually managed RGM as a global capability across markets and channels. In this episode, Sandeep explains why even sound RGM data and technically correct pricing recommendations can lead brands in the
Buyer Insight: The Value Was Always There
This is an Impact Pricing Blog published on June 29, 2026, turned into an audio podcast so you can listen on the go. Read Full Article Here: https://impactpricing.com/blog/the-value-was-always-there/ If you have any feedback, definitely send it. You can reach us at mark@impactpricing.com. Now, go make an impact. Connect with Mark Stiving: Email: mark@impactpricing.com LinkedIn: https://www.lin
The $80M Dealer Reveals the Pricing Tricks First-Time Car Buyers Miss with Dominic Genova
Dominic Genova spent 17 years on the factory side at Chrysler and 27 years owning car dealerships. He grew one dealership from a building with no power or water and no sales into a business with 87 employees and $80 million in annual sales of cars, trucks, and service. He rejected the traditional dealership model of commissions, hidden fees, and payment games in favor of transparent, salary-based
Buyer Insight: Hidden Problems, Hidden Value
This is an Impact Pricing Blog published on June 22, 2026, turned into an audio podcast so you can listen on the go. Read Full Article Here: https://impactpricing.com/blog/hidden-problems-hidden-value/ If you have any feedback, definitely send it. You can reach us at mark@impactpricing.com. Now, go make an impact. Connect with Mark Stiving: Email: mark@impactpricing.com LinkedIn: https://www.l
AI Pricing Has 4 Possible Futures, Which One Are You Building For with Steven Forth
Steven Forth is a principal at PatternMind and co-author of Pricing for the Agent Economy, with deep expertise in pricing strategy, scenario planning, and the emerging agent economy. In this episode, he brings a different way of thinking about AI pricing: instead of trying to predict one future, build strategies that can survive several possible futures. Mark challenges Steven throughout the conv
Buyer Insight: The Case for Token-Based Pricing
This is an Impact Pricing Blog published on June 15, 2026, turned into an audio podcast so you can listen on the go. Read Full Article Here: https://impactpricing.com/blog/the-case-for-token-based-pricing/ If you have any feedback, definitely send it. You can reach us at mark@impactpricing.com. Now, go make an impact. Connect with Mark Stiving: Email: mark@impactpricing.com LinkedIn: https://w
What Are You Really Charging For? The Business Problem Behind AI Pricing with Manu Mehra
Manu Mehra is Head of AMER Industries Strategic Deal Pricing at Databricks, with more than 12 years of experience across pricing, product, cloud, and AI, including Google Cloud and Thermo Fisher Scientific. He brings a practical perspective on how AI is changing the way companies think about outcomes, value, platforms, and pricing models. In this episode, Manu explains why traditional pricing mode
Buyer Insight: Stop Measuring WTP. Start Shaping It.
This is an Impact Pricing Blog published on June 8, 2026, turned into an audio podcast so you can listen on the go. Read Full Article Here: https://impactpricing.com/blog/stop-measuring-wtp-start-shaping-it/ If you have any feedback, definitely send it. You can reach us at mark@impactpricing.com. Now, go make an impact. Connect with Mark Stiving: Email: mark@impactpricing.com LinkedIn: https:
Stop Asking AI "What Should I Charge?" with George Boretos
George Boretos is the founder and CEO of FutureUp, where he helps companies uncover hidden revenue and margin opportunities through AI, predictive analytics, and pricing science. In this episode, he explains why AI can't simply tell you what to charge, how machine learning can uncover pricing opportunities, and why competitor pricing data can sometimes make your model worse. Why You Have to Chec
Buyer Insight: The Business Case Nobody Built
This is an Impact Pricing Blog published on June 1, 2026, turned into an audio podcast so you can listen on the go. Read Full Article Here: https://impactpricing.com/blog/the-business-case-nobody-built/ If you have any feedback, definitely send it. You can reach us at mark@impactpricing.com. Now, go make an impact. Connect with Mark Stiving: Email: mark@impactpricing.com LinkedIn: https://www.
#LivePricingCoachingWithMarkStiving: From 35% to 70% Win Rates, Mark Richman's Pricing Transformation
What happens when a former client returns for a live pricing coaching session? Mark Richman, CEO of Skeleton Key, shares how applying Mark Stiving's value-selling principles helped increase his close rate from 35% to 70% by focusing on customer outcomes instead of pitching solutions. Now, he returns to the hot seat to workshop his toughest pricing challenges in real time—from buyers who can't quan
Buyer Insight: You Didn't Lose the Deal. You Lost the Commitment.
This is an Impact Pricing Blog published on May 25, 2026, turned into an audio podcast so you can listen on the go. Read Full Article Here: https://impactpricing.com/blog/you-didnt-lose-the-deal-you-lost-the-commitment/ If you have any feedback, definitely send it. You can reach us at mark@impactpricing.com. Now, go make an impact. Connect with Mark Stiving: Email: mark@impactpricing.com Link
Why Buyers Trust Salespeople Who Don't Need the Sale with Michael Barbarita
Michael Barbarita is the founder of Next Step CFO, strategic CFO, and author of Powerful Business Strategy. After more than four decades of helping businesses grow through smarter financial and business strategies, he's learned that the biggest pricing challenge isn't price—it's trust. In this episode, he reveals why buyers instinctively trust salespeople who aren't attached to the outcome, how tr
Buyer Insight: How Buyers Actually Buy (And Why AIDA Isn't The Answer)
This is an Impact Pricing Blog published on May 18, 2026, turned into an audio podcast so you can listen on the go. Read Full Article Here: https://impactpricing.com/blog/how-buyers-actually-buy-and-why-aida-isnt-the-answer/ If you have any feedback, definitely send it. You can reach us at mark@impactpricing.com. Now, go make an impact. Connect with Mark Stiving: Email: mark@impactpricing.com
The Price of Influence: Why People Don't Buy Your Ideas with Claire Wang
Claire Wang is a pricing strategist, speaker, and author of The Price of Influence. With a background spanning insurance, consulting, and commercial strategy, she helps organizations shape willingness to pay by understanding how people perceive value. In this episode, she shares why pricing professionals need to think beyond numbers, how empathy shapes influence, and why your next great pricing s
Buyer Insight: What Is a Pig Worth?
This is an Impact Pricing Blog published on May 11, 2026, turned into an audio podcast so you can listen on the go. Read Full Article Here: https://impactpricing.com/blog/what-is-a-pig-worth/ If you have any feedback, definitely send it. You can reach us at mark@impactpricing.com. Now, go make an impact. Connect with Mark Stiving: Email: mark@impactpricing.com LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.co
The Coming Age of Humanless Pricing Negotiations with Adrienne Gordon
Adrienne Gordon is the CEO of PriceSpace and founder of Pricing Empowered. With more than 25 years of pricing experience, she helps organizations combine pricing strategy, organizational change, and AI adoption to improve commercial performance. In this episode, Adrienne and Mark explore what happens when pricing teams become half human and half AI. They debate whether AI can ever make pricing de
Buyer Insight: The Information Trap Is Killing Your Deals
This is an Impact Pricing Blog published on May 4, 2026, turned into an audio podcast so you can listen on the go. Read Full Article Here: https://impactpricing.com/blog/the-information-trap-is-killing-your-deals/ If you have any feedback, definitely send it. You can reach us at mark@impactpricing.com. Now, go make an impact. Connect with Mark Stiving: Email: mark@impactpricing.com LinkedIn:
Why Buyers Don't Buy (Hint: It's Not Your Price) with Ted Olson
Most sales conversations assume buyers make rational decisions. Ted Olson argues that's exactly why so many deals stall. Ted Olson is a sales strategist who helps founders, consultants, coaches, and sales teams use behavioral science to improve how buyers make decisions. He is the author of Feel Good About Selling and the upcoming book, Distinct, where he explores what happens between a buyer sayi
Buyer Insight: Being Chosen Isn't Winning
This is an Impact Pricing Blog published on April 27, 2026, turned into an audio podcast so you can listen on the go. Read Full Article Here: https://impactpricing.com/blog/being-chosen-isnt-winning/ If you have any feedback, definitely send it. You can reach us at mark@impactpricing.com. Now, go make an impact. Connect with Mark Stiving: Email: mark@impactpricing.com LinkedIn: https://www.lin
The Hardest Part of Every Buying Decision with Dan Rochon
Dan Rochon is the creator of the Teach to Sell methodology and host of the No Broke Months podcast, where he teaches professionals how to build trust and influence without pressure. Buying isn't usually the hard part. Committing is. In this conversation, Dan explains why buyers often hesitate at the final moment, even after they've decided what they want. Mark challenges Dan's ideas on buyer psych
Buyer Insight: I Was Wrong About Will I
This is an Impact Pricing Blog published on April 20, 2026, turned into an audio podcast so you can listen on the go. Read Full Article Here: https://impactpricing.com/blog/i-was-wrong-about-will-i/ If you have any feedback, definitely send it. You can reach us at mark@impactpricing.com. Now, go make an impact. Connect with Mark Stiving: Email: mark@impactpricing.com LinkedIn: https://www.link
Raised Prices 5X, Lost 40% of His Clients... and Made More Money with Robin Waite
Robin Waite is the founder of Fearless Business and author of Fearless Pricing, helping coaches, consultants, and freelancers stop selling time and start charging for results. In this episode, Robin shares the experiments that transformed his business—from raising prices 5X (and making more money with fewer clients) to packaging expertise into premium offers. Along the way, Mark challenges Robin o
Buyer Insight: Your Wins Are Lying To You
This is an Impact Pricing Blog published on April 13, 2026, turned into an audio podcast so you can listen on the go. Read Full Article Here: https://impactpricing.com/blog/your-wins-are-lying-to-you/ If you have any feedback, definitely send it. You can reach us at mark@impactpricing.com. Now, go make an impact. Connect with Mark Stiving: Email: mark@impactpricing.com LinkedIn: https://www.li
How to Price When AI Becomes Your Buyer with Steven Forth
Steven Forth is the founder of Value Intelligence (ValueIQ) and a longtime leader in value-based pricing. He is also a co-creator of The Value Project, an open-source initiative focused on creating standards for value and pricing models that both humans and AI can understand. Steven Forth is back on the podcast—and as usual, he and Mark waste no time diving into a topic that feels a little futuri
Buyer Insight: Willingness to Pay Isn't About Your Product
This is an Impact Pricing Blog published on April 6, 2026, turned into an audio podcast so you can listen on the go. Read Full Article Here: https://impactpricing.com/blog/willingness-to-pay-isnt-about-your-product/ If you have any feedback, definitely send it. You can reach us at mark@impactpricing.com. Now, go make an impact. Connect with Mark Stiving: Email: mark@impactpricing.com LinkedIn
Why Pricing Might Be the Best Path to CEO You've Never Considered with Ryan Walter
What if the pricing function isn't just a specialty discipline—but one of the best training grounds for future CEOs? Ryan Walter, Partner at Jennings Executive Search and author of The Pricing Talent Playbook, joins Mark to explore the evolution of pricing careers, what separates great pricing leaders from average ones, and why pricing may soon become a recognized pathway to the CEO role. Ryan dra
Buyer Insight: Why More Features Make It Harder to Buy
This is an Impact Pricing Blog published on March 30, 2026, turned into an audio podcast so you can listen on the go. Read Full Article Here: https://impactpricing.com/blog/why-more-features-make-it-harder-to-buy/ If you have any feedback, definitely send it. You can reach us at mark@impactpricing.com. Now, go make an impact. Connect with Mark Stiving: Email: mark@impactpricing.com LinkedIn:
The Pricing Sprint: Why Human Behavior Still Wins In the Age of AI with Jenny Millar & Ann Padley
Jenny Millar is the CEO and Founder of Untapped Pricing, and Ann Padley is a Senior Strategy Consultant at Untapped Pricing. Together, they are the co-authors of The Pricing Sprint, a practical framework that helps organizations make better pricing decisions through customer insight, behavioral science, and cross-functional alignment. In this episode, Jenny and Ann explore why pricing is ultimatel
Buyer Insight: Will AI Shrink Our Teams or Expand Our Ambitions?
This is an Impact Pricing Blog published on March 23, 2026, turned into an audio podcast so you can listen on the go. Read Full Article Here: https://impactpricing.com/blog/will-ai-shrink-our-teams-or-expand-our-ambitions/ If you have any feedback, definitely send it. You can reach us at mark@impactpricing.com. Now, go make an impact. Connect with Mark Stiving: Email: mark@impactpricing.com L
Why Buyers Don't Buy When They're Convinced — They Buy When They Can Predict with Todd Caponi
Todd Caponi is the author of The Transparency Sale, The Transparency Sales Leader, and The Four Levers of Negotiating. He advises revenue teams on decision science, transparency, and how buyers actually make decisions. In this episode, Todd challenges one of the biggest assumptions in business: that more information leads to better decisions. Drawing from buyer psychology and real-world sales rese
Buyer Insight: Buyers Are Rational, It's the Sellers That Aren't
This is an Impact Pricing Blog published on March 16, 2026, turned into an audio podcast so you can listen on the go. Read Full Article Here: https://impactpricing.com/blog/buyers-are-rational-its-the-sellers-that-arent/ If you have any feedback, definitely send it. You can reach us at mark@impactpricing.com. Now, go make an impact. Connect with Mark Stiving: Email: mark@impactpricing.com Link
AI Agents, Zero Humans, and the End of SaaS Per-Seat Pricing with Ajit Ghuman
Ajit Ghuman is the co-founder of Monetizely, former VP of Product at Segment, and author of Price to Scale. In this episode, Ajit breaks down one of the biggest pricing challenges AI companies are about to face: what happens when software no longer supports employees — but starts replacing them entirely? If your company is building, pricing, or monetizing AI products, this episode will change how
Buyer Insight: Credits Trade Clarity for Flexibility
This is an Impact Pricing Blog published on March 9, 2026, turned into an audio podcast so you can listen on the go. Read Full Article Here: https://impactpricing.com/blog/credits-trade-clarity-for-flexibility/ If you have any feedback, definitely send it. You can reach us at mark@impactpricing.com. Now, go make an impact. Connect with Mark Stiving: Email: mark@impactpricing.com LinkedIn: htt
Your Customers Don't Care About AI (And That's Your Pricing Problem) with Dan Balcauski
Dan Balcauski is the founder of Product Tranquility, where he helps B2B SaaS companies improve pricing, packaging, and monetization strategy. In this episode, Dan breaks down the uncomfortable reality behind today's AI gold rush: buyers are tired of "AI-powered" hype, SaaS companies are struggling to monetize features nobody uses, and pricing teams are rewriting their strategies in real time. If
Buyer Insight: If Buyers Can't Explain It, You've Not Sold It
This is an Impact Pricing Blog published on March 2, 2026, turned into an audio podcast so you can listen on the go. Read Full Article Here: https://impactpricing.com/blog/if-buyers-cant-explain-it-youve-not-sold-it/ If you have any feedback, definitely send it. You can reach us at mark@impactpricing.com. Now, go make an impact. Connect with Mark Stiving: Email: mark@impactpricing.com LinkedI
The Four Conversations That Change How Buyers Decide with Blair Enns
Blair Enns is the founder of Win Without Pitching, author of The Four Conversations, and co-host of the 2Bobs podcast. He helps experts, agencies, and consultants move from being treated like vendors to becoming trusted advisors. In this episode, Blair joins Mark Stiving to unpack the hidden dynamics behind how buyers decide who they trust, who they listen to, and who they ultimately hire. They ex
Buyer Insight: Why AI Is Making SaaS Metrics Grow Up
This is an Impact Pricing Blog published on February 23, 2026, turned into an audio podcast so you can listen on the go. Read Full Article Here: https://impactpricing.com/blog/why-ai-is-making-saas-metrics-grow-up/ If you have any feedback, definitely send it. You can reach us at mark@impactpricing.com. Now, go make an impact. Connect with Mark Stiving: Email: mark@impactpricing.com LinkedIn:
Why the Same Product Shouldn't Have One Price (And What to Do Instead) with Bobby Moesta
Bobby Moesta is the President & CEO of The Re-Wired Group, where he helps companies understand why customers buy.He is the co-creator of Jobs to Be Done alongside Clayton Christensen, and has spent decades studying the demand side of innovation—what actually drives people to change, choose, and pay. In this episode, Bobby joins Mark Stiving to challenge some of the most common assumptions behind p
Buyer Insight: Credits Are Both Billing and Currency and That's the Problem
This is an Impact Pricing Blog published on February 16, 2026, turned into an audio podcast so you can listen on the go. Read Full Article Here: https://impactpricing.com/blog/credits-are-both-billing-and-currency-and-thats-the-problem/ If you have any feedback, definitely send it. You can reach us at mark@impactpricing.com. Now, go make an impact. Connect with Mark Stiving: Email: mark@impac
How to Change Prices and Predict Them Without Guessing with Felix Hoffmann
Felix Hoffmann is the co-founder of 7Learnings, where he helps companies move from intuition-based pricing to predictive, data-driven pricing systems. He previously led pricing optimization at Zalando, managing pricing across millions of products and markets—giving him a front-row seat to how pricing actually behaves in the real world. In this episode, instead of relying on gut feel or delayed res
Buyer Insight: Pricing Theory vs. Buying Reality: Why Usage-Based Pricing Still Wins in Enterprise AI
This is an Impact Pricing Blog published on February 9, 2026, turned into an audio podcast so you can listen on the go. Read Full Article Here: https://impactpricing.com/blog/pricing-theory-vs-buying-reality-why-usage-based-pricing-still-wins-in-enterprise-ai/ If you have any feedback, definitely send it. You can reach us at mark@impactpricing.com. Now, go make an impact. Connect with Mark Sti
"How Would You Like to Pay?" Rethinking Pricing Strategy with Mark Walker
Mark Walker, CEO at Nue.io, helps companies design pricing models that align with how customers actually experience value—across usage, subscriptions, and hybrid approaches. In this episode, he joins Mark Stiving to unpack a growing tension: companies are pushing more flexible pricing models—but customers don't always want them. At the center is a simple question that changes everything: "How woul
Buyer Insight: The Three Value Disciplines: Why Price Takes the Blame When Buying Gets Hard
This is an Impact Pricing Blog published on February 2, 2026, turned into an audio podcast so you can listen on the go. Read Full Article Here: https://impactpricing.com/blog/the-three-value-disciplines-why-price-takes-the-blame-when-buying-gets-hard/ If you have any feedback, definitely send it. You can reach us at mark@impactpricing.com. Now, go make an impact. Connect with Mark Stiving: Em
Gap Selling: Why Price Depends on the Problem You Solve with Keenan
Keenan is the founder and CEO of A Sales Growth Company, where he helps organizations move beyond product-driven selling and into problem-centric sales strategies. He's also the author of Gap Selling, a framework built around one powerful idea: understanding the gap between where a buyer is today and where they need to be. In this episode, Keenan and Mark Stiving unpack a truth most teams say they
Buyer Insight: Free AI Is a Strategy, Not a Pricing Model
This is an Impact Pricing Blog published on January 26, 2026, turned into an audio podcast so you can listen on the go. Read Full Article Here: https://impactpricing.com/blog/free-ai-is-a-strategy-not-a-pricing-model/ If you have any feedback, definitely send it. You can reach us at mark@impactpricing.com. Now, go make an impact. Connect with Mark Stiving: Email: mark@impactpricing.com Linked
Credit-Based Pricing Explained: How AI Companies Balance Cost, Value, and Scale with Steven Forth
AI pricing is changing fast—and suddenly, everyone is selling credits. But here's the uncomfortable question: Are credits actually helping you scale… or quietly pulling you back into cost-plus pricing? Steven Forth, co-founder of ValueIQ, joins Mark Stiving to unpack what's really going on behind the rise of credit-based pricing—and why so many companies are adopting it despite its obvious flaws.
Buyer Insight: "We Lost on Price" – Truthful and Useless
This is an Impact Pricing Blog published on January 19, 2026, turned into an audio podcast so you can listen on the go. Read Full Article Here: https://impactpricing.com/blog/we-lost-on-price-truthful-and-useless/ If you have any feedback, definitely send it. You can reach us at mark@impactpricing.com. Now, go make an impact. Connect with Mark Stiving: Email: mark@impactpricing.com LinkedIn:
How Jobs to Be Done Shapes Buyer Decisions (And What They Really Want) with Jim Kalbach
Jim Kalbach is the Chief Evangelist at Mural, where he helps teams uncover what customers actually need—not just what they say they want. Known for his work in Jobs to Be Done, experience mapping, and innovation, Jim has spent years helping organizations see beyond their products and into how buyers really think, decide, and act. In this episode, we unpack a simple but often overlooked truth: buye
How to Quantify Value So Buyers Actually Believe It with Mark Stiving and Rebecca Kalogeris
If buyers need to believe the value before they buy…why don't they trust ROI when we show it to them? In Episode 5 of the Buyer Decision Series, Mark Stiving and Rebecca Kalogeris explore how to actually help buyers quantify value in a way they believe. Because the real value conversation doesn't start with spreadsheets or ROI calculators — it starts by helping buyers connect their problems to mea
Blogcast: AI Didn't Kill Per-User Pricing. It Exposed It.
This is an Impact Pricing Blog published on January 12, 2026, turned into an audio podcast so you can listen on the go. Read Full Article Here: https://impactpricing.com/blog/ai-didnt-kill-per-user-pricing-it-exposed-it/ If you have any feedback, definitely send it. You can reach us at mark@impactpricing.com. Now, go make an impact. Connect with Mark Stiving: Email: mark@impactpricing.com Lin
Why Buyers Can't Articulate Their Real Problems (And Why That Matters for Pricing) with Mark Stiving and Rebecca Kalogeris
If value comes from solving problems… why do buyers struggle to explain the problems they actually have? In Episode 4 of the Buyer Decision Series, Mark Stiving and Rebecca Kalogeris explore why buyers often jump straight to solutions instead of clearly articulating their problems. But the real value conversation doesn't start with features or products — it starts with understanding the problem be
Blogcast: Price Is the Tradeoff
This is an Impact Pricing Blog published on January 5, 2026, turned into an audio podcast so you can listen on the go. Read Full Article Here: https://impactpricing.com/blog/price-is-the-tradeoff/ If you have any feedback, definitely send it. You can reach us at mark@impactpricing.com. Now, go make an impact. Connect with Mark Stiving: Email: mark@impactpricing.com LinkedIn: https://www.linked
What Buyers Actually Pay For (Hint: It's Not Your Product) with Mark Stiving and Rebecca Kalogeris
If buyers are predicting the future… and confidence determines when they act… what are they actually paying for? In Episode 3 of the Buyer Decision Series, Mark Stiving and Rebecca Kalogeris explore the next piece of the puzzle; and challenge a common assumption about value. Because what buyers pay for may not be what you think. Discover what buyers are really evaluating; and why understanding it
Blogcast: Buyers Don't Buy Features
This is an Impact Pricing Blog published on December 29, 2025, turned into an audio podcast so you can listen on the go. Read Full Article Here: https://impactpricing.com/blog/buyers-dont-buy-features/ If you have any feedback, definitely send it. You can reach us at mark@impactpricing.com. Now, go make an impact. Connect with Mark Stiving: Email: mark@impactpricing.com LinkedIn: https://www.l
Buyers Buy Futures, Not Features: Understanding the "Let Me Think About It" Moment with Mark Stiving and Rebecca Kalogeris
Buying isn't logical; it's predictive. In this episode, we explore why buyers hesitate, stall, and say "let me think about it" — even when the value is clear. Mark Stiving and Rebecca Kalogeris break down the real driver behind purchase decisions: confidence — the balance of payoff, probability, and anticipated regret. If buyers are betting on a future, your job isn't to explain features; it's t
Why Pricing Feels Disconnected from Buyer Behavior (And What We're Missing) with Mark Stiving and Rebecca Kalogeris
Before we talk about confidence. Before we talk about willingness to pay. Before we talk about buyer disconnect. We need to question something far more fundamental: What are buyers actually doing when they decide? In this pilot episode of the Decision Series, Mark Stiving and Rebecca Kalogeris unpack a deceptively simple idea that reframes how every purchase works; especially in B2B. They explor
Blogcast: Pricing AI: When Algorithms Replace Buyers
This is an Impact Pricing Blog published on December 22, 2025, turned into an audio podcast so you can listen on the go. Read Full Article Here: https://impactpricing.com/blog/pricing-ai-when-algorithms-replace-buyers/ If you have any feedback, definitely send it. You can reach us at mark@impactpricing.com. Now, go make an impact. Connect with Mark Stiving: Email: mark@impactpricing.com Linke
#CLASSIC Why I Teach Pricing: My Journey and Mission
Whether you've been with us since the beginning or you just discovered Impact Pricing last week, this episode is for you. If you're one of our longtime listeners, you know Mark's voice, you've heard his insights, and maybe you've even implemented some of his strategies in your own business. But have you ever wondered what drives him to keep showing up week after week, year after year? If you're ne
Blogcast: Pricing AI: Three Levels of Value Visibility
This is an Impact Pricing Blog published on December 15, 2025, turned into an audio podcast so you can listen on the go. Read Full Article Here: https://impactpricing.com/blog/pricing-ai-three-levels-of-value-visibility/ If you have any feedback, definitely send it. You can reach us at mark@impactpricing.com. Now, go make an impact. Connect with Mark Stiving: Email: mark@impactpricing.com Lin
Synthetic Data in Pricing: Trust It, Test It, or Ignore It? with Steven Forth
Steven Forth is a pricing strategist and AI innovator with decades of experience building value-based pricing models. As the founder of Value IQ, he blends rigorous pricing theory with emerging AI applications—often pushing the boundaries of how pricing professionals think about data, modeling, and buyer behavior. In this episode, Mark and Steven step into another live debate aka 'intellectual ch
Blogcast: AI Can't Own Pricing
This is an Impact Pricing Blog published on December 8, 2025, turned into an audio podcast so you can listen on the go. Read Full Article Here: https://impactpricing.com/blog/ai-cant-own-pricing/ If you have any feedback, definitely send it. You can reach us at mark@impactpricing.com. Now, go make an impact. Connect with Mark Stiving: Email: mark@impactpricing.com LinkedIn: https://www.linkedi
From $500 to $20,000 a Month: What This Pricing Jump Reveals About Value with Alex Shartsis
Alex Shartsis is a pricing and go-to-market advisor who helps founders charge what their products are actually worth. He is the CEO of Silverwood and Skyp, working with early- and growth-stage companies on pricing discipline, packaging, and monetization. This episode explores why charging too little early is one of the most expensive mistakes founders make, including the story of raising a custome
Blogcast: Pricing AI: Outcome-Based Pricing – The Holy Grail for AI
This is an Impact Pricing Blog published on December 1, 2025, turned into an audio podcast so you can listen on the go. Read Full Article Here: https://impactpricing.com/blog/pricing-ai-outcome-based-pricing-the-holy-grail-for-ai/ If you have any feedback, definitely send it. You can reach us at mark@impactpricing.com. Now, go make an impact. Connect with Mark Stiving: Email: mark@impactprici
"You're Wrong" — A Friendly Pricing Debate on Buyer Context with Steven Forth and Mark Stiving
This episode takes a slightly different approach than the usual Impact Pricing conversation. Instead of teaching a finished framework, Mark brings an early draft of his upcoming book to the table and asks Steven to react to it as a thoughtful pricing peer. Steven Forth, co-creator of ValueIQ, largely agrees with the direction of the book, but pauses on a key point: how buyer context is defined, a
Blogcast: Credits: A Tool to Reveal Your Value Literacy
This is an Impact Pricing Blog published on November 24, 2025, turned into an audio podcast so you can listen on the go. Read Full Article Here: https://impactpricing.com/blog/a-tool-to-reveal-your-value-literacy/ If you have any feedback, definitely send it. You can reach us at mark@impactpricing.com. Now, go make an impact. Connect with Mark Stiving: Email: mark@impactpricing.com LinkedIn:
The Logic of Luxury Pricing: How Elite Brands Set Price with Kathryn Porritt
Kathryn Porritt is the founder and CEO of Iconic Empires, where she specializes in helping elite experts build luxury and premium positioning. With a focus on monetization expertise and authority, Kathryn works with clients to elevate their brands and expand their vision of possibilities. Her unique approach emphasizes mastery, rarity, and transformative experiences, enabling her clients to connec
Blogcast: Credits: The Bridge Between AI Uncertainty and Value Clarity
This is an Impact Pricing Blog published on November 17, 2025, turned into an audio podcast so you can listen on the go. Read Full Article Here: https://impactpricing.com/blog/credits-the-bridge-between-ai-uncertainty-and-value-clarity/ If you have any feedback, definitely send it. You can reach us at mark@impactpricing.com. Now, go make an impact. Connect with Mark Stiving: Email: mark@impac
Pricing and Billing: Where Strategy Meets Execution with Ryan Susanna
Ryan Susanna is the VP of Sales at LogiSense, where he helps telecom, IoT, and SaaS companies operationalize complex usage-based and hybrid pricing models. With more than two decades in monetization, automation, and billing infrastructure, Ryan didn't come up through pricing theory—he came up through execution. His work sits at the intersection of pricing ideas and the systems required to make tho
Blogcast: Designing Hybrid and Evolving Pricing Models for AI
This is an Impact Pricing Blog published on November 10, 2025, turned into an audio podcast so you can listen on the go. Read Full Article Here: https://impactpricing.com/blog/designing-hybrid-and-evolving-pricing-models-for-ai/ If you have any feedback, definitely send it. You can reach us at mark@impactpricing.com. Now, go make an impact. Connect with Mark Stiving: Email: mark@impactpricing
How AI Is Changing Buying Behavior—and Why Value Still Wins with Mike Wilkinson
Mike Wilkinson, founder of Axia Value Solutions, joins Mark Stiving to explore how AI is fundamentally changing buying behavior—and why this shift exposes weak value stories more than it threatens good sellers. In this episode, Mike explains how AI has raised buyer expectations by enabling benchmarking, price testing, and faster comparisons—rewarding sellers who clearly communicate value and expos
Blogcast: Pricing AI: Evaluating Pricing Metrics
This is an Impact Pricing Blog published on November 3, 2025, turned into an audio podcast so you can listen on the go. Read Full Article Here: https://impactpricing.com/blog/pricing-ai-evaluating-pricing-metrics/ If you have any feedback, definitely send it. You can reach us at mark@impactpricing.com. Now, go make an impact. Connect with Mark Stiving: Email: mark@impactpricing.com LinkedIn:
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