✨️ Special Episode ✨️ How to make The Internet mad at you for raising your prices (plus: how to raise SaaS prices without raising ire) | Behind the Scenes of the Pricing Increase Emails Report by Open Loop Studio ft. Jess Haney

Check out Churn Flags – my new retention podcast – if you’re in SaaS: Apple • Spotify • YouTube • Other platformsShownotes:When SaaS companies raise their prices, the internet explodes – but why do some brands face massive backlash while others skate by unscathed? If you're Jess Haney, you don’t just follow the drama, you collect over a dozen pricing increase emails, analyze the social media storms that follow – and distill the patterns into a must-read report. From Canva's rollback to Kit's creator rebellion, discover what makes customers rage-quit versus grudgingly accept – and the three non-negotiables that could save your next price increase from becoming a PR disaster.About our guestJess Haney is the founder and head strategist of Open Loop Studio — a lifecycle email agency for B2B SaaS companies with free trials who are ready to increase conversions and turn trial users into revenue.Ideas you don’t want to miss(4:45) Why companies should take social media price increase rants seriously – even if they seem overblown (6:34) The crucial (and easily reversible!) mistake that sends angry customers to social media (9:36) The only reality where brands get positive reactions to price increases – and how to spin that to your advantage (16:48) Jess's non-negotiable rules for price increase emails (hint: no-reply = no-no) (20:38) The Kajabi paradox: why a well-written email still generated massive complaints (24:42) What Jess swipes religiously (and it's not promotional emails)Links from this episodeTake 76% off the complete email toolkit with our Black Friday Blowout Bundle. And as an Email Swipes listener, you get an extra 10% off with coupon code 10OFFBFCM25!Grab Jess's free Price Increase Email Report to see what 10+ SaaS companies did right (and wrong) with their pricing announcementsFollow Jess on LinkedIn and YouTube or book a lifecycle callListen to Ep. #30 with Rand Fishkin about SparkToro's intentional approach to customer communicationRevisit Ep. # 42 for how I handled Detrack’s pricing increase email – and compare my approach to the insights Jess shared todayGet Nikki's email musings at ⁠nikkielbaz.com/subscribe ⁠Let me know what you thought about the episode by emailing [email protected] consult when you sign up to Kit (formerly ConvertKit) using this affiliate link. Terms and conditions here.