{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/5afc793a028014b853c89db4/6a3eba36a3fa9782377e2cc5?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"How to Outsource Revenue Management Without Losing Control","description":"<p>After reviewing more than 1,000 companies applying for revenue management at Freewyld Foundry, Jasper keeps seeing the same costly mistake: operators outsource before they're set up for success. The result is wasted time, wasted money, and a bad experience for everyone involved. In this RevUp episode, Jasper walks through the full checklist of what you need to have in place before you hand off revenue management, whether you're hiring in-house or working with a service company.</p><p><br></p><p><strong>You will hear:</strong></p><ul><li>Why revenue management is too specialized to juggle as a founder once you're past $1M in bookings, and too risky to leave to a cheap hire</li><li>The mindset shift you need before outsourcing: the difference between leading a revenue manager and micromanaging one</li><li>How to define the real constraints in your business (minimum prices, turnover restrictions, blackout dates) without letting personal opinions limit your revenue manager's ability to perform</li><li>What a real in-house hiring process looks like: a structured job description, multiple interview rounds, test tasks, onboarding, and a coverage plan for when your hire is sick, offline, or quits</li><li>How to evaluate a service provider: experience, team size, whether they're operators themselves, and whether they manage pricing in your tool or theirs</li></ul><p><br></p><p><strong>We also talk about:</strong></p><ul><li>Why hiring cheap for revenue management is a false economy, and what great revenue managers actually cost on the market</li><li>The transparency red flag: any company that manages pricing in their own account and won't give you access is a problem</li><li>What good ongoing support looks like: daily Slack access, weekly Zoom calls, and a live dashboard you can check any time</li><li>Why total portfolio revenue growth is a misleading KPI and how to compare performance correctly using only units that were active the prior year</li></ul><p><br></p><p>Favorite Takeaway:</p><p>\"The more freedom your revenue manager has to do their job, the fewer restrictions you put on them, the higher your revenue is going to be.\"</p><p>Want us to audit your pricing strategy?</p><p><br></p><p>Get your free, personalized revenue report at FreewyldFoundry.com/report</p>","author_name":"Freewyld Foundry"}