Lock-in effects: How to make your subscription irreplaceable
9 types of lock-in effects with real world examples to better retain your subscribers
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Def. Supporting you in the everyday jobs and processes required for a successful digital strategy. We hope that these articles give you answers so that you leave knowing exactly what to do to solve your current challenges, impress your boss and achieve your business goals.
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Playing the social media game: how publishers can learn and benefit from social
Insights from Press Gazette's future of media technology conference
How La langue française increased registered user acquisition by 450% thanks to a “bittersweet” strategy
Inspired by Semafor and The New York Times, this French publisher has put email collection and registration at the forefront of their strategy
How to dynamic paywall (it’s a lot more simple than you think)
Examples from successful publishers putting dynamic paywalls to use in better converting readers into subscribers
How the fashion magazine ELLE is using a dynamic paywall and continuous optimization to improve conversion rates
Discover how ELLE Magazine are successfully converting readers into subscribers
Beyond the human mind: Mediahuis propensity model
How Mediahuis implemented a propensity model to better convert users into subscribers, reducing manual effort, decreasing time-to-success and continuously optimizing performance
Le Parisien’s new homepage: optimizing editorial and conversion simultaneously
We met with Vincent Briot, Chief Product Officer at Le Parisien, who told us about their homepage optimization project, a page which receives 12 million visits per month.
The Right Message: Subscriptions, Paywalls and Prospect Theory
Gain or loss? To succeed with a subscription product, understand what users want to achieve and choose the right message. A new research paper applies behavioral economics to news subscriptions.
Comments, raffles & hiking: how Blick.ch has acquired over 600k registered users
How the Swiss publisher has increased registration through a variety of acquisition channels to collect first-party data and increase engagement
5 projects of a PMO at NYT – The Interaction Model
My first project as Program Manager was to review the campaign execution processes to integrate the work of the media team. This was called the "Interaction model". A new term, which has become part of everyday language.