Broadsheet’s path from reader to subscriber: The registration flywheel in action
At Broadsheet, implementing a registration wall served as the cornerstone for a highly resilient digital subscription model.
Case Studies
Case studies from digital publishing brands around the world to help you better engage, convert and retain your audiences in a reader revenue model.
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Knowing the value of our users: Ringier combines revenue from readers and advertising to calculate holistic Customer Lifetime Value
For the first time, Ringier has the hard data to prove that investing heavily in deep, direct user relationships is entirely worth the effort.
Sun Club at One: what The Sun learned from a year of freemium
What lessons have the team behind The Sun Club taken away a year after launching their subscription model?
Fewer articles, more value: Le Nouvel Obs’ transformation to reconnect with its readers
Rather than chasing more content and more clicks, Le Nouvel Obs chose fewer articles, stronger editorial choices, and a renewed focus on reader value
From Melbourne to London: how Broadsheet is scaling culture and reader revenue
Broadsheet's international expansion strategy and the development of a subscription revenue stream, layered on top of their advertising model.
Amedia ignored older subscribers to attract younger ones
An editorial team becomes an expert in satisfying the audience that shapes its metrics. Amedia understood this.
Obligatory registration at Radio-Canada: a successful gamble
The Radio Canada team share the results of the gamble that was blocking all users with a registration wall.
Stern+: How one of Germany’s biggest magazine brands rebuilt a subscription business from scratch
Johannes Vogel, Chief Product & Revenue Officer at stern, explains how the team rebuilt the digital operation of three major German brands around reader revenue, and why the hardest problem had nothing to do with technology.
How to use a “Customer Rail” to drive retention and habit formation, just like The Times
How a simple banner within the homepage helps to drive subscriber engagement and form habits
Beyond borders and between the lines: How swissinfo.ch engages a global audience in 10 languages
The challenges of adaptation over translation, the role of community engagement across borders, & product-building for different audiences.