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The Right Message: Subscriptions, Paywalls and Prospect Theory

Lars K JensenbyLars K Jensen
16 May, 2023

Publishers tend to put a lot more time and thinking into what content to put behind the subscription paywall and less into how to market it and best appeal to users when trying to convert them into paying subscribers.

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Lars K JensenbyLars K Jensen
Published May 16, 2023

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