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Why BMW is Selling Heated Seat Subscriptions and What It Means for Consumers and Car Companies
BMW Group recently announced a subscription to heated seats subscriptions. The offering is available in several markets, including the UK, Germany, New Zealand, and South Africa although not the US, yet. According to the Verge, other subscription offerings on offer...
What it Means that Netflix is Incorporating Ads into their Subscription Tiers
In an April 2022 earnings call, Netflix co-founder and co-CEO Reed Hastings surprised longtime followers of the company when he said that he was “quite open to offering even lower prices with advertising, as a consumer choice.” At that time, Netflix committed to...
What’s Going on at Peloton? Breaking Down the Growth Strategy of a Subscription Darling
Peloton's stock is down, after quite a ride. Peloton (PTON) is widely expected to deliver a year-over-year decline in earnings even though revenues are up, for the quarter ended December 2021. And the stock has been in a steady decline for the past six months, with a...
What Features Should be Free and What Should be Paid in a Freemium Subscription?
I get asked all the time what features should be freemium (aka free forever) and what features should go behind the paywall. The answer is, of course, it depends. But here are some useful frameworks. Does your business model depend on VIRAL MARKETING? If your "free"...
Are Newsletters Dead?
Some content-oriented newsletters are so valuable and popular, that they go out once or even twice a day. You should know the ROI of your investment in newsletters.
Will Subscriptions Work Forever? The Future of a Popular Pricing Tactic
Subscriptions are everywhere. Big companies, small companies, public, private, venture-backed, bootstrapped, and across virtually every industry. And many are starting to complain of "subscription fatigue". They might feel that the subscription pricing isn't justified...
