Last year, when I spoke at The Subscription Show in Boston, someone from HBR asked me what my podcast was called. That innocent question got me thinking. Why don’t I have a podcast? I did have a file called “podcast notes” that I’d been adding to for two years. I...
Walmart recently announced a new membership offering, Walmart Plus. For just under $100 (vs Amazon Prime’s $119), your membership will get you two day free shipping, like Amazon Prime, plus same-day grocery delivery, and discounts on fuel from Walmart gas stations....
This weekend, my family watched Hamilton on Disney+. We weren’t the only ones. I’m guessing a lot of the 54 million (as of May) subscribers were also singing along as part of a “shelter at home” Fourth of July holiday. Like many others, we...
I have always encouraged organizations to choose a lane when it comes to pricing. The power of subscriptions is that they are a good way to price when you’re solving the subscriber’s problem on an ongoing basis. Subscription pricing aligns the goals of the...
Whenever I speak about membership and subscription models (which is often) I receive questions about subscription model best practices. I thought it would be useful to answer a bunch of the most common “real world” questions. Maybe these are the same...
