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Subscription League
Purchasely, Olivier Destrebecq, Jeff Grang, Nicolas Tissier
Fréquence : 1 épisode/27j. Total Éps: 41

Welcome to the Subscription League podcast hosted by Purchasely, a world-class no-code Growth Platform for Subscription Apps. Drawing on the industry experience of Purchasely’s three award-winning founders, we sit down with CEOs, innovators, and experts to discuss hands-on experiences, pitfalls, and actionable insights and strategies for success. This podcast aims to guide you through your app subscription business journey.
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Inside the tech evolution: Insights from Fastlane and ContextSDK founder Felix Krause
Saison 2 · Épisode 1
lundi 9 septembre 2024 • Durée 27:50
Felix takes us through his creation of Fastlane, which began as a college project to solve his own frustrations with app deployment and grew into a major tool used by developers worldwide, eventually being acquired by Twitter and Google. He also introduces us to ContextSDK, his latest venture designed to make apps smarter by understanding the user's context. Felix offers a peek behind the curtain at the differing work cultures of Twitter and Google, shares his insights on the changing landscape of the European tech scene, and discusses the shift towards remote work. Additionally, Felix speaks on the importance of security, privacy, and putting the user first in app development.
For noteworthy quotes and key takeaways from the episode, read the article -
Inside the tech evolution: Insights from Fastlane and ContextSDK founder Felix Krause
Episode Topics at a Glance
- The origins and impact of Fastlane
- Transitioning from developer tools to context-aware technologies with ContextSDK
- Security, privacy, and enhanced user engagement
- Insights into corporate cultures at Twitter and Google
- The evolution of the European tech ecosystem and remote work trends
- Felix's personal journey and contributions to the tech community
More about Felix
Felix Krause is known for his significant contributions to the mobile development community, notably as the creator of Fastlane and ContextSDK. His work on Fastlane led to acquisitions by Twitter and then Google, highlighting the impact of his innovations in streamlining app deployment processes. Besides his developmental achievements, Felix is an active security and privacy researcher, offering his insights through talks and as the author of "iOS-Factor." For those interested in a more personal look at his life, Felix maintains howisFelix.today, a website that showcases a quantified view of his daily activities and experiences.
Felix’s Links
Felix’s Linkedin profile
ContextSDK website
Timestamps
[00:01:19.700] - Fastlane: From University Project to Big Success
[00:06:22.940] - Introduction to ContextSDK
[00:09:41.990] - Use Cases for ContextSDK
[00:13:26.900] - Initial Success with ContextSDK
[00:16:54.770] - Privacy and Data Processing in ContextSDK
[00:19:22.650] - Potential User Concerns about ContextSDK
[00:22:10.550] - Importance of Lightweight SDKs
[00:24:51.400] - Exploring Felix Krause's Websites
Episode production by Mobdesign: https://podcasts.mobdesignapps.fr
Headway - Unlocking growth and diversification: the power of web and in-app subscriptions with Yeva Koldovska
Épisode 28
mercredi 28 juin 2023 • Durée 27:27
All about scaling an app by leveraging both web and app subscriptions!
In this exciting episode, we chat with Yeva Koldovska, the product manager at Headway, the world's most downloaded book summary app with over 18 million downloads.
Yeva shares valuable insights into Headway's journey and its strategic decision to offer web and in-app subscriptions.
Listen to the episode to uncover the profound impact of subscription variations on revenue and audience diversification, along with the behavioral differences and revenue advantages of web subscriptions.
For noteworthy quotes and key takeaways from the episode, read the article - Unlocking growth and diversification: the power of web and in-app subscriptions with Yeva Koldovska (Headway)
Episode Topics at a Glance
- Headway and its growth
- Offering subscriptions through web and in-app channels
- Reasons for including web subscriptions and diversifying revenue streams
- Impact of privacy updates on user tracking and attribution quality
- Differences in user behavior and preferences between web and app subscribers
- Higher lifetime value (LTV) of web subscribers compared to app subscribers
- Advantages of the web funnel
More about Yeva
Yeva Koldovska is a Product Manager at Headway, a company specializing in subscription-based services. With her expertise in product management, Yeva plays a crucial role in overseeing the development and enhancement of Headway's subscription offerings. She brings a wealth of knowledge and experience to the table, enabling her to effectively identify and address the needs of Headway's diverse user base. Yeva is known for her strategic thinking, analytical skills, and ability to collaborate with cross-functional teams to drive product success.
Yeva’s Links
Timestamps
[00:00:37]: Growth of Headway
[00:01:04]: Discussion about Headway's global team
[00:01:21]: Headway's book summary app and Nibble
[00:02:09]: Why offer subscriptions through both web and in-app
[00:03:51]: The impact of iOS 14.5 privacy updates on Headway's strategy
[00:05:14]: Differences in user behavior between web and app subscriptions
[00:07:00]: Benefits of web subscriptions in terms of user commitment and retention
[00:08:27]: Targeting different audiences with web and app subscriptions
[00:09:54]: User behavior and content preferences on web subscriptions
Episode production by Mobdesign: https://podcasts.mobdesignapps.fr
PhotoRoom - How to grow a subscription app business and its user base globally by Olivier Lemarié
Épisode 20
mercredi 1 mars 2023 • Durée 25:52
With over 50 million installs and a growing number of paying subscribers, PhotoRoom is scaling quickly across multiple markets across the globe. In our conversation, Olivier shares his insights on growth strategies in gaming and utilities, the challenges of scaling across markets, and the importance of experimentation and community-building.
We discuss how subscription-based utility apps like PhotoRoom defer from gaming apps that rely on one-time in-app purchases and user acquisition.
We also explore the challenges of scaling a business across multiple markets and how PhotoRoom is applying agile testing and learnings from one market to another.
Olivier also shares how PhotoRoom leverages TikTok content creators for user acquisition and emphasizes the importance of giving team members strong ownership and trust, making experimentation easy, and understanding the culture and needs of different markets.
Tuen in to learn more about PhotoRoom’s journey to grow its global footprint.
Episode Topics at a Glance
- What is PhotoRoom
- Market targeting and business strategies when growing an app internationally
- TV apps vs. Photo editing and utility apps
- PhotoRoom’s challenges ahead
- Leveraging TikTok content for user acquisition
- Growth tips for utility apps
- Balancing ownership in a team
More about Olivier
Currently VP Growth at PhotoRoom, the leading AI photo-editing app for resellers, small businesses, and marketplaces, Olivier has been leading revenue and user base growth since 2020. Recently, PhotoRoom has reached 50 million installs, has millions of active users and several hundred thousand paying subscribers.
Prior to joining PhotoRoom, Olivier was heading Molotov marketing operations, a TV streaming app used by millions of french households and recently acquired by Fubo and he led the monetization strategy of Wooga, the Berlin-based mobile gaming studio.
Olivier’s Links
Timestamps
0:00 Welcome to the Subscription League
0:20 Olivier Lemarié introduction
0:50 The PhotoRoom editing app
2:59 Olivier's background and journey
3:44 Growth for utility vs gaming apps
4:49 Olivier's experience at Molotov vs Photo Room
8:04 Core challenges at PhotoRoom
9:30 PhotoRoom's test culture
11:32 PhotoRoom's value and retention with users
13:15 How PhotoRoom leverages TikTok content
18:07 Olivier's advice for growth
22:23 Balancing ownership in a team
23:20 What is PhotoRoom's North Star Metric?
24:20 Where to learn more about Olivier and PhotoRoom
25:15 Wrap Up
25:26 Thank you for listening!
Episode production by Mobdesign: https://podcasts.mobdesignapps.fr
CoinStats - Finding the sweet spot with the right subscription app monetization and pricing strategy with Vahe Baghdasaryan
Épisode 19
mercredi 15 février 2023 • Durée 25:28
In this episode of the Subscription League, we explore the crucial balance between maximizing revenue and preserving subscriber satisfaction. Our guest, Vahe Baghdasaryan, a seasoned Growth Marketing Manager and 5-star Growth Marketing Mentor at CoinStats, offers invaluable insights into effective pricing strategies and monetization models for subscription apps.
Join us as Vahe highlights the importance of considering all aspects of monetization and emphasizes the significance of paywall optimization as just one piece of the puzzle.
You'll learn about:
1)the most commonly used pricing strategy
2)valuing features using Max-Diff Analysis
3)how to understand the willingness to pay using the drop principle
4)what to test when experimenting with pricing (subscription length, location, price)
Tune in for valuable tips and expert advice on optimizing your subscription app's monetization strategy.
Episode Topics at a Glance
- CoinStats’ approach to monetization
- Why understanding customers is important
- What is a banded model in subscription pricing
- How to value subscription features,
- How to measure the willingness to pay
- The drop principle - a commonly used product pricing strategies
- Price Experimentation - Big Testing for Big Results
- The impact of subscription length
- Location-based pricing
More about Vahe
Vahe is a highly accomplished growth product and marketing professional with a wealth of experience in consumer startups across various industries, including education and fintech. He currently holds the position of Senior Growth Marketing Manager at CoinStats, where he is responsible for driving subscription optimization, user retention, and activation and leads the lifecycle marketing team. He has spoken internationally on engagement strategies, user activation, and onboarding optimization strategies. He’s also a 5-star rating mentor on GrowthMentor. Vahe has recently released his on-demand courses on subscription optimization & pricing strategy. More information can be found here.
Vahe’s Links
Timestamps
00:00 Welcome to the Subscription League
00:21 Welcoming Vahe Baghdasaryan
00:48 Vahe's transition from edtech to fintech
01:25 What have you learned from startup founders?
02:41 How has the FTX collapse impacted CoinStats?
03:53 Subscription optimization at CoinStats
10:04 Why pricing experimentation is important
15:02 What countries are driving most of CoinStats' revenue?
15:55 How do you set prices per region?
18:19 How to be careful about price discrimination
20:53 What is next for CoinStats?
23:00 Thoughts on the sunk cost fallacy
23:54 Where to learn more
25:00 Thank you for listening!
Transcript
Episode production by Mobdesign: https://podcasts.mobdesignapps.fr
Pollen VC - A guide to financing your user acquisition with Martin Macmillan
Épisode 18
mercredi 1 février 2023 • Durée 23:33
When it comes to funding a young app venture, folks often seek out angel investors, venture capital, or equity investors. But in this episode, we sit down with Martin Macmillan, CEO of Pollen VC, to talk about a totally new way to finance an app business. It's called "revolving line of credit" funding and it's fast, flexible, and data-driven.
Tune in to hear Martin share insights on
- How this financing method works
- How Pollen VC’s funding model differs from the others
- Who can benefit from it
- How "Clean Room Accounting" strategy can help apps better manage their finances
- Financial forecasting for subscription apps: Pollen's calculator
Join us for a fresh perspective on app financing with Martin Macmillan.
For noteworthy quotes and key takeaways from the episode, read the article - A guide to financing your user acquisition with Martin Macmillan (Pollen VC)
Episode Topics at a Glance
- Fixed-income trading
- Funding options for startups
- How Pollen VC invests in the UA stage
- The ideal investee profile for Pollen VC
- How do you work and compete with your contenders?
- Clean room accounting for UA/monetization
- Why Pollen VC is moving toward subscription apps
- Pollen’s online calculator: ROAS, LTV, and cash flow
More about Martin
Martin Macmillan is Founder and CEO of Pollen VC. He has 20 years of experience in launching and building technology businesses in financial services and media sectors and a prior career as an investment banker.
Having directly experienced the growth challenges facing tech start-ups and the lack of debt financing options open to early-stage technology businesses, he saw the opportunity to marry his traditional financial markets and technology experience to create a new financing model for the app and gaming economy.
Prior to founding Pollen VC, Martin was CEO at Soniqplay, CEO at Level Four (acquired by clear2pay), and a Director of UBS in London and New York, where he ran the Eurocommercial paper (ECP) trading group and conceived and delivered UBS’ first client-facing electronic debt trading platform.
Pollen VC’s Links
- Subscription app calculator
- The Definitive Guide to Selecting a UA Financing Partner
- Clean Room Accounting for UA/Monetization blog post
- RIP Mobile Games Publishing blog post
Timestamps
00:00 Welcome to the Subscription League
00:20 What is fixed-income trading?
01:20 Martin's journey to founding Pollen VC
02:28 Ways a founder can fund their start-up
04:48 How Pollen VC pushes user acquisition later into the cycle
09:05 When should start-up founders get a revolving line of credit?
10:13 How do you work and compete with your contenders?
13:35 Clean room accounting for UA/monetization
15:58 Why are you moving towards subscription apps?
18:12 Where to learn more
22:49 Wrap Up
23:06 Thank you for listening!
Transcript
Episode production by Mobdesign: https://podcasts.mobdesignapps.fr
[REPOST] GP Bullhound - What venture investors look for in subscription apps with Eric Crowley
jeudi 19 janvier 2023 • Durée 24:28
Despite a lot of doom and gloom out there about the slowdown of VC investment and how start-ups need to brace for the impact, smart and well-disciplined investors are still looking for home runs, and funding opportunities are still available for the best subscription app companies.
In this episode with Eric Crowley, partner at GP Bullhound, we talk about Consumer Subscription Software Flywheel, the investment north star that defines the main attributes of a successful CSS.
Then we talk about how subscription apps can maximize investors’ attention by
- Building a paradigm-shifting Consumer Subscription Business
- Paring UX and UI with high-quality content and proprietary data
- Targeting a niche
- Thinking as a third-party
Listen to the episode to find out more about the investor’s inside scoop.
For noteworthy quotes and key takeaways from the episode, read the article -
What venture investors look for in subscription apps with Eric Crowley (GP Bullhound).
Episode Topics at a Glance
- Consumer Subscription Flywheel
- What GP Bullhound look for in a company
- UX and UK
- The role of premium content and proprietary data
- Success examples
- How to be the king of a niche
- GP Bullhound’s events
More about Eric Crowley
Eric is a Partner at GP Bullhound, focusing primarily on M&A, Capital Raises, and Advisory transactions with expertise in consumer subscription software, tech-enabled agencies and ad-tech. Over his career, he has completed transactions totaling over $3 billion in enterprise value.
Prior to GP Bullhound, Eric served as an executive at a software start-up where he focused on financial management and driving growth. In addition, Eric worked at Lazard and Antares Capital focusing on middle market transactions.
In addition to his CPA, Eric has an MBA from the University of Chicago and a B.S. degree from Xavier University.
Eric Crowley’s Links
- Eric Crowley’s LinkedIn profile
- CSS Spinning the CSS flywheel to delight consumers.
- Medium.com articles by Eric Crowley
- Techcrunch article - Taking consumer subscription software to the great outdoors
Timestamps
00:20 Introducing Eric Crowley and GP Bullhound
01:08 Consumer subscription flywheel
03:35 What GP Bullhound looks for to invest in companies
05:13 The importance of UX and UI
06:55 The role proprietary data takes in building a business mode
08:41 Transitioning from founder-backed to venture-backed companies
11:20 Post-pandemic subscription net businesses
12:59 Examples of creative ways to engage consumers
15:01 Will the Winner-Take-All trend continue?
16:56 Best success stories
18:24 The digital to analogue transition
19:28 Should funders worry about reaching specific APIs?
21:03 Consumer subscription software conference
23:10 Where to learn more about GP Bullhound
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Episode production by Mobdesign: https://podcasts.mobdesignapps.fr
Breakthrough - Company spotlight: Health and Fitness App Productization Platform with Sunny Dulay
Épisode 17
mercredi 4 janvier 2023 • Durée 32:35
With his background as a software engineer and app productization expert, Sunny Dulay was inspired by his personal journey with Headspace, a meditation app, and founded an app development and management studio, Breakthrough apps.
Breakthrough is dedicated to helping fitness coaches to productize their coaching into an app. Since its birth, the company has been growing exponentially, with a one-of-a-kind business model that sets itself apart from app aggregators.
Breakthrough and its clients come together on a mission to productize fitness activities by bringing in complementary assets: coaches bring in their brand and community, and Breakthrough provides the technology and app business know-how.
Breakthrough is a business enablement platform similar to Shopify. Instead of presenting multiple services/coaches in a single place, it provides an infrastructure for coaches to monetize and productize their service within their unshared and exclusively branded digital space.
Listen to hear about
- The founder’s vision and lessons learned from the world of health and fitness apps
- How the company was founded and where it is going
- Tips on how to onboard an existing community onto an app
- Importance of brand awareness and community
For noteworthy quotes and key takeaways from the episode, read the article -
Company Spotlight: Health and Fitness App Productization Platform, with Sunny Dulay (Breakthough)
Episode Topics at a Glance
- Sunny Dulay's background and introduction
- Breakthrough Apps founding journey
- Breakthrough’s business model
- What Breakthrough looks for when partnering with a new coach/influencer
- Difference between Breakthrough’s offerings and an aggregator
- Sunny’s learning from the fitness space
- Community onboarding tactics
More about Sunny Dulay
Sunny Dulay is the Co-founder and CEO of Breakthrough, an App Builder for Wellness Coaches. He is an experienced software engineer, product manager & sales manager. Based on his personal life-changing experience with a single coach-based app, Sunny is a believer in on-demand personality-based coaching through an app. His mission is to help coaches around the world productize and scale their coaching business with an app. The Breakthrough team helps coaches in wellness niches like Yoga, Meditation, Fitness, Nutrition & Sports launch & grow their apps. The Breakthrough platform has generated $2M+ for coaching apps. Sunny lives in NYC!
Sunny’s Links
- About Breakthrough
- Stretch App Launched by Breakthrough
- Wellness coach and want to launch or grow your app? Get in touch to make your app
- Contact Sunny
- Sunny’s LinkedIn
Timestamps
00:21 Sunny Dulay background and introduction
02:40 The journey of founding Breakthrough Apps
06:36 Breakthrough Apps business model and money flow
07:31 Do you have examples of similar businesses?
08:13 Advantages of a brand and community before launching
10:43 Coaches' communities: engagement and retention
12:30 Sunny's strategy for the revenue split
13:28 What criteria are you looking for in coaches?
15:14 How can you shine compared to an aggregator?
18:47 Sunny's tactics to connect coaches and their community
22:10 App store fees vs self-store investment
24:09 Sunny's learnings fr
Episode production by Mobdesign: https://podcasts.mobdesignapps.fr
Together Labs - Leveraging user research to maximize subscription app monetization with Jenny Pollock
Épisode 16
mercredi 21 décembre 2022 • Durée 32:07
Named to TIME‘s list of the 100 Most Influential Companies of 2022, Together Labs is a Silicon Valley-based 3D social networking company that innovates technologies empowering people worldwide to connect, create and earn in virtual worlds. Jenny Pollock, Lead Subscription Monetization Manager at Together Labs, is involved in every aspect of interlocking subscriptions and revenue optimization, driving IMVU, the emblematic brand of the company, to the world’s largest friendship discovery and social metaverse platform with more than 7M MAU.
In this episode of Subscription League Podcast, we sit down with Jenny to talk about her advice on how app developers and marketers can leverage quantitative and qualitative user research to guide the product roadmap and monetization strategy. Listen to the full episode to find out about her 4-step user research framework and all her pro tips on user research.
For noteworthy quotes and key takeaways from the episode, read the article -
Leveraging user research to maximize subscription app monetization with Jenny Pollock (Together Labs).
Episode Topics at a Glance
- What does Together Labs do?
- Day in the life of a lead subscription monetization manager at Together Labs
- Subscription tiers and user personas of IMVU explained
- The value of listening to your community
- User research: qualitative vs quantitative
- Jenny's four-part framework for user research
- Advice to start-ups for managing data
- How to have great user interviews
More about Jenny Kay Pollock
Jenny Kay Pollock leads monetization at Together Labs, where she focuses on strategies that help keep IMVU a top 5 social app by spending in the US. Jenny routinely speaks on mobile monetization, women in the workplace, and building a tech career. She has published on these topics in outlets like Forbes and Ellevate. Find her discussing all things tech on Twitter at @Jennykaypollock.
Jenny’s Links
Timestamps
00:18 We're in a bedroom today!
00:50 Jenny Pollock background and introduction
01:16 What does Together Labs do?
02:12 What are your day-to-day responsibilities?
03:09 Subscription tiers of IMVU
04:20 How did IMVUA get into the top 5 social apps?
05:40 The difference between creators and regular users
07:03 Sharing revenue with the IMVU creator community
09:00 The value of listening to your community
10:05 User research: qualitative vs quantitative
11:40 Jenny's four-part framework for user research
13:00 Advice to start ups for managing data
15:21 How to have great user interviews
17:13 User research framework step #2: experiment
18:55 User research framework step #3: get creative
21:46 User research framework step #4: product roadmap
25:32 The motivation behind IMVU's VIP offering
27:27 Benefits of using this tiered model
29:00 Routing users to the right subscriptions
30:05 The value of Purchase League
30:57 Wrap Up
Episode production by Mobdesign: https://podcasts.mobdesignapps.fr
Appic - All about subscription app onboarding with Tobias Boerner
Épisode 15
mercredi 7 décembre 2022 • Durée 25:08
Tobias Boerner, now Chief Marketing Officer & Co-founder of a Luxembourg-based app aggregation company, Appic, has been laying a series of remarkable stepping stones in his career. The most noticeable are his achievements at LOVOO, one of the biggest dating apps in Europe which he made an exit for about $70 million, and Fastic, a five-star intermittent fasting app used by over 26M users worldwide, 92% of whom are happy customers. The Fastic app is also looked upon by many subscription apps and marketers for its exemplary onboarding process and its approach to building users’ trust and satisfaction with consistent delivery of personalized experiences.
For the Subscription League Podcast episode 15, we sat down with Tobias to discuss the nitty-gritty of how the Fastic app differentiates itself from other fasting apps with its extraordinary onboarding strategy.
For noteworthy quotes and key takeaways from the episode, read the article -
All about subscription app onboarding with Tobias Boerner (Appic)
Episode Topics at a Glance
- What is Fastic app About
- Fastic app’s onboarding explained
- What is the ideal onboarding experience
- Dos and Don’ts for onboarding
- Onboarding struggles
- Key numbers to benchmark
- Paywall or no paywall during the onboarding
More about Tobias Boerner
Tobias is a serial entrepreneur and Angel Investor. His passion is growth, product marketing and UX/UI. In his previous roles as a CMO and Co-Founder of LOVOO, Tobias was part of 2 exits worth 70M$ and 500M$.
After this almost 10-year journey in the dating environment, he started a new chapter as co-founder and growth officer for Fastic and helped them grow into one of the leading brands for well-being. Besides his passion for marketing, Tobi has made it his mission to be ahead of the times in market developments in the tech environment. With Admiral Studio he founded a collective in the NFT & Web3 space. Tobi is the CMO & Co-founder of App Aggregator Appic since 2022 where he is building a powerhouse for global mobile apps.
Tobias Boerner’s Links
- Tobias’ Linkedin
- Appic’s official website
- Fastic - world's leading fasting app
- World's first web3 marketing platform
Timestamps
00:21 Welcoming Tobias Börner
00:52 LOVOO: dating app
01:19 Fastic: fasting and health app
02:57 Epic.io: investment and benefits
03:40 Why is there a long onboarding process for Fastic?
05:39 Purpose of the onboarding categories
08:02 What is the ideal onboarding experience?
08:35 Response to very heavy onboarding flow
09:20 Other apps that inspired Tobias
09:54 Absolute don'ts for onboarding
11:28 Advice and tips for onboarding
12:45 Tobias' main struggles with designing onboarding
13:55 Onboarding without A/B testing
14:59 At what point do you not invest much effort anymore?
16:01 The expected effect of good onboarding
16:52 What % does good onboarding convert at?
17:25 The uplifting effect of good onboarding
19:30 Do you recommend a paywall in onboarding?
22:21 Did you run into bugs that helped?
24:01 Counterintuitive learning from Tobias
Transcript
Episode production by Mobdesign: https://podcasts.mobdesignapps.fr
MobileGroove - The Subscription Model - the State, Benefits, and Success Tips by Peggy Anne Salz
Épisode 14
mercredi 23 novembre 2022 • Durée 36:22
We are steering down the barrel of recession, but consumers’ appetite for subscriptions will likely continue to develop, and an increasing number of subscription businesses will share the pleasure.
- Subscriptions account for 82% of revenue regenerated on average by non-gaming apps.
- In the U.S., the annual spending on top subscription apps in the Apple App Store increased by ⅓ over a year, reaching 6 billion in 2021. Revenues on Google Play also rose a massive 78% to reach 2.5 billion the same year.
What’s driving the rise of Subscription models?
- For consumers, it promises lower barriers to entry, convenience to purchase, and access to novel and curated content.
- For app businesses, it promises monetization and security.
Despite the proven benefits, there are still many challenges that apps struggle with such as the notorious “subscription fatigue.”
Listen to the full episode to learn about the state of the subscription economy, and success strategy recommendations by Peggy Anne Salz, a leading mobile marketer, and the chief analyst and founder of MobileGroove.
For noteworthy quotes and key takeaways from the episode, read the article -
The Subscription Model - the state, benefits, and success tips by Peggy Anne Salz (MobileGroove)
Episode Topics at a Glance
- The state of the Subscription Economy
- Dealing with Subscription fatigue
- Benefits of Subscriptions
- How Subscription Apps can rise above challenges
- Example of Spotify
More about Peggy Anne Salz
As the chief analyst and founder of MobileGroove — a top 50 ranked destination providing analysis, custom research, and strategic content marketing to the global mobile industry, and mentoring and consulting to tech startups — Peggy Anne Salz is recognized as one of the leading experts shaping the mobile world.
Peggy is also a nine-time author, a frequent Forbes contributor and guest contributor for a variety of leading media outlets — including Harvard Business Review — where she shares her insights on mobile marketing, mobile apps, customer engagement, and business innovation.
Peggy produces podcasts, videos, webinars, and blogs to equip mobile marketers with best practices and growth strategies to power campaigns, brand storytelling, and user engagement. She is also the Chief Content Officer of MMA Germany.
Peggy Anne Salz’s Links
- Peggy’s Linkedin Profile
- Peggy’s Twitter
- Peggy’s YouTube Channel
- Mobile Presence Podcast
- Peggy’s Author page on Forbes
- Other social media and content
- MMA Germany
Timestamp
00:22 Peggy Ann introduction
01:11 Potential upcoming subscription trends
02:12 Key points about the subscription economy
05:20 Good examples of subscription apps
07:51 How to connect with your customers
10:42 Dealing with subscription fatigue
13:24 What are psychographics?
17:40 What's the power behind value graphics?
20:10 Why are subscriptions so successful?
22:00 Benefits to subscription apps
26:24 Must-haves for subscriptions
28:52 Your brand and retaining subscribers
32:55 Peggy's book
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