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Subscription Marketing Mistakes What Not to Do When Your Customers are Subscribers #MarketingMistakes Anne Janzer Author, Subscription Marketing

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Subscription Marketing MistakesWhat Not to Do When Your Customers are Subscribers#MarketingMistakes

Anne Janzer

Author, Subscription Marketing

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During the Free Trial

Don’t badger the customers

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During the Free Trial

Do provide support and information

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After the Sale….

Don’t abdicate your role with the customer.In a subscription business, marketing is just getting started when someone becomes a subscriber.

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After the Sale….

Do keep nurturing customers Engineer a quick success

Provide valuable content

Create customer communities

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With Current Subscribers

Don’t be creepy with customer data

Remember Uber and the Ride of Glory? That backfired.

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With Current Subscribers

Do use data to demonstrate value Use personalized data to

“do the math” for customers – like Fitbit

Never betray subscriber trust

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With Current Subscribers

With Current Subscribers

Don’t assume you know what subscribers wantEven Apple and U2 can get it wrong.

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With Current Subscribers

With Current Subscribers

Do listen to customers Track metrics

Ask for advice and reviews

Help customers help others

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And When Subscribers Leave

Don’t cling.

Source: Gizmodo

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If Subscribers Leave

Do have an exit plan Plan for this in advance,

or you risk alienating people.

Leave the door open for a future return

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