McKinsey recently released a survey in which they asked over 5,000 U.S. consumers what they look for in a subscription service. Subscription has been a trend in publishing and media for a while. In fact, nearly half of all the consumers polled in this survey already had a subscription to a streaming media service, like …
Buzz! That alarm clock goes off on Friday at 6 a.m. You normally roll over and press snooze. But not today! There’s a CreativeMornings gathering this morning. If you’re unfamiliar with what they do, CreativeMornings organizes a series of in-person breakfast lectures for local creative communities around the world. The events are run by volunteers, …
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Behold the power of upselling. Here are some compelling findings from Bain, Marketing Metrics, and McKinsey: The average conversion for a first-time purchaser is just 5-20 percent, while conversion on upsell offers is 60-70 percent. The average new e-commerce customer spends just $24.50, but the repeat customer spends $52.50 — more than double! It costs …
Have I got a business opportunity for you! Let’s enter a market with a boring product that is dominated by one large player, with over 70 percent market share. The CEO has no management experience. We have no customers so far. Want to invest? Most of you are probably chuckling and shaking your heads. It …
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