Subscriptions are nothing new. Traditional subscription companies kept customers at arm’s length. Subscriptions were an efficient financial model of recurring contracts. Now, high-performing subscription companies obsess over customers. Examples of […]
Beyond RFV – A New Dimension in Engagement Measurement
According to renowned management thinker Peter Drucker: “If you can’t measure it, you can’t change it.” So how can we improve engagement levels without first having a complete and comprehensive […]
How to Justify Renewal Uplift In B2B Subscriptions
Renewal time is like a birthday. It comes round at the same time every year and, if you’ve been good, people give you nice things. The difference with b2b subscription […]
Tony Jaros, former chief product officer, SiriusDecisions joins Substribe
Exciting news for anyone pursuing b2b subscription excellence! Tony Jaros (former President and Chief Product Officer at SiriusDecisions), is joining Substribe as our Strategic Advisor. He will be helping with […]
How to measure customer value, successfully
Subscription leaders face many challenges, requiring lots of decision making. Acquiring and integrating businesses, launching new products, executing go to market plans, to list a few. So it is important […]
the only onboarding metric that matters?
Time to value (TTV). Subscription companies spend time and effort thinking about keeping and growing recurring revenues. We hear about subscription problems including churn in first and second year renewals. […]
how to build product around price to boost subscription success
Ever since we started Substribe we’ve been on a mission to find ways to cut the time to win with subscriptions. Previous experience told us that ideas and opinions alone […]
Account Based Strategy: faster revenue growth and higher profitability
The latest Substribe breakfast club explored account based go-to-market (GTM) strategy. Meaning, take a considered view of strategic accounts and creating appropriate one to one, one to few, and one […]
can event brands deliver recurring value?
9 out of 10 b2b leaders believe events can make the transition to recurring value or income (but it’s hard). Thanks to Covid, event companies have tested ways to create […]
getting started with personalisation
Personalisation was the focus of our latest conversation with b2b subscription leaders at our regular breakfast club. Here’s an output of the key discussion points First let’s define what personalisation […]
7 of the best subscription metrics to track
The subscription model isn’t new. I spent my early career (err 20 years ago) administrating traditional subscriptions. Then, subscriptions were used purely as a way of getting money from your […]
five tips to unlock customer lifetime value
Unlocking customer lifetime value is a critical success factor for B2B subscription businesses. And, it is getting harder. Demand for subscription services is rocketing, with the ‘anything as a service’ […]
using creative pricing to unlock a 10X opportunity
The majority of CEOs in b2b media, data and information companies are planning moderate to robust pricing increases (source: Substribe CEO think tank July 2021). Challenges include creating certainty and […]
product innovation: time for a rethink
Psst! Want to improve your chances of success in your product development, and make products that customers stick around for? Let’s take a step back and review the facts and […]
building workflow products: lessons from start up CEO Neil Bradford
Mamta Patel chaired the latest Substribe CEO think tank. Fifteen CEOs joined her, including Neil Bradford, CEO, General Index, who shared his story about creating a must-have data service. Neil […]
Wise up to Substech: five big talking points
Subscription technology is growing apace and is becoming more critical to enable business impact and deliver valuable and differentiated customer outcomes. However, the space is complex – what’s required…when, who […]
why is a must-have score crucial for measuring customer sentiment?
We recently revealed a new customer sentiment measure we use with our client customer research projects. We’re getting some great insights that we don’t get from other customer sentiment questions […]
how to build a must-have b2b community (9 big insights)
40 b2b leaders attended our Breakfast Club about building a must-have b2b community. We had 3 awesome speakers, Adam Smallman of PEI who shared a case study about launching a […]
Mamta Patel joins Substribe
Substribe are delighted to announce that Mamta Patel, former co-founder and CEO of Chemical Watch, is joining Substribe as Strategic Advisor to help with the next stages of growth. We’re […]
building must-have products: expert guide
We talk about measuring a must-have product, but it’s also important to know how to build one. Ashley Friedlein is experienced in building products for both b2b subscriptions and SaaS. […]
five proven insights to grow subscriptions
Subscriptions should create predictable revenues. To make it work, you need to find – and keep – customers who get value from the service. You need customers to stick around […]
a better way to measure subscription customer value
A priority strategy for many subscription businesses is to get as close to the customer’s workflow as possible. In doing so, achieving a must-have product that sticks and creating premium […]
membership is for life, not just renewal
In early March 2020, Substribe spoke with Victoria Mellor, Co-founder of Kademy about her focus on the customer within a newly launched membership offering. Then Covid happened. Having revisited this […]
disruption in professional services using recurring revenues
SeedLegals is the world’s first platform that lets founders and investors easily create, negotiate and sign all the legal agreements they need to manage a funding round. In just three […]
