Session 1: Going Freemium

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1. 204 days ago

   

   krushtown

   
2. 204 days ago

   

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   Fun session, moving on to second

3. 204 days ago

   

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   Web vs. mobile: 50% open rates on web but much lower on mobile, have to be careful about email for mobile users, more sensitive to email overload

4. 204 days ago

   

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   iOS 5 tip: can send user from link in email directly to app

5. 204 days ago

   

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   b2b SaaS app: market small-mid size business... freemium model for <5 employees, 2 week trial on paid subs... how do you nurture? training, case studies, education. Recommendation from crowd: make the use cases as easy as possible, don't make them fancy

6. 204 days ago

   

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   Conversion rate of iTunes App Store vs. Android Apps: consensus is that iPad is best for small business applications

7. 204 days ago

   

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   using OAuth: concerns voiced about using Facebook login to gather info, many in session don't sign up for services that require Facebook registration

8. 204 days ago

   

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   Vistaprint- asks for registration AFTER business card has already been created

9. 204 days ago

   

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   Front end of process... how much registration info should you request? 50% of people that download OfficeDrop register ... improved this by limiting info to name, email, password

10. 204 days ago

    

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    session expanding

11. 204 days ago

    

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    FreshBooks is a great example of making freemium work

12. 204 days ago

    

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    "Need to have multiple upgrade triggers"... several clear triggers that you would hit if you are a business customer... try to make these upgrades self-service

13. 204 days ago

    

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    More people opted into paid plan immediately after free trial was rolled out

14. 204 days ago

    

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    ps- Healy works for OfficeDrop

15. 204 days ago

    

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    Reviews initially were negative due to perceived bait and switch...

16. 204 days ago

    

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    Healy front and center

17. 204 days ago

    

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    Healy Jones has arrived... leading discussion... switched his company to freemium in July... help small business managed paper work electronically... paper to searchable docs...

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    Two things found to be successful: building workflow path and knowing spectrum of cost ... incremental costs helps conversion

20. 204 days ago

    

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    Are you concerned about free customers using too much bandwidth? Dedicated more time to paying customers and use "triggers" to pay more attention to those that are moving toward conversion

21. 204 days ago

    

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    How do you move from free to paying? Emails? How do you pitch? ... need to know key triggers that convert

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23. 204 days ago

    

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    Parker of VistaPrint opening conversation about conversion rates from free to paying customers

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    conversation just getting started