Why Subscriptions are Good for Customers…and Business by Brent Leary
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Why Subscrip-ons are Good for Customers…and Business
Brent Leary CRM Essen/als @BrentLeary
Fed up and not taking it anymore…
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Enter the Subscrip-on…
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The Evolu-on of Customer Behavior
80% of execu-ves said their customers are changing how they obtain access to goods and services”
Economist -‐ 2013
What’s changed with Customers …what hasn’t?
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Making the most of a flee-ng moment
"The aLen-on economy is not growing, which means we have to grab the aLen-on that someone else has today."
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Making the most of a flee-ng moment
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"You can’t buy aLen-on like you used to…"
Speed THRILLS. Lack of it KILLS
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300 Milliseconds to connect ac/ons to experiences
What is the
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By 2015, 35% of Global 2000 companies will generate revenue through subscription-based services and revenue models.
1999! Today
Subscrip-on Economy?
BUY NOW SUBSCRIBE
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Dollar Rubber Club
Condoms
Salon
Media
StudyDog
Child Learning
Disney
Content
Bespoke Post
Luxury Items
Savvy Money
Finances
Spice Guides
Date Idea
Spo-fy
Music
Businesses Can Subscribe To Anything
NeZlix
Movies
VMWare
Virtualiza<on
Google Apps
Apps
Amazon
Infrastructure
Dex One
Marke<ng
Intacct
GL
DelTel
Phone System
Concur
Travel/Expense
CRM ServCorp
Virtual Office
Consumers Can Subscribe To Anything
Why Subscrip-ons?
• Technology • Demand • FAIR Business Models • Opportunity to stay connected to customers
Beats by Dre
Beats Music
Spo-fy…and Framily
Dre, Beat Up…
The Birth of a Subscrip-on Company
“Before we knew we were going to be a marke-ng company, we knew we were going to be a subscrip-on company.”
Dharmesh Shah -‐ Hubspot
The Birth of a Subscrip-on Company
“it's -me to think about business as a collec/on of customers and find ways to drive loyalty, repeat purchases, and greater revenue..”
Brian Bell-‐ CMO of Zuora
Become a Data Geek...not a HiPPO
Subscrip-on Companies are Data-‐Driven
Not this kind of hippo
hippo
This Kind of HiPPO
Be A Geek…A DATA Geek
“The great thing about fact-‐based decisions is that they overrule the hierarchy.”
The Milkman, Data & Subscrip-ons
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Data-driven Subscription Businesses Align by Buyer Persona
Owner Oscar Team (1-50 employees)
MidMarket Mary Team (50-500 employees)
Enterprise Erica Team (500+ employees)
Group Sales & On-Boarding 1-to-1 Sales & On-Boarding Advanced Sales & On-Boarding
Oscar Marketing
OscarSales
Oscar Services
Mary Marketing
Mary Sales
Mary Services
Erica Marketing
Erica Sales
Erica Services
Ø Replaced marketing, sales, and services meetings with buyer persona meetings Ø Re-organized seating around cross-functional buyer persona teams Ø Customized marketing SLA, sales effectiveness, and customer success metrics to persona
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Consistent Persona Metrics
Metric Oscar Mary Erica LTV/CAC 5.2 11.5 19.0
CAC $6,250 $15,500 $28,750 MRR Churn 1.3% 0.7% 0.5% Avg MRR $425 $1250 $2725
LTV $32,700 $179,000 $545,000 Months to Payback
14.7 12.4 10.6
MRR Growth (Q2Q)
18% 27% 34%
MRR / Rep $4,750 $7,250 $10,500 NPS 47 65 62
Leads per Cust. 540 2,400 6,625
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DATA AS AN ADD-‐ON SERVICE
Subscrip-on Companies are Customer-‐centric
Subscribing to Ties???
Base: All respondents (n=1026) Q.7 At which point you would start to feel …? TOA Technologies - 2011
Founda-on of Customer Service
United States
Mayday: Customer-‐Centricity in Ac-on
Oracle President on Subscrip-ons
Amazon Subscribe & Save
The Subscrip-ons Require Different Approach to Business
• Focus on Mone-zing Customer Rela-onships vs. Selling Units
• Pay-‐as-‐you-‐Go Pricing Plans • B2Any: Sell to Consumers & Businesses
Prime Time
• Over 10 Million Members
• Membership doubled in last 2 years
• Es-mated to grow to 25 Million members by 2017
* Morningstar, 2013
Prime Time • Increase their purchases on Amazon from $400 a year to $900 a year aEer they join*
• Spend 130% more than regular Amazon customers*
• May be responsible for as much as 20% of Amazon’s overall sales in the U.S (BusinessWeek)
* Prac/calEcommerce.com
Oracle President on Subscrip-ons
Time to be FAIR…Doubly FAIR
• Fast…and Flexible • Analytical…and Agile • Interactive…and Integrated • Reliable…and Responsive
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And the Emmy goes to…neZlix???
The Subscrip-on Metrics System
Recurring Revenue • Monthly • Annual
The Subscrip-on Metrics System
The Subscrip-on Metrics System
Easy as ACV – Annual Contract Value
Pyramid of Customer Loyalty
Thank You!
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