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The Automatic Customer: Creating a Subscription Business in Any Industry
SKU: 159184746X (Updated 2024-09-10)
Price: US$ 17.50
 
 
Description

The lifeblood of your business is repeat customers. But customers can be fickle, markets shift, and competitors are ruthless. So how do you ensure a steady flow of repeat business? The secret—no matter what industry you’re in—is finding and keeping automatic customers.

These days virtually anything you need can be purchased through a subscription, with more convenience than ever before. Far beyond Spotify, Netflix, and New York Times subscriptions, you can sign up for weekly or monthly supplies of everything from groceries (AmazonFresh) to cosmetics (Birchbox) to razor blades (Dollar Shave Club).

According to John Warrillow, this emerging subscription economy offers huge opportunities to companies that know how to turn customers into subscribers. Automatic customers are the key to increasing cash flow, igniting growth, and boosting the value of your company.

Consider Whatsapp, the internet-based messaging service that was purchased by Facebook for $19 billion. While other services bombarded users with invasive ads in order to fund a free messaging platform, Whatsapp offered a refreshingly private tool on a subscription platform, charging just $1 per year. Their business model enabled the kind of service that customers wanted and ensured automatic customers for years to come.

As Warrillow shows, subscriptions aren’t limited to technology or media businesses. Companies in nearly any industry, from start-ups to the Fortune 500, from home contractors to florists, can build subscriptions into their business.

Warrillow provides the essential blueprint for winning automatic customers with one of the nine subscription business models, including:
  • The Membership Website Model: Companies like The Wood Whisperer Guild, ContractorSelling.com, and DanceStudioOwner.com offer access to highly specialized, high quality information, recognizing that people will pay for good content. This model can work for any business with a tightly defined niche market and insider information.
  • The Simplifier Model: Companies like Mosquito Squad (pest control) and Hassle Free Homes (home maintenance) take a recurring task off your to-do list. Any business serving busy consumers can adopt this model not only to create a recurring revenue stream, but also to take advantage of the opportunity to cross-sell or bundle their services.
  • The Surprise Box Model: Companies like BarkBox (dog treats) and Standard Cocoa (craft chocolate) send their subscribers curated packages of goodies each month. If you can handle the logistics of shipping, giving customers joy in something new can translate to sales on your larger e-commerce site.

This book also shows you how to master the psychology of selling subscriptions and how to reduce churn and provides a road map for the essential statistics you need to measure the health of your subscription business.

Whether you want to transform your entire business into a recurring revenue engine or just pick up an extra 5 percent of sales growth, The Automatic Customer will be your secret weapon.

Table of Contents
Introduction
PART ONE: SUBSCRIBERS ARE BETTER THAN CUSTOMERS
Chapter 1: The
New
500-Year-Old Business Model
Chapter 2: Why You Need Automatic Customers
PART TWO: THE NINE SUBSCRIPTION BUSINESS MODELS
Chapter 3: The Membership Website Model
Chapter 4: The All-You-Can-Eat Library Model
Chapter 5: The Private Club Model
Chapter 6: The Front-of-the-Line Subscription Model
Chapter 7: The Consumables Model
Chapter 8: The Surprise Box Model
Chapter 9: The Simplifier Model
Chapter 10: The Network Model
Chapter 11: The Peace-of-Mind Model
PART THREE: YOUR SUBSCRIPTION BUSINESS FIELD GUIDE
Chapter 12: The New Math
Chapter 13: The Cash Suck vs. The Cash Spigot
Chapter 14: The Psychology of Selling a Subscription
Chapter 15: Scaling Up
Chapter 16: Reflections
 
Features & details

Portfolio


EAN: 9781591847465


ISBN: 159184746X


Manufacturer: Portfolio


Brand: Portfolio
 
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