?? Your March update: Engagement drives business performance

?? Your March update: Engagement drives business performance

A note from our Managing Director

Sustainable growth is not underpinned by tactics or quick wins - it is underpinned by delivering consistent value to your customers and audiences. Although many would agree with this statement, few companies actually measure the value that they provide to their customers. This is often the result of companies being preoccupied by this year’s revenue or profit target.

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Before the advent of web analytics, it was very difficult for businesses to systematically measure the value that they were creating for their customers. For example, newspapers looked at print circulation numbers, broadcasters at their viewing figures and theatres at their ticket sales. These metrics have proven to be very blunt - they are aggregated, they don’t account for whether someone enjoyed the article or the performance and they are “lagging” metrics.

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Now, data-led organisations measure the value that they are providing to customers through the use of engagement-based metrics. For example, Spotify measures the amount of time spent listening, Netflix measures watch time and the FT measures the recency, frequency and volume of content consumption for individual readers (read more about RFV here). The primary benefit of these metrics is that they incentivise good behaviour within organisation - how can we make our product more valuable and more engaging for our customers? A secondary benefit is that they are “leading” metrics, giving a clear picture of what is to come (for example, more subscriber acquisitions or higher churn rates). Our recent?project with the National Theatre?is a great example of how focusing on the metrics that matter can lay the foundations for sustainable growth.

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Measuring value and customer engagement doesn’t have to be difficult and I am delighted to share with you our most recent article from Emanuele Porfiri, our Senior Data Analyst,?on how you can start.


If you are interested in accessing other resources - including a?free Subscriber Revenue Calculator?- please get in touch and we will be happy to help.

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Tara Lajumoke


Supporting the growth of the National Theatre’s new on-demand streaming platform

After the?National Theatre's?successful launch of their online streaming service during the pandemic, they approached our team to support them in making it a sustainable and continuous revenue stream.

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Watch the video?to hear what the National Theatre's Director of Digital, Emma Keith had to say about the process.


RESOURCES

Measuring customer engagement doesn't have to be difficult: here's how to start
Personalisation has a huge impact on customer engagement: how mature are your capabilities?
How Arts organisations can secure a sustainable future
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INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Recommended Reading

On Monetisation & Subscription Strategies:

  • How to limit password sharing for subscription products (Toolkits)
  • Revenue Grew at Condé Nast Last Year, but Shy of Target (NYT?- paywalled)
  • Vox Media has reached $600-$650m in revenue in 2022 - reportedly making it profitable?(The Information?- paywalled)


On Customer Engagement & Value:

  • 14% of Gen-Z said they start researching a major news event on TikTok (Morning Consult)
  • Politico ‘nearly doubles’ size of London bureau in a month with plans to triple it (PressGazette)
  • User Needs 2.0: The most comprehensive news user needs model in charts and graphs (Dmitry Shishkin)

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On Customer-Centric Transformation:

  • Meet the first-ever artificial intelligence editor at the Financial Times (NiemanLab)
  • Macro and strategic trends in the tech industry. 2023: ‘The New Gatekeepers’. (Ben Evans)?

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On New Product Development & Ventures:

  • Axel Springer to Restructure Its German Business as It Shifts Focus to U.S. (WSJ?- paywalled)
  • The Information launches new subscription product for data and charts (Axios)


EVENTS

Events


  • Our team attended the?INMA Media Subscriptions Summit?in Stockholm on?6-10th March,?Aled John and Emanuele Porfiri?hosted a?workshop?on how to apply data analytics and personalisation to maximise retention.


  • We are delighted to be participating in the?Digiday Publishing Summit?in?Colorado on?27-29th March, which will explore how publishers can recalibrate their growth strategies and build a more sustainable future. Look out for Daisy Donald and Keshav Raghavan if you are attending.?

If you'd like to meet us at an event or speak to any of the team please email?[email protected].


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Dmitry Shishkin

Chief Executive Officer at Ringier Media International, Switzerland

1 年

Thank you for including our user needs report! ??

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