Posts Tagged ‘Marketing & Sales’

New Year – New Google Realities

When William Gibson said "The future is here. It's just not evenly distributed yet", he could have been talking about how Google is reinventing its search results right now and incidentally altering t

Don’t bother the trial user with licensing stuff until the user is hooked

What makes a person want to whip out their credit card and buy your software? Hint: It's not being nagged about how many days they have left in their trial every time they run your program. It seems l

Increase Software Conversions Part 4

Don't Lose Users on the First Screen! This is part 4 of a 5-part series: How to convert more software trials to purchases. Nothing's worse than opening new software and staring at a vast white screen

Why Hammers Sell Better Than Your Software

Hammers Sell Better Than Software Back in April my friend and fellow microISV Andy Brice conducted a software vendor survey that highlighted something that doesn't get the attention it should: while

Increasing Software Conversions Part 3

Use a "Tips" Newsletter to Follow Up on a Trial This is part 3 of a 5-part series: How to convert more software trials to purchases. What do you do with customer's email addresses during their trial?

Increasing software conversions Part 2: Ask a few questions

This is part 2 of a 5-part series: How to convert more software trials to purchases. There are three camps about asking for contact info before a trial starts: A.  Ask for nothing - Maximize number o
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