The COVID trialists, casual readers, “hop-on, hop-off” subscribers, and zombies. Avoid the 2021 apocalypse. Demystify the newest trends. Update your digital subscriber retention strategy.

Activate subscribers

Reorganise for retention

Wake up sleepers

Reinvent cancellation

Your critical job in 2021: Save the light-reading subscribers


After the unprecedented growth in online traffic and subscriptions during the pandemic, we are waking up to a new reality. Global subscription benchmarks reveal the hidden truths of the COVID year:

  • Most conversions come from light readers.
  • Most news subscribers are light readers, too.
  • Almost half subscribers don’t read at all.

An urgent action is needed to redefine your approach to digital reader engagement and retention.

While fans and heavy readers help kick start the subscription programme, they cannot sustain the growth. The longer time in-market, the more you convert light readers, and the more subscribers are at risk of churning.

This is a new and critical insight. Saving the light-reading subscribers is the single most valuable thing you can do for your business this year. And without reducing churn, forget about further growth!

At this INMA Readers First Initiative Master Class, the guest experts will share practical advice on how they adjust their research, editorial, product, and marketing the post-COVID new normal.

Book your calendar, put your earphones on, and prepare for three deep-dive virtual sessions, with nine new case studies, 7+ hours of invaluable insights, benchmarks, and best practices.

Topics

Discover new ways to analyse and predict churn, e.g., when the subscriber is new and the dataset is small

Activate new customers, e.g., monitor engagement of light-reading subscribers and wake them up when falling asleep

Review your reader engagement strategy, e.g., adapt your content, product and marketing to help readers form a daily reading habit

Innovate with cancellation policies, e.g., prepare for Hop On Hop Off subscribers who come back when big news breaks and then cancel quickly

Organise for retention, e.g., learn how new cross-functional teams ensure the steady growth

Speakers

Anna Åberg

Anna Åberg

Managing Editor
Dagens Nyheter
Sweden

Patrick Appel

Patrick Appel

Director
Research
Piano
United States

David Eisman

David Eisman

Director
Subscriptions and Growth
Nine
Australia

Daniel Gilbert

Daniel Gilbert

Director of Data
News UK
United Kingdom

Hanne Hendrikx

Hanne Hendrikx

Manager
Customer Retention
Mediahuis
Belgium

Martin Jönsson

Martin Jönsson

Head of Editorial Development
Dagens Nyheter
Sweden

Adrian Lee

Adrian Lee

Senior Vice President
Marketing and Events
South China Morning Post
Hong Kong

Phil Schroder

Phil Schroder

Head of Retention and Engagement
McClatchy
United States

Ajay Shah

Ajay Shah

Senior Customer Marketing Manager
Retention
The Financial Times
United Kingdom

Robert Skrob

Robert Skrob

Author
The Retention Point
United States

Kristen Turner

Kristen Turner

Head of Consumer Marketing
Nine
Australia



Curated by


Greg Piechota

Greg Piechota

Lead, Readers First Initiative
International News Media Association (INMA)







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Agenda


Tuesday, April 13

Module 1: Get new subscribers up to speed

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Tuesday, April 20

Module 2: Reimagine engagement loops

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Tuesday, April 27

Module 3: Brace for the cancellation

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Details


What is included in registration?

Your registration includes the live presentation, the video recordings of the presentations, and the speaker’s presentation if they are willing to share.

What is the format?

Each module will be approximately two hours in duration. Each module will be held from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. New York time (2:00 p.m.-4:00 p.m. GMT). Conducted in the Zoom ecosystem, you will have an opportunity to ask questions of all presenters.

What is the cost?

  • Members: US$395 for all three modules, inclusive of video recordings and presentations
  • Non-members: US$1,190, which is member pricing plus US$795, which includes one year of INMA membership

Who should attend?

News media company employees engaged in subscriber retention and engagement

Questions? Contact us

Katy King

Event Manager
Tel.: +1 972 787-8167

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Tom Corbett

Head of European Division
Tel.: +32 486 37 13 36

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Madhavi Sekhri

Head - South Asia Division
Tel.: +91 99716 00632

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Ana Gutierrez

Directora Regional Latinoamérica
Tel.: +503 7986 7383

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