Subscription site benchmark report 2010

The first 100% research-based guide for subscription, membership and paid content sites. Discover what social media and marketing tactics are working as you learn about online subscription trends, best practices, pricing models and conversion rates across all kinds of markets.
The Web Wars

Our ongoing qualitative survey of marketing budgets and policy among our 400 registered marketers is not statistically perfect. Responses are personal and mostly from the bigger publishers. But they reveal an underlying marketing problem – you can hear a whiff of desperation in the words.
Website business models
Some people believe all they need to do to sell a product is to put a description on the Internet and purchasers will send in money. These are the people who are now busy debating what kind of website model will cover their costs and earn back the money they squandered over the years.
