View Single Post
Old 06-12-2010, 03:16 AM  
Paul Markham
Too old to care
 
Paul Markham's Avatar
 
Industry Role:
Join Date: Jun 2001
Location: On the sofa, watching TV or doing my jigsaws.
Posts: 52,943
Quote:
Originally Posted by Drunkspringbreakgirls View Post
Its hard to get true stats because members do not always keep their memberships constant. They often will take breaks but come back later.
True.

The driving force is the wishes of the consumer. Lots of people don't want to sign up for a month, because they know they won't use it or they've joined other sites that were not worth a 30 day stay. What will happen is your ratio will improve.

Retention is down to whether the site is worth staying in. How many videos does it have, what's the range of the content (content shot by one person gets repetitive no matter how many times you update it looks the same), the niche and the number of competing sites on the Net (the customer knows their are 100s of other sites offering the same niche and style of content).

It's 2010 and the customer is far more knowing and demanding than 10 years ago.
Paul Markham is offline   Share thread on Digg Share thread on Twitter Share thread on Reddit Share thread on Facebook Reply With Quote