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Google Checkout is now offering a way for users to sell subscriptions. This is a feature that has apparently been requested quite heavily.
"Merchants will now have the ability to sell products and services that require recurring billing using our API," explains Software Engineer Andrew Cunningham. "So if you’re already comfortable building your own carts using Checkout, you’re ready to implement Subscriptions by consulting the documentation."
One of the most frustrating things about RSS is not being able to track RSS subscription rates from source traffic.
There are other problems such as how people interact with your RSS content, but even being able to determine which sources of traffic result in subscribers would be a huge commercial advantage for bloggers, allowing them to focus their efforts on traffic generation strategies that will grow their business.
The devotees and the curious wasted little time in taking to their iTunes consoles and signing up for a variety of podcasts.
Microsoft unequivocally announced they might go into the music subscription service. The definitive statement from the soft leviathan chased down the stock prices for other companies already in the subscription music business like Yahoo and Real.
While waiting for someone to show up to a meeting, a few of us were chatting about music. Greg was playing a selection from his “music that’d scare you about the rest of my music collection” (or something like that).
A call to action such as “call now,” “order now,” and “click here” can dramatically increase your sales. Motivate readers to do what you want them to do with action verbs. Give precise instructions. Tell them exactly what to do. Give them a direct order. Add an incentive or benefit to your order.
If you’re a writer, researcher, subject matter expert, enthusiastic hobbyist, or an authority on almost any topic, there has never been a better time to start your own subscription website or online newsletter. And if you’re already publishing a hobby website, now is the ideal time to convert at least a portion of the content to fee-paid access.
Rule number one. Basic human nature never changes. Keep that in mind.
