August 9, 2012

Add Telemarketing Sales Efforts To Free Trial With No Credit Card

Normally, it’s against best practices to offer a free trial without requiring a credit card number at sign-up. But this week’s Case Study on our sister site Subscription Site Insider has the one exception to that rule. SafetySmart.com has seen success with its 2-week trial offers despite not taking a credit card. That’s because the B2B site has a strong in-house sales team that aggressively pursues every prospect who signs up for a free trial. In…

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SafetySmart Grows New Subscriptions by 200% After Revamping Online Platform

In 2011, SafetySmart re-launched with a savvy Web platform that had online tools to save customers time and effort. John Doyle, Senior Vice President of Products and Content at parent company Bongarde, spoke with us about how moving to more interactive content services increased subscriptions by 200%, how low-priced items through sister sites have been an enormously productive source of lead generation, and how the company’s sophisticated in-house sales system incorporates user-generated information and telesales. Plus, check out the best use of a call-to-action button on a site tour we’ve ever seen.

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