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Subscription DNA Makes a Great IPTV Billing & Subscriber Management System

If you’re looking for a good candidate for “understatement of the century,” we offer this as a humble suggestion: The Internet has changed the way people consume media forever.

This is true across all media, from news to telephone listings, but television and video content have seen some of the most striking shifts in recent years. Fewer people are watching TV with on traditional network or cable broadcasts. Instead more are relying on online, video-on-demand services like Netflix. Typically VOD services like Netflix or Hulu offer consumers considerable cost savings and the ultimate in flexibility – but at a cost. There’s no access to regular TV channels or network programming. That’s why many are now turning to Internet Protocol television (IPTV) which offers a wide selection of programming on-demand, streamed through the Internet.

If you’re an IPTV service provider, you know better than anyone just how much demand for your services is increasing. How to can keep up with and ever-expanding customer base without sacrificing customer service or losing more and more sleep every week?

The answer is to automate as much as possible. That’s where billing and subscriber management systems like Subscription DNA come into play.

5 Awesome Ways to Monetize Your Podcast

If you’re like most people these days, you probably listen to a fair number of podcasts. From commuting and doing chores to hitting the treadmill or blocking out co-workers at the office, there’s no shortage of opportunities to listen to a podcast on your favorite subject.

If you’ve got a little more hustle than most people, you’ve recognized that this is an enormous opportunity to start your own podcast and maybe make a little extra cash in the process. It won’t be easy, but it can definitely be done.

Reducing Customer Churn: Understanding & Improving Your Churn Rate

For businesses that rely on a recurring or subscription service model, customer churn is a serious issue. Churn, or customer attrition, occurs when customers or subscribers cancel your service or let their subscriptions lapse – no small problem when one considers that the cost of generating new customers is five times that of retaining an old one.

All things considered, reducing churn rate (the percentage of total customers who drop off in a given time period) should be a major priority for anyone with a subscription service model.

Subscription DNA is a Great Choice for Alarm & Security Companies Who Want to Automate Billing

The security alarm industry is one that’s worth about $23 billion, according to the market research group IBISWorld, with annual growth approaching 5% and over 50,000 businesses in the market. If you’re in the security alarm business, that brings good news and bad.

The good news? The market is plenty robust and offers a lot of room for expansion. The bad news? There are plenty of competitors, large and small, all looking to get their share of the pie as well. That means you need every tool you have to stay on top of your game and edge out the competition.

On simple way to streamline your business and improve efficiency, necessary steps to staying competitive, is buy automating the customer billing and accounts receivable processes with recurring billing software.

INFOGRAPHIC: How to Earn Passive Income with a Niche Website

Earning steady passive income is a pipe dream for many people, but that doesn’t make it out of reach for most people. Quite the opposite – anyone with an internet connection and a bit of free time can make a decent amount of passive income by creating and monetizing online content targeted at a highly specific demographic on what’s known as a “niche website.”

There are plenty of case studies and guides online about niche website ideas and other ways to earn passive income online, but this post is meant to provide a brief primer for people just getting started. Check out our infographic and the content below to learn more about generating smart passive income!