免費(fèi)+增值服務(wù)模式

????Law360是一家提供法律行業(yè)新聞及其他資源的在線出版商,，出版物包括《私募股權(quán)法360》（Private Equity Law 360）等。這家在線出版商利用“免費(fèi)+增值”模式,，打破由Westlaw法律信息平臺(tái)和律商聯(lián)訊（LexisNexis）等實(shí)力派的壟斷局面,，成功從中分得一杯羹。該公司主要通過(guò)電子郵件營(yíng)銷(xiāo)策略,，為高收入法律事務(wù)所的律師個(gè)人提供免費(fèi)閱讀Law360出版物的權(quán)限,。

????Law360聯(lián)合創(chuàng)始人馬呂斯?邁蘭德表示，要想讓潛在客戶(hù)訂閱出版物,，上述策略是必須的,。他將Law360描述為“法律界的‘彭博社’（Bloomberg）”。據(jù)悉,，該公司出版物的全國(guó)統(tǒng)一訂閱價(jià)劃分為不同的類(lèi)別,，橫跨從不足1,000美元的個(gè)人訂閱價(jià)格到超過(guò)10萬(wàn)美元的大型公司訂閱價(jià)格。他還表示,，“我們認(rèn)為,，銷(xiāo)售出版物的最佳方式就是讓用戶(hù)親自體驗(yàn)我們的產(chǎn)品。因?yàn)?，我們不能空口無(wú)憑地告訴客戶(hù)，我們的出版物有多么出色,，這是行不通的,。”

????都說(shuō)干律師這行的人不好對(duì)付,，但這家以律師為客戶(hù)的公司卻實(shí)現(xiàn)了可觀的盈利,。該公司成立于2003年，2009年銷(xiāo)售額就達(dá)650萬(wàn)美元；而到2010年,，這一數(shù)字迅速攀升至1,000萬(wàn)美元,。賀格蘭預(yù)計(jì)本年度總收入將升至1,300萬(wàn)美元到1,400萬(wàn)美元之間。

Use valuable freebies to hook customers

????Law360, an online publisher of news and other information for the legal industry, with publications such as "Private Equity Law 360," used the "freemium" model to break into a niche dominated by players like Westlaw and LexisNexis. It offers individual lawyers in high-revenue firms free trials of the publications through email marketing.

????That's essential to getting them to commit to subscriptions, which cost anywhere from under $1,000 annually for a sole practitioner to more than $100,000 for large firms, says co-founder Magnus Hoglund, who describes Law360 as being "like a Bloomberg for lawyers." "We think the best way to sell content is for people to experience it," he says. "You can't just tell people a publication is good."

????Lawyers are biting. The profitable company, launched in 2003, grew from $6.5 million in sales in 2009 to $10 million in 2010. Hoglund projects $13 to $14 million in revenue this year.