Subscription Businesses Thrive in a Downturn

by K. V. Rao   This past week was filled with news about subscription businesses thriving in the downturn. Everything from socks by subscription(!) to the iPhone to Netflix.   In particular, last week’s news about Netflix is another feather in the cap for subscriptions. Since January of this year, in this dicey economic environment, […]

What I learned from DEMO 09

by Annette Giambroni   Here are the top three things I learned at DEMO 09:   1) Twitter is truly viral – I was able to promote Zuora’s Z-Commerce for Facebook – a subscription commerce engine for Facebook – in minutes with little effort. I was amazed at how members of the press who are […]

Monetize Facebook Apps with Z-Commerce for Facebook: Subscribe, Don’t Advertise

by Tien Tzuo   This week, we’re in Palm Springs at the DEMO 2009 event to launch our latest product, Z-Commerce for Facebook and our first developer contest, ‘Subscribe, Don’t Advertise.’ What’s it all about? First, some context:   Today, there are over 660,000 Facebook developers who collectively have built over 52,000 applications, and are […]