High Value in Having Your Revenue Solution in the Cloud
It’s no secret the now-commonplace phenomenon of cloud computing continues to trend upward as more businesses are choosing to shift their services to a cloud-based solution, and revenue accounting is no different. We can attest to that fact, as more and more of our customers – and prospective customers – pursue our RevPro® Cloud solution for […]
IFRS Convergence in India: Big Changes for Real Estate Sector
Today, we continue our review of the newly converged revenue recognition guidelines as it relates to India. In 2015, the country’s Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA), along with other government departments, issued a road map for implementation of Indian Accounting Standards (IndAS) converged with International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS).Upon its release, the new guidance spotlighted […]
Know Your Transition Method: If Not Now, When?
As we mentioned last week in our plea for better understanding of the sweeping revenue recognition guidance changes, governing boards required more than a decade of work to produce them. Your company doesn’t have the luxury of that time to decide how to transition to the new standard. Choosing your transition method is one of the […]
Subscribed World Tour: Auckland and Sydney
You’ve seen our keynotes and read our blogs on Subscribed. Now it’s your turn to be a part of the experience. Join us at our Subscribed World Tour in Sydney and Auckland to learn from successful business leaders across all industries about how you can build your own subscriber experience and nurture lasting relationships with […]
You Need to Understand the New Standard to Apply It
Here’s what you know: The newly converged standard for revenue recognition was announced last year by the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) and the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) following more than a decade of painstaking effort on the parts of those governing boards. In response to outcry from companies seeking extra time to transition […]
CIOs as Cultural Warriors
In our 2015 Subscribed IT Summit, Alvina Antar, Zuora CIO and session moderator, discussed the challenges faced by technology departments. One of the main ones was culture. Panelist André Boisvert, Vice President and Chief Architect of Yellow Pages Canada explained this in the form of an interesting anecdote. His story: In a psychological study, scientists put […]
FASB Moves Forward on One Year Delay
Update Aug. 12, 2015: The one-year deferral voted on last month by the Financial Accounting Standards Board was made official this week. Update July 22, 2015: The International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) on Wednesday approved their one-year deferral for the effective date of the new revenue recognition standard to remain in alignment with the Financial […]
Don’t Give Apple Your Money: Mobile Subscriptions and Payments
How do I acquire subscribers and take payments from a mobile device?
Cultivating and Leveraging Super-Users: Three Views
Super-users are growth accelerants for subscription-based businesses. They may support other customers, provide essential feedback, and spread the word about your business. How can you identify, nurture, and support these special subscribers? That was the topic of a lively panel at the Subscribed conference last month. Zuora assembled a panel representing three very different businesses: […]
FASB To Discuss Delay
It’s a topic near and dear to the hearts of everyone interested in revenue recognition and it appears to be up for discussion this week. The proposed one-year delay of the effective date for the new revenue recognition guidance is on the docket tomorrow, July 9th, at the FASB board meeting. The gathering of the governing […]
What I Learned from 4 Pricing Strategy Gurus
“Customers are looking for ways to get more real time delivery, more ongoing value, and being able to have memorable services.” — Joe Andrews, Marketing at Zuora, session moderator. That’s just one of the many insights gained from attending the Innovative Subscription Pricing Strategies session with panelists from Simon Kucher, FiveStars, Neopost, and LinkedIn at […]
Don’t Drown in Data: Identify Your Customer Moments of Truth
Our guest on Customer Success Radio‘s 24th podcast titled How to Solve for the Customer is Denis Pombriant, Managing Principal at Beagle Research and author of the Solve for the Customer: Using Customer Science to Build Stronger Relationships and Improve Business Results. https://soundcloud.com/frontleaf/24-how-to-solve-for-the-customer While the conversation wove in Kevin Bacon, Tolstoy and Anna Karenina (as you do) as it […]