source: Discuss Digest, lists.interactiondesigners.com
upcoming book “Make Them Care” – There is an unspoken truth about most products and services being offered these days: most people just don’t care about them. Most visitors to your web site, even if they’re initially interested, fail to appreciate the value of what you’re offering and end up confused, frustrated, and gone. – oneflightbooks.net
Adaptive Path’s Signup and Rampup report is a wonderful look at trialing software, account registration and up-selling – Signup and Rampup report
Also try Smashing magazines UI trends article (in particular 1. Lazy registration & 6. Account Registration) – UI design patterns: registration
These articles may also be worth a read -
How to increase signups
Teaser page design inspiration
The success of the Lite version
“iShoot was widely ignored for several weeks before Nicholas decided to produce a cut-down ‘Lite’ version which he made available for free. It quickly became the #1 free application, and iShoot sales followed suit.”