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As it turns out, app retention & conversion are hard

Austin Startup

The report offers engagement, retention, and monetization insights from 572 Financial Services, SaaS, eCommerce, and Media/Entertainment apps, with 1.3b Spoiler : user retention and conversion are hard. Retention The scary reverse-hockey stick chart shows up in this report, too. Read the full report here.

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Why The Haters are Wrong About Growth Hacking

Both Sides of the Table

In essence Muhammad thinks the “growth hacking” is a charlatan term for online marketing that consists of a bunch of everyday tasks that all online businesses should be doing: SEO, SEM, Content Marketing, Social Media, Referral Marketing, etc. “How many legs does a dog have if you call the tail a leg? Doesn’t.

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The #1 thing successful founders think about for their next startups

Hippoland

Forget about traction and hockey stick growth. A typical ad-based revenue stream on a media website is around $5 per 1000 eyeballs ($5m CPM and give or take $1-$20ish CPMs). You will use your fridge for a decade or more so the retention here is high. 3) Does your business have naturally short retention?

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The #1 thing successful founders think about for their next startups

Hippoland

Forget about traction and hockey stick growth. A typical ad-based revenue stream on a media website is around $5 per 1000 eyeballs ($5m CPM and give or take $1-$20ish CPMs). You will use your fridge for a decade or more so the retention here is high. 3) Does your business have naturally short retention?

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Webinar Recap: 14 Tips on How to Pitch and Get Funded

Up and Running

She is regularly invited to participate as a judge for business plan competitions, as well as speak on topics including entrepreneurship, angel investing, social media, and authentic self promotion. Have you gotten some interesting media? I’m also very available on Twitter and social media. Are you applying for a patent?

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CXL Live 2019 Recap: Takeaways from Every Speaker

ConversionXL

The root of the problem is how research gets to the public: Starts with a researcher who’s under pressure to produce stuff that gets traction in media/academic journals. Media continues to stretch claims; bloggers make the problem worse. If these claims were true: Social media would be pure pleasure. Overgeneralizing.