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Mobile Social Networks: The New Customer Acquisition Powerhouse

Tom Tunguz

There’s a force in mobile app distribution that isn’t talked about much despite its magnitude: mobile social networks. Mobile social nets are becoming the predominant mobile app paid discovery/distribution platforms. Facebook’s mobile revenue will reach $2.5B this year driven by mobile CPI ads.

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Micro Startup Acquisition: The Definitive Guide to Buying and Selling Small Startups

Neil Patel

Micro startup acquisitions. But before we dive into that, we need to look into what micro startup acquisitions are and why you need to sit up and take notice. Micro Startup Acquisitions: What Are They, and Why Should I Care? Micro Startup Acquisition Trends. That’s an expensive mistake if you make the wrong investment.

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Mobile Productivity for Normal People

Tom Tunguz

Over the past few weeks, there has been a new refrain among consumer mobile startups that I’ve met with: we’re designing for normal people or normals as Chris Dixon would put it. Second, there is a wave to reinvent and reimagine core applications of the mobile phones. First, alternate customer acquisition techniques are required.

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7 Predictions for SaaS in 2018

Tom Tunguz

That cash could be used for dividends, share buy backs and acquisitions. Several landscape altering SaaS acquisitions will come to fruition because of cash availability from repatriation and because there are enough public SaaS companies at scale to add material revenue and market cap to buyers. Machine learning fades as a buzzword.

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How to Make User Acquisition Practically Free with Lambda School (Video + Transcript)

SaaStr

There’s a little bit of work to do still, but you know, tonight the title of my talk is how to make user acquisition practically free. What people are really looking for is income mobility. Who has heard of Lambda School, out of curiosity? All right, send a picture of that to our growth team. It’s all there.

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Has SaaS Become Commodified?

Tom Tunguz

Next-generation machine learning tools are also available by API and improving all the time. Second, the customer acquisition playbook is well known. Third, the costs of customer acquisition have risen. Response rates are declining, depressing conversion rates, and raising the cost of customer acquisition.

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What is the Difference between GA4 vs Universal Analytics?

Neil Patel

Mobile App and Website Tracking One of the biggest changes regarding the analytics system in GA4 is how easy it is to gather mobile app data alongside traditional website tracking. Machine Learning One aspect that many users are particularly excited about in Google Analytics 4 is the use of machine learning.