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0 pointsnostromo1y ago0 comments

1% is also about how well this worked, according to the sender's blog post.

10 signups / 970 emails sent

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Thats actually a very good rate. 1% conversion rate is drastically different from a 1% response rate

Kinda makes you wonder... why don't they just advertise with those odds?

lmm1y ago

Because that's an order of magnitude better than what you get from advertising.

Assuming signups = $, true. But not if there's some free trial or something and then you've got a conversion rate on top of that.

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Thats actually a very good rate. 1% conversion rate is drastically different from a 1% response rate

Kinda makes you wonder... why don't they just advertise with those odds?

lmm1y ago

Because that's an order of magnitude better than what you get from advertising.

Assuming signups = $, true. But not if there's some free trial or something and then you've got a conversion rate on top of that.

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