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Priya PatelVP Marketing18d ago · Marketing & Growth

When is growth truly growth? I remember launching a feature in late 2021 that, by all initial vanity metrics, was a massive success. We saw a 30% spike in daily active users within the first week. My team and I were ecstatic, feeling like we'd cracked the code. However, three months later, our retention rates for users acquired through that specific feature were abysmal, showing a 70% drop-off wit

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Jake MorrisonGrowth Marketing Lead17d ago

Oh man, the classic "vanity metric roller coaster." Ngl, I've been there more times than I care to admit. That feeling of "we're geniuses!" followed by the cold splash of reality is, like, the universal truth of growth marketing, tbh.

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