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Metrics

  • What’s The Difference Between Total Revenue and LTV?

    Chris Farm

    What’s The Difference Between Total Revenue and LTV?

    Developers use the terms “total revenue” and “LTV” interchangeably too often. This isn’t accurate. There are crucial differences that set these terms apart. Failing to consider these differences leads companies to misinterpret app performance and make poor business decisions. In order to keep your growth initiatives on-track and cost-effective, let’s clarify the differences and look...

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  • The Beginner’s Guide To CVR Marketing

    Sunny Cha

    The Beginner’s Guide To CVR Marketing

    In the world of digital marketing, CVR stands for Conversion Rate or Conversion Ratio. It’s a key performance indicator for digital advertising campaigns, mobile applications, and commercial websites. It looks like this: (Total Conversions / Total Impressions) * 100 The word “conversion” refers to the completion of a final and desired outcome. To be considered...

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  • ROI vs. ROAS: Choosing the Right Performance Metric

    Roman Garbar

    ROI vs. ROAS: Choosing the Right Performance Metric

    When you measure your ad campaigns, you’re going to use either ROI (Return on Investment) or ROAS (Return on Ad Spend). But these measurements aren’t fully interchangeable: each has its strategic uses. A few years ago, most companies wouldn’t have stopped to consider whether switching to a subtly different measurement might be worthwhile. But today,...

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  • Harnessing the Power of Big Data into Actionable Insights

    Sunny Cha

    Harnessing the Power of Big Data into Actionable Insights

    Big data tools are now ubiquitous and, compared to years ago, cheap. But while these tools give you the “what” — fire hydrants of data — they don’t provide the “how” of using it. A gaming app developer, for example, can set up easy, out of the box tools to collect millions of data points...

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  • Reported Installs vs. Tracked Installs

    Sunny Cha

    Reported Installs vs. Tracked Installs

    If you use our attribution to track installs by media source, you might notice that there are two types of installs described there: Reported Installs and Tracked Installs. What’s the difference? Why are there differences between Reported Installs and Tracked Installs? Are the networks trying to scam you by overcharging for installs? No, probably not. In very few...

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  • LTV 201: A Simple Method for Forecasting

    Sunny Cha

    LTV 201: A Simple Method for Forecasting

    Lifetime value is tricky. The simplest — and also the most reliable — LTV calculations tell you what happened in the past: segment X made Y dollars per user. In a perfect world, that would be enough. But usually, you’ll want to know the future, and that means building a more complex model. “Complex” can mean a lot...

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