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Annoying Clickbait Promos!

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Your 1099 Has Arrived

Read the email subject

1099 in Spam folder?

Last minute panic – did I miss a tax form for filing?

I rushed to open it..

Only to find a clickbait promo :/

Sure, you got my attention

But not my trust

This exemplifies the importance of long term goals over short term tricks in business

A clever marketer would perhaps call them successful in running this campaign because they increased the email “open rate” or perhaps even the “conversion rate” of active users

But only after you take into account the “churn rate” a few months down the line can you tell if this was successful or not!

Optimize for the long term vs short term.

Would you fall for this promo campaign?

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Aman Kataria

Product Manager | Investor | Airbnb Superhost

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