Notifications

topic on 2 shows · 5 statements across 4 episodes

the a16z Podcast 20VC

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20VC Insight
Phil Carter: Overusing Push Notifications and Emails Kills Engagement Channels
“Anytime you increase the number of notifications or emails you send, in the short term, it's like the sugar high. It's going to lead to a short-term pop in your metrics, but if you do that too many times, you kill the channel.”
Phil Carter Sep 20, 2024 ▶ 0:18 Phil Carter: Growth Loops, CAC + LTV Benchmarks, Pricing, Discounts, Paywalls... | E1204 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
20VC Insight
Stebbings: Effective product notifications must either educate or inspire
“I think notifications like social posts, which is very simple. Everyone must either educate or inspire.”
Harry Stebbings Sep 20, 2024 ▶ 51:54 Phil Carter: Growth Loops, CAC + LTV Benchmarks, Pricing, Discounts, Paywalls... | E1204 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
a16z Assertion Not checkable as stated
Users Rarely Re-Enable App Notifications After Disabling Them
“I know this empirically, that once you turn a notification off, the chance of something turning that back on is extremely low.”
Bryan Kim May 31, 2024 ▶ 12:26 7 Ways to Boost Retention (Both Pre- and Post-AI)
a16z Insight
Evans: Push notifications are evolving into a distinct mobile runtime
“What's actually happening much more broadly than Facebook Messenger is you're seeing notifications becoming another runtime on the device.”
Benedict Evans Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 9:24 a16z Podcast | Messaging is the Medium
a16z Insight
Evans: Mobile websites, apps, and notifications cycle endlessly into one another
“Every, every website attempts to expand until you can turn, get people to install an app. And then every app attempts to expand until you can send notifications. And then every notification expands until it becomes an app.”
Benedict Evans Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 15:50 a16z Podcast | Enough with the Old Stuff -- Time for New Questions in Mobile

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