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Wheeldon: Purple WiFi concentrates paid marketing spend on events

Gavin Wheeldon · 749: He's Making $9.6m Off Those Horrible Airport WiFi Connections · Aug 12, 2017 · at 18:07

Gavin Wheeldon, founder and CEO of Purple WiFi, details the company's customer acquisition strategy and marketing budget allocation.

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“Where we spend money is, is events, because that's where we've seen the success.”

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“And the fact that we have, you know, we've got half of the biggest service providers in the world, telcos, all basing their go to market around our platform.”
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