Vidalytics targets a three-month payback period on customer acquisition costs
Patrick Stiles · 1321 How he got his first $10k in MRR competing with Wistia · Mar 7, 2019 · at 12:51
Patrick Stiles, founder of Vidalytics, discusses his company's unit economics and customer acquisition targets with Nathan Latka.
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“We target about a three month payback if possible.”
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