Craig Fitzpatrick, CEO of PageCloud, shares peak monthly marketing expenditures for their pre-launch customer acquisition campaign.
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“Our biggest month, we spent a quarter of a million bucks in Facebook ads.”
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Founders should start marketing six months before shipping, Fitzpatrick says
“You shouldn't start marketing a product when you're ready to ship the product. That's way too late. I've made that mistake before as an entrepreneur. And I realized now that you start marketing six months before launch.”
Craig FitzpatrickMar 25, 2017▶ 10:08EP 609: Pagecloud Raises $8.5M Helping 8500 SMB's Drag and Drop Websites Together with CEO Craig Fitzpatrick
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PageCloud spent $1M on ads in year one, reaching 200M views
“We pumped probably a million bucks in advertising spend that year, and that thing has been seen by over two hundred million people worldwide.”
Craig FitzpatrickMar 25, 2017▶ 12:37EP 609: Pagecloud Raises $8.5M Helping 8500 SMB's Drag and Drop Websites Together with CEO Craig Fitzpatrick
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PageCloud pre-sold $1.2M USD prior to its official launch
“It was one of the most successful SaaS pre-order campaigns in history. We pre-sold 1.2 million dollars U.S.”
Craig FitzpatrickMar 25, 2017▶ 8:37EP 609: Pagecloud Raises $8.5M Helping 8500 SMB's Drag and Drop Websites Together with CEO Craig Fitzpatrick
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PageCloud's monthly churn fluctuated between 6% and 7% in early 2017
“When I say industry so it's bouncing around anywhere between six and seven percent.”
Craig FitzpatrickMar 25, 2017▶ 13:53EP 609: Pagecloud Raises $8.5M Helping 8500 SMB's Drag and Drop Websites Together with CEO Craig Fitzpatrick
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PageCloud raised $8.5M USD in total funding before 2017
“We've done 11 and a half Canadian 11 and a half million, so, what's that, sort of, eight and a half US, or something like that.”
Craig FitzpatrickMar 25, 2017▶ 7:28EP 609: Pagecloud Raises $8.5M Helping 8500 SMB's Drag and Drop Websites Together with CEO Craig Fitzpatrick
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PageCloud reached roughly 8,500 active customers by early 2017
“We're around 8000, maybe 8500.”
Craig FitzpatrickMar 25, 2017▶ 7:55EP 609: Pagecloud Raises $8.5M Helping 8500 SMB's Drag and Drop Websites Together with CEO Craig Fitzpatrick
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