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How PlantPaper Built one of The Best Retention Curves in DTC

May 14, 2026

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5 min read

How PlantPaper Built one of The Best Retention Curves in DTC

Lee Reitelman on LTV, discipline, and why high CAC is easier to fix than low LTV.

Alexander Jost
Alexander Jost
Your 12-month LTV sets your max CAC

May 13, 2026

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5 min read

Your 12-month LTV sets your max CAC

If you can’t answer “What is your 12-month LTV?” (based on profit, not revenue) without logging into five tools, you’re scaling an eCom brand blindfolded.

Alexander Jost
Alexander Jost
Two Product Superpowers

May 11, 2026

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18 min read

Two Product Superpowers

Brand stickiness and product stickiness are two different superpowers – and you should treat them as different muscles.

Alexander Jost
Alexander Jost
LTV is a curve, not a single metric

May 8, 2026

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17 min read

LTV is a curve, not a single metric

Payback and cash risk depend on when value shows up.

Alexander Jost
Alexander Jost

Strategy of the Week

How To Build Decision Frames

May 7, 2026

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12 min read

How To Build Decision Frames

The filter you give customers impacts everything downstream.

Alexander Jost
Alexander Jost
Ways to Increase LTV

May 6, 2026

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28 min read

Ways to Increase LTV

Enough theory! Let's get hands-on and start optimizing your metrics for success.

Alexander Jost
Alexander Jost

Strategy of the Week

Your Ad Platforms Aren't Broken. They're Learning From The Wrong Signals.

Apr 30, 2026

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12 min read

Your Ad Platforms Aren't Broken. They're Learning From The Wrong Signals.

Plus: Introducing Hard Margins. Same newsletter. New name. And we just launched a podcast.

Alexander Jost
Alexander Jost

Strategy of the Week

The SKU Graduation Board

Apr 23, 2026

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3 min read

The SKU Graduation Board

Most brands promote everything too early. This team built a system to stop that.

Alexander Jost
Alexander Jost

Strategy of the Week

One customer. Five identities.

Apr 16, 2026

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2 min read

One customer. Five identities.

You can't make good decisions about customers you can't identify.

Alexander Jost
Alexander Jost

Strategy of the Week

ROAS Went Up. Payback Got Worse.

Apr 9, 2026

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4 min read

ROAS Went Up. Payback Got Worse.

That’s not performance. That’s debt with good branding.

Alexander Jost
Alexander Jost
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