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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

Strategy of the Week

You're Not Managing Returns. You're Managing an Average.

Apr 2, 2026

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4 min read

You're Not Managing Returns. You're Managing an Average.

The customers destroying your contribution margin aren't hard to find. You're probably emailing them a promo right now.

Alexander Jost
Alexander Jost

Strategy of the Week

Drops are cadence engineering

Mar 26, 2026

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5 min read

Drops are cadence engineering

Limited drops are one of the best ways to break customers out of their usual buying cycles and pull orders forward, if you do it right.

Alexander Jost
Alexander Jost

Strategy of the Week

AOV is Not a Checkout Metric. It's a Customer Quality Filter.

Mar 19, 2026

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5 min read

AOV is Not a Checkout Metric. It's a Customer Quality Filter.

The higher the first basket, the better the next 12 months. Here's why, and what to do about it.

Alexander Jost
Alexander Jost

Strategy of the Week

You're Not Retargeting Buyers. You're Retargeting Traffic.

Mar 12, 2026

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4 min read

You're Not Retargeting Buyers. You're Retargeting Traffic.

Most retargeting campaigns show consistent ROAS. Most of them are also wasting the majority of their budget. Here's the structural fix.

Alexander Jost
Alexander Jost

Strategy of the Week

Your Entry Price Sets Your Retention Ceiling

Mar 5, 2026

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5 min read

Your Entry Price Sets Your Retention Ceiling

If your acquisition product is much cheaper than the rest of your portfolio, you’re training the wrong customers to love you.

Alexander Jost
Alexander Jost

Deep Dive

Your Catalog Is Your Retention Strategy

Feb 26, 2026

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8 min read

Your Catalog Is Your Retention Strategy

Most brands treat their product portfolio like an inventory list. The best ones treat it like a growth system.

Alexander Jost
Alexander Jost

Strategy of the Week

Revenue is an opinion. Contribution margin is fact.

Feb 19, 2026

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7 min read

Revenue is an opinion. Contribution margin is fact.

You can grow top-line and still shrink the business if returns, discounts, shipping, and COGS eat the order.

Alexander Jost
Alexander Jost
The Hero SKU Is Winning By Default

Feb 17, 2026

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7 min read

The Hero SKU Is Winning By Default

The more you push your current bestseller, the harder it becomes to create the next one.

Alexander Jost
Alexander Jost

Deep Dive

Your Subscription is Too Fast

Feb 13, 2026

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8 min read

Your Subscription is Too Fast

If your data says the median replenish time is 60 days, why are you forcing 30-day subscriptions?

Alexander Jost
Alexander Jost
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