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Discounts Turn "Ready to Buy" Into "Waiting to Buy"

Jul 21, 2026

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5 min read

Discounts Turn "Ready to Buy" Into "Waiting to Buy"

If your best full-price customers get the same discount spam as your bargain hunters, you’re literally paying to devalue your own brand.

Alexander Jost
Alexander Jost

Strategy of the Week

Stop Using One Cadence for Everyone

Jul 16, 2026

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4 min read

Stop Using One Cadence for Everyone

A first-time buyer and a fourth-time buyer don't buy on the same clock. So why do they get the same emails?

Alexander Jost
Alexander Jost
Stop using one cadence for everyone.

Jul 14, 2026

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5 min read

Stop using one cadence for everyone.

Variable purchase windows demand variable cadence. Personalize retention timing by customer behavior to boost repeat purchases and LTV.

Alexander Jost
Alexander Jost

Strategy of the Week

John Feeney on acquiring the right customers, not the most customers.

Jul 9, 2026

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6 min read

John Feeney on acquiring the right customers, not the most customers.

The Head of eCommerce for one of the largest supplement businesses in the UK on why deep discounts buy you the wrong buyers, auditing your assortment for customer quality and building an acquisition and retention flywheel.

Alexander Jost
Alexander Jost

Strategy of the Week

The Acquisition Treadmill Ratio

Jul 2, 2026

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5 min read

The Acquisition Treadmill Ratio

How much of your monthly revenue had to be bought again from scratch?

Alexander Jost
Alexander Jost
The Acquisition Treadmill

Jun 29, 2026

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5 min read

The Acquisition Treadmill

How much of your monthly revenue had to be bought again from scratch?

Alexander Jost
Alexander Jost

Strategy of the Week

Matt Nastos Runs Growth for 100+ Premium Brands.

Jun 25, 2026

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8 min read

Matt Nastos Runs Growth for 100+ Premium Brands.

On creators as the new wholesale, TikTok's AOV ceiling, and the category he's most quietly bullish on.

Alexander Jost
Alexander Jost

Strategy of the Week

Who are your VIPs, actually?

Jun 18, 2026

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4 min read

Who are your VIPs, actually?

An arbitrary "VIP" definition will shape your whole retention program around a segment that describes no one.

Alexander Jost
Alexander Jost
Who are your VIPs, actually?

Jun 15, 2026

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5 min read

Who are your VIPs, actually?

RFM is simple enough for Monday’s team meeting and powerful enough to change your growth strategy.

Alexander Jost
Alexander Jost

Strategy of the Week

LTV is an Ops Metric

Jun 11, 2026

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4 min read

LTV is an Ops Metric

Optimizing for LTV isn't just optimizing for growth. It's optimizing for operational simplicity. That's because The cost of bad acquisition is living in your support queue, your warehouse, and your team's calendar.

Alexander Jost
Alexander Jost
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