If you want your company to grow and stay independent here are some basic KPIs:<ul><li>5% or more conversion from free to paid. 7% is good.</li><li>Your homepage should convert 50% to free users in the early days. 20% at scale.</li></ul>

High Level Metrics For Consumer Subscriptions

<ul><li>Advertising works for products with LTV of $100+. That's why prosumer apps are kinda the best.</li><li>Establish benchmarks of quality for ad sets and use them as proxy. You can not wait months. </li><li>Aim for 6mo for return of ad spend. It used to be 12.</li><li>Biggest mistake is not paying enough attention to attribution.</li><li>Second biggest mistake is paying to much attention to attribution. You have to get comfortable running on incomplete estimated data. Trying to perfectly measure ROI will lead to ruin.</li></ul>

Paid Acquisition In 2022

Very good overview of consumer acquisition in 2022

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