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Google’s Acquires ITA: Will Deeper Vertical Integration Lead to Higher Revenues?

abovethecrowd.com

“It’s funny how fallin feels like flyin, for a little while…” - Jeff Bridges, Crazy Heart Soundtrack On July 1st, Google announced its intention to acquire ITA Software. ITA owns a primarily B2B airfare search and pricing system called QPX.

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How to create a profitable Freemium startup (spreadsheet model included!)

andrewchenblog.com

CPM/CPA/CPC) What do the intermediate metrics look like? Basically, you end up with a media buying matrix that looks something like this: Source Ads bought CTR Clicks Signup % Upload pic Users Cost CPA Google 1M 0.50% 5,000 20% 50% 500 $5,000.00 $10.00 At worse, it’s easy to lose a ton of money, if the CPA exceeds the LTV.

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The Marketing Analytics Intersect: My Newsletter!

Occam's Razor

There is no doubt that if you do something that catches fire (I refuse to use the v word), these rented platforms can really reach massively move people than you can all by yourself (often, you can't even get that reach with paid advertising). Did you notice I'm using the borders to "guide" your eye to look vertically?