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Topic Timestamps
- Who are we? [01:07]
- Why Metrics Matter? [02:51]
- Donor Lifetime Value [06:48]
- Client Lifetime Value [07:26]
- How to calculate LTV [08:31]
- Donor Acquisition Cost [10:58]
- Donor Retention Rate [14:15]
- Upgraded and Downgraded Donors [15:55]
- Lapsed Donors [17:07]
- Reactivated Donors [20:25]
- Churn [21:44]
- What questions to answer with these metrics? [27:08]
- How to make metrics fun? [29:39]
- Dealing with bad results [31:41]
- Final notes on chapter 2/Zach’s Twitter [32:42]
