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Cost per engagement (CPE) VS Return on investment (ROI)

Description
Cost per engagement (CPE)
CPE is a pricing model in which advertisers pay whenever a user takes a specific desired action within the app.
Return on investment (ROI)
Marketing ROI measures the revenue generated by your marketing activities.
Target audience
Cost per engagement (CPE)
Advertisers
Return on investment (ROI)
App owners and marketers
Benefits
Cost per engagement (CPE)

• Good for driving interactions with an app after it’s installed, improving retention
• Advertisers can pay on a sliding scale depending on the action

Return on investment (ROI)

• Provides a high-level view of marketing spend and its effectiveness
• Helps justify marketing activity
• Informs long-term strategic planning and budget allocation

How to calculate
Cost per engagement (CPE)
Total advertising cost
Total engagements
Return on investment (ROI)
Sales growth - Marketing spend
Marketing spend
How to improve it?
Cost per engagement (CPE)

• Identify the most profitable user behaviors to incentivize
• Use predictive marketing to gain behavioral insights
• Combine CPI and CPE campaigns to drive both installs and post-install engagement

Return on investment (ROI)

• Ensure accurate attribution data
• Measure what matters and avoid vanity metrics
• Look at the whole funnel

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