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Ten Exposures to New

Adam Grenier

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A growth marketer says new channels rarely work on the first try - maybe 5% of the time - which is the exact success rate of getting your toddler to eat something unfamiliar.

Adam Grenier has tested countless new marketing channels. His success rate?

'Like 5% of the time. There's new things popping up all the time.'

This should be liberating for parents. That new food your kid rejected? You're 1 for 1 on the expected outcome. The new bedtime routine that failed? Working as intended.

New things rarely work the first time. Or the second. Or the fifth.

'Give it a little bit of time, but if you're going over a quarter and you don't feel like directionally it's getting better or it's interesting, I would put it back on ice for a while.'

Translation: try the broccoli for a few weeks. If there's no directional improvement - not success, just improvement - shelve it for a month and try again later.

This isn't about persistence at all costs. It's about calibrating expectations. 5% success rate means 95% of new attempts fail.

That's not your parenting. That's just the math.

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Quotes that inspired this tip
Like 5% of the time. There's new things popping up all the time.Adam Grenier · 00:35:34
Give it a little bit of time, but if you're going over a quarter and you don't feel like directionally it's getting better or it's interesting, I would put it back on ice for a while.Adam Grenier · 00:29:18
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