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Hi Strategic 👋
Welcome to SplitMetrics Acquire!
Your account under the Starter plan has been successfully created. Before you dive into optimizing and automating your Apple Ads campaigns, there are a few important steps you need to take to ensure your account is fully set up and ready to use.
💡 How to get started
Step 1: Connect your Apple Ads account to promote your app
Step 2: Connect your Mobile Measurement Partner to track in-app events
Step 3: Create a custom conversion & understand the ROAS of your ads
Need assistance? Reply to this email and share your needs with us. Our team is always here to support you throughout your app's growth journey.
P.S. Look out for more emails from SplitMetrics as we'll be sharing step-by-step instructions to maximize the profitability of your Apple Search Ads!
The connection of your Apple Ads and MMP might take a while to finalize. Once these steps are complete, you're ready to start maximizing your Apple Ads results! 🚀
Need assistance? Read our quick guide or reply to this email and share your needs with us. Our team is always here to support you throughout your app's growth journey.
P.S. Look out for more emails from SplitMetrics as we'll be sharing step-by-step instructions to maximize the profitability of your Apple Ads!
⚠ Personalization bug — "Hi Strategic" pulled the first word from the email address (strategicflow@...). This reaches every user with a wrong-name greeting.
⚠ Subject line is procedural, not motivational — "Next steps to get started" is a task label, not a reason to open.
⚠ First paragraph confirms something the user already knows. Zero new information in the first 3 lines.
⚠ Steps have no consequence attached — "Connect your Apple Ads account" gives no reason why this step matters or what unlocks after.
⚠ P.S. duplicated verbatim — same sentence appears twice in the same email. Production error visible to every recipient.
⚠ CTA "Complete set up now" is generic — it names the action, not the outcome the user is moving toward.
⚠ "Need assistance?" block repeated twice in the same email with identical copy.
SplitMetrics Acquire
Onboarding · Starter Plan Active
Setup · 10 min
Account Active · 3 Steps to First Campaign · Setup Takes Under 10 Minutes
One connection away from automated Apple Ads.
Your Starter account is live. The moment you connect your Apple Ads account, Acquire starts doing the work — automated bid optimization, keyword-level ROAS, and campaign performance tracked down to in-app events.
10
min avg setup time
24/7
bid optimization live
0
manual bid adjustments needed
Step 1 — unlocks data
Connect your Apple Ads account.
This is what starts the data feed. Without it, Acquire is watching your campaigns with nothing to work on. Takes 2 minutes. Your campaigns start syncing immediately after.
Step 2 — unlocks revenue attribution
Connect your MMP.
Install data becomes revenue data. This is the step that turns "how many installs" into "which campaigns are actually profitable." Supported: Appsflyer, Adjust, Branch, and others.
Step 3 — unlocks automation
Set your conversion event.
This tells Acquire what a valuable user looks like. Once set, the algorithm optimizes toward that event — not just clicks. This is what separates automated growth from automated spend.
Any questions
Reply here. Someone responds same day.
No support ticket, no chatbot. Reply to this email and someone from the team picks it up.
❌ Before
Subject: Welcome to SplitMetrics Acquire: Next steps to get started
Procedural task label. Tells the user what to do, not what they're about to unlock. No reason to open urgently.
✅ After
Subject: Your Apple Ads campaigns are ready to connect
Names the thing the user signed up for — their campaigns — and creates immediate tension. "Ready to connect" implies something is waiting.
The 7 upgrades — and why they work
1 · Personalization bug fixed — "Hi Strategic" is a broken merge tag
The original email pulled the first word of the email address (strategicflow@...) as the first name. Every user with a company-name email gets a wrong-name greeting. This erodes trust before the first sentence lands. The rebuild removes the greeting risk entirely.
2 · Subject line names the outcome, not the task
"Next steps to get started" is internal language. It describes the email structure, not the user's goal. "Your Apple Ads campaigns are ready to connect" names what the user came for and creates urgency without manufactured pressure.
3 · Hook names what activates immediately after setup
The original first paragraph confirms the account was created — something the user already knows. The rebuild opens with what becomes possible: "automated bid optimization, keyword-level ROAS, campaign performance tracked to in-app events." Consequence before confirmation.
4 · Each step has a consequence attached
The original steps are instructions without stakes: "Connect your Apple Ads account." The rebuild names what each step unlocks: Step 1 unlocks data, Step 2 unlocks revenue attribution, Step 3 unlocks automation. The user understands why each step matters before they take it.
5 · Stat cards anchor the decision before the steps
10 min setup / 24/7 optimization / 0 manual adjustments — three numbers that answer the three silent objections every new user has: how long will this take, what do I get, and will I have to keep managing it manually.
6 · Duplicated P.S. and support block removed
The original email contains the same P.S. twice and the same "Need assistance?" block twice. Both are production errors visible to every recipient. The rebuild consolidates to one clear support signal at the end.
7 · CTA names the outcome, not the action
"Complete set up now" describes what the user is doing. "Connect Apple Ads and activate" describes what they are moving toward. One character change in framing creates a fundamentally different emotional signal at the click moment.
This is the Strategic Flow method
Consequence before confirmation. Every step earns its place with a named outcome. The reader's question — "what do I get?" — is answered before they are asked to act. Visit strategicflow.carrd.co to get started.
Failure patterns identified in this teardown
Filing Label Subject · Feature-First Bias · Missing Hierarchy · Consequence-After-Caveat · Zero Social Proof · Generic Urgency Theatre
Filing Label Subject · Feature-First Bias · Missing Hierarchy · Consequence-After-Caveat · Zero Social Proof · Generic Urgency Theatre