Counterpart Marketing Lead | Formerly Issuu, OpenText, Webroot • 3mo
Cohort analysis only becomes useful for controlling seasonality and aging when you are consistent about which anchor date you use and why. First-touch month is the cut I rely on most heavily because it controls for the market conditions that existed when a prospect entered the funnel. Comparing conversion rates without this anchor conflates funnel performance with external factors like budget cycles, competitive activity, and macro conditions. A Q4 cohort will almost always behave differently th ...Read More