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Broadcast Advertising

DayNew Customers
This Period
Total Customers
Created
Total Customers
0  N0
1xqxqN0 + xq
2xq2xqN0 + 2xq
3xq3xqN0 + 3xq
¼¼¼¼
txqxqtN0 + xqt


New-Customer Viral

DayNew Customers
This Period
Total Customers
Created
Total Customers
0m N0
dmnmnN0 + mn
2dmn2mn + mn2N0 + mn + mn2
3dmn3m(n + n2 + n3)N0 + m(n + n2 + n3)
¼¼¼¼
tmnt/dmi=1St/d ni

= mn nt/d – 1
n – 1

N0 + mn nt/d – 1
n – 1

For the sum in the last step see, for example, this. This works as long as n is not 1, in which case the sum is just equal to t/d, so that the total customers created is mnt/d.


Continuing Virality

DayNew Customers
This Period
Total Customers
Created
Total Customers
0  N0
dN0nN0nN0 (1 + n)
2dN0 (1 + n) nN0 (2 + n) n= N0 ((1 + n)2 – 1)N0 (1 + n)2
3dN0 (1 + n)2 nN0 (2 + n + (1 + n)2) n
= N0 ((1 + n)3 – 1)
N0 (1 + n)3
¼¼¼¼
tN0 (1 + n)t/d – 1 nN0 ((1 + n)t/d – 1)N0 (1 + n)t/d


Marshall (“Roc”) Burns
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