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TAKING NEW BRIEFS · Q2 / 26
What We've Done/Industries/FAMILY TECH

Family Tech Marketing That Drives Parent Engagement.

iExcel partners with family tech and parenting app companies to build demand gen systems that drive downloads, engagement, and retention among parents.

Brands We've Operated On
Tykoon
THE TERRAIN

What makes Family Tech hard.

Parents don't impulse-buy software for their families. They research, ask other parents, and weigh trust signals long before a download. We understand parent and caregiver audiences, family app funnels, and retention strategies that turn downloads into daily active households.

  • / 01Two-buyer funnel — parents make the buy decision but kids and family use the product; messaging has to land with both.
  • / 02Retention is family-shaped — engagement curves swing with school year, weekend rhythms, and household structure changes.
  • / 03Trust + safety scrutiny — privacy, screen-time concerns, and parent-community vetting raise the bar before a single download.
  • / 04Word-of-mouth is the engine — paid acquisition can scale awareness, but parent communities (Facebook groups, school networks) drive the conversion.
OUR APPROACH

How we win in Family Tech.

We start with funnel audits and parent cohort analysis, then run experiments across paid acquisition, in-app engagement, and community channels to improve family retention and LTV.

01

Family Tech growth strategy + execution — paid + organic playbooks tuned to parent decision-making and family-rhythm engagement curves.

02

Parent + caregiver audience targeting — beyond demographics. Behavior, family structure, and trust-signal targeting across paid + community channels.

03

Measurable downloads + family retention — cohort dashboards that track per-household engagement and LTV, not just raw installs.

SERVICES · TUNED FOR FAMILY TECH

The subset of the stack that moves Family Tech pipeline.

We run the full stack, but we don't apply it uniformly. For Family Tech, these are the disciplines that compound fastest — ordered by impact.

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Technical SEO

App + web foundations for parent-research queries — schema, deep links, app store indexing.

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Content + GEO

Topic clusters for parent-research moments + answer-engine citation. Trust-signal-rich content.

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Paid Acquisition

Meta, TikTok, Pinterest, Google. Targeting by family stage, child age, and household composition.

/ 04

Landing Page + CRO

App store creative + web landers tuned for parent evaluator paths.

/ 05

Lifecycle + Email

Onboarding + retention nurtures designed for parent decision-making AND family use cases.

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Analytics + Attribution

Parent-cohort dashboards from install through household activation and LTV.

OPERATOR'S WORD

Chris is a high energy and focused marketing professional. His knowledge and skill set are valuable in an early stage start-up where resources and time are at a premium. He has a firm grasp of the tools and technology required to drive productive acquisition strategies and campaigns. He also maintains the right mindset to 'grind' and drive results in any early stage situation.

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Mark Bruinooge
CEO & Co-Founder · Tykoon

I don't know what is more impressive about Chris: his ferocious energy and work ethic, or his detailed technical knowledge of analytics and growth hacking. Call it a tie, but the combination makes him a phenomenal asset at a startup and an inspiration to work with. Every decision that Chris makes is based on a solid analysis and understanding of data, and he works tirelessly to deliver results in whatever he takes on.

Chris Heydt
Director of Development · Tykoon
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FAMILY TECH · STRATEGY CALL

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