SoCal CTO

MARCH 1, 2010

Startup Killer: the Cost of Customer Acquisition | For Entrepreneurs , February 2, 2010 Looks at the critical equation around customer acquisition cost vs. customer lifetime value similar to what I discussed in Startup Metrics but in more depth. This post looks at the implementation details of HTML 5 video.

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ConversionXL

OCTOBER 30, 2021

The marketing and sales funnel is a time-tested framework for mapping the customer journey. In the current landscape, to successfully guide a person from prospect to customer, you need to think about their behavior and deliver marketing that fits their needs at every stage of the funnel. Image source. Image source.

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YoungUpstarts

FEBRUARY 13, 2019

If you can’t keep the customers who sign up with you, you’re going to quickly find yourself in trouble. I get calls all the time from clients struggling to retain new customers. The point is, before you change your pricing, you need to dig deeply into what’s really driving your customers away.

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ConversionXL

JULY 21, 2022

Optimize each channel, and you’ll win new customers, enjoy higher order rates , and retain customers. In this post, we’ll explore lessons from brands that use omnichannel marketing to deliver a seamless customer experience. Omnichannel aligns branding, messaging , and customer service across every channel.

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ConversionXL

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

A marketing growth strategy goes deeper into customer relationships to uncover opportunities that engage, activate, and retain. This philosophy comes from The Lean Startup methodology , which relies on testing hypotheses to better understand your customers’ pain points and goals. Your customers want different things.

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www.forentrepreneurs.com

FEBRUARY 2, 2010

Blog About Log in Register Startup Killer: the Cost of Customer Acquisition In the many thousands of articles advising entrepreneurs on what they have to focus on to build successful startups, much has been written about three key factors: team, product and market, with particular focus on the importance of product/market fit.

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ConversionXL

OCTOBER 4, 2021

Over a third of email marketers struggle with acquisition and close to a half say increasing engagement is their number one challenge. In this post, you’ll learn how to overcome the challenges and reap the rewards to collect subscribers, users, and loyal customers. . Customer journeys are rarely linear. Consideration.

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Up and Running

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

Sales is all about how to get more customers, and relationship funnels prioritize establishing a genuine connection with your customers. To boost customer engagement and prepare them so that they can be presented with your offer, which will be the ideal answer to their problem at the ideal time. Build and define relationships.

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ConversionXL

JUNE 16, 2022

They map out a repeatable process to avoid chaos and confusion in your team and with customers. This consistency creates familiarity, breeding trust that turns prospects into customers and customers into advocates. So, how can marketers align every department for a consistent customer experience? Positioning. Measurement.

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Occam's Razor

SEPTEMBER 24, 2012

Increased investment in Facebook as an engagement/acquisition channel has translated into requests from CEOs, CMOs and other CxOs about the return on that investment. FBe's recommendation was (paraphrasing a 35 min talk): Don't invent new metrics, use online versions of Reach and GRPs to measure success. Gets more Likes.

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ConversionXL

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

Whereas a blog post needs just a computer to type, a video requires an understanding of lighting, audio, storytelling, editing, and community building. The best performing content will include all three styles in one video. Educational content covers videos like how-to’s, tutorials, documentaries, product reviews, and many more.

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ConversionXL

FEBRUARY 4, 2020

Our new sign-up funnel started with a pageview of the sign-up URL and ended with a custom event that confirmed a project had been created: The conversion rate from landing on the sign-up page to completing the process was 70.6%. Our conversion metrics didn’t connect to more important ones: activation rate and, of course, revenue.

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abovethecrowd.com

OCTOBER 1, 2013

Over 13 years ago, in March of 2000, I wrote a blog post titled “ The Most Powerful Internet Metric of All. ” The key thesis was this: if an Internet company could obsess about only one metric, it should be conversion. As such, it is time to pound the table again – conversion is by far the most powerful Internet metric of all.

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ConversionXL

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

In this post, we’ll tell you how to use YouTube analytics to grow your brand and generate more video content views. Ahead of both Instagram and Facebook, it has the highest ROI for video content. As with most platforms, there are metrics that matter, and vanity metrics. Both metrics represent high engagement.

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 16, 2009

I was in New York last week with my class at Columbia University and several events made me realize that the Customer Development model needs to better describe its fit with web-based businesses. In it, I got asked a question I often hear: “What if we have a web-based business that doesn’t have revenue or paying customers?

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Up and Running

AUGUST 21, 2014

In this webinar, we take time to discuss the different metrics that startups—and established businesses—should be tracking. In terms of pre-purchase, traffic and content metrics. Every single page you have on your website needs to have a purpose and needs to have a functionality for that customer or that visitor.

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ConversionXL

AUGUST 23, 2017

Customer journey mapping is a widely used and impactful technique that can help you make better product, marketing, UX, and merchandising decisions. However, like other UX research techniques (including user personas ), there’s some vagueness and obscurity around how to actually create customer journey maps. Moments of Truth.

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ConversionXL

JULY 8, 2021

In this article, we’ll explore how to calculate conversion rates and its application across different channels and customer journeys. The benchmark for a good conversion rate depends on factors like pricing, average order value (AOV), and lifetime value of a customer (LTV). conversion rate, that’s 1,200 new customers.

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ConversionXL

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

Like any popular business term, “customer centricity” is often abused by businesses that shoehorn it into their core values. It’s actually better not to claim customer centricity if you can’t get people across your business to really care about your customers. Monzo is a digital-first bank that was backed by future customers.

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ConversionXL

OCTOBER 4, 2022

In this article, you’ll learn how to build a powerful ecommerce marketing strategy using customer research and messaging development, and how to use it to determine which marketing tactics will best reach your target audience. Use referral programs to attract new customers and reward your current ones 7. Both are critical.

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ConversionXL

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

By turning those fans into customers, you can create long-term advocates that spend more money and recommend you to others. Edelman’s Trust Barometer study shows that trust is second only to price in becoming a loyal customer. Because of this, it spans two objectives: Turning customers into advocates Improving customer retention.

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ConversionXL

SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

Done right, ASO can reduce user acquisition costs, increase app downloads, and improve your app’s value. We can’t rely on install metrics alone to substantiate success. Otherwise, you’ll live in an inflated metrics loop that doesn’t reflect true, long-term value. Lowering your customer acquisition costs (CAC).

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Metadata Technical Review Retention Metrics 121

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 25, 2015

How many video companies went through the roof when FB promoted video only to go into a free-fall dive when they don’t promote the app and when core users aren’t addicted to the product. His point is that you should figure out the metrics that TRULY matter in your business and hold yourself accountable to these.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

There is nothing more pure than building a product, putting it out in the world and seeing paying customers using your product and in some cases loving it. As companies get this initial customer feedback on their product they start to have to ask harder questions about unit economics: How much does it cost us to acquire a new customer?

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Hearpreneur

JANUARY 19, 2022

Especially during challenging times, retention is significantly more crucial than acquisition. I need to look after our personnel because they look after our customers. When the pandemic struck, it diminished the purchasing power of our original customer base, resulting in a drop in our monthly sales. 3- Caring for the team.

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ConversionXL

JANUARY 18, 2022

Without brand equity, you can’t tap into a customer’s “consideration span” when they’re ready to buy. Studies show that only 5% of B2B customers are ready to buy. What brand equity looks like, as demonstrated by customers. By delivering a positive experience, Clearscope has created customer loyalty.

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ConversionXL

SEPTEMBER 13, 2018

Google Analytics is the standard for measuring acquisition—identifying the sources of traffic to your website or app. Google Analytics switched its default metric from “sessions” to “users” in 2018, mirroring Mixpanel’s emphasis on users over pageviews. Most businesses, even Mixpanel’s paying customers, retain Google Analytics.

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ConversionXL

APRIL 14, 2021

In today’s article, we’ll focus on one specific type of prospecting message and its uses—video. Outbound prospecting is any kind of approach to sales when you reach out to the customer. Why video prospecting? So, why are we focusing specifically on video? Getting started with video prospecting. Don’t skip ahead.

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ConversionXL

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

Have you checked out this blog post, this video, and this infographic? The traditional buyer’s funnel relies on linear decision-making, assuming that an audience will move neatly to become a prospect, then customer. Keep in mind, however, that customers won’t necessarily go through these stages in order. The conceptual level.

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Up and Running

MAY 10, 2021

With the spread of the pandemic of 2020, certain apps have become extremely popular like video conferencing apps, on-demand service apps, etc. . What is your customer acquisition cost? How does it relate to your customer lifetime value? What metrics are you tracking? Is the market demand evergreen or trending?

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ConversionXL

JANUARY 6, 2021

Searches have become intensely customized for intent. Recommended videos from YouTube related to digital marketing. In this example, the “People also ask” section and “Videos” take up a significant portion of space, reducing the visibility of organic results shown on Page 1. Video carousels and clips.

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ConversionXL

JUNE 5, 2014

Has your company’s customer retention rate increased, decreased or remained status quo over the past five years? Have you outlined and initiated a formal customer retention strategy? In a study by Harvard Business School , it was found that increasing customer retention by even 5% can increase profits between 25-95%.

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ConversionXL

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

Marketing metrics are a competitive advantage. You have to track metrics you can act on. In this article, you’ll learn which metrics to measure to understand and improve marketing performance. Table of contents What are digital marketing metrics? KPIs vs. digital marketing metrics 1. Where to track bounce rate 5.

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Up and Running

JANUARY 14, 2022

The stringent regulatory environment and a new brand with no social capital such as a social media following, reviews, customer case studies, etc. made it more difficult to gain the trust of potential customers. This metric let us know the potential traffic available in our niche – excluding brand searches. Domain authority.

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SEO Software Review Search Acquisition 104

YoungUpstarts

JULY 31, 2019

Ten years ago, Ward Cunningham published a Youtube video that introduced the concept of “technical debt” to the world. This also applies in acquisition conversations. by Anish Sebastian and Juan Pablo Segura, co-founders of Babyscripts. Exacerbating the problem are the subjective standards by which many young companies are evaluated.

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ConversionXL

OCTOBER 19, 2021

A lot of demographics data can be pulled from your market research, customer personas , and website analytics, such as: Target audience age Location Job Interests. For every goal you set, choose the most relevant metrics to track. . Here you can delve into metrics, trends, and visual reports. Consistent tracking and measuring.

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ConversionXL

JUNE 5, 2014

Has your company’s customer retention rate increased, decreased or remained status quo over the past five years? Have you outlined and initiated a formal customer retention strategy? In a study by Harvard Business School , it was found that increasing customer retention by even 5% can increase profits between 25-95%.

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