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CXL Live 2022 Recap: Main Takeaways From 6 World-Class Marketers

ConversionXL

Product should be your main channel for customer acquisition, retention and expansion. It has high close rates and shorter sales cycles, and some of the usual metrics are lagging indicators (demos attended, proposals sent, and average deal size). Daniel Layfield, Growth Product Manager at Codecademy.

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Is Your SaaS Go-to-Market Strategy Tsunami-Proof?

ConversionXL

According to ProfitWell , customer acquisition costs (CAC) have increased by over 55% in the last 5 years: At the same time, customer willingness to pay for features has dropped by 30% during that same period: So, on one hand, we have rising costs; on the other, we have a lower willingness to pay. customer acquisition process and channels).

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Using Cohort Analysis for Conversion Optimization

ConversionXL

How does retention differ among different acquisition channels? Customers that converted in the last year that originally reached out for a demo. Acquisition Efficiency. Customers that converted in the last year that had a sales cycle of less than x weeks. How did that effect their average order value?

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A Complete Guide to Account-Based Marketing: Win Over Your Ideal Customer

ConversionXL

Sales and marketing collaborate until a deal is closed and beyond to secure long-term customer retention. ABM must target the entire buying committee, not just one or two individuals who may never be involved in sales conversations. They haven’t completed a form, joined a webinar, or requested a demo.

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Short guide to sales and marketing for start-ups [Guest Post]

VC Cafe

At the end of the post, we’ll have a look at sales within the broader context of customer acquisition and customer success. If you’ve never heard of the sales funnel before, here is a good overview of what we mean by that. The length of a sales cycle varies between products and some times can be excruciatingly long.

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