ConversionXL

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

When WordStream began receiving complaints that the seven-day free trial of their PPC management software wasn’t long enough, the brand decided to A/B test 14-day and 30-day trials. They work to improve top-of-funnel metrics like brand awareness and identify opportunities to improve customer activation, retention, and referral efforts.

Framework 102

Framework Marketing Acquisition Retention 102

VC Cafe

NOVEMBER 2, 2019

One question that keeps coming up when speaking with early stage entrepreneurs when it comes to funding, is what metrics the company needs to hit to raise seed/series A/B etc: What’s a good conversion rate? Investors look beyond top line metrics to assess other important factors. Software as a Service (Saas) benchmarks.

B2C 141

B2C Technical Review Startup Retention 141

ConversionXL

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

How to create a growth hacking strategy using the pirate metrics model. Growth hacking in marketing incorporates the five stages of the customer lifecycle into the “ AARRR Framework ,” otherwise known as the “Pirate Metrics model.”. Acquisition. Image source. This stage answers the question: “How do our customers find us?”.

Retention 113

Retention Marketing Acquisition Channel 113

SoCal CTO

MARCH 11, 2010

I’ve talked before about initial conversations with founders and the questions I’m likely going to ask Startup Software Development – Do Your Homework Before You Develop Anything. Part of those questions are around Startup Metrics.

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Metrics Startup Retention Software Developers 159

ConversionXL

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

For example, in 2021 accounting software platform Bill.com acquired spend management tool Divvy in order to increase its market share. Acquisitions can quickly increase your market share and bring in new customers. Acquisitions. For example, a software company that opens a restaurant would be employing unrelated diversification.

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Marketing Framework Metrics Channel 115

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 5, 2023

Bill was relentless in his focus on getting the software PC DOS project delivered, while continually challenging us with new business models. Managing marketing metrics and the sales pipeline. Customer acquisition, retention, and support. Customer acquisition, retention, and support.

Cofounder 389

Cofounder Startup Term Sheet Acquisition 389

YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 7, 2018

In light of this, software developers are beginning to cater to the digital transformation needs of SMBs. Owners no longer have to buy management software meant for big business. SMBs no longer have to choose between hiring an in-house data science team or off the shelf enterprise analytics software.

Artificial Inteligence 164

Artificial Inteligence Analytics SCRUM Cofounder 164

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. Acquisition. Anything else is merely a list of data points. Image source ).

Analytics 119

Analytics Technical Review Acquisition Retention 119

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 17, 2022

Pick a single metric that is the focus for all growth. Today’s world is full of metrics leading to business growth, including customer logins, revenue per customer, retention, and average solution price. For many companies, the long game is choosing the right strategic partners and acquisitions. Less is more.

Startup 361

Startup Social Media India Acquisition 361

ConversionXL

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

Prescriptive analytics The digital analytics metrics you need to know How to use analytics to improve marketing campaigns Define your mission, goals, and KPIs Set key performance indicators (KPIs) to measure marketing performance What to look for in a digital analytics product 9 tools for your digital analytics stack 1. Conversion rate.

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Analytics Metrics Channel Campaign 106

Board Effect

JUNE 23, 2022

Your donor retention rate matters if you want to grow your nonprofit. We’ll explain what a donor retention rate is, why you should be monitoring it, and what an excellent nonprofit donor retention rate should be. The donor retention landscape is actually lousy at the moment and is going of all accounts, from bad to worse.

Retention 98

Retention United States Campaign Acquisition 98

ConversionXL

OCTOBER 7, 2022

Customer acquisition cost (CAC) is an important metric for any ecommerce business. Put simply, you need a healthy customer acquisition cost for your business to succeed. It’s up to every ecommerce business to find the middle ground between investing too little in customer acquisition and spending beyond your means.

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Acquisition eCommerce Cost Customer 22

David Teten

DECEMBER 16, 2015

I review a lot of board decks with a beautifully hand-crafted page with metrics for the company. Good metrics are comparable across industries; comparative ; readily understandable; and help drive decisions. Comparative means that you can compare a metric across time periods, groups of users, or competitors. So how do you do it?

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Metrics Analytics Balance Sheet .Net 60

ConversionXL

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

As with most platforms, there are metrics that matter, and vanity metrics. Given that most users abandon apps within 30 days post-installation, high downloads don’t lead to high audience retention, satisfaction, or revenue. Both metrics represent high engagement. Why does YouTube elevate AVD and CTR?

Analytics 134

Analytics Metrics Channel Video 134

ConversionXL

AUGUST 21, 2014

That’s why you need to be simultaneously feeding your growth engine , while monitoring churn and your other startup metrics. They refer to these differences as “ Red Flag” Metrics (or RFMs). Total number of logins also proved to be an important metric, though not as much so as the former two. times per day on average.

Retention 106

Retention Churn Rate Metrics Software Review 106

ConversionXL

JANUARY 18, 2022

It’s one of many ecommerce software platforms on the market but only the fifth most popular by market share. And as any great positioning statement should, it makes it clear who the product is for (teams) and backs it up with substance: “Reliable time tracking software loved by 5M+ users.”. Customer acquisition cost.

Equity 94

Equity Marketing Social Media Software Review 94

Transformify

JANUARY 31, 2024

Imagine an HR software that hunts down the perfect candidates, filters applications effortlessly, pairs the right talent with the right roles, and manages the entire hiring journey – all while saving you time and money. So, get ready to ditch the outdated and embrace the future of talent acquisition.

Artificial Inteligence 52

Artificial Inteligence Technical Review Retention Matching 52

Hearpreneur

JANUARY 19, 2022

Especially during challenging times, retention is significantly more crucial than acquisition. To prepare for this we invested in Virtual Tour cameras and software and packaged it with our other services. 11- Paying attention to metrics. Instead, you should monitor metrics for the whole sector.

Entrepreneur 116

Entrepreneur Metrics Technical Review North America 116

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 5, 2020

Bill was relentless in his focus on getting the software PC DOS project delivered, while continually challenging us with new business models. Managing marketing metrics and the sales pipeline. Customer acquisition, retention, and support. Customer acquisition, retention, and support.

Entrepreneur 307

Entrepreneur Cofounder Term Sheet Acquisition 307

ConversionXL

JUNE 2, 2022

Sales and marketing collaborate until a deal is closed and beyond to secure long-term customer retention. Programmatic ABM: One-to-many accounts marketing that leverages ABM software to tailor and personalize marketing programs for specific named accounts at scale. ABM doesn’t stop at lead generation or new opportunities.

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Customer Marketing Channel Acquisition 98

Steve Blank

FEBRUARY 26, 2020

What most founders don’t realize is: Every stage of a startup requires a different set of metrics and milestones and founder skills. You need to begin to “instrument” your customer acquisition process with analytics. What is some of the critical metrics that matter? That means you need metrics that prove you have it.

Cofounder 429

Cofounder Seed Stage Valuation Metrics 429

ReadWriteStart

OCTOBER 2, 2023

I’ll start by taking you to the world of Startup X, a passionate team of entrepreneurs who believed they had the next big thing in the world of software as a service (SaaS). User experience The success of a SaaS software product largely depends on how well it meets the needs of its users.

Design 105

Design Product Churn Rate Architecture 105

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. Building loyalty starts with what you do post-purchase and continues with retention emails. But that alone is too general, so it’s important to get specific by setting clear metric objectives.

Email 136

Email Customer Marketing Software Review 136

ConversionXL

AUGUST 1, 2017

Customer loyalty is sometimes confused with customer satisfaction, as well as retention. Retention is the behavioral indicator of loyalty, whereas loyalty is usually attitudinal (though technically retention could be considered behavioral loyalty). You know the value of retention. The differences are small but important.

Customer 114

Customer Retention B2C Programming 114

ConversionXL

MAY 27, 2022

The metrics. Vanity metrics are less important. Look instead at measuring KPIs like close rate, cost per acquisition, cost per lead, conversion rates, average contract value, and lifetime customer value. Security software company Lumension worked with a publisher who covered events that interested its target audience.

Demand 115

Demand Affiliate Audience Leadership 115

ConversionXL

OCTOBER 30, 2021

For example, person #1 is searching for “the best social media software for automation.” For example, Act-On’s ad appears for the search term “marketing automation software.” You can do this by tracking metrics and user behavior. Cost per acquisition (CPA). That puts them in the awareness stage. Easy to Use. Image source.

Customer 140

Customer Marketing Social Media CPA 140

ConversionXL

AUGUST 12, 2016

It’s a common acronym that gets thrown around in the SaaS world that’s basically a “businessy” way of saying “important metrics for tracking your business.” The Metrics That Matter. MRR is probably the most critical metric for any subscription business. Customer Acquisition Cost (CAC). Is it starved of leads?

Software Review 48

Software Review Metrics Revenue Acquisition 48

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 15, 2019

Pick a single metric that is the focus for all growth. Today’s world is full of metrics leading to business growth, including customer logins, revenue per customer, retention, and average solution price. For many companies, the long game is choosing the right strategic partners and acquisitions. Less is more.

Social Media 218

Social Media India Acquisition China 218

Up and Running

NOVEMBER 6, 2020

There are common components in every business plan, but a SaaS (or subscription) business plan should have a special focus on customer acquisition (ie. Customer acquisition plan. Retention plan. Customer acquisition strategy. When we talk about customer acquisition, we’re talking about marketing and sales.

Business Plan 87

Business Plan Forecast Churn Rate Acquisition 87

ConversionXL

AUGUST 1, 2017

Customer loyalty is sometimes confused with customer satisfaction, as well as retention. Retention is the behavioral indicator of loyalty, whereas loyalty is usually attitudinal (though technically retention could be considered behavioral loyalty). You know the value of retention. The differences are small but important.

Customer 91

Customer Retention B2C Programming 91

ConversionXL

APRIL 7, 2021

Compared to selling sophisticated software bundled with professional services to large enterprise companies (Fortune 500) which involves navigating a lot of complexity in the buying cycle. Again, the way F500 buy software is very different from the way you & I pay for productivity tools or how small businesses buy software.

IP 98

IP Marketing Technical Review Software Review 98

Austin Startup

MARCH 26, 2019

25 questions that DTC entrepreneurs should ask themselves before scaling customer acquisition So you run a direct-to-consumer (DTC) brand. You just spent a few thousand dollars on advertising and your paid customer acquisition cost (CAC) numbers tested well relative to your best guess for customer lifetime value (LTV).

Technical Review 49

Technical Review Software Review China Acquisition 49

ConversionXL

AUGUST 23, 2017

” I had the pleasure of speaking to Dr. Chip about customer journey and innovative service metrics. Metrics should be anchored in part to customer outcomes, not granular processes and practices. Their customer journey maps the following path from Discovery to Sales, and Retention.

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Customer Channel Design Retention 130

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 27, 2011

When they look at buying your company they often think in terms of “how long will it take until I earn back the profits to pay for my acquisition price?” The first company represents a normal software company that sells its products directly (either via sales staff or directly off of the internet). Investors value growth.

Startup 418

Startup Revenue Technical Review Flash 418

Gust

DECEMBER 27, 2012

You should know every metric regarding customer acquisition, conversion and retention. A comprehensive list of things you might want is listed in the answer to What materials or software should I use to pitch a VC? , You should know EVERYTHING about your business, product, customers and competition.

Software Review 164

Software Review Term Sheet Technical Review Angel Investor 164

Up and Running

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

If not, now is the perfect time to get in on this effective and easy-to-implement user acquisition channel. Referral marketing is a user acquisition channel that allows you to leverage your existing user base for growth by incentivizing them with rewards. Like any other user acquisition channel, your efforts need to be cost-efficient.

Programming 141

Programming Churn Rate Design Campaign 141

The Next Web

MAY 26, 2013

When it comes to pitching investors on something like software, the presentation is often more pivotal than the product itself. I recently asked a panel of nine successful young entrepreneurs the following question: What’s one CRITICAL, must-include item or data point for a software startup pitching an investor for the first time?

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Software Forecast Startup Exit Strategy 151