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Why revenue shouldn’t be your North Star Metric

VC Cafe

” No one questions the importance of revenue, but asking the question enabled us to start thinking on what would be the right metric. Did you know that companies like Airbnb, Spotify and Netflix purposely avoid setting revenue as their North Star Metric? Why is revenue not a good ‘North Star’ Metric?

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Developing a Social Media Marketing Strategy that Builds Loyalty and Awareness

ConversionXL

In the past, it was possible to achieve these goals through promotion and advertising. Because of this, it spans two objectives: Turning customers into advocates Improving customer retention. Combining these goals and objectives will give you meaningful metrics to track. However, the rules of engagement are changing.

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The Science of Increasing Customer Loyalty

ConversionXL

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). We can say the same thing for B2C products, for example, HeadSpace.

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How to Track and Improve Ecommerce Customer Acquisition Effectiveness

ConversionXL

By meeting buyers’ post-purchase needs , you’ll improve customer retention. Basic metrics like deals completed and revenue generated don’t measure customer acquisition success. There are several ways to calculate it, but here’s a basic formula: Average order value x Number of repeat transactions x Average retention time.

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The Science of Increasing Customer Loyalty

ConversionXL

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). We can say the same thing for B2C products, for example, HeadSpace.

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Email Marketing Strategy: Collecting Subscribers, Users & Loyal Customers

ConversionXL

Email generates as much as $42 for every dollar spent , and is a top-three marketing channel for 87% of B2B and 76% of B2C marketers. 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.

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4 Ways to Improve Your Online Storefront

Up and Running

And, these trends don’t just apply to businesses selling directly to consumers (B2C). B2B ecommerce sales , (businesses selling directly to other businesses) generate three times as much revenue as B2C, at $7.7 trillion in sales, compared to B2C’s $2.3 trillion in 2021, up from $1.3 trillion in 2014.

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