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. This is why referral programs are a great low-risk channel. Lowers churn.

Programming 141

Programming Churn Rate Design Campaign 141

Up and Running

MAY 1, 2014

Marketing and Sales Plan. What marketing and sales tactics will you be using? Highlight the key aspects of your financial plan, ideally with a chart that shows your planned sales, expenses, and profitability. Marketing and Sales Plan. You can look at your costs and then mark up your offering from there.

Business Plan 163

Business Plan Forecast Balance Sheet Distribution 163

Up and Running

JUNE 21, 2017

But keeping track of where a customer came from is very hard, especially when you start diversifying your marketing channels to campaigns that don’t have a direct conversion. Once you have goals defined, you can easily filter your data to know which channels are driving these conversions.

Marketing 98

Marketing Analytics Campaign Metrics 98

ConversionXL

AUGUST 21, 2014

How Groove Reduced Churn by 71% By Defining “Why” Customers Quit. churn rate meant the company’s growth was unsustainable. Leverage what you learn to intervene with high-risk users and lower your churn rate. Now to the case studies…. Despite a steady stream of new users, SaaS startup Groove’s 4.5% The Research.

Retention 106

Retention Churn Rate Metrics Software Review 106

ConversionXL

AUGUST 12, 2016

That’s the sound of potential customers leaking out of your sales funnel. After fighting tooth-and-nail to launch your SaaS business, the last thing you want is a leaky sales funnel to undermine all your hard work. LTV = ARPA * % Gross Margin / % MRR Churn Rate. Customer Acquisition Cost (CAC). Drip, drip.

Software Review 48

Software Review Metrics Revenue Acquisition 48

ConversionXL

FEBRUARY 1, 2018

It’s no secret that email is the most effective acquisition channels for any marketer. Put another way, who would be foolish enough to cancel their subscription after they already sunk cost ? Involuntary Churn Prevention. If you’re like most SaaS marketers, you’re using content marketing as an acquisition channel.

Marketing 97

Marketing Campaign Software Review Email 97

David Teten

DECEMBER 3, 2019

A tool like Quuu identifies relevant, shareable content to keep your social media channels active. . I previously posted a detailed presentation with sales technology tools useful for B2B sales. Many VC funds rely on general-purpose CRM and sales funnel solutions like Copper , Pipedrive, Salesforce , Streak , and ZenDesk.

Technical Review 78

Technical Review Software Review Analytics Private Equity 78

ConversionXL

MARCH 5, 2014

That it costs 5-7x more to acquire a customer than it does to retain one isn’t entirely true. The origins of this myth can be traced back to the 1980′s when the Technical Assistance Research Project published research that stated the cost of customer acquisition vs the cost of customer retention was significantly higher.

Customer 133

Customer Churn Rate Retention Acquisition 133

ConversionXL

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

Traffic by channel: Find out where your visitors come from Where to track traffic by channel 3. Engagement rate: Learn which content resonates with your audience Where to measure engagement rate 4. Bounce rate: Learn what’s causing people to leave your website What is a good bounce rate?

Metrics 105

Metrics Analytics Marketing Acquisition 105

ConversionXL

OCTOBER 11, 2022

A good retention rate means people continue to choose you over a competitor, deepening customer relationships and reducing churn rate. While studies vary on just how much cheaper it is to retain a customer, it’s widely agreed that retention is anywhere from five to 25 times more cost-effective than marketing to a new audience.

Retention 111

Retention eCommerce Channel Community 111

Cracking the Code

OCTOBER 10, 2008

Only after reaching $1M in CMRR should you consider hiring European sales and services execs behind customer demand. Be prepared to cross the desert - SaaS requires R&D and sales expense up front for a multi-year stream of revenue, so it demands enough investment capital to fund 4+ years of runway. Posted by Philippe Botteri.

Software Review 48

Software Review North America Europe Metrics 48

ConversionXL

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

It involves collecting and measuring data from interactions with your website, ecommerce store, social media channels, and mobile apps to make decisions based on audience or user behavior. For example, which channels drive the most traffic to your product page? Conversion rate. Cost per click (CPC).

Analytics 106

Analytics Metrics Channel Campaign 106

crowdSPRING Blog

JANUARY 18, 2016

For example, it’s entirely possible that a huge amount of your effort is spent on daily activities that aren’t contributing to building your brand, your sales/profits or accomplishing the other meaningful goals you’ve set for your business. Or you can be working to improve your product or service.

Small Business 48

Small Business Churn Rate Advertising Social Media 48

Cracking the Code

DECEMBER 11, 2015

It occurred to him that he should try and find one of the drivers going his way and offer to share petrol costs in exchange for use of an empty seat. You can read the full story here ) #8 Engine Developing a scalable sales and marketing engine is a key element of success for SaaS companies.

San Francisco 48

San Francisco Churn Rate Silicon Valley Engineer 48

ReadWriteStart

AUGUST 26, 2022

The startup didn’t work out, but I found ways to be around it, whether it was on the sales side in Goldman for a few years. When you put those two things together, you get high-quality customers, high LTV, and acquisition at super low costs. I never had to focus on building a sales team. Jonathan Siddharth. Sounds great.

Partner 132

Partner Cofounder Retention Acquisition 132

maplebutter.com

JANUARY 8, 2013

Do that – nothing else but one product / company / focus and get to $1M in sales with atleast $15% net profit. Outsourcing is something a big company, with a known customer / problem (that has revenue & traction) does to save cost. I also like to get a sale $$$ ASAP. We have two full time sales people and we use Salesforce.

Technical Review 44

Technical Review Startup Cofounder Software Review 44

ConversionXL

MARCH 15, 2016

For the leading 500 merchants, 42% of all mobile sales generated come from mobile apps. So, the channel selection (vs. Next, you learn that upgrading costs gold, which gives value to that method of in-game currency… On to the next battle. Churn rate is proportional to the distance between sign-up and value.

Mobile 48

Mobile Retention Email Software Review 48