ConversionXL

AUGUST 27, 2015

Another scenario: you’ve been optimizing for 12 months and your revenue per customer has increased by 2%. How can you tell what caused that – optimization, SEM, seasonality, word-of-mouth, or something else? Did those 30 new SEO pages cause the rise in conversion or was it just noise or something else? Word-of-Mouth.

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www.forentrepreneurs.com

FEBRUARY 2, 2010

Far more common is a need to acquire customers through a series of steps like SEO, SEM, PR, Social Marketing, direct sales, channel sales, etc. It appears that LTV should be about 3 x CAC for a viable SaaS or other form of recurring revenue model. What is Twitter hadn't gone to SXSW in 2007? This is a mistake.

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Cracking the Code

OCTOBER 10, 2008

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. Farming is also often overlooked, but can help grow customer accounts and revenues from 30% upwards (if successful). Great list! Philippe Botteri.

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