ConversionXL

FEBRUARY 12, 2019

In my daily work with ecommerce brands, I see two types of companies: The first type focuses on acquisition and conversion. Overall acquisition costs for both B2C and B2B have gone up by 50% in the past five years. To offset these costs, you need to earn more repeat purchases from existing customers.

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ConversionXL

MARCH 6, 2019

They also come with higher costs and LinkedIn-specific platform limitations. That means that there’s plenty of business to be won—even if LinkedIn views come at a higher cost (more later). The strategy, according to Google, improves ad recall (and, undoubtedly, YouTube revenues). 15- and 30- versions to grow reach and impact.

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ConversionXL

SEPTEMBER 20, 2018

This isn’t limited to the B2C space. Just take a look at these three channels: Facebook : 171% Increase in Cost per Thousand Impressions, or CPM ( 2017 ). customer acquisition process and channels). Tidal Wave 2 – Rising Acquisition Costs. ?. A high-touch sales process can balloon customer acquisition costs.

Marketing 289

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View from Seed

SEPTEMBER 11, 2019

At NextView we invest across the spectrum of seed stage companies so roughly 1/3rd of the companies we invest in are pre-product, roughly 1/3rd are post-product but pre-revenue, and perhaps 1/3rd have some very early revenue. You’re obviously not showing charts of user growth, number of customers, or revenue.

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Austin Startup

OCTOBER 15, 2017

What seems to be the best way to create customers and revenue may result in a business model that is out of vogue with the investment world and shortchanges you on enterprise valuation. If you bill for your technology services on a percentage of ad spend, you are guaranteed to look like an agency that deserves a revenue multiple of 1–2X.

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Austin Startup

JUNE 26, 2019

We tried, and opted out of, potentials for pivots; we pitched for game-changing partners and acquisitions that did not ultimately convert. Even though most of this message was already drafted, we also had a Hail Mary of a final acquisition conversation that closed the following morning. Obviously, it did not convert.

Silicon Valley 54

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The Startup Magazine

APRIL 24, 2020

Whether you’re interested in selling a website you built from scratch, or want to sell your Amazon-based B2C brand, there are many different baseline factors that go into determining an appropriate website valuation number. You basically take the overall revenue from your business (i.e. Variation of customer acquisition channels.

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Up and Running

APRIL 17, 2018

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. That’s great!

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ConversionXL

APRIL 28, 2020

It wasn’t quite a flip from B2C to B2B, but it was close. To do that, we built a demand funnel that took us from nothing to 44X revenue growth in a single year. That difference cascades down the funnel, allowing you to track the ROI of your lead sources between inbound and outbound campaigns—all the way through to revenue.

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Occam's Razor

FEBRUARY 28, 2017

As bad customer service is a massive long-term cost – and short-term pain –, it was decided that the company would undertake a serious re-training effort for all the customer service reps and with that problems would get solved faster. Like perhaps most large organizations, this one was a bit more focused on Cost. Cost Per Impression.

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Occam's Razor

DECEMBER 9, 2013

The cool part about display advertising is that we can build our brands cost effectively, introduce our products to a new audience, and create demand based on a number of intent signals (this last part is often missing from offline media). Focus on optimizing your Cost per Acquisition (CPA).

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Austin Startup

AUGUST 29, 2017

That goes for any industry, location or product; from enterprise SaaS in my home town of Austin, to live music ticket sales in Virginia, to B2C services in Seattle. Instead, you’re likely spending your time thinking about new customer acquisition (increase in volume) or you are thinking about optimizing salary or production costs.

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Seeing Both Sides

AUGUST 16, 2012

Last week, I wrote about Akamai , a company with strong network effects that successfully transitioned from a single product to build a platform that garners over a billion dollars in revenue and is now a core part of the Internet’s fabric. Going B2C was daunting and not in our core DNA,” Kaufer remarked. Big Data meets travel…in 2000.

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ConversionXL

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

Click-Through Rate Definition The Conversion Rate Formula: How to Calculate Conversion Rate Bounce Rate: Everything You Want to Know and More How To Calculate and Increase Customer Lifetime Value PPC Click-Through-Rate: What it Means and How to Use It (and Improve It) How to Track and Improve Ecommerce Customer Acquisition Effectiveness.

Metrics 105

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Seeing Both Sides

JULY 11, 2013

B2C sales and customer acquisition efforts are a different matter (and one I''ll perhaps address in a future blog), but for B2B, those three models are the most common pattern. customer acquisition cost or CAC). To achieve friction-free revenue (and who doesn''t want friction-free revenue?),

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Duct Tape Marketing

NOVEMBER 23, 2016

When used appropriately, it will help your organization increase revenue, cut unnecessary expenditures and deliver better customer experiences by: enabling you to see what content, tactics, and channels are driving qualified leads; ensuring that you are appropriately “segmenting” leads generated based on their sales readiness.

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Occam's Razor

SEPTEMBER 15, 2014

The team at Google has done a great job of having the end-to-end view there across Acquisition, Behavior and Outcomes. Transactions, Revenue and Ecommerce Conversion Rate. It does not matter if you are a B2B or B2C or A2K, you will always see this. Mobile Marketing 2015: Rethink Customer Acquisition, Intent Targeting.

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David Teten

DECEMBER 3, 2019

The majority of funds are using the popular B2C websites and services for basic due diligence, e.g., Linkedin, Twitter, HackerNews. Capital has built a free online tool for founders to calculate their cost of capital. Lighter Capital, a Revenue Based Investing VC, offers a Cost of Capital Calculator.

Technical Review 78

Technical Review Software Review Analytics Private Equity 78

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! Michael Kassing.

Software Review 48

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crowdSPRING Blog

APRIL 6, 2015

Customer Acquisition Cost. Every business, whether B2B or B2C has to bring in customers. The important thing is to understand how much it costs you to acquire a single customer. However, there are certain fundamental metrics that are common to all businesses, and a basic understanding of these is where you should start.

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ConversionXL

NOVEMBER 29, 2018

Freemium and free-trial signups have one thing in common: Neither generates revenue. Freemium and free-trial strategies can reduce customer action costs (CACs). The biggest gap in any venture is that between a service that is free and one that costs a penny. Why product-led strategies work for SaaS companies. Free-trial models.

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Mucker Lab

MAY 1, 2013

Instead of aiming for hundreds of millions of dollars in software licensing revenue – they want to conquer existing industries and aim for tens of billions of dollars in widget revenues. Not content to simply sell incumbents software, these companies merge domain expertise with software native DNA to attack incumbent head on.

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Occam's Razor

JULY 22, 2013

If you want to grow your business, you are going to need content/engagement points for the See stage (the widest possible addressable audience) and for the Think stage (fill up your funnel at the very top, convince people early, build relationships, convert higher at a cheaper acquisition cost). It is also rude. That's fine.

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Occam's Razor

NOVEMBER 2, 2015

In this post let's look at each Social Network, see what B2B and B2C brands are doing there today, from that draw lessons as to 1. Economic Value (EcV) is the value of short and long-term revenue and cost savings. The causal impact does not have to be on Revenue. The opportunity cost. It is not that hard.

Social Media 60

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Software By Rob

AUGUST 18, 2010

The only thing that seemed to be consistent about my growth was that my revenue was relatively flat while my user base kept growing. A 354 percent increase in abuse-related issues like spamming, followed by a 245 percent increase in legal costs dealing people trying to game the system.&# Where was this info when I needed it?

Software Review 78

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ConversionXL

JUNE 16, 2022

This will improve customer lifetime value (CLTV), making customer acquisition costs (CAC) healthier. Research from Optimove shows that young, fast companies derive 30% of revenues from existing customers. As those companies become more established, that increases to around 90% of revenues. Focus on value.

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ConversionXL

JUNE 25, 2021

We’ll also share when to transition to the growth stage in the product lifecycle so you can drive conversions and revenue off your momentum. Your goal here is to sustain revenue and your position in the market. Decline: New user sign-ups and revenue begins to decrease. X demos booked in introduction, X revenue in growth).

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ConversionXL

NOVEMBER 15, 2016

The goals of these companies could be quite different depending on the desired quantity, quality, and cost of customers. visit → sale (better indicator of revenue, but this increases the duration of the test). visit → sale (better indicator of revenue, but this increases the duration of the test). Gross margin.

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online.wsj.com

SEPTEMBER 23, 2012

If failure is defined as failing to see the projected return on investment—say, a specific revenue growth rate or date to break even on cash flow—then more than 95% of start-ups fail, based on Mr. Ghoshs research. In early 2011 an acquisition by a Fortune 500 company fell apart. Consumer Services (B2C). Software. -

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Occam's Razor

MAY 20, 2013

Digital advertising and marketing is a key part of ZQI's multi-channel acquisition portfolio. How should you decide which one of these acquisition sources you should invest in more? how can you figure out which acquisition channel is more important? It will cost too much. They do everything. Business As Usual.

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ConversionXL

JULY 7, 2020

Because they generate most of their revenue from ads with Mediavine , their main objective is article views; Pinterest helps distribute their content. You pay only for clicks, but users who like your design and content and save your pin expose it to their followers—giving you the chance for repins and additional saves at no cost.

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Occam's Razor

OCTOBER 10, 2011

On all social media channels: Economic Value = Sum of Short and Long Term Revenue and Cost Savings. They share very specific guidance for businesses of different types (B2B, B2C, A2K) about how to identify the macro and micro conversions and then compute economic value. You can measure Economic Value ! That is okay.

Social Media 165

Social Media Metrics Conversion Media 165

VC Cafe

JANUARY 16, 2011

Our solutions provide peace of mind, improve quality of life and save costs to users and service providers. Established location-based services to enable the CSP offer B2B and B2C services based on mobile positioning, tracking & locating, turn-by-turn navigation and mobile local search. Allot Communications. Craze Productions.

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Occam's Razor

JUNE 28, 2011

It is not hard to imagine what a B2C site is trying to do. The thing we call Revenue. The company impact is just keeping costs low. and Revenue. Company impact is maximizing Revenue Per Acquisition. Company impact is maximizing Revenue Per Acquisition. We forget all the other Micro Conversions.

Metrics 126

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ConversionXL

FEBRUARY 3, 2017

But in the worst-case scenario, they become a branding liability and an actual cost center if margins and fraud aren’t properly managed.” (via Carefully analyze your customer and revenue data. Are you aware of your cost per acquisition on other channels? B2B Affiliate Programs Look a Little Different. Image Source.

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ConversionXL

MARCH 3, 2021

Brands that rely heavily on revenue from paid than organic search are only one crisis away from having their business turn upside down. to $3.00, the marginal cost-per-click for the incremental traffic is over two times more expensive for only 7% more impressions. Google Ads cost-per-conversion metrics.

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PPC SEO Campaign Analytics 146

www.rocketwatcher.com

NOVEMBER 8, 2010

I’ve seen online B2C startups use Dave McClure’s Startup Metrics for Pirates as a starting point for measuring what marketing is doing. A good set of metrics will allow me to predict that if I spend $1 on a certain marketing tactic, I’m likely to get $X of revenue in Y days.

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