Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 26, 2016

Perhaps the most misused terms I see these days from entrepreneurs involve CAC (customer acquisition costs) and LTV (life time value) and a lack of understanding these critical components is driving many companies to premature failure. CAC is often measured incorrectly and doesn’t often doesn’t capture the true costs of acquisition.

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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. This is how a tagged URL for a Facebook ads campaign would look: slidebean.com?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=cpm&utm_terms=marketing-audience-A&utm_campaign=US-FB-ContentMarketing.

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ConversionXL

AUGUST 12, 2016

LTV = ARPA * % Gross Margin / % MRR Churn Rate. Customer Acquisition Cost (CAC). Customer Acquisition Cost refers to the resources that a business uses in order to acquire an additional customer. Identifying and optimizing the biggest acquisition expenses. Optimizing Customer Lifetime Value. Image Source.

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ReadWriteStart

MARCH 3, 2021

Content marketing is also effective because it has a natural synergy with search engine optimization (SEO). Writing great content, optimized for the right keywords, can increase your likelihood of ranking in relevant search engine results. Most of the strategies on this list prioritize customer acquisition, and rightly so.

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Up and Running

AUGUST 21, 2014

If you have pay-per-click campaigns, you need to understand how they’re doing, how much money you’re spending on them, which of your keywords if you’re using a pay-per-click campaign are working, which ones are not. I mean think about your own search habits. You need to also understand calls-to-actions.

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Metrics Startup Churn Rate Forecast 84

ConversionXL

OCTOBER 30, 2019

Now try to think of the last time you experimented with something other than your acquisition strategy. Article after article, course after course, conference talk after conference talk addresses acquisition experimentation—getting more conversions at the top of the funnel. Every tip is acquisition-centric. Acquisition.

Retention 101

Retention Metrics Churn Rate Acquisition 101

ConversionXL

OCTOBER 11, 2022

The average ecommerce store devotes more than 80% of its marketing budget to customer acquisition. A good retention rate means people continue to choose you over a competitor, deepening customer relationships and reducing churn rate. Amazon , for example, personalizes its homepage based on previous purchases and searches.

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David Teten

DECEMBER 3, 2019

We use Google Analytics, HubSpot, and LinkedIn Campaign Manager for the majority of our analytics. Coalesce address the more general problem of searching through large data sets for best fits. Pacer is useful to search prior litigation, bankruptcies, etc. 3) Raise capital.

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ConversionXL

OCTOBER 30, 2019

Now try to think of the last time you experimented with something other than your acquisition strategy. Article after article, course after course, conference talk after conference talk addresses acquisition experimentation—getting more conversions at the top of the funnel. Every tip is acquisition-centric. Acquisition.

Retention 48

Retention Metrics Churn Rate Acquisition 48

Up and Running

MARCH 11, 2015

That moves into the customer acquisition strategy. This includes again another acronym I’m going to share, CAC, the cost to acquire a customer, the customer acquisition cost. Where do you search for a co-founder who might help you with this pitch and planning process? Are you doing an acquisition? Where do you look?

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maplebutter.com

JANUARY 8, 2013

Search for: Videos. Acquisition / Lifetime Value, etc. You get a bunch of traffic and increased rankings, then when the app goes back to paid you still get a bunch of run off from the campaign. How can I lower my apps churn rate? Maple Butter. You are here: Home » Hiring » Crazy! 9) Think big, HUGE!

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