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Life After the Funnel: 6 Reasons why You’re Neglecting eCommerce Customer Retention

The Startup Magazine

If you want your brand reputation to soar, it’s time to step away from acquisitions and pour focus into your eCommerce customer retention strategy. Studies show that just a 5% increase in retention rates could see increased profits of 25-95%. Don’t just take our word for it. Let’s delve into life after the funnel.

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The Biggest Barriers Keeping Your Startup From Seeing Its Full Potential

ReadWriteStart

They want to snowball their customer acquisition, attracting thousands of new people to the brand, and reach diverse new audiences in new locations. You’ll need money to get all the initial equipment, space, and people required to begin operations. Every startup entrepreneur wants to see their company grow. Or is it? .

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10 Entrepreneurs Reveal The Economic Outlook of Their Industry

Hearpreneur

So a recession will have more companies focused on retention to optimize their budgets. What is important to note however is the industry must stay at the forefront of changes to support their clients as it impacts their own growth, client acquisition, and client results. And this is where corporate gifting is pivotal.

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Looking to be acquired? Think the 10/40 or 20/20 rules.

Berkonomics

The first rule: 10/40: One of my company CEOs recently described his rule for acquisition success, and it resonated with me as a great goal for planning during acquisition exercises. This CEO states that he has made it work twice when acquiring companies, and that is enough for him to make it his rule for all future acquisitions.

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How to plan to make a successful acquisition

Berkonomics

One of my company CEO’s recently described his rule for acquisition success, and it resonated with me as a great goal for planning during acquisition exercises. This CEO states that he has made it work twice when acquiring companies, and that is enough for him to make it his rule for all future acquisitions.

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10 Metrics To Drive Your Annual Business Review

Startup Professionals Musings

Customer loyalty and retention. There are three common methods for measuring customer loyalty and retention: 1) customer surveys, 2) direct feedback at point of purchase, and 3) purchase analysis. Cost of customer acquisition. Over time, you cost of acquisition should go down as growth and your brand image go up.

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A step-by-step guide to HR outsourcing

The Startup Magazine

Any operation that involves an employee, like recruitment, payroll management, or even offboarding, can be included in these HR functions or duties. . To improve staff retention, you should periodically update both according to industry norms. This increases staff retention, but it also saves you from overpaying them.