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Maximizing Your Digital Marketing Channel Mix

YoungUpstarts

With more money flowing into digital marketing, the digital channel mix continues to grow in complexity. In order to match the best Digital Marketing Channel Mix to your business objectives, it is important to have a good understanding of each of the channels available, how they work, and how to best leverage them.

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Why Misunderstanding Startup Metrics Can Cost You Your Business

Both Sides of the Table

The reality of CAC is both the when you scale your acquisition “channel” costs usually go up plus when you find a great channel others notice it and drive up the costs as they compete with you in that channel. So if you paid $100 for a customer who converted via a Facebook ad or Google search ad (SEM) that is not your CAC.

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PPC Basics Explained — PPC Management for Small Businesses

Up and Running

Especially when the world, and your customers, are shifting to digital channels for entertainment, shopping, and communication with brands. So why is this important to know as you sift through all the potential marketing channels you could choose from? It is often used interchangeably with SEM, or “Search Engine Marketing.”

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The Most Misunderstood Facts About Building a Business on YouTube

Both Sides of the Table

Almost every online business I know (eCommerce, online software, mobile games) invests heavily in “customer acquisition” This includes investments often not properly measured (SEO, PR, Social) as well as costs that people measure more precisely (advertising, SEM, FB CPA/CPI ads). Take for example, an eCommerce company.

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The Direct-to-Consumer Checklist

Austin Startup

How will you take advantage of SEO and SEM? They will be your best friend when things go unexpectedly wrong with the channel or when something breaks. More mature DTC brands are finding success with a broad range of marketing channels?—?paid When is the right time to diversify your sales channel mix?

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How to Use Growth Hacking to Increase Revenue 20x in Just 12 Months

Up and Running

Cost of Acquisition (CAC): The total cost of acquiring a user through a given channel. For ecommerce, this is based on transaction size, commission, and chances of the user returning. If the CAC is above the LTV, but not too much—there’s some potential in this channel. Google AdWords or SEM (expensive).

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The Growth Marketing Process: How to Shake Your Growth Hack Addiction

ConversionXL

Rob Sobers of Varonis confirms… Rob Sobers , Varonis : “While traditional marketing teams might appear to operate like growth teams in terms of the channels they use (SEM, content marketing, email, etc.), via Ecommerce Growth Masterclass). Even at large companies, that number only increases to 42%.