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Startup Metrics

TechEmpower

Start by building just enough of your product to get early CAC and CLV signals (they won’t be perfect). Look at different customer acquisition channels, how they are converting, and the expected lifetime value of customers acquired through those channels. Apply costs to each channel. Don’t worry about scaling just yet.

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7 Key Factors Obscure Your Customer Acquisition Costs

Startup Professionals Musings

As I recently watched an episode of “ Shark Tank ,” I realized that the shark investors focus on your responses to these questions is also a credibility test on your business savvy, as it leads to other relevant questions on margins, channels, and your understanding of key customer forces. Outside partners and channel impacts are complex.

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Turnover Troubles: 5 Mistakes Businesses Make That Drive Customers Away

The Startup Magazine

Below, we explore five common mistakes that drive customers away, including how they can be avoided to ensure customer retention and satisfaction. Inconsistent Quality Consistency is the key to maintaining customer retention and loyalty. However, many businesses unintentionally make mistakes that lead to customer turnover.

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Acquire New Users by Adding Growth Hacking to your Marketing Strategy

ConversionXL

But, as Sean Ellis notes, it isn’t about manipulating customers—it’s about helping them: “Sustainable growth is about understanding the value people get from your product and helping people realize this value. Growth hacking is about caring for and optimizing the user experience to build trust and keep customers using your product.

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How to Choose Digital Marketing Channels for Long Term Growth

ConversionXL

How you decide to invest in marketing channels can make or break your business. Okay, so it’s important to capitalize on effective channels that are conducive to growth at scale. An Overview of Common Digital Marketing Channels. That sounds like an obvious statement, but not a lot of people think about it critically.

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Product Design for SaaS Startups: Best Practices and Examples

ReadWriteStart

They poured their hearts and souls into creating an innovative product fueled by the desire to make a difference in the lives of their target audience. Startup X reached out to a product design services provider, and with their help, they were able to turn their fortunes around. The good news is that there’s hope!

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5+ Customer Retention Tips From Experts for Small Business

ReadWriteStart

Design your campaigns to target the customers and indirectly show them how your product or service is essential to them. Your retention strategy is the most powerful strategy you will want to deploy. Your retention strategy is the most powerful strategy you will want to deploy. This can be your first retention strategy.

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