YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 22, 2015

The most traditional of these is takes the form of a top-heavy vertical structure, and provides benefits such as tight levels of control and close monitoring of activity. If you want a more cost effective and individually focused structure, you may benefit from adopting the more autonomous horizontal approach.

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ConversionXL

JANUARY 28, 2021

Whether you’re looking to improve conversions or retention CDP’s can provide a holistic view of both your opportunities and areas for improvement. Worse yet, collecting all that data comes with a cost, and it’s not cheap. As one reviewer shared: “Cost can skyrocket pretty quickly. Image source ).

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Hunter Walker

MARCH 7, 2019

There’s an increased belief (maybe reality for some), that seed VCs want to see revenue before investing in verticals like SaaS, marketplaces, commerce. So when evaluating these companies for investment I’m less interested purely in milestones and more about tactics and learnings. Did you pay 10x LTV in CAC?

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ConversionXL

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

They work to improve top-of-funnel metrics like brand awareness and identify opportunities to improve customer activation, retention, and referral efforts. This is a broad goal, so you’ll need to uncover experiments that improve any metric influencing purchasing behavior and retention. a live stream with an influencer on social media).

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Hippoland

AUGUST 8, 2018

Very simply, your cost to acquire a customer needs to be lower than the value of that customer (lifetime value). As always, there are exceptions: if you build a viral consumer product (such as an Instagram) where people are just coming to your site / app in droves at no cost to you, then you’ve got a great business.

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Hippoland

AUGUST 8, 2018

Very simply, your cost to acquire a customer needs to be lower than the value of that customer (lifetime value). As always, there are exceptions: if you build a viral consumer product (such as an Instagram) where people are just coming to your site / app in droves at no cost to you, then you’ve got a great business.

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Mucker Lab

OCTOBER 24, 2013

It’s a perfect storm waiting to take flight – as software continues to eat industries and verticals we believe this BloomNation story will repeat itself over and over again across more and more industries. For Marketplaces to effectively penetrate small and mid-market businesses like a florist (not hobbyists or proprietors.

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The Next Web

NOVEMBER 26, 2013

Cost efficient. Live chat is cost efficient because it often increases the average order value of customer purchases since many of these customers are getting helpful advice and insights on what to shop for matched with their interests, as well as answers to any product questions they might have. Stand out amongst competitors.

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Mucker Lab

OCTOBER 23, 2013

It’s a perfect storm waiting to take flight – as software continues to eat industries and verticals we believe this BloomNation story will repeat itself over and over again across more and more industries. For Marketplaces to effectively penetrate small and mid-market businesses like a florist (not hobbyists or proprietors.

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Hippoland

OCTOBER 16, 2016

High infrastructure companies Traditionally, software investors have loved being in the software industry because the capital costs are low and also because you can get something into the market quickly. You don’t see a lot of “self-taught” folks in this category. But, you need to be growing FAST.

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A Crowded Space

JULY 24, 2014

Startups are attacking just about every vertical. When they did find someone they liked, they frequently lost the person later because caregiver retention is incredibly low. . That should be way more than enough to cover acquisition costs. . Perhaps because it’s unsexy and support calls may be life or death situations.

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ConversionXL

MAY 3, 2017

Facebook ads are based on an ad auction system , so increased competition drives the cost of using the platform up. According to the Nanigans Facebook Advertising Benchmarks Report , there’s been a 92% year over year CPM increase for the ECommerce vertical. Your goal is retention. First-Time Buyers. They’re new to your brand.

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Startup Lessons Learned

AUGUST 24, 2009

As the costs of production fall, it’s getting easier and easier to send in a proposal or even a complete work. And anytime you strike a deal for digital distribution of any content, insist that your creators be given real-time access to the big-picture metrics: not just downloads, but engagement, retention and replay. ideas (e.g.

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Hearpreneur

AUGUST 10, 2022

It drives media attention and fosters customer retention rate, which is why most companies strive to have it in their mission statement. JetBlue has had to recreate established models and vertically integrate where the adjacent experiences for the customer and courageous brand to reinvent an entire ecosystem in this way.

Entrepreneur 124

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ConversionXL

AUGUST 21, 2014

How to Improve Mobile App Retention Through Customization. To establish some new benchmarks for retention, they decided to look at the percentage of people who first used a given mobile app and then used it at least once more in the 30 days after their first use. Never stop testing and optimizing your onboarding process. The Research.

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Rob Go

FEBRUARY 22, 2017

Companies that send boxes of stuff have retention curves that show customers getting less and less valuable over time. But a few others seem to be emerging, with conveyor belts that are specifically tuned to their particular vertical. Box companies struggle to keep customers engaged and buying from the company over time.

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Portfolio Vertical Retention Valuation 36

YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 13, 2020

Retention of Staff. Compounded with recent events – start-ups top priority should be staff retention, not sales. Don’t cut costs just at the bottom level – reduce everyone’s salary by an equal percentage. Retention of Clients.

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ConversionXL

APRIL 23, 2019

When testing past 15 users, the costs are often unjustified. Should the main menu be horizontal or vertical? While there’s a strong case against left-vertical menus , two studies (2003 and 2004) claim it’s better. If you do use vertical menus, make sure they’re aligned left.

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www.kalzumeus.com

AUGUST 13, 2012

Folks scamming you for the incentive are a — cheap — cost of doing business.). One of the largely-unsung secrets to Facebook having such an insanely high user retention rate is that they use activity from your friends to give you highly personalized emails designed to bring you back to the site and post stuff. (A

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Duct Tape Marketing

APRIL 7, 2022

So when we strip out pass through, and then we measure the margin on that pass through, it's almost like we have two layers of cost of good sold, which is a concept that a lot of accountants kind of struggle with. And that's mostly gonna be the labor cost of the work that we do for clients. I like actually selling results.

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ConversionXL

APRIL 7, 2021

For example, Guestlogix sells to airlines, where there’s a finite # of customers & they are higher ACV ‘enterprise’ customers with higher retention. The lower ACV also means the switching costs are low, churn is likely higher & the lifetime value of a customer is lower. This is where you’ll see more ABM plays.

IP 98

IP Marketing Technical Review Software Review 98

ConversionXL

MARCH 19, 2013

Testing it with more people does give more insight, but there are diminishing returns and when testing past 15 users the costs are often not justified. Should the main menu be horizontal or vertical? While there’s a strong case against the left vertical menus , two studies (2003 and 2004) actually claim it’s better.

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ConversionXL

JULY 19, 2016

Reduce the Costs. Costs Reduced. Would it make sense to further segment by vertical, geography, product, title etc.? Reactivating cold leads and removing the frozen ones is a good idea if you’d like to: Cut down your costs. Keep the List Clean for Better Deliverability. No one likes getting emails that are not relevant.

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Email Campaign Metrics SEM 48

YoungUpstarts

FEBRUARY 11, 2019

From awareness to post-purchase, analyzing the ups and downs of your strategy will show when to apply the gas (or brakes) with a customer and focus on retention. Grow through retention: As a small business, you want to move seamlessly from conversion to retention. Understanding when and how to act on a lead is critical.

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Reid Hoffman

MARCH 2, 2021

The way that Travis had set up Uber was a kind of vertical stack, very loosely coupled efforts, and any GM was essentially the CEO of their own city. I have discussions, I have reviews with my teams, quarterly, on diversity and inclusion, just like I do on customer acquisition, just like I do on retention. Now we’re going to 2021.

Iran 39

Iran Technical Review Non-Compete Lean 39

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 17, 2011

The key is channeling what you learn when you drive onto paper for retention purposes so you have to write it down soon afterward. Were they vertically integrated ? Why do cable & satellite companies force us to take content “bundles&# that cost more than we want and have content we don’t watch. If so, why?

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Technical Review Framework Audience Media 356

andrewchenblog.com

JANUARY 28, 2010

To become profitable using a freemium business model, this simple equation must hold true: Lifetime value > Cost per acquisition + Cost of service (paying & free) Said in plain english, the lifetime value of your paying customers needs to be greater than the cost it took to acquire them, plus, the cost servicing all users (free or paying).

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CPA Retention Viral Acquisition 51

Mucker Lab

MAY 1, 2013

From the outside, they are vertically integrated challengers to decades if not hundred-years old incumbents. Since Marc’s prognostication, what has become increasingly clear is that the next 20 years of venture investing and entrepreneurship will also become a different animal than the last 20 years.

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A Crowded Space

APRIL 11, 2016

This can apply across verticals or to different sellers within a vertical. Highest productivity = highest earnings for sellers and lowest cost for buyers. If your marketplace delivers very high reliability, it drastically increases user retention and limits churn. Consider Thumbtack vs Homejoy (Thumbtack is better).

Disintermediation 60

Disintermediation Matching Vertical Reputation 60

ConversionXL

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

In this post, we’re sharing a build vs. buy framework to help you consider the opportunity costs and make an informed decision on whether to buy software off the shelf or build a custom solution. Market share: You may already be a category leader, and growth requires you to expand into new verticals. The scope of the project.

Software Review 96

Software Review Technical Review Software Acquisition 96

ConversionXL

SEPTEMBER 10, 2014

As an informal observation, it’s not uncommon to see different companies in the same vertical adopt a “me-too” approach in their design aesthetic. Do you purposefully try to communicate that through typography , images , and design as quickly as possible when a visitor lands on your website?

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www.rocketwatcher.com

NOVEMBER 8, 2010

Costs Cost per target – targets can be free (organic traffic, internal lists) or paid (from advertising, purchased lists). Cost per prospect – given only a certain percentage of targets become prospects, what is the true cost you are paying for a prospect. If you enjoyed that, you should subscribe!

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blog.expensify.com

APRIL 24, 2012

Shame on you for spinning your desire for junior developers as being solely related to cost. It’s like arguing against vertical software. I fit all criteria of the people you’re looking for except for the junior developer one. March 26, 2011 at 9:02 am. The reasoning behind this post is questionable. originalgeek.

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steveblank.com

JULY 8, 2011

This kind of search normally costs more than $500… Test your name [link] so you don’t end up with a name that is confusingly similar to an existing trademark. It covers both Europe ant the US, it is easy, fast and free. Reply Tatiana Maya , on March 10, 2011 at 9:10 pm said: Hi Steve, Are you aware of [link] ???

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