ConversionXL

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

To truly differentiate your brand, center your growth strategy around creating unique and personalized customer experiences. The goal of market penetration is to leverage new tactics to increase product sales , including existing customers and new customers within existing markets. Your customers want different things. Image source.

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ConversionXL

JUNE 5, 2014

Has your company’s customer retention rate increased, decreased or remained status quo over the past five years? Have you outlined and initiated a formal customer retention strategy? In a study by Harvard Business School , it was found that increasing customer retention by even 5% can increase profits between 25-95%.

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The Startup Magazine

APRIL 22, 2024

When it comes to startups, the focus often gravitates toward acquiring new customers, expanding market reach, and chasing growth metrics. However, amidst the frenzy of attracting fresh clientele, many startups overlook a critical aspect of sustainable success – client retention.

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ConversionXL

OCTOBER 11, 2022

In this article, you’ll learn how ecommerce customer retention boosts long-term revenue and the strategies you can use to keep customers coming back. Table of contents What is ecommerce customer retention (and why does it matter)? What is ecommerce customer retention (and why does it matter)? How to measure customer retention.

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ConversionXL

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

But an increase in traffic doesn’t necessarily mean an increase in sales, profits, or customer loyalty. . When we surveyed 450 professionals last year, our study revealed that 65% invest at least 70% of their budget on acquisition, and that NPS , CLV, and retention are among the least-monitored KPIs. Customer retention rate.

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ReadWriteStart

OCTOBER 2, 2023

It makes the product more user-friendly and can also help build trust with customers and differentiate the product from competitors in the SaaS market. A visually appealing and consistent design can help create a strong brand image and differentiate the product from competitors.

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ConversionXL

JUNE 3, 2019

Has your company’s customer retention rate increased, decreased, or maintained the status quo over the past five years? Are you actively working on retention? Have you outlined and initiated a formal customer retention strategy? Make your retention strategy personal. Image source). Email performance.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 27, 2011

The most obvious way to explain this is with sales people. If you hire 6 sales reps in January at $120,000 / year salary then you’ve taken on an extra $60,000 per month in costs yet these sales people might not close new business for 4-6 months. “COGS” represents the amount that each sale costs you.

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ConversionXL

OCTOBER 14, 2021

You work tirelessly to understand your customer, market, and competition so you can differentiate. In this article, we’ll share key brand tracking metrics and methods for how to measure and optimize your success. Key brand tracking metrics. Brand tracking is how you measure if those efforts are paying off. Brand loyalty.

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A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

FEBRUARY 26, 2019

Instead, watch payback period for acquisition efficiency, watch retention for product/market fit, watch expansion revenue for long-term growth, and watch gross margin for long-term profitability. There isn’t one most important SaaS metric. Sales” is not a dirty word. Priority depends on your goals (e.g.

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Up and Running

NOVEMBER 6, 2020

Retention plan. Who your target audience is Your sales and profitability projections Who you are and why you’re qualified to build this business How much money you’re raising (if you’re seeking investment). If you’re Salesforce, you solve the problem of disorganized sales pipelines and poor customer communication.

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Up and Running

APRIL 17, 2018

In fact, according to Shopify , global retail ecommerce sales are on track to reach $4.5 B2B ecommerce sales , (businesses selling directly to other businesses) generate three times as much revenue as B2C, at $7.7 trillion in sales, compared to B2C’s $2.3 trillion in 2021, up from $1.3 trillion in 2014.

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Duct Tape Marketing

AUGUST 23, 2023

Lloyed explores the intricate art of harnessing the community’s strength as your ultimate acquisition channe l, brand differentiator, feedback source, retention lever, and catalyst for transformative change. It's as simple as that, and that is what metrics are to me. They said sales and marketing.

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David Teten

AUGUST 6, 2015

This allows readers to differentiate your file from all of the other files they receive, and also easily track the evolution of your document as it changes. A model that shows X% growth over time with no embedded correlation to sales/marketing is a huge red flag. HOW TO MAKE THE ENTIRE DOCUMENT READABLE. 7) Organize your tabs.

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YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 13, 2017

Hiring and retention in such a context can then move away from ‘fit’ to the actual culture with an ‘addition’ to the aspired culture in order to celebrate diversity and more importantly add to the company’s reputation and attractiveness. Model 1 – differences of a company’s ‘cultural add’ and ‘fit’ to underpin diversit y.

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Up and Running

JANUARY 23, 2018

However, if your business is going to be selling tangible goods, a smart sales plan is equally important. What are the best strategies for a working sales plan? When you have a sales plan that supports your business plan, your execution should yield positive outcomes. What is a sales plan? Set realistic goals.

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ConversionXL

APRIL 18, 2017

If leads come to you, then the sales call that follows is now about qualification. When running an optimization program, consider three metrics that contribute to success: The number of experiments you run. When taking on a potential client, ask yourself, “If we improve their sales by 1%, what does that mean to their business?”

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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. If your campaign works and your brand awareness metrics improve, you win. What are “pirate metrics?”. Growth marketers focus on the entire customer journey.

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ConversionXL

JANUARY 24, 2017

Everyone has railed against these practices ( including us , many times), but it still seems that much of the industry is focused on short term metrics and surface level changes. More and more, people are using experimentation as a way to optimise not just sales – but also pricing, functionality, and product. Image Source.

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Duct Tape Marketing

JULY 26, 2023

08:52] Number 8: Sales funnel. [09:32] Does it differentiate you from your competitors? (04:55): 07:42): So understanding what their marketing strategies are, what their messaging is, what their strengths and weaknesses in some cases helps in your sales process as well. Let's talk about your sales funnel.

Marketing 57

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ConversionXL

MAY 1, 2019

Trend lines aren’t impressive if they track metrics that appear distant from business goals. Client education is central to marketing messaging, too, especially for sellers with long sales cycles. Focus offline conversations on high-value points of differentiation. Their sales page speaks directly to practitioners.

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Duct Tape Marketing

JULY 26, 2023

08:52] Number 8: Sales funnel. [09:32] Does it differentiate you from your competitors? (04:55): 07:42): So understanding what their marketing strategies are, what their messaging is, what their strengths and weaknesses in some cases helps in your sales process as well. Let's talk about your sales funnel.

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ConversionXL

MAY 27, 2022

Without awareness and leads, you’re missing out on opportunities to close sales and grow your business. This has changed how buyers interact with sales. More than two-thirds of buyers have researched your solution (and others’) before talking to sales. Plus, 60% prefer not to interact with sales reps at all. The metrics.

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Duct Tape Marketing

JULY 6, 2022

16:25] Number nine — using metrics to understand what works and what doesn’t – if you don’t have a plan to measure, you’ll be guessing. [18:02] It just simply is a recognition that if you want to stand out, differentiate your business, you have to tell people here's who I help. And here's who I don't help.

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abovethecrowd.com

OCTOBER 1, 2013

Over 13 years ago, in March of 2000, I wrote a blog post titled “ The Most Powerful Internet Metric of All. ” The key thesis was this: if an Internet company could obsess about only one metric, it should be conversion. As such, it is time to pound the table again – conversion is by far the most powerful Internet metric of all.

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ConversionXL

AUGUST 18, 2021

Turning employees into advocates can shorten the sales cycle, boost growth, and help your team differentiate from the crowd. . Leveraging employees as brand advocates can be a great way to improve company culture, but a formal employee advocacy program should plan to meet specific metrics and KPIs. Conclusion.

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ConversionXL

FEBRUARY 9, 2016

This means users love it, that there’s lots of retention and engagement, even at small numbers. And it’s a combined product management and technical function, to boost an already positive growth curve into something even bigger.” . “Growth hackers have a passion for tracking and moving a metric. ” Creativity.

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Austin Startup

MARCH 26, 2019

Even pre-launch, there’s work you can do here to differentiate yourself. You’ll usually get assigned a contact in the ad sales organization at Facebook or Google once you start spending big bucks. When is the right time to diversify your sales channel mix? Will your sales follow seasonal or cyclical trends?

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Occam's Razor

APRIL 21, 2014

How do you come up with compelling analytics KPIs if there isn't a simple relationship between online activity and profit, for example when you sell online content via a traditional offline annual subscription sales process?? I believe these two posts with a collection of some of my favorite metrics will inspire you: 1.

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YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 4, 2018

In order to be effective, equality must be a meaningful part of the culture, not just a metric. With a diverse executive staff by gender and by personality , we’re able to better align with our similar diverse customer base to nurture them through the sales process or respond to their questions and concerns.

Retention 113

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Hearpreneur

JULY 10, 2015

We use a hybrid approach of using data analytics and expert human recommendations to pick flavors, and through this approach, we’ve had great success in member retention. I add other differentiators by podcasting and creating expert-sourced ebooks or videos. We have combined process, procedure, metrics, data, etc.

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ConversionXL

APRIL 1, 2020

As shoppers opt for the ease of online subscriptions, merchants can focus their efforts on retargeting , loyalty and discount programs, attribution , customer retention , reducing churn , and more. In this case, accurately measuring the holy grail of ecommerce metrics—customer lifetime value (LTV)—isn’t easy. You may already know that.

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ConversionXL

NOVEMBER 11, 2015

The services offered post-sale are not necessarily well-regarded and in the worst case may be considered “nickel and dime” – though that may be changing. But don’t worry it’s a strong sales culture with great salesmanship that may certainly help you out at renewal time.”

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ConversionXL

JULY 11, 2016

The aim nowadays should be to create great content that directly converts into sales. Personalized sales message. Be aware of your USPs and transfer them to your online business to differentiate from the ‘big’ competitors. Create Calculated Metrics (CLV, CPS, Non-Bounce, CAC). Animated explainer.

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www.rocketwatcher.com

DECEMBER 5, 2011

Differentiated – Have a look at other companies in and around the space you will be playing in. About Rocket Watcher Rocket Watcher is my personal blog covering marketing for startups including messaging, market strategy, lead generation and metrics. customer retention. Buying: A Marketing Wake-up Call 104 comment(s).

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ConversionXL

APRIL 3, 2019

Go beyond standard sources of voice of customer data ; better options are: Interview founders (the original “customers”); Thank-you page surveys; Usertesting.com; Mine sales calls; Mine support tickets; Mine Facebook comments ; Mine online reviews. Or absolutely awful? Have the interview on video and record it (with permission).

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Lightspeed Venture Partners

DECEMBER 3, 2010

The key driver of this renewed confidence from brand advertisers is better measurement of brand metrics that can show the impact of online advertising beyond clickthrough. The Flash Sales sites and Local Deals sites both make shopping fun by offering deep discounts. Competition shifts from user acquisition to user retention.

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