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CXL Live 2022 Recap: Main Takeaways From 6 World-Class Marketers

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Product should be your main channel for customer acquisition, retention and expansion. It has high close rates and shorter sales cycles, and some of the usual metrics are lagging indicators (demos attended, proposals sent, and average deal size). Gaetano explained that it markets to problem-aware, solution-seeking people.

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Using Cohort Analysis for Conversion Optimization

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How does retention differ among different acquisition channels? Customers that converted in the last year that had a sales cycle of less than x weeks. When optimizing for retention , it’s important to look at customers that spend the most over time via upsells. How did that effect their average order value?

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How to Measure Ecommerce Customer Acquisition Cost (+ Tips to Reduce it)

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For example, if your customer acquisition costs are high for PPC ads , you can move budget to a marketing strategy with a lower CAC. This is due to factors such as maturity, sales cycle, product value, purchase frequency, and customer lifespan. customer retention ). What is the average customer acquisition cost?

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A Complete Guide to Account-Based Marketing: Win Over Your Ideal Customer

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Sales and marketing collaborate until a deal is closed and beyond to secure long-term customer retention. ABM must target the entire buying committee, not just one or two individuals who may never be involved in sales conversations. ABM doesn’t stop at lead generation or new opportunities. Get executive buy-in.

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Why Linear Funnels Are a Simplified Reality (and What to Do About It)

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The biggest shortcoming being that it considers the sales cycle to be a linear process where a customer passes sequentially through sales steps and where he/she is the only one involved in the decision making process. The user moves from the top of the funnel (awareness) to the bottom (purchase) progressively and predictably.

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What 15 CEOs Learned Building Top Agencies

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Client retention hinges on relationships—and the people who maintain them. Samantha Noble of Biddable Moments used a training course: Samantha Noble, Biddable Moments: “My biggest client has come off the back of a PPC training course that I run. Professional networks are the starting point (and growth engine).

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What 15 CEOs Learned Building Top Agencies

ConversionXL

Client retention hinges on relationships—and the people who maintain them. Samantha Noble of Biddable Moments used a training course: Samantha Noble, Biddable Moments: “My biggest client has come off the back of a PPC training course that I run. Professional networks are the starting point (and growth engine).

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