ConversionXL

OCTOBER 4, 2021

Over a third of email marketers struggle with acquisition and close to a half say increasing engagement is their number one challenge. Email generates as much as $42 for every dollar spent , and is a top-three marketing channel for 87% of B2B and 76% of B2C marketers. However, it’s not without challenges. Image source.

Email 136

Email Customer Marketing Software Review 136

Occam's Razor

SEPTEMBER 15, 2014

The team at Google has done a great job of having the end-to-end view there across Acquisition, Behavior and Outcomes. It does not matter if you are a B2B or B2C or A2K, you will always see this. Here's an example of their tracking in-app purchases… Their User Retention report is well worth taking a look at.

Analytics 143

Analytics Metrics Mobile DC 143

ConversionXL

JUNE 16, 2022

This will improve customer lifetime value (CLTV), making customer acquisition costs (CAC) healthier. B2C or B2B, all marketing is people talking to people. Cross-selling can be a powerful tool for retention and acquisition. Once you’ve captured their details, use cross-selling to draw attention to your products.

B2B 129

B2B Email Sales Acquisition 129

Mucker Lab

APRIL 6, 2023

You engage the marketing team and you do a lot of acquisition and people are coming. If you work in B2C or e-commerce, you optimize that Add to Cart flow like crazy because that is your revenue. You're really getting enough early users to help you validate to achieve a certain level of retention rate.

Product 78

Product CTO Hire Startup Fractional CTO 78

NZ Entrepreneur

MARCH 11, 2020

If you don’t know this stuff, you’re missing a whole world of sales insight that could direct your customer acquisition and retention strategies. Now we have Customer Success Managers to promote retention and loyalty. Prediction: Watch this space. 7) The rise of Customer Success. You’ll often find them in tech companies.

Social Media 64

Social Media Channel Technical Review Sales 64

Up and Running

APRIL 17, 2018

And, these trends don’t just apply to businesses selling directly to consumers (B2C). 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 Customer acquisition cost (CAC): Tow much it costs to acquire a new customer.

SEO 80

SEO eCommerce Software Review Analytics 80

VC Cafe

AUGUST 3, 2023

While Israeli startups successes are well known in the B2B space (cybersecurity, enterprise tech, devops…), B2C startups are unsung heroes… The landscape of B2C tech in Israel is blossoming, despite several challenges. Israeli B2C – Let’s start with the high level picture. Much has changed since then.

Israel 148

Israel B2C Generative AI Artificial Inteligence 148

VC Cafe

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

.” Rahul Vohra, founder of Superhuman Getting your first 1,000 users is an important early milestone for any B2C startup. What are the most effective strategies for early B2C growth? This post is about how to get to your first 1,000 users, and how to get to know your users better, in particular for B2C startups.

B2C 88

B2C Viral Social Media Community 88

YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 11, 2013

In their own words, it’s: “B2C and B2B marketing that optimizes value to the buyer at any stage of the customer life cycle, dramatically increasing the propensity of that customer to purchase. This concept, according to Extraprise , is seen as real time revenue optimization.

Metrics 133

Metrics B2C B2B Channel 133

Occam's Razor

FEBRUARY 28, 2017

It also has massively delicious implications in your data, acquisition and retention strategies (ignoring the sweet, heavenly, implications on your customers). Extend the above incentive purification and imagine the day-to-day behavior of your Acquisition team if you measure them based on CPH. Good behavior shift. Or… PPH.

Metrics 60

Metrics Analytics Acquisition Naming 60

VC Cafe

OCTOBER 23, 2022

There are of course exceptions, mainly in the B2C world, like Waze, which sold to Google for $1.4 Revenue can be the result of good marketing, but without taking into account usage and retention, focusing on revenue alone can be misleading. What’s a good North Star Metric?

Metrics 179

Metrics Revenue B2C Portfolio 179

View from Seed

SEPTEMBER 11, 2019

For consumer companies this is usually around user acquisition, engagement, and retention. If in the long run your B2C business is likely to have an ad-based revenue model, the ability to acquire a large number of users at zero or extraordinarily low cost is critical.

Seed Stage 149

Seed Stage B2B Seed Capital Revenue 149

VC Cafe

JULY 15, 2021

As a VC that invests in B2C, I often try to put myself in shoes of a founder looking to grow the audience for their new app to consumers. So while ads can be an effective way to grow, spending on user acquisition before figuring out monetisation is a sure way to shorten runway for early stage startups. Slack or Discord).

Mobile 190

Mobile Social Media Distribution PR 190

VC Cafe

JUNE 6, 2024

Net Revenue Retention (NRR) Definition: NRR measures the percentage of recurring revenue retained from existing customers over a given period, considering upgrades, downgrades, and churn. Customer Acquisition Cost (CAC) Definition : CAC is the total cost of acquiring a new customer, including marketing and sales expenses.

B2B 97

B2B Burn Rate Generative AI Retention 97

YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 11, 2013

In their own words, it’s: “B2C and B2B marketing that optimizes value to the buyer at any stage of the customer life cycle, dramatically increasing the propensity of that customer to purchase. This concept, according to Extraprise , is seen as real time revenue optimization.

Metrics 100

Metrics B2C B2B Channel 100

ConversionXL

SEPTEMBER 20, 2018

This isn’t limited to the B2C space. According to ProfitWell , customer acquisition costs (CAC) have increased by over 55% in the last 5 years: At the same time, customer willingness to pay for features has dropped by 30% during that same period: So, on one hand, we have rising costs; on the other, we have a lower willingness to pay.

Marketing 289

Marketing Sales Cycle Acquisition Sales 289

Mucker Lab

MAY 1, 2013

The list of industries where the marketshare leader still haven’t learned how to use software to accelerate their customer acquisition, improve their customer retention, increase their customer satisfaction, lower their manufacturing cost, shorten their supply chain etc, etc is long and impressive.

Software 107

Software Silicon Valley Los Angeles Columbus 107

ConversionXL

FEBRUARY 10, 2021

What types of demos are used, and are there correlations between B2B and B2C demo usage? Let’s dive into the data and trends in this case study to help determine what kind of demo and format might be best for your business: 71% of the companies in this sample are B2B companies, the remaining 29% being B2C or a hybrid of B2B/B2C.

Product 120

Product B2C B2B Email 120

ConversionXL

NOVEMBER 15, 2016

However it comes with its own set of challenges, like retention and churn. Customer Acquisition Cost (CAC) – refers to the resources that a business uses in order to acquire an additional customer. Identifying and optimizing the biggest acquisition expenses. Why You Need Cohorts to Improve Your Retention.

Conversion 48

Conversion Churn Rate Retention Metrics 48

VC Cafe

MARCH 15, 2016

At the end of the post, we’ll have a look at sales within the broader context of customer acquisition and customer success. In a B2C context, you definitely want to give the chat option to customers who got something in their cart but have yet to complete the purchase. The way you define the stages will be dictated by your product.

Sales 60

Sales Marketing Sales Cycle B2C 60

View from Seed

AUGUST 30, 2016

Acquisitions are happening more and more, while companies like PillPack, Actifio, CarGurus, OnShape, Acquia, Applause, and others continue to march forward. These companies are all over the map: B2B, B2C, SaaS, ecommerce, healthcare, SMB-focused, enterprise-focused, etc. Can someone come to my store and show me how to use Square?

Social Media 185

Social Media B2B North America Media 185

Hearpreneur

DECEMBER 15, 2017

#7- To prioritizes employee and client retention. The company that employed us began putting profits above people and new sales above client retention. The three of us had the exact opposite mentality and created a company that prioritizes employee and client retention. Photo Credit: Steven Randall. 13- I had no other choice.

Entrepreneur 115

Entrepreneur Czech Republic Retention B2C 115

www.rocketwatcher.com

NOVEMBER 8, 2010

I’ve seen online B2C startups use Dave McClure’s Startup Metrics for Pirates as a starting point for measuring what marketing is doing. Oct, 2010 38 Comments I think people are finally coming around to the idea that good marketing requires good measurement.

B2B 42

B2B Metrics Marketing Startup 42

ConversionXL

OCTOBER 30, 2021

According to Statista , Facebook is strong for both B2B and B2C marketers, LinkedIn is better suited to B2B marketing, and Instagram is best for B2C marketers. Cost per acquisition (CPA). Measure the retention value of your customers by looking at: Churn rate: The number of customers that stop paying in a given period (e.g.,

Customer 140

Customer Marketing Social Media CPA 140

ConversionXL

JULY 18, 2017

I recommend companies consider investing in product analytics tools when they reach the following numbers: 100+ B2B users (companies) or 2000+ B2C users (consumers). Spending $1000+ per month on user acquisition. Perhaps your onboarding funnel has a poor conversion rate or your user retention is too low. Cohort Analysis.

Analytics 123

Analytics Product Channel Retention 123

ConversionXL

JULY 18, 2017

I recommend companies consider investing in product analytics tools when they reach the following numbers: 100+ B2B users (companies) or 2000+ B2C users (consumers). Spending $1000+ per month on user acquisition. Perhaps your onboarding funnel has a poor conversion rate or your user retention is too low. Cohort Analysis.

Analytics 107

Analytics Product Channel Retention 107

ConversionXL

AUGUST 27, 2020

I recommend companies consider investing in product analytics tools when they reach the following numbers: 100+ B2B users (companies) or 2000+ B2C users (consumers); Actively experimenting with different marketing channels; Spending $1000+ per month on user acquisition. This is where data can help you. Cohort analysis.

Analytics 90

Analytics Product eCommerce Channel 90

ConversionXL

AUGUST 1, 2017

Customer loyalty is sometimes confused with customer satisfaction, as well as retention. Retention is the behavioral indicator of loyalty, whereas loyalty is usually attitudinal (though technically retention could be considered behavioral loyalty). We can say the same thing for B2C products, for example, HeadSpace.

Customer 114

Customer Retention B2C Programming 114

ConversionXL

AUGUST 1, 2017

Customer loyalty is sometimes confused with customer satisfaction, as well as retention. Retention is the behavioral indicator of loyalty, whereas loyalty is usually attitudinal (though technically retention could be considered behavioral loyalty). We can say the same thing for B2C products, for example, HeadSpace.

Customer 91

Customer Retention B2C Programming 91

steveblank.com

JULY 8, 2011

No-brainer for B2B companies but also for B2C companies (making special advertising deals for example) Reply steveblank , on June 8, 2011 at 9:05 am said: Martin, Any suggestions? Reply Martin Henk , on June 8, 2011 at 6:13 am said: Impressive list, but missing a key ingredient: Sales management tools.

Software Review 110

Software Review Startup Silicon Valley Analytics 110