ConversionXL

OCTOBER 14, 2021

In this article, we’ll share key brand tracking metrics and methods for how to measure and optimize your success. Key brand tracking metrics. Supplement brand loyalty metrics with qualitative measures such as brand associations and perceived quality, as these can give you insight into why customers intend to repurchase.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 24, 2022

You must have a strong Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) with a clear strategy for spending, and metrics to gauge results. In addition, research shows that companies that fail to align their marketing and sales departments have less ROI, and lose 10% or more of their revenues per year. Buyer behavior is difficult to predict and quantify.

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VC Cafe

NOVEMBER 2, 2019

One question that keeps coming up when speaking with early stage entrepreneurs when it comes to funding, is what metrics the company needs to hit to raise seed/series A/B etc: What’s a good conversion rate? Investors look beyond top line metrics to assess other important factors. What should our MRR growth be?

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ConversionXL

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

Marketing metrics are a competitive advantage. You have to track metrics you can act on. In this article, you’ll learn which metrics to measure to understand and improve marketing performance. Table of contents What are digital marketing metrics? KPIs vs. digital marketing metrics 1. – Seth Godin.

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A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

OCTOBER 17, 2011

As a preamble to the metrics, it’s useful to know what you’re measuring and why it’s vital. We had a spike in this metric in February at WP Engine when our Internet provider themselves had a datacenter-wide catastrophe which brought us down for twelve hours; of course not all spikes will have such obvious causes.

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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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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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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 31, 2017

by Robbie Kellman Baxter, author of “ The Membership Economy: Find Your Super Users, Master the Forever Transaction, and Build Recurring Revenue “ In today’s competitive market, customer engagement (or lack thereof) could determine whether your company sinks or swims. Customer Success goes beyond Customer Service.

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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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VC Cafe

SEPTEMBER 5, 2012

1) It all starts from the Growth Hacking Funnel - in the early stages, startups should not just focus on top/bottom line metric like unique users and revenue. They should understand the different states of the user (Acquisition, Activation, Retention, Revenue) and focus on moving users from one state to the next.

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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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Duct Tape Marketing

AUGUST 22, 2024

12:00] Acquisition and Retention A fractional CMO should focus on both customer acquisition and retention. They need to generate new leads and maximize the value from existing customers through retention strategies and memorable customer experiences that lead to repeat business and referrals. [13:18] No shocker there.

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ConversionXL

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

How to create a growth hacking strategy using the pirate metrics model. Growth hacking in marketing incorporates the five stages of the customer lifecycle into the “ AARRR Framework ,” otherwise known as the “Pirate Metrics model.”. Use this information to optimize for retention with: Transactional messaging. Activation.

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ConversionXL

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

No changes were made to the customer journey, and it had nothing to do with revenue lift. It isn’t about finding quick hacks to boost short-term revenue. They work to improve top-of-funnel metrics like brand awareness and identify opportunities to improve customer activation, retention, and referral efforts.

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ConversionXL

AUGUST 21, 2014

This equates to a loss of revenue, which requires more and more signups from new customers just to replace what you are organically losing every month. That’s why you need to be simultaneously feeding your growth engine , while monitoring churn and your other startup metrics. How to Improve Mobile App Retention Through Customization.

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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

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

In this article, you’ll learn how to build a marketing growth strategy to increase your market penetration, market share, and revenue. Building new revenue streams in an untapped channel, like content marketing or email marketing. Design a marketing growth strategy that increases market share and revenue. New customer segments.

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Haystack

NOVEMBER 25, 2018

2/ The Metrics-Momentum Signal: According to Forbes , Airtable’s revenues are slated to grow 4x this year to $20M annualized, with over 80,000 different companies using some part of the platform. 5/ The Enduring Allure Of Platform Potential: Revenue is important. Revenue acceleration is, too.

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The Startup Magazine

JANUARY 17, 2021

Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) is a metric to monitor how effectively a business is accomplishing its specific objective. The metric is useful for measuring the chances a customer would recommend your products or service. Employers use this metric to measure their employees’ loyalty. CUSTOMER RETENTION RATE .

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ReadWriteStart

JULY 20, 2023

The “days sales outstanding” metric, measuring the average days to collect payments, reduced from 60-90 days to an impressive 12 days. These improvements contribute to enhanced financial outcomes and a remarkable 93% patient satisfaction score, essential for patient retention. million in funding. million in funding.

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ConversionXL

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

billion in ad revenue in 2020. But you can also accumulate significant exposure and revenue through an organic YouTube strategy. As with most platforms, there are metrics that matter, and vanity metrics. Both metrics represent high engagement. YouTube generated $19.77 Time-to-value is much more important.

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Austin Startup

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

It’s that time of year when Startup CEOs are building their 2022 Revenue Plan. On the flip side, if sales productivity begins to fall or customer retention dips, they feel the impact before it hits the company’s financial statements. They understand the key metrics and how they interact. Here are some areas to dig into.

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Startup Lessons Learned

APRIL 14, 2009

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Tuesday, April 14, 2009 Validated learning about customers Would you rather have $30,000 or $1 million in revenues for your startup? All things being equal, of course, you’d rather have more revenue rather than less. And yet revenue alone is not a sufficient goal. More on that in a moment.

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View from Seed

OCTOBER 24, 2019

The reason is that b2b fundraising is largely driven by data and metrics, and pre-seed dollars usually don’t get you to many meaningful data points. Most series A’s in B2B require a minimum level of top line revenue and a minimum amount of historical data to prove retention and some sort of repeatable growth engine.

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ConversionXL

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

Because of this, it spans two objectives: Turning customers into advocates Improving customer retention. Combining these goals and objectives will give you meaningful metrics to track. Objective Goal Metrics Grow the business Increase awareness and perceived value Followers, fans, shares, retweets, etc.

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ConversionXL

OCTOBER 16, 2022

By meeting buyers’ post-purchase needs , you’ll improve customer retention. Where marketing drives brand awareness, customer acquisition drives conversions and sales to generate revenue. Data-driven strategies focused on ROI over revenue win the customer acquisition game. Image source ). by posting about it on social media).

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SoCal CTO

OCTOBER 8, 2009

A post by Fred Wilson pointed me to Dave McClure's Startup Metrics presentation. Define what you need from a metrics and reporting standpoint. Startup Metrics for Pirates (SeedCamp, Sept 2009) View more documents from Dave McClure. R : Retention - do they come back & re-visit over time?

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YoungUpstarts

MAY 29, 2019

Whether it’s streamlining in-house processes, new marketing possibilities, overcoming challenges or resolving pain points, all have one main purpose – to maximise revenue. Perhaps your mobile app opportunity could provide ROI in one of these ways: Employee Retention. Your mobile app could be used to gather customer feedback.

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YoungUpstarts

FEBRUARY 13, 2019

by Robbie Kellman Baxter, author of “ The Membership Economy: Find Your Super Users, Master the Forever Transaction, and Build Recurring Revenue “ Everyone knows that retention is crucial for subscription-based companies. Blue Apron is hardly alone with its churn problem. Dig deeper. Why or why not?

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ConversionXL

SEPTEMBER 13, 2018

Google Analytics switched its default metric from “sessions” to “users” in 2018, mirroring Mixpanel’s emphasis on users over pageviews. You’ll be able to see which acquisition channels are best for long-term retention or lifetime value, not simply those that drive initial conversions. Engagement, conversion, and retention.

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Analytics Technical Review Acquisition Retention 119

ConversionXL

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

Meaning: C = Customers (traffic x conversion rate) CLV = Customer revenue – (CAC + cost of serving that customer) CAC = Customer Acquisition Cost G = Growth. The formula weans businesses from an obsession with traffic and instead focuses on increasing customers that generate the most revenue with the lowest acquisition and maintenance costs.

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VC Cafe

OCTOBER 23, 2022

The CEO shared the revenue target for the year at X, and the revenue target for next year at 3X. One of the board members asked a simple question: “Why is revenue our North Star KPI? One of the board members asked a simple question: “Why is revenue our North Star KPI?”

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View from Seed

AUGUST 30, 2016

“Users” is interesting, but the engagement metrics and value of users is where real success comes into play. In addition, look at Facebook’s revenue per user growth globally over the past few quarters. Referrals (generating direct customer referrals and new revenue channels with fellow local business owners).

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Hearpreneur

JANUARY 19, 2022

Especially during challenging times, retention is significantly more crucial than acquisition. Although our in-person services were put on hold, our eCommerce products, including virtual services tripled in revenue. Due to that, we decided to widen our client base to increase our revenue. 11- Paying attention to metrics.

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ConversionXL

SEPTEMBER 10, 2018

Growth killer #2: Different goals and metrics. The second thing that holds companies back: departments and vendors trying to grow a huge array of different goals and metrics: The SEO team may want to improve rankings and search engine traffic; The email agency may be looking to increase subscribers; and.

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ConversionXL

OCTOBER 4, 2022

Since 2015, clothing brand ASOS has grown revenue by an average of 22% year over year. From here, attach valid marketing metrics to each goal. Some goals may be measured by more than one metric. Both of these metrics can be used to measure progress. Engage in effective customer research. Brian Balfour , Reforge.

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David Teten

DECEMBER 16, 2015

I review a lot of board decks with a beautifully hand-crafted page with metrics for the company. Good metrics are comparable across industries; comparative ; readily understandable; and help drive decisions. Comparative means that you can compare a metric across time periods, groups of users, or competitors. So how do you do it?

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