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Threading the Needle of Thought Leadership | Nora DePalma

Peter Winick

Nora explains how you need to tie activity to business outcomes and understand what action you want them to take next, moving them deeper into your content but not necessarily leading them into a sales funnel. Not all calls to action must lead into the sales funnel. There’s not a direct line to sales.

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Hoping to Grow Your Ad Agency? Support Growth Goals With Existing Customers

Chief Executive

Increase exposure to the sales side. Oftentimes, you’ll find a line between marketing and sales. According to Forrester, 35% of marketing decision-makers said they needed to improve alignment between marketing and other business functions (such as sales) to better support their departments’ priorities. .

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How To (Actually) Calculate CAC

Andrew Chen

CPA would be used for leading indicators to CAC, such as Cost Per Lead, Cost Per Sales Qualified Lead, Cost Per Trial or other points in the marketing and sales funnel. In Facebook’s case the paying customer are advertisers so CAC is the cost to acquire a new advertiser. Example 2: SaaS Company w/ Inside Sales.

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