by Marina Erulkar | Jul 4, 2019 | Big Data, Customer Acquisition, Customer Intelligence, Customer Journey, Revenue Acceleration, Revenue Growth
“The prospect just downloaded our content and the sales rep calls within a minute!” For his presentation, the speaker set a timer to prove the tactic’s speed. Calling in response to a content request is a slight improvement over guess work. Wherever the...
by Marina Erulkar | May 5, 2019 | Customer Acquisition, Onboarding, Revenue Acceleration, Revenue Growth
Companies rightly place importance on acquiring new customers. But when that focus is exclusively on the first sale, companies can miss the far more profitable opportunities that should follow from supportive customer onboarding. Customer onboarding is the valuable...
by Marina Erulkar | Aug 3, 2018 | Customer Acquisition, Customer Analytics, Customer Intelligence, Customer Optimization, Customer Relationship, Increase Revenue, Strategy
Often companies focus on driving that first transaction to acquire customers. They should. Those new customers bring incremental revenue. However, companies must remember that customer acquisition is only the beginning of what should be long and profitable customer...
by Marina Erulkar | Jun 2, 2018 | Customer Acquisition, Customer Intelligence, Customer Relationship, Customer Retention, Customer Segmentation, Increase Revenue, Strategy
Customer acquisition is important because, of course, new customers increase revenue. Customer acquisition is also typically the most expensive of the customer lifecycle phases. This crucial phase is about more than grabbing that first transaction. The true objective...
by Marina Erulkar | Jan 1, 2018 | Analytics, Big Data, Critical Thinking, Customer Acquisition, Customer Growth, Customer Retention, Marketing Technology
Data is the rich foundation for customer intelligence. So much can be learned and applied to speed acquisition of the right customers, grow them to full potential, and retain valuable existing customers. All too often though, companies spend their time exactly where...
by Marina Erulkar | May 3, 2017 | Big Data, Customer Acquisition, Customer Relationship, Customer Segmentation, Increase Revenue, Process Efficiency
There is a popular marketing practice based on customer personas. The approach defines simple customer segmentation by demographic descriptors, and then essentially targets like groups with tailored messages. Full disclosure: I was never a believer. The underlying...
