MarTech: North Star Goals for Category Leaders: Customer Lifetime Value Model
This article was originally written by Greg Kihlström for MarTech. Read the original article here.
Beyond just calculating CLV, companies must embrace the total value a customer can bring as a factor in strategic planning, culture and KPIs.
Sales and marketing professionals understand the continual pressure to reach and convert new customers to a product or service and how easier it is to keep a happy customer than win new ones.
It seems that brands are starting to take this to heart in a big way, so much so that according to Reuters, “lifetime value” is Silicon Valley’s next buzzword. Today, the marketing technology industry focuses on providing solutions for leading brands to measure and capture greater customer value over the long term.
In this third article in a four-part series, I will discuss why brands must adopt a customer lifetime value model as one of their primary organizational KPIs and the importance of creating long-term, loyal customers over continual customer churn from dissatisfied customers.
This article was originally written by Greg Kihlström for MarTech. Read the original article here.