How to out-market your competitors
How were we at Scorpion able to out-market our competitors?
We had fantastic client retention.
Huh?
Ok, here's the math.
Let's assume both we and our competitors made $1,000 per month per client.
With us, clients stayed for 36 months.
With our competition, they stayed for 12.
Our average lifetime value ("LTV") of a new Scorpion client is $36,000. ($1,000 x 36)
Our close competitor was $12,000. ($1,000 x 12)
We would spend 10% of the LTV, or $3,600, to acquire a client, whereas our competitors would only spend $1,200.
In short, we outspent our competitors (doing some cool shit) and could afford to do so because our retention was so high.
Here's the thing...
Better lifetime value = more marketing budget.
Want to spend more? Improve your customer lifetime value.
CQ