{"id":26356,"date":"2024-05-17T12:49:00","date_gmt":"2024-05-17T12:49:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/blog\/?p=26356"},"modified":"2024-05-17T08:49:23","modified_gmt":"2024-05-17T12:49:23","slug":"leadgen-by-larry-cheng","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/blog\/leadgen-by-larry-cheng\/","title":{"rendered":"LeadGen by Larry Cheng"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"postie-post\">\n<div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/larryvc\/status\/1791157552757055529?s=43&amp;t=NipKy21fekvPoZS5MA8-lQ\"><\/a><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\n<div dir=\"ltr\">I always see customer acquisition cost (CAC) presented by channel:<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">Facebook CAC = $x<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">Google CAC = $x<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">Tiktok CAC = $x<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">DOOH CAC = $x<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">While there is utility in this approach, it should be complemented by a customer-centric view:<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">Customer Type A CAC = $x<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">Customer Type B CAC = $x<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">Customer Type C CAC = $x<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">Customer Type D CAC = $x<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">In the customer-centric analysis, the customer types could be category-based, persona-based, demographically-based, first order basket-based, etc. &#8211; whatever the most appropriate segmentation is for your business. &nbsp;<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">It&#8217;s equally as important to understand the lifetime value (LTV) by customer-type because that drives the ceiling on CAC for that customer-type.&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">As an example:<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">Customer Type A LTV = $1,000<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">Customer Type A CAC = $100<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">Customer Type A LTV:CAC = 10x<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">Customer Type B LTV = $160<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">Customer Type B CAC = $80<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">Customer Type B LTV:CAC = 2x<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">You would much rather pay a higher CAC to acquire Customer Type A given the superior LTV:CAC dynamics.&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">When you look at CAC only by acquisition channel, it&#8217;s easy to default to scaling the lowest cost channel without completely understanding the quality and economics of the customer being acquired through that channel. It may be that a more expensive channel is more economic if it&#8217;s acquiring a higher quality, higher retaining customer. &nbsp;<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">Therefore the optimal analysis overlays customer segment LTV\/CAC with acquisition channel economics\/CAC to find the optimal seam in the business.<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/larryvc\/status\/1791157552757055529?s=43&amp;t=NipKy21fekvPoZS5MA8-lQ\"><\/p>\n<table cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\" width=\"500\" bgcolor=\"#ffffff\" style=\"border: 1px solid rgb(204, 214, 221); border-radius: 12px;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"3\" height=\"12\" style=\"font-size: 0px; line-height: 0px;\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"18\" style=\"font-size: 0px; line-height: 0px; min-width: 18px;\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td>\n<table cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\" width=\"464\" align=\"left\">\n<tbody>\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td width=\"48\" valign=\"top\"><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/larryvc?s=43\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/LC4_normal.jpg\" height=\"48\" width=\"48\" style=\"border-radius: 50%; padding: 0px;\" alt=\"LC4_normal.jpg\"><\/a><\/td>\n<td width=\"8\" style=\"font-size: 0px; line-height: 0px; min-width: 8px;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/spacer-24.png\" width=\"8\" alt=\"spacer.png\"><\/td>\n<td valign=\"middle\" width=\"388\" style=\"min-width: 388px;\">\n<table cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\" align=\"left\" width=\"388\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"left\" width=\"388\"><b><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/larryvc?s=43\" style=\"font-family: Helvetica, Arial, san-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; color: rgb(41, 44, 47); text-decoration: none;\">Larry Cheng<\/a><\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/larryvc?s=43\" style=\"font-family: Helvetica, Arial, san-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; text-decoration: none; color: rgb(126, 140, 152);\">\u2066\u202a@larryvc\u202c\u2069<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"20\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/logo_twitter-1497383721365-24.png\" height=\"20\" width=\"24\" alt=\"logo_twitter-1497383721365.png\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"9\" colspan=\"4\" style=\"font-size: 0px; line-height: 0px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/spacer_464x1-1582829598167-24.png\" width=\"464\" height=\"1\" alt=\"spacer_464x1-1582829598167.png\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"4\" style=\"font-family: Helvetica, Arial, san-serif; color: rgb(41, 44, 47); font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;\">I always see customer acquisition cost (CAC) presented by channel:<\/p>\n<p>Facebook CAC =&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/search?q=%24x&amp;src=ctag\">$x<\/a><br \/>Google CAC =&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/search?q=%24x&amp;src=ctag\">$x<\/a><br \/>Tiktok CAC =&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/search?q=%24x&amp;src=ctag\">$x<\/a><br \/>DOOH CAC =&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/search?q=%24x&amp;src=ctag\">$x<\/a><\/p>\n<p>While there is utility in this approach, it should be complemented by a customer-centric view:<\/p>\n<p>Customer Type A CAC =&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/search?q=%24x&amp;src=ctag\">$x<\/a><br \/>Customer Type B CAC =&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/search?q=%24x&amp;src=ctag\">$x<\/a>\u2026<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"3\" colspan=\"4\" style=\"font-size: 0px; line-height: 0px;\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"4\"><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/larryvc\/status\/1791157552757055529?s=43&amp;t=NipKy21fekvPoZS5MA8-lQ\" style=\"font-family: Helvetica, Arial, san-serif; color: rgb(102, 119, 133); font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; text-decoration: none;\">5\/16\/24, 12:23\u202fPM<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"18\" style=\"font-size: 0px; line-height: 0px; min-width: 18px;\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"3\" height=\"12\" style=\"font-size: 0px; line-height: 0px;\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><\/a><\/div>\n<p><br id=\"lineBreakAtBeginningOfSignature\"><\/p>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\">WordPress\u2019d<\/span><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\">&nbsp;from my personal iPhone,&nbsp;<a href=\"tel:650-283-8008\" dir=\"ltr\" x-apple-data-detectors=\"true\" x-apple-data-detectors-type=\"telephone\" x-apple-data-detectors-result=\"1\">650-283-8008<\/a>, number that&nbsp;Steve Jobs texted me on<\/span><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\n<div><font color=\"#000000\"><span style=\"caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\">https:\/\/www.YouTube.com\/watch?v=ejeIz4EhoJ0<\/span><\/font><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: 13pt;\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I always see customer acquisition cost (CAC) presented by channel: Facebook CAC = $x Google CAC = $x Tiktok CAC = $x DOOH CAC = $x While there is utility in this approach, it should be complemented by a customer-centric view: Customer Type A CAC = $x Customer Type B CAC = $x Customer Type [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":26357,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26356","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26356","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26356"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26356\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26357"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26356"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26356"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26356"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}