• 3. We’ll cover...1 The metrics we like to track...2 The metrics we NEED to track3 Q&A
• 4. WHY DO METRICSMatter?
• 5. They tell us if we’re succeeding
• 6. Great metrics help us work on the right projects
• 7. THE METRICS WE LIKEToo Much
• 8. Total users
• 9. Pageviews and visitors
• 10. Vanity metrics are a distraction
• 11. We need metrics that track our business
• 12. Metric #1 MONTHLY RECURRING Revenue
• 13. What is monthly recurring revenue (MRR)?
• 14. SaaS depends heavily on recurring revenue All your costs are up front. And it takes a long time to turn a profit on a customer.
• 15. MRR best practices
• 16. Metric #2 USER AND REVENUE Churn
• 17. Churn is the percentage of people that bail
• 18. High churn = pain, low churn = win
• 19. Churn starts low but grows quickly If customer growth is constant, churn will eventually match it. You’ll stop growing.
• 20. 100 new customers per month at 10% churn 800 600 Customers 400 200 0 Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sept Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar
• 21. High churn = improve your product
• 22. Once you have control of churn... To keep growing, you’ll need to acquire customers faster every month.
• 23. Churn best practices
• 24. Metric #3 AVERAGE REVENUE PER Customer
• 25. Average revenue per customer
• 26. Up-sells and cross-sells are the key
• 27. Up-selling = get them on a higher plan
• 28. Cross-selling = sell more stuff
• 29. Average revenue best practices
• 30. Metric #4 LIFETIME Value
• 31. There are many different ways to calculate LTV LTV combines current revenue with churn to predict how much you’ll earn in the future.
• 32. Different from average revenue per customer?
• 33. LTV best practices
• 34. Metric #5 COST PER Acquisition
• 35. What’s the cost to acquire a new customer?
• 36. The importance of CPA
• 37. Get CPA for each marketing campaign
• 38. CPA best practices
• 39. Metric #6 THE SIGNUP Funnel
• 40. Track each step to becoming a customer
• 41. Don’t forget to track activation Activation = Someone uses a core part of your product for the first time
• 42. Funnel best practices
• 43. CAN WE TRACK THESE IN Analytics?
• 44. Google Analytics can’t track any of this.
• 45. You need to connect revenue to customers.
• 46. A customer analytics revenue report
• 47. We can also segment by traffic source
• 48. Where do we get customer analytics?
• 49. Two metrics you’ll need to pull by hand (for now)
• 50. KISSmetrics will track these metrics for you
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14. SaaS depends heavily on recurring revenue
All your costs are up front. And it
takes a long time to turn a profit on a
customer.
15. MRR best practices
1 Can also be tracked quarterly or annually
2 Key driver of profit
3 More important than monthly revenue
4 Use it as your main baseline
29. Average revenue best practices
1 Focus on up-sells and cross-sells
2 Scalable pricing makes this easier
3 Try bundling
4 Growing average revenue can flip
churn
36. The importance of CPA
You don’t have a business until you
can acquire customers profitably.
37. Get CPA for each marketing campaign
The higher your CPA, the longer it
takes for you to reach profitability.
38. CPA best practices
1 Get the CPA for each campaign
2 CPA increases over time for channels
3 Must be a LOT less than LTV
4 Inbound marketing has great long term
ROI