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Click-through rate (CTR) VS Customer acquisition cost (CAC)

Description
Click-through rate (CTR)
CTR is a marketing metric that measures how often a link, ad, or email is clicked in relation to how many times it’s shown.
Customer acquisition cost (CAC)
CAC shows how much you spend to win a single new customer.
Target audience
Click-through rate (CTR)
Advertisers and publishers
Customer acquisition cost (CAC)
App owners, marketers, and product managers
Benefits
Click-through rate (CTR)

• Offers an easy way to identify your top-performing channels and creatives
• Indicates where a campaign isn’t having the desired impact
• Informs your Google Ads quality score

Customer acquisition cost (CAC)

• Shows the effectiveness of your acquisition efforts
• Guides decisions on where to allocate budget for best results (and where you’re wasting your money)
• Helps you assess business profitability when compared against LTV

How to calculate
Click-through rate (CTR)
Number of click-throughs
Total number of impressions
x 100
Customer acquisition cost (CAC)
Total sales & marketing cost
Number of customers
How to improve it?
Click-through rate (CTR)

• Research your audience and build strong personas
• Invest in creatives that resonate with your audience – show how you solve their problems
• Continually test and refine your campaigns

Customer acquisition cost (CAC)

• Make the most of your owned media to keep acquisition costs down
• Implement a referral program to bring in more customers for free
• Re-engage existing customers to boost retention
• Review your audiences and channels, and allocate budget where it’s most effective

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