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Customer Lifetime Value: How To Calculate It?

Mahmood Reza — Fri, 09 Feb 2024 08:32:30 +0000

Why Is Customer Lifetime Value Important? As a business owner, you need to cater to your customers. Having satisfied and loyal customers is extremely vital to the growth of all businesses since, at the end of the day, the gains, and the profit one makes are due to the customers. However, not all of your customers can be put in the same basket. Each has a different impact on your business i.e. has a different worth. In the business world, we refer to that as customer lifetime value. But, what exactly is customer lifetime value and how do you calculate it? Further on in this blog, you can find the fundamental details relating to this topic: what is customer lifetime value (or CLV) and how to calculate it. What is the customer lifetime value? Customer lifetime value is a metric that presents to you how the profitability of your business depends on your customers. It shows you how much income you can expect from your customers. Certainly, making a profit is the goal of any business, so knowing your customers, knowing their value can be rather beneficial for you. It can help you make better decisions about when and how […]

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Profit In Business

Mahmood Reza — Mon, 17 Apr 2023 07:31:00 +0000

What is profit? We can define profit as “a financial gain, the difference between the amount earned and the amount spent”. Making a profit is essential for any business. There are several important elements that make up your business story – some more important than others. However, I think it would be safe to say that ‘profit’ is one of, if not, the most important element. Without profit where is your business going? Nowhere. Making a profit enables you to invest in growth. But, it also allows you to be resilient as a business when unforeseen circumstances occur. Profit can also act as a motivating factor or incentive. Finally, it can be a source of finance for your day-to-day operations within your business. When all is said and done understanding profit and how to calculate it is what you want and what you need to keep on top of your business story. How to calculate it The standard equation is: PROFIT = TOTAL SALES – TOTAL COSTS Once your total sales exceed that of the total cost then you are in profit. Firstly, you have to consider the various choices on your hands. You may decide to withdraw the profit […]

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What Is Profit In Business?

Mahmood Reza — Thu, 02 Feb 2023 18:51:50 +0000

Profit should be one of your main business goals. Profit is used to build sustainability, monitor, manage, and measure your performance. But what is profit in business, and why is it so important? For most people, profit is the difference between money in and money out. When people say money, they mean notes and coins, what’s in their bank account. That sounds straightforward and sensible, nice and easy to calculate. However, we are talking about the world of numbers and business here! It’s time to burst the bubble. Profit is not measured in terms of money in and money out. When you calculate profit it’s a completely different ball game. Accounting jargon explained Firstly, before we answer what profit in business is, you need get familiar with some accounting jargon. Don’t worry – I have my jargon converter at the ready! Turnover. When your business provides your promise, and your customer becomes responsible for paying for that promise you have turnover. Your promise BTW is the products and services you sell. So, turnover is the financial value of the products and services you have provided to your customer. Revenue is recorded when the sales event occurs, e.g. products delivered […]

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