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Customer lifetime value is the most underused metric in ecommerce — and that's exactly why it's an edge. Most brands optimize their cold-traffic ads for the cheapest possible click, lead or first purchase. The brands that win optimize for something their competitors aren't even measuring - which cold traffic turns into high-value, repeat customers. This is how you do that.

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Here's a question most ecommerce brands can't answer accurately: how much money will the customers you acquire this month spend with you over the next year — and which of your campaigns brought in the ones worth the most? If you can't answer that, you're allocating budget blind. Cohort analysis is how you answer it.

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