What is Customer Acquisition All About?
What's the Difference Between Organic Traffic (SEO) and Paid Traffic (SEM)?
Which is Better, Organic Traffic (SEO) or Paid Traffic (SEM)?
How to Find Your Monthly Organic Traffic Volume
How to Estimate Monthly Traffic with Google Analytics
How to Get Started with Search Engine Marketing (SEM) and Paid Ads
How to Get Started with Google AdWords
How to Get Started with Facebook Ads
Why do VCs and Investors Care About Custom Acquisition Strategy?
6 Common Questions VCs and Investors ask About Customer Acquisition Strategy
Customer Acquisition Strategies and Channels 2022
Paid traffic are customers who click on an advertisement you placed on a social network or search engine.
Organic search traffic refers to the total amount of people finding your business by means of clicking a link or using a search engine for free.
For simplicity sake, we define the term customer acquisition as any activity or action you take to get your products or services in front of potential users and customers.
Customer acquisition is important for every business as it allows you to:
There is no "one size fits all" strategy for acquiring customers and it will often vary from company to company based on the types of products and services you offer and who your ideal customer is.
One of the most common types of acquiring customers in today's online digital world, is to utilize search engines and social media marketing. This strategy is often broken down into two methods: organic and paid.
Well the truth is that there is no "better" option for any given business. The main trade-off is that paid traffic (SEM) has a faster return on investment but organic traffic (SEO) has long term benefits and is essentially free. The most successful businesses and startups typically invest time and money in both strategies.
Most online businesses have some sort of analytics provider that integrates with their website or landing pages. The most common and free service is Google Analytics. If you have no idea what I'm talking about and want a guide with all the benefits and how to get started with Google Analytics, check out this post here.
If you don't have Google Analytics or another form of web analytics configured for your website or landing pages but want a high-level estimate of your monthly organic traffic you can head over to Ubersuggest.com, paste your company's domain URL or landing page URL into the search bar and you'll be able to see an estimate of your total organic monthly traffic for free! Keep in mind this is just an estimate but this number will be suffice for the sake of completing building any early forecasts and financial models.
Assuming you do have Google Analytics installed for your website, you can look up your current organic traffic by following the simple steps below.
Lately there have been a lot of changes to the interface on Google Analytics dashboard, this process is up to date at the time of writing this guide (8/1/2021). If you get stuck or have a question, you can always chat us on our live chat!Steps to finding your organic website traffic in Google Analytics
SEO is an art and field in to itself that can take months if not years to master, but the basics can be learned in a few hours with the help of some caffeine. If you want to get started with learning SEO there are a TON of helpful resources both paid and free online that you can take advantages of below. One word of caution here, even a well-executed SEO campaign and strategy can take up to 6 months to mature and drive considerable business results to your website or landing page. SEO is not a fast game but it can have a huge impact in driving new business to your website in the long run.
Our favorite free SEO resources:
Our favorite paid SEO courses and resources:
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With successful SEO campaigns taking up to 6 month to see solid results, you're probably wondering how you can drive traffic to your website or landing page in the meantime...
If you're looking for ways to jump start customer acquisition, Paid Ads and Paid Search Engine Marketing (SEM) might be a great option if you have the budget.
Even just by spending $50 on social media Ads, you can drive upwards of 10,000 page views to your landing page, website, or article.
Depending on where your target customers live online, you might favor one channel over another. But the most common and debatably easiest to get started with are Google's AdWords and Facebook Ads.
If you're strapped for time, have the budget, and want to double down on Google results. AdWords might just be what you're looking for. Below are some of our favorite resources to help you get started with AdWords in less than a couple hours.
Free resources to learn Google AdWords:
Facebook Ads are almost part of every online business's acquisition strategy and there's a good reason for that. Facebook is the world's largest network with nearly 3 BILLION monthly active users...
Free resources to learn Facebook Ads:
When investors are looking at a potential seed investment, customer acquisition strategy questions are important for a few reasons.
VCs look for a thoughtful answer that shows that the founding team is actually thinking about these issues as it relates to the overall business strategy, financial, and product strategy.
One of our favorite books here at Sturppy is Traction written by Gabriel Weinberg the founder of the popular search engine DuckDuckGo. In his book he outlines 19 traffic channels that you can utilize for your business, some are paid, some are unpaid.
If you have questions, concerns, or would like to bounce an idea off our team here at Sturppy, feel free to chat us in our live chat or drop us a note at info@sturppy.com!
