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		<title>By: Anita Campbell of Small Business Trends</title>
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		<dc:creator>Anita Campbell of Small Business Trends</dc:creator>
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		<description>Hi John,  I have found the &quot;cost per customer acquisition&quot; metric to be very valuable in my corporate past.  But that number was always calculated by Finance, and I am not really sure how they arrived at it.  :-)

I would like to calculate such a metric for my business.  

Any suggestions for how to calculate that?  Is it as simple as taking all your marketing and selling expenses, and dividing those by the number of new customers you get?   Or do you have a different suggestion?

-- Anita</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hi John,  I have found the &#8220;cost per customer acquisition&#8221; metric to be very valuable in my corporate past.  But that number was always calculated by Finance, and I am not really sure how they arrived at it.  <img src='http://www.midmarketinnovators.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':-)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p>I would like to calculate such a metric for my business.  </p>
<p>Any suggestions for how to calculate that?  Is it as simple as taking all your marketing and selling expenses, and dividing those by the number of new customers you get?   Or do you have a different suggestion?</p>
<p>&#8211; Anita
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