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 == See Also ==
-[[Customer]]<br />
+Customer Lifetime Value (CLV) is a metric that represents the total net profit a company expects to earn from a customer over the entirety of their relationship. It's a crucial figure that helps businesses make informed decisions regarding how much they should invest in acquiring new customers and retaining existing ones. CLV emphasizes the long-term value of customer relationships rather than short-term gains, guiding strategies in marketing, sales, and customer service to optimize profitability. Understanding and increasing CLV can lead to more sustainable business growth by focusing on customer satisfaction, loyalty, and retention.
-[[Customer Acquisition Cost (CAC)]]<br />
-[[Customer Centricity]]<br />
+*[[Customer Relationship Management (CRM)]]: Discussing how CRM systems and strategies help manage customer interactions and data throughout the customer lifecycle, directly impacting CLV by enhancing customer satisfaction and retention.
-[[Customer Data Integration (CDI)]]<br />
+*[[Customer Retention]]: Covering strategies and practices aimed at keeping customers engaged and interested in a company’s products or services over time, which is essential for maximizing CLV.
-[[Customer Data Management (CDM)]]<br />
+*[[Customer Loyalty]]: Explaining the commitment of customers to continue buying products or services from a specific brand, significantly contributing to increased CLV through repeat purchases and reduced customer acquisition costs.
-[[Customer Demographics]]<br />
+*[[Customer Satisfaction]]: Discussing the degree to which a product or service meets or surpasses customer expectations, a key factor influencing repeat business and, consequently, CLV.
-[[Customer Due Diligence (CDD)]]<br />
+*[[Net Promoter Score (NPS)]]: Covering a metric used to gauge the loyalty of a company's customer relationships, providing insights into customer satisfaction and propensity for word-of-mouth promotion, which can affect CLV.
-[[Customer Dynamics]]<br />
+*[[Return on Marketing Investment (ROMI)]]: Explaining the return on investment from marketing initiatives. Understanding CLV helps marketers allocate resources more effectively, targeting customers who provide the highest lifetime value.
-[[Customer Effort Score (CES)]]<br />
+*Segmentation, Targeting, and Positioning (STP): Discussing the process of identifying lucrative customer segments (high CLV) and developing tailored marketing strategies to serve them, maximizing the effectiveness of marketing efforts.
-[[Customer Churn]]<br />
+*[[Brand Equity]]: Covering the value premium that a company generates from a product with a recognizable name, which can influence CLV by enhancing customer trust and reducing churn rates.
-[[Customer Engagement Hub (CEH)]]<br />
+*Churn Rate: Discussing the percentage of customers who stop doing business with a company over a specific period. Reducing churn rates is crucial for improving CLV.
-[[Customer Experience Management (CEM)]]<br />
+*[[Value Proposition]]: Explaining the importance of clearly communicating the benefits and value that a company offers to its customers, which can significantly impact customer acquisition and retention, thereby affecting CLV.
-[[Customer Engagement]]<br />
+*Personalization: Covering the tailoring of products, services, and marketing communications to meet the individual needs of customers, improving customer experiences and potentially increasing CLV.
-[[Customer Lifecycle]]<br />
+*[[Predictive Analytics]]: Discussing the use of data, statistical algorithms, and machine learning techniques to identify the likelihood of future outcomes, such as CLV, enabling businesses to make data-driven decisions about customer relationship management.
 == References ==
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-Customer Lifetime [[Value]], CLV or CLTV is the present value of the future [[Cash Flow|cash flows]] or the value of [[business]] attributed to the customer during his or her entire relationship with the company. CLTV is the value a customer contributes to your business over the entire lifetime at your company. It is a very important metric and is used while making important decisions about sales, [[Marketing|marketing]], [[Product Development|product development]], and [[Customer Service|customer support]].<ref>Defining Customer Lifetime Value [https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/definition/customer-lifetime-value Economic Times]</ref> CLV is different from customer profitability (CP), which measures the customer's worth over a specific period of time, in that the metric predicts the future whereas CP measures the past. If your customer revenue is high but CLV is low, it could tell you that you’re spending too much money to obtain new customers or that you’re not convincing those customers to purchase enough.
+Customer Lifetime Value, CLV or CLTV is the present value of the future [[Cash Flow|cash flows]] or the value of [[business]] attributed to the customer during his or her entire relationship with the company. CLTV is the value a customer contributes to your business over the entire lifetime at your company. It is a very important metric and is used while making important decisions about sales, [[Marketing|marketing]], [[Product Development|product development]], and [[Customer Service|customer support]].<ref>Defining Customer Lifetime Value [https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/definition/customer-lifetime-value Economic Times]</ref> CLV is different from customer profitability (CP), which measures the customer's worth over a specific period of time, in that the metric predicts the future whereas CP measures the past. If your customer revenue is high but CLV is low, it could tell you that you’re spending too much money to obtain new customers or that you’re not convincing those customers to purchase enough.
-The [[Pareto Principle]] states that, for many events, roughly 80% of the effects come from 20% of the causes. When applied to [[E-Commerce|e-commerce]], this means that 80% of your revenue can be attributed to 20% of your customers. While the exact percentages may not be 80/20, it is still the case that some customers are worth a whole lot more than others, and identifying your “All-Star” customers can be extremely valuable to your business. Taking CLV into account can shift how you think about [[Customer Acquisition Cost (CAC)|customer acquisition]]. Rather than thinking about how you can acquire a lot of customers and how cheaply you can do so, CLV helps you think about how to optimize your [[acquisition]] spending for maximum value rather than minimum cost.
+The [[Pareto Principle]] states that, for many events, roughly 80% of the effects come from 20% of the causes. When applied to [[E-Commerce|e-commerce]], this means that 80% of your revenue can be attributed to 20% of your customers. While the exact percentages may not be 80/20, it is still the case that some customers are worth a whole lot more than others, and identifying your “All-Star” customers can be extremely valuable to your business. Taking CLV into account can shift how you think about [[Customer Acquisition Cost (CAC)|customer acquisition]]. Rather than thinking about how you can acquire a lot of customers and how cheaply you can do so, CLV helps you think about how to optimize your acquisition spending for maximum value rather than minimum cost.
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 == Other Definitions of Customer Lifetime Value (CLTV)<ref>Other Definitions of Customer Lifetime Value (CLTV) [https://www.clv-calculator.com/clv/definition-customer-lifetime-value/ CLV]</ref> ==
-A formal definition of customer lifetime value (CLV) from a well-regarded [[marketing]] [[metrics]] textbook. In the textbook [[Marketing Metrics]]: the definitive guide to measuring marketing performance (Farris et al 2010), the authors defined customer lifetime value as:
+A formal definition of customer lifetime value (CLV) from a well-regarded [[marketing]] metrics textbook. In the textbook [[Marketing Metrics]]: the definitive guide to measuring marketing performance (Farris et al 2010), the authors defined customer lifetime value as:
 *“Customer lifetime value is the dollar value of a customer relationship based on the present value of the projected future cash flows from the relationship.”
 Some othe approaches to defining customer lifetime value (CLV) include:
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 == The Need for Customer Lifetime Value<ref>The Need for Customer Lifetime Value [https://www.getbrandwise.com/branding-blog/bid/115243/What-is-Customer-Lifetime-Value-and-Why-is-it-So-Important Brandwise]</ref> ==
 Understanding Customer Lifetime Value is helpful to the business owner or CEO as they develop strategies for:
-*Acquisition: Customer Lifetime Value (CLV) helps you allocate your customer [[procurement]] [[budget]] based on what the new client will actually bring to your firm. You’ll develop a better understanding of what you can spend to acquire customers.
+*Acquisition: Customer Lifetime Value (CLV) helps you allocate your customer procurement budget based on what the new client will actually bring to your firm. You’ll develop a better understanding of what you can spend to acquire customers.
 *[[Advertising]] and marketing targeting: Use CLV [[data]] to help build more accurate and detailed customer personas. Customer lifetime value helps you spend advertising and marketing dollars wisely, focusing on the customer segments(s) that deliver the highest profit to your company.
-*ROI: CLV provides an excellent [[indicator]] and accurate [[measurement]] of marketing campaign performance. Get maximum return from often limited resources.
+*ROI: CLV provides an excellent indicator and accurate measurement of marketing campaign performance. Get maximum return from often limited resources.
-*[[Impact]] of [[management]] strategies: Learn the effect of certain high-level decisions on the value of customer assets. The CLV data can be used to encourage a company culture emphasizing long-term customer satisfaction, rather than solely focusing on short-term sales.
+*Impact of management strategies: Learn the effect of certain high-level decisions on the value of customer assets. The CLV data can be used to encourage a company culture emphasizing long-term customer satisfaction, rather than solely focusing on short-term sales.
 *Retention efforts: Decide what you should spend to retain specific customer segments. This helps you manage your customer relationships toward profitability. Measure customer loyalty, including factors such as purchase frequency and probability.
 *Individual-customer profitability: You can calculate the profitability of a single customer. This info can be used by the sales team, for example: to focus their efforts on the most profitable new-customer demographic for a particular [[product]]/service and to point out upsell opportunities within the current customer base.

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 == Customer Lifetime Value Case Studies<ref>LTV case studies [https://www.owox.com/blog/use-cases/customer-lifetime-value/ Owox]</ref> ==
 *Back in 2013, Consumer Intelligence Research Partners estimated that Amazon Prime members spent $1,340 per year on Amazon, which is twice what non-Prime shoppers spent. Based on this customer lifetime value metric, Amazon started focusing on Prime users and increased the company’s profit over the past four years.
-*Netflix is another good example of why you should learn how to calculate LTV. In 2007, they found that a typical subscriber stayed with them for 25 months and that LTV was $291.25. This helped them determine that viewers were impatient. After analyzing [[statistics]], Netflix decided to implement online streaming. This kept members satisfied while they waited for new DVDs to arrive in the mail. In this way, Netflix managed to improve retention by 4% and rented its billionth DVD.
+*Netflix is another good example of why you should learn how to calculate LTV. In 2007, they found that a typical subscriber stayed with them for 25 months and that LTV was $291.25. This helped them determine that viewers were impatient. After analyzing statistics, Netflix decided to implement online streaming. This kept members satisfied while they waited for new DVDs to arrive in the mail. In this way, Netflix managed to improve retention by 4% and rented its billionth DVD.
 *Likewise, Starbucks shows that by improving customer satisfaction you can increase lifetime value and grow profit. A study by Business Insider shows that Starbucks should spend on acquisition no more than average LTV $14,099.<br />
 This is how measuring customer lifetime value changes businesses in real life.

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 The [[Pareto Principle]] states that, for many events, roughly 80% of the effects come from 20% of the causes. When applied to [[E-Commerce|e-commerce]], this means that 80% of your revenue can be attributed to 20% of your customers. While the exact percentages may not be 80/20, it is still the case that some customers are worth a whole lot more than others, and identifying your “All-Star” customers can be extremely valuable to your business. Taking CLV into account can shift how you think about [[Customer Acquisition Cost (CAC)|customer acquisition]]. Rather than thinking about how you can acquire a lot of customers and how cheaply you can do so, CLV helps you think about how to optimize your acquisition spending for maximum value rather than minimum cost.
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 *CLV is an important measure of customer profitability and
 *Customer lifetime value is usually considered to be a very important marketing metric, because of the range of the marketing objectives it measures within a single number.
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 [[File:Customer_Lifetime_Value_Model.png|400px|Traditional Customer Lifetime Value Calculation]]<br />
 source: [https://finnchat.com/en/how-to-calculate-customer-lifetime-value-ltv/ FinnChat]
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 === What Customers Cost the Business<ref>How Much Are Your Customers Costing You? [https://www.qualtrics.com/experience-management/customer/customer-lifetime-value/ Qualtrics]</ref> ===
 CLV is a great metric to track and optimize, but one thing to keep a close eye on too is the cost of that customer to your business. This is where [[Cost to Serve (CTS)|Cost to Serve]] comes in. If the cost of serving an existing customer becomes too high, you may be making a loss despite their seemingly high CLV. So there’s a balancing act to negotiate here. To go back to our paid TV subscription, your cost to serve might be higher in the first year of a contract but gradually drop off the longer they stay with you. Thus, if your renewal rates drop, your average cost to serve is likely to rise and cause a drop in profitability. Understanding these numbers over time and being able to track them side by side is the only way to get a true understanding not only of what’s driving customer spend and loyalty but also what it’s delivering back to the business’s bottom line.
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 *Set expectations regarding delivery dates, aiming to underpromise and overdeliver. It’s much better to promise delivery by August 1 and have it in their hands by July 20th than the reverse.
 *Create a rewards program to encourage repeat purchases, with rewards that are both attainable and desirable.
-Offer freebies for doing business with you, to build brand loyalty.
+*Offer freebies for doing business with you, to build brand loyalty.
 *Use upsells to increase the average value of a customer transaction, which is the equivalent of McDonald’s asking, “Do you want fries with that?”
 *Stay in touch. Long-time customers want to know you haven’t forgotten them. Make it easy for them to reach out to you as well.

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-Customer Lifetime Value, CLV or CLTV is the present value of the future cash flows or the value of business attributed to the customer during his or her entire relationship with the company. CLTV is the value a customer contributes to your business over the entire lifetime at your company. It is a very important metric and is used while making important decisions about sales, marketing, product development, and customer support.<ref>Defining Customer Lifetime Value [https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/definition/customer-lifetime-value Economic Times]</ref> CLV is different from customer profitability (CP), which measures the customer's worth over a specific period of time, in that the metric predicts the future whereas CP measures the past. If your customer revenue is high but CLV is low, it could tell you that you’re spending too much money to obtain new customers or that you’re not convincing those customers to purchase enough.
+Customer Lifetime Value, CLV or CLTV is the present value of the future [[Cash Flow|cash flows]] or the value of business attributed to the customer during his or her entire relationship with the company. CLTV is the value a customer contributes to your business over the entire lifetime at your company. It is a very important metric and is used while making important decisions about sales, [[Marketing|marketing]], [[Product Development|product development]], and [[Customer Service|customer support]].<ref>Defining Customer Lifetime Value [https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/definition/customer-lifetime-value Economic Times]</ref> CLV is different from customer profitability (CP), which measures the customer's worth over a specific period of time, in that the metric predicts the future whereas CP measures the past. If your customer revenue is high but CLV is low, it could tell you that you’re spending too much money to obtain new customers or that you’re not convincing those customers to purchase enough.
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 *Customer lifetime value is usually considered to be a very important marketing metric, because of the range of the marketing objectives it measures within a single number.
 Customer Lifetime Value Model
-Calculate average purchase value: Calculate this number by dividing your company's total revenue in a time period (usually one year) by the number of purchases over the course of that same time period.
+== Customer Lifetime Value Model<ref>Customer Lifetime Value Model [https://blog.hubspot.com/service/how-to-calculate-customer-lifetime-value Clint Fontanella]</ref> ==
-Calculate average purchase frequency rate: Calculate this number by dividing the number of purchases over the course of the time period by the number of unique customers who made purchases during that time period.
+To calculate customer lifetime value you need to calculate average purchase value, and then multiply that number by the average purchase frequency rate to determine customer value. Then, once you calculate average customer lifespan, you can multiply that by customer value to determine customer lifetime value.
-Calculate customer value: Calculate this number by multiplying the average purchase value by the average purchase frequency rate.
+*Calculate average purchase value: Calculate this number by dividing your company's total revenue in a time period (usually one year) by the number of purchases over the course of that same time period.
-Calculate average customer lifespan: Calculate this number by averaging out the number of years a customer continues purchasing from your company.
+*Calculate average purchase frequency rate: Calculate this number by dividing the number of purchases over the course of the time period by the number of unique customers who made purchases during that time period.
-Then, calculate LTV by multiplying customer value by the average customer lifespan. This will give you an estimate of how much revenue you can reasonably expect an average customer to generate for your company over the course of their relationship with you.
+*Calculate customer value: Calculate this number by multiplying the average purchase value by the average purchase frequency rate.
 == Customer Lifetime Value (CLV) Calculation Methods<ref>How to calculate customer lifetime value: methods and steps [https://www.questionpro.com/blog/customer-lifetime-value-clv-calculation/ QuestionPro]</ref> ==
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 *Historic CLV: customer lifetime value calculation: Historic CLV measures the value of transactions or the sum of gross profit from all past purchases made by an individual customer. This calculation requires access to existing customer data involving purchases from a specific time period. To calculate the historic customer lifetime value, you can use the following formula:<br />                                            '''Customer Lifetime Value (Historic)= (Transaction 1+ Transaction 2 + Transaction 3….+ Transaction N) * AGM'''<br />                                                                                    Where '''N''' is the last transaction made by the customer at your store.<br />
 Calculating the CLV prediction in this manner (based on net profit) gives businesses the actual profit that a customer contributes to the business. The historic customer lifetime value accounts for customer service cost, cost of returns, acquisition cost, marketing cost, etc.<br />
-The downside to calculating historic CLV is that determining the value on an individual basis can get incredibly complex, so it is better to consider groups of customers or to create a system to manage data.
+The downside to calculating historic CLV is that determining the value on an individual basis can get incredibly complex, so it is better to consider groups of customers or to create a system to [[Data Management|manage data]].
 *Predictive Customer Lifetime Value Formula: The predictive CLV is a great indicator of the total value a customer will eventually give a business over their whole lifetime, as it uses more collected data. In practice, determining the exact predictive CLV can be difficult when considering fluctuations in price, discounts, etc. For this reason, there are a couple of ways to calculate predictive CLV that vary in complexity and precision. To calculate with the predictive CLV model, businesses must use transaction history and behavioral patterns to forecast how a customer’s value will evolve over time.  Simple predictive CLV can be calculated using the formula:<br />
 '''Customer lifetime value= ((Average monthly transactions * Average order value) Average gross margin) * Average customer lifespan'''
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 '''Customer lifetime value= Gross margin contribution * (Monthly retention rate/(1+Monthly discount rate-Monthly retention rate))'''
 *Lifespan Customer Value Calculation Steps: Another widely used method to calculate the CLV is the lifespan customer value calculation. This method requires you to have the customer value and multiply that by the customer lifespan. This CLV calculation method consists of five steps. They are:
-**Calculate the average purchase value: This number can be derived by dividing the revenue of the organization by the total number of purchases in the year. This timespan should be of a fixed time, like one year or two years.
+**Calculate the average purchase value: This number can be derived by dividing the revenue of the [[Organization|organization]] by the total number of purchases in the year. This timespan should be of a fixed time, like one year or two years.
 **Calculate the average frequency purchase rate: This number can be derived by dividing the number of purchases by the unique customers that made a purchase over that time period.
 **Calculate the customer value: The average customer value can be derived by multiplying the average purchase value and the average frequency purchase rate.
 **Calculate the average customer lifespan: The customer lifespan can be derived by averaging the number of years a customer buys from a business.
 **The last step would be to multiply the customer value and the average customer lifespan together. This can help calculate how much revenue a customer can contribute in their life cycle with you.
-The lifespan customer value calculation is similar to the predictive customer lifetime value calculation in that they are both popular predictive models. Although extensive, the lifetime CLV shouldn’t be considered a conclusive research method.
+The lifespan customer value calculation is similar to the predictive customer lifetime value calculation in that they are both popular [[Predictive Modeling|predictive models]]. Although extensive, the lifetime CLV shouldn’t be considered a conclusive research method.
 *Cohort Analysis: The cohort analysis method collects current customers with similar characteristics and groups them together. Cohort analysis can help organizations draw conclusions between groups of people. To keep cohort analysis conclusive, organizations must be aware of any changes in market dynamics. There are a few things to keep in mind when calculating cohort analysis, including determining what should be measured (subscription start/cancel dates), the specific cohorts that are relevant and how far they should be segmented (measuring start dates and the differences between each subscription plan types), and which method should be used to perform the analysis (excel or another platform).
-*Individualized CLV: Organizations may find the individualized CLV useful for considering a broader perspective. This value primarily helps to manage ROI by evaluating distribution methods, marketing methods, landing pages, campaigns, etc. One way that this CLV calculation can be used is to compare the spend of social media marketing to the spend of digital marketing. These CLV calculation methods are used by a variety of businesses and organizations, depending on their data collection methods and reporting objectives.<br />
+*Individualized CLV: Organizations may find the individualized CLV useful for considering a broader perspective. This value primarily helps to manage [[Return on Investment (ROI)|ROI]] by evaluating distribution methods, marketing methods, landing pages, campaigns, etc. One way that this CLV calculation can be used is to compare the spend of [[Social Media|social media]] marketing to the spend of digital marketing. These CLV calculation methods are used by a variety of [[Business|businesses]] and organizations, depending on their data collection methods and reporting objectives.<br />
-The above methods for calculating CLV give businesses insight into which of their channels are the most efficient, who they should be targeting, where their marketing strategy falls flat, and how they can direct their customer service resources to propel their profits and get a better understanding of their customer base.
+The above methods for calculating CLV give businesses insight into which of their channels are the most efficient, who they should be targeting, where their [[Marketing Strategy|marketing strategy]] falls flat, and how they can direct their [[Customer Service|customer service]] resources to propel their profits and get a better understanding of their customer base.
 === What Customers Cost the Business<ref>How Much Are Your Customers Costing You? [https://www.qualtrics.com/experience-management/customer/customer-lifetime-value/ Qualtrics]</ref> ===
-CLV is a great metric to track and optimize, but one thing to keep a close eye on too is the cost of that customer to your business. This is where Cost to Serve comes in. If the cost of serving an existing customer becomes too high, you may be making a loss despite their seemingly high CLV. So there’s a balancing act to negotiate here. To go back to our paid TV subscription, your cost to serve might be higher in the first year of a contract but gradually drop off the longer they stay with you. Thus, if your renewal rates drop, your average cost to serve is likely to rise and cause a drop in profitability. Understanding these numbers over time and being able to track them side by side is the only way to get a true understanding not only of what’s driving customer spend and loyalty but also what it’s delivering back to the business’s bottom line.
+CLV is a great metric to track and optimize, but one thing to keep a close eye on too is the cost of that customer to your business. This is where [[Cost to Serve (CTS)|Cost to Serve]] comes in. If the cost of serving an existing customer becomes too high, you may be making a loss despite their seemingly high CLV. So there’s a balancing act to negotiate here. To go back to our paid TV subscription, your cost to serve might be higher in the first year of a contract but gradually drop off the longer they stay with you. Thus, if your renewal rates drop, your average cost to serve is likely to rise and cause a drop in profitability. Understanding these numbers over time and being able to track them side by side is the only way to get a true understanding not only of what’s driving customer spend and loyalty but also what it’s delivering back to the business’s bottom line.

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		+	Customer Lifetime Value Model
		+	Calculate average purchase value: Calculate this number by dividing your company's total revenue in a time period (usually one year) by the number of purchases over the course of that same time period.
		+	Calculate average purchase frequency rate: Calculate this number by dividing the number of purchases over the course of the time period by the number of unique customers who made purchases during that time period.
		+	Calculate customer value: Calculate this number by multiplying the average purchase value by the average purchase frequency rate.
		+	Calculate average customer lifespan: Calculate this number by averaging out the number of years a customer continues purchasing from your company.
		+	Then, calculate LTV by multiplying customer value by the average customer lifespan. This will give you an estimate of how much revenue you can reasonably expect an average customer to generate for your company over the course of their relationship with you.

	== Customer Lifetime Value (CLV) Calculation Methods<ref>How to calculate customer lifetime value: methods and steps [https://www.questionpro.com/blog/customer-lifetime-value-clv-calculation/ QuestionPro]</ref> ==		== Customer Lifetime Value (CLV) Calculation Methods<ref>How to calculate customer lifetime value: methods and steps [https://www.questionpro.com/blog/customer-lifetime-value-clv-calculation/ QuestionPro]</ref> ==

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−	Customer Lifetime Value or CLTV is the present value of the future cash flows or the value of business attributed to the customer during his or her entire relationship with the company. CLTV is the value a customer contributes to your business over the entire lifetime at your company. It is a very important metric and is used while making important decisions about sales, marketing, product development, and customer support.<ref>Defining Customer Lifetime Value [https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/definition/customer-lifetime-value Economic Times]</ref>	+	Customer Lifetime Value, CLV or CLTV is the present value of the future cash flows or the value of business attributed to the customer during his or her entire relationship with the company. CLTV is the value a customer contributes to your business over the entire lifetime at your company. It is a very important metric and is used while making important decisions about sales, marketing, product development, and customer support.<ref>Defining Customer Lifetime Value [https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/definition/customer-lifetime-value Economic Times]</ref>
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		+	== Other Definitions of Customer Lifetime Value (CLTV)<ref>Other Definitions of Customer Lifetime Value (CLTV) [https://www.clv-calculator.com/clv/definition-customer-lifetime-value/ CLV]</ref> ==
		+	A formal definition of customer lifetime value (CLV) from a well-regarded marketing metrics textbook. In the textbook Marketing Metrics: the definitive guide to measuring marketing performance (Farris et al 2010), the authors defined customer lifetime value as:
		+	*“Customer lifetime value is the dollar value of a customer relationship based on the present value of the projected future cash flows from the relationship.”
		+	Some othe approaches to defining customer lifetime value (CLV) include:
		+	*Customer lifetime value is the economic net worth of a customer to the firm.
		+	*Customer lifetime value is the net profit contribution of the customer to the firm over time.
		+	*Customer lifetime value is a measure of a customer’s aggregate profit to the firm over the total time that the customer deals with the firm.
		+	*Customer lifetime value measures the total profit derived from a customer during the time that they are a customer of the firm.
		+	All of these definitions are appropriate to use, and are essentially communicating the same definition of customer lifetime value. The key points to note are:
		+	*Customer lifetime value is calculated as a single dollar number,
		+	*CLV summarizes total revenue and costs related to a customer over time,
		+	*CLV provides a net profit/loss summary of the customer’s total relationship with the firm,
		+	*It is calculated on per customer basis, or more usually on the average value for a customer within a particular market segment,
		+	*CLV is an important measure of customer profitability and
		+	*Customer lifetime value is usually considered to be a very important marketing metric, because of the range of the marketing objectives it measures within a single number.
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		+	== Customer Lifetime Value (CLV) Calculation Methods<ref>How to calculate customer lifetime value: methods and steps [https://www.questionpro.com/blog/customer-lifetime-value-clv-calculation/ QuestionPro]</ref> ==
		+	Some of the most widely used methods of calculating customer lifetime value are based on historic CLV, predictive CLV, lifespan CLV, cohort analysis, and individual CLV. The best method from the list below will depend on which metrics a business uses to track success and how they track their data.
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		+	[[File:CLV_Calculation_Methods.jpg\|300px\|Customer Lifetime Value Calculation Methods]]<br />
		+	source: QuestionPro
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		+	*Historic CLV: customer lifetime value calculation: Historic CLV measures the value of transactions or the sum of gross profit from all past purchases made by an individual customer. This calculation requires access to existing customer data involving purchases from a specific time period. To calculate the historic customer lifetime value, you can use the following formula:<br />
		+	'''Customer Lifetime Value (Historic)= (Transaction 1+ Transaction 2 + Transaction 3….+ Transaction N) * AGM'''<br />
		+	Where '''N''' is the last transaction made by the customer at your store.<br />
		+	Calculating the CLV prediction in this manner (based on net profit) gives businesses the actual profit that a customer contributes to the business. The historic customer lifetime value accounts for customer service cost, cost of returns, acquisition cost, marketing cost, etc.<br />
		+	The downside to calculating historic CLV is that determining the value on an individual basis can get incredibly complex, so it is better to consider groups of customers or to create a system to manage data.
		+	*Predictive Customer Lifetime Value Formula: The predictive CLV is a great indicator of the total value a customer will eventually give a business over their whole lifetime, as it uses more collected data. In practice, determining the exact predictive CLV can be difficult when considering fluctuations in price, discounts, etc. For this reason, there are a couple of ways to calculate predictive CLV that vary in complexity and precision. To calculate with the predictive CLV model, businesses must use transaction history and behavioral patterns to forecast how a customer’s value will evolve over time. Simple predictive CLV can be calculated using the formula:<br />
		+	'''Customer lifetime value= ((Average monthly transactions * Average order value) Average gross margin) * Average customer lifespan'''
		+	This equation becomes gross margin contribution per customer lifespan (GML). Therefore,<br />
		+	'''Customer lifetime value= Gross margin contribution * (Monthly retention rate/(1+Monthly discount rate-Monthly retention rate))'''
		+	*Lifespan Customer Value Calculation Steps: Another widely used method to calculate the CLV is the lifespan customer value calculation. This method requires you to have the customer value and multiply that by the customer lifespan. This CLV calculation method consists of five steps. They are:
		+	**Calculate the average purchase value: This number can be derived by dividing the revenue of the organization by the total number of purchases in the year. This timespan should be of a fixed time, like one year or two years.
		+	**Calculate the average frequency purchase rate: This number can be derived by dividing the number of purchases by the unique customers that made a purchase over that time period.
		+	**Calculate the customer value: The average customer value can be derived by multiplying the average purchase value and the average frequency purchase rate.
		+	**Calculate the average customer lifespan: The customer lifespan can be derived by averaging the number of years a customer buys from a business.
		+	**The last step would be to multiply the customer value and the average customer lifespan together. This can help calculate how much revenue a customer can contribute in their life cycle with you.
		+	The lifespan customer value calculation is similar to the predictive customer lifetime value calculation in that they are both popular predictive models. Although extensive, the lifetime CLV shouldn’t be considered a conclusive research method.
		+	*Cohort Analysis: The cohort analysis method collects current customers with similar characteristics and groups them together. Cohort analysis can help organizations draw conclusions between groups of people. To keep cohort analysis conclusive, organizations must be aware of any changes in market dynamics. There are a few things to keep in mind when calculating cohort analysis, including determining what should be measured (subscription start/cancel dates), the specific cohorts that are relevant and how far they should be segmented (measuring start dates and the differences between each subscription plan types), and which method should be used to perform the analysis (excel or another platform).
		+	*Individualized CLV: Organizations may find the individualized CLV useful for considering a broader perspective. This value primarily helps to manage ROI by evaluating distribution methods, marketing methods, landing pages, campaigns, etc. One way that this CLV calculation can be used is to compare the spend of social media marketing to the spend of digital marketing. These CLV calculation methods are used by a variety of businesses and organizations, depending on their data collection methods and reporting objectives.<br />
		+	The above methods for calculating CLV give businesses insight into which of their channels are the most efficient, who they should be targeting, where their marketing strategy falls flat, and how they can direct their customer service resources to propel their profits and get a better understanding of their customer base.