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Holding Onto Your Marketing Budget in a Downturn

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The Mobile Marketing Association (MMA) has demonstrated the tight correlation between advertising spend and economic indicators like GDP growth by looking at historical data. But more importantly, marketers know from experience that when the economy turns, their budget is an easy target. A downturn is an opportunity for discipline.

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How to Read a Budget vs Actual Report

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Every business needs a budget — but having a budget is just the start. In addition to making a budget every month, quarter, or year, you also need to compare that budget to what your company actually earns and spends. A budget vs. actual statement lets you compare your projected expenses and income to reality.

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12 Best Paying Jobs in Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs)

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Within the industry, it is estimated that Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) supported 3.2 million jobs in 2021 , according to a study commissioned by the National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts (Nareit). What Are Real Estate Investment Trusts? How Many Real Estate Investment Trusts Are There in Total?

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Yieldstreet Review: Should You Invest In Alternative Assets?

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If you’re tired of watching your stock investments drop in value and are looking for a way to diversify, you may want to consider alternative investments. Access to ultra-wealthy investments. Can invest for income or growth. Yieldstreet investments vary from artwork to multi-family real estate properties. .

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Google’s New Features Help Advertisers’ Products Stand Out In Search Results

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Google this week launched new features aimed at helping advertisers using the company’s services to make their products stand out in web search results and on other platforms. Advertisers will be able to tag ads with the new information. The advertising announcements were among several Google has made in recent days.

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What does a CFO do with CAC and LTV?

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While there are forecasting methods that do not require CAC (like exponential smoothing or month-over-month growth rate targets) These methods are inferior to revenue projections built up from sales and marketing budgets divided by CAC. For this company, direct sales is the best long-term return on investment (called the “golden ratio.”)

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Musings on Markets: META Lesson 3: Tell me a story!

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In fact, I concluded the post by arguing that investors in Facebook were pricing in their belief that the billions of dollars the company had invested in the Metaverse would be wasted, and argued that Facebook faced some of the blame, for not telling a compelling story to back the investment.

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