Customer Acquisition & Retention

Win the right customers — and keep them.

Acquisition and retention aren't two jobs — they're one revenue system. We bring in better-fit customers at a lower cost, then turn first purchases into lifetime value, all run by one team with our in-house AI tooling working the data end to end.

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One system for acquisition and lifetime value

Most teams chase new logos and worry about churn separately — and pay for it twice. We treat the full lifecycle as a single engine: sharper targeting and creative to acquire the right customers, then lifecycle programs that drive activation, repeat purchase, and retention. The result is lower acquisition cost, higher-quality demand, and revenue that compounds long after the first conversion.

Reduced Anomalo's Cost Per Acquisition by 12% while improving lead quality, and increased opportunity creation by 33%.

Increased Assent's lead volume by 45% while improving lead quality by 25%.

Comprehensive Acquisition & Retention Capabilities

Full-funnel acquisition strategy

Audience targeting & lead-quality optimization

Conversion rate optimization

Lifecycle & retention programs

AI-accelerated testing & segmentation

Why invest in acquisition and retention together

Growth that lasts comes from winning the right customers and keeping them — not from filling the top of the funnel and hoping:

Lower cost, higher quality — Better targeting cuts acquisition cost and brings in customers who convert and stay.
Compounding lifetime value — Activation and retention programs turn one purchase into many.
A connected funnel — Acquisition and lifecycle share one strategy, so nothing leaks between the stages.
Speed to traction — Tight feedback loops get new programs producing fast.

The Matchbox advantage

Our strategic blend of acquisition and retention expertise delivers powerful, measurable outcomes:

One team across the lifecycle

The same senior team owns acquisition and retention, so your funnel works as one system instead of two disconnected efforts.

Quality, not just volume

We optimize for lead quality and opportunity creation, not vanity sign-ups — proven by a 25% lift in lead quality and 33% more opportunities.

AI-accelerated, proprietary tooling

Our in-house AI tools surface high-value segments and winning tests fast, so spend and lifecycle effort go where they return the most.

Our Proven Acquisition & Retention Process

Audience & lifecycle strategy

We define ideal-fit audiences and map the full lifecycle, aligning acquisition and retention around one growth goal.

Acquisition build & launch

We build and launch targeting and creative that brings in better-fit customers at a lower cost.

Activation and retention programs

We deploy lifecycle programs that drive activation, repeat purchase, and long-term retention.

Optimization across the full funnel

We continuously optimize acquisition and lifecycle together so revenue compounds over time.

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Trulioo

Performance Advertising & Growth

Trulioo, a global identity verification provider serving enterprise KYC and AML compliance needs, faced a complete strategic pivot in 2024—shifting from broad mid-market targeting to pursuing specific high-value enterprise accounts. The Matchbox transformed their paid media approach to achieve exceptional ROI despite the inherently high costs of enterprise advertising.

Assent.

Performance Advertising & Growth

Assent Compliance provides supply chain sustainability and compliance management software for complex manufacturers, but their Salesforce and Pardot instances operated in silos, creating critical blind spots in their lead generation efforts. The Matchbox architected a unified martech ecosystem that dramatically improved both lead volume and quality while reducing costs.