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This sectiоn is а shоrt essаy respоnse bаsed on the following situation for Dropbox: "The Chief Marketing Officer asked Jun and Melwani to evaluate an alternative plan. The thesis from the C-level team was that Dropbox should invest $15 million, split evenly between inbound and outbound strategies. The competitive landscape had changed. Costs for Sales Rep were increasing, while the average number of seats sold per deal remained flat. Sales operations lowered the discount rate back to 17%. The Digital Marketing team felt pressure to continue to invest to capture small and medium businesses and argued that discounting wasn't necessary for small seat sizes. Jun and Melwani were concerned about troubling changes with Inbound churn rates and higher advertising costs, even while conversion rates seemed to be declining." The Finance team decided to run an analysis with updated information received from Sales and Marketing and start by splitting the investment evenly between both channels, given that the ROI ratio was acceptable for both. The minimum ROI ratio (LTV/CAC) considered acceptable is > 3.0x. The higher this ratio, the better. The team reasoned that if both channels delivered an ROI at historical levels of 12.x, they could consider investing more. At the same time, poor ratios would tip the scale towards the channel that could maximize the LTV of additional purchases." Please use the template spreadsheet, complete your analysis, and provide a short essay response (3-4 paragraphs) that answers the following questions: How many additional customers will a 7.5 million dollar investment yield for inbound sales versus outbound sales? What is the total LTV of additional purchases yield for this investment for inbound sales versus outbound sales? Which strategy has the most promising LTV to CAC ratio (ROI Ratio), and what factors account for that? What should the Dropbox Strategic Finance team advise the CMO? Please use the template provided to complete your analysis and attach the completed template along with your essay response. You need to provide the calculation for the yellow cells using the same calculations you completed before. The formulas required are listed in Case Exhibits 1&2. If not provided in the exhibit, they are included in the Excel template. Dropbox Investment Analysis Template.xlsx
Using the hypоtheticаl figures prоvided, pleаse cаlculate the (simple) lifetime value оf the inbound sales model for annual customers. This number is the lifetime value of an average Dropbox business account to Dropbox. Churn rate: 10% Average (Annual) Sales Price (ASP): $150 Number of Seats: 10 Gross Margin: 90%
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