What is the 80 20 rule in marketing?
The 80/20 rule (Pareto principle) in marketing observes that ~80% of results typically come from ~20% of inputs: 20% of your customers drive 80% of revenue, 20% of keywords drive 80% of organic traffic, 20% of ads generate 80% of paid conversions. The action is: identify the 20% and pour more resource into it. The mistake most marketers make is spreading resources evenly across all activities.
This is a rule of thumb rather than a market statistic. Nothing in The Wall's vendor data measures it, so no figure is attached. The answer above is editorial.
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