How do you address churn (users canceling subscriptions)?

Isa Tanis
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Share strategies for reducing churn and keeping customers engaged.

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Gryzzly Time and budget Tracking
Hi @isatanis Same advice as @panagiota_gkotsi you need to keep a continuous or regular link with your subscribers. At Gryzzly every three month we do a QBR meeting (Quarterly Business review) where we discuss with our customer about their usage, frustration and it help use monitoring the health of our customer. By the way, we're launching today, come support us !
Fabian Maume
Send survey about reason for churn and follow-up based on response (if churn for price for instance we offer a discount) Reactivation campaign 2 month after churn, including case study about the long term value of the product. Encourage yearly subscriptions.
Isa Tanis
thank you, all. Great suggestions 🙌
Nick Stein
Try to interview them about why and see if this is something you can change
Gryzzly Time and budget Tracking
QBR (Quarterly Business Reviews) have been a great way for us to establish good and recurring contact with our customers and users ;)
Nico Spijker
There are some tools on the market like Profitwell that can help with automating this :)
Relja Denic
1. Guides 2. Blogs 3. Most important: Great support
Drew "Sales Playbook Builder" Williams
This could be a symptom of poor qualification of prospects at the top of the funnel. Think about it, if your messaging (your promise) doesn't align with what you deliver, they will churn. Also, think about who you are targeting. I would look at who is churning vs. who is staying. What about the individual or company is similar. Look for patterns and double down on marketing and selling to those who don't churn.
1. Assign a dedicated account manager 2. Setup Customer Success team 3. Set alerts in the system so you are notified if someone doesn't log in to the account for X days.
Rohan Pathak
I need to answer this from a marketing perspective: it's usually because either I don't know how to use the product in the best way or there's no communication between us and them I like to have a churn reduction email flow setup for my clients. So its a last resort I go for. I like to incentivize them with some kind of gift and maybe hop on a call to solve their problems for good!
boss pak
always send valid emails to your existing customers and check through start to end i have recently got from https://usazipcodes.net to avoid that type of issues.
Leo Wendler
Asking for honest and detailed feedback for me has been by far the best practice. Instead of bombarding them with discounts.
Ghost Kitty
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Sam D.
When they try to leave do not ask their feedback directly, offer them 2 months for free and call them if you can (high tickets customers is easier)
ridho tijan
How to Identify Customer Churn: - Gather customer feedback, - Monitor community forums and third-party review, - From Gmaps (this is weird, but effective in my country) ------------------------------------------------------------ How to Reduce: #1 Offer incentives Keep customers coming back by hooking them up with promos, discounts, or a loyalty program. A little effort can show your customers you care. #2 Create a community with your customers. If a brand builds a community around their stuff, service, and customers, people will stay loyal to them. So, your marketing team can engage with customers, form a Facebook group, or even plan events for loyal clients. #3 Focus on attracting the right customers. Develop customer profiles to get a precise understanding of the demographic characteristics and buying behavior of your target audience.
Alex Zapata
Revolution Studios
Revolution Studios
Implement a pause feature. It's been a selling point for me.
Dave-Anthony Smith
Get feedback on exit. Find out why they are churning directly from them without making assumptions. This can be done in the form of an exit survey. Without knowing "the why" it is difficult to prevent future churn. Use these findings to spot trends and address the issue. Sometimes its as simple as a lack of support, and other times its something more serious like terrible UI or no unique proposition for them to stick around.
Panagiota Gkotsi
Engage with them before it's too late. Identify potential churn and re-connect with them with in-app messages, emails etc to help them solve their problem and find value in your product.
Isa Tanis
@panagiota_gkotsi how can we identify the potential churn?
Panagiota Gkotsi
@isatanis use your analytics to see uses that stop engage with your product and specifically the your aha moments. You can even try to find users that stopped logging in
I have just shipped a re-engagement system using loops, it seems to be working pretty well. Basically it's a duo-lingo style system that emails users when they haven't been active for a certain number of days Might not be the most effective - but once its set up it runs on autopilot