Customer Churn is NOT the problem - Zero visibility into churn risk is

Top 7 levers to make churn risk predictable

High customer churn is a critical factor holding down revenue expansion. Whether you’re a regional sports retailer operating in select states in the US or a large fintech holding sway over several African nations or trying to better serve enterprise Telco customers in Europe – you know Churn hurts.

According to a report by CustomerGauge, high churn rates are a cross-industry problem, costing businesses billions annually.

Contrary to perception that churn is a nightmare specific to Heads of Customer Success and Revenue Ops, if left unchecked, it can have a deeper impact on your business:

Revenue Leakage: ?Revenue loss creates significant gaps that are costly and challenging to recover.

Increased Acquisition Costs: ?Making up for the churn requires up to 5x the investment.

Eroded Customer Lifetime Value (LTV): ?By shortening customer relationships, churn hurts long-term revenue potential and growth

Operational Inefficiencies: Disrupts workflows, diverting focus and resources to constant recovery efforts, than growth strategies.

While organizations continue to experiment with solutions to predict churn, many overlook the real blind spot: poor visibility into churn risk. Without actionable insights into why customers leave, businesses are perennially in damage control.

So why is churn risk prediction so challenging?

The answer lies in distributed data, messy context, and poor data governance, throttling ability to generate meaningful insights. Traditional, rule-based solutions are no longer sufficient in today’s dynamic environment.

But with the right approach and solutions, businesses like yours can implement to combat churn effectively:

1. Adopt a Unified Data Model: Implementing one platform that integrates all data sources, breaks down silos and creates a single source of truth. This ensures that every decision is based on accurate, real-time data.
2. Leverage Advanced Data Engineering: Utilizing cutting-edge data engineering capabilities to clean, process, and enrich data is critical for generating actionable insights. High-quality data is the foundation of reliable churn prediction.
3. Invest in AI-Led Reliable Prediction: Advanced AI models analyze patterns across vast datasets to accurately predict churn risks. Unlike rule-based systems, AI enables proactive, data-driven decisions.
4. Tap into Customer Records Across Channels: Unifying customer interactions from all touchpoints—email, social media, in-store, and more—provides a 360-degree view of their journey. This holistic perspective reveals hidden pain points and opportunities for engagement.
5. Personalize Experiences: Tailoring offerings and communications based on individual customer behaviour and preferences can significantly increase satisfaction and reduce churn. Personalization ensures that customers feel valued and understood.
6. Improve Communication: Regularly engaging with customers to understand their pain points and address them proactively fosters trust and loyalty. Automated engagement platforms can streamline this process, ensuring no customer is overlooked.
7. Focus on Retention: Prioritizing retention strategies alongside acquisition efforts ensures long-term loyalty and growth. Loyalty programs, exclusive offers, and proactive support are just a few ways to keep customers engaged.

Leveraging all the above and by adopting a dramatically alternate approach to fast-tracking AI solutions – and that’s Practical AI - Prodapt has built a Churn Prediction and Customer Retention agent with ServiceNow that delivers up to 20% higher customer retention – through three strategies:

• Autonomous customer reach-out to drive engagement
• Proactive Product/offer recommendation
• Periodic, human-in-loop autonomous follow-ups with customers

By combining?AI-led reliable prediction?with a unified data model and advanced engineering capabilities, businesses can transform churn from a reactive challenge into a proactive opportunity to retain customers and drive revenue growth.

Next Up: How does Prodapt’s Customer Churn Prediction Agent leverage ServiceNow Unified Data Platform to get accurate churn scores – A tech deep dive.

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Authored by - Lavanya Rangarajan