70%
The metrics that lied
of one customer group opening emails for one reason only: to unsubscribe.
A streaming platform. Every dashboard green. CRM showing zero viewing uplift. Highly engaged expat subscribers, watching daily, already discovering content through the platform. They didn't need the emails. The emails were burning the relationship at exactly the wrong moment. Because when a payment fails, CRM is the only tool you have.
They'd already unsubscribed from it.
25%
The problem behind the problem
of highest-value customers moving toward dormancy. Simultaneously.
A large online retailer. A small number of segments generating nearly half of total revenue. Each declining for a different reason. Three different problems: one blunt response. More communications. More promotions. The segments weren't the same problem wearing different clothes. They were three different problems that needed three different answers.
They had the map. They chose not to use it.
11×
The engagement that wasn't
win-back conversion vs industry benchmark using behavioural segmentation.
A subscription business. Win-back managed by recency alone: everyone lapsed 30, 60, 90 days got the same treatment. No viewing history. No engagement patterns. Most were never coming back. A small group were highly likely to, if you knew where to look. Behavioural segmentation found them.
The fish were there the whole time.