Boost Customer Retention With These 5 Powerful Client Survey Questions

Kathleen Ries-Jubenville
5 min readMay 30, 2023
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INTRODUCTION

High client turnover can lead to decreased profitability, reduced customer lifetime value, increased marketing and sales efforts, and a damaged reputation. Turnover is an indicator of low customer loyalty and problems with the services you are providing. It is crucial for you to address these problems and prioritize customer retention to foster long-term success and sustainable growth.

  • High client turnover directly impacts a company’s profitability. Acquiring new clients is often more expensive than retaining existing ones. When clients leave, companies lose the revenue they bring in, and the costs associated with acquiring new clients can erode profits. According to research from Harvard Business School, boosting customer retention by even 5% can increase profits by 25–95%!
  • Client turnover results in a shorter customer lifetime value (CLV). CLV refers to the total revenue a customer generates over their entire relationship with a company. When clients leave early, companies miss out on the potential long-term value they could have provided. Not only do long-term, repeat clients often represent 65% of total sales, but businesses also have a 60–70% chance of upselling to an existing customer.
  • Constantly replacing lost clients requires

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Kathleen Ries-Jubenville
Kathleen Ries-Jubenville

Written by Kathleen Ries-Jubenville

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