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Retention Basics

Keeping the customers you already earned — the cheapest growth there is.

Why it matters

Acquisition gets the applause. Retention pays the bills. A small drop in monthly churn compounds into a much bigger business over 24 months than any ad campaign will.

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Learn time
6 – 12 hours
Typical cost
$0 to start. Tooling scales with the business.
Level
Beginner-friendly
Learn yourself

How to measure churn, run cancellation interviews, and design an onboarding that gets people to first value fast.

Outsource

Customer success ops once you've defined what 'success' means for a user.

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