Re: [WISPA] Why Customers leave

2007-03-31 Thread Peter R.
Tom and Jack, The 68% leaving from Indifference means that you aren't telling them how good you are. So when the new guy shows up, he has no idea of the record of reliability. One of the great things about selling Managed Router or Firewall or IDS service to businesses is that you can send

Re: [WISPA] Why Customers leave

2007-03-31 Thread Clint Ricker
Interesting thought. Along those lines, try calling up past customers and asking them--you may not like the feedback, but, it should be useful. In any case, they'll likely have a better idea why they left than we will :) -Clint On 3/31/07, Peter R. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Tom and Jack,

Re: [WISPA] Why Customers leave

2007-03-30 Thread George Rogato
Thats a good list Peter. My broadband churn is almost 100% people dying and moving. I think it's like 2:1 moving over dying, Thank god the housing market is in the toilet. Every week I open the newspaper and see which of my customers passed away. This week I lost 2. One a broadband sub and

Re: [WISPA] Why Customers leave

2007-03-30 Thread Tom DeReggi
Not an accurate list, it leaves off a big category. - Customer doesn't know who or what they are using, nor why. Therefore makes uninformed decisions. So lack of communication with client base I believe is one of the biggest reasons for custoemr churn. For example, customer's staff change,

Re: [WISPA] Why Customers leave

2007-03-30 Thread Jack Unger
Tom DeReggi wrote: Not an accurate list, it leaves off a big category. - Customer doesn't know who or what they are using, nor why. Therefore makes uninformed decisions. So lack of communication with client base I believe is one of the biggest reasons for custoemr churn. For example,