Title - Keeping/losing possession in football = retaining/losing a customer Tags - callumstory

Once upon a time, there was…

  • A football tournament called Euro 2020

Every day …

  • I watched a game or two in the evening

One day …

  • I noticed that Italy were excellent at keeping possession

Because of that …

  • It made me think how all the top teams, like Man City, Pep’s Barcelona, Liverpool, Spain - are all excellent at retaining possession

Because of that …

  • I realised that, when you have the ball, it requires much less energy, you have much bigger opportunity to score, your opponent tires physically and mentally

Because of that …

  • I gave some thought to how this applies to business

Until finally …

  • I made the breakthrough discovery that giving away possession is the same as losing a customer and keeping possession is equal to retaining a customer
  • As in football, getting a new customer (chasing the ball) vs retaining an existing customer (keeping possession) requires much more resource

Ever since then …

  • I’ve had a much deeper appreciation for the value of retaining customers vs letting them stop transacting (and not trying to reactivate them)

Purposes

  • to t/g the value of retaining patients/customers/clients