Churn isn’t a mystery.
It’s a pattern you can predict.
And it’s a conversation you can save.
From Your Business Growth Playbook: when a member clicks “cancel,” they’re almost always saying one of four things.
Once I saw this clearly, we built “save offers” to match each reason. A client of mine sold a front-end product and then an add-on membership.
When cancellations came in, we had his support team use reason-specific email scripts that we built, each linked to a short, personal video + offer.
Those simple changes saved a surprising number of “I’m out” emails, without arm-twisting or friction.
Here’s the exact playbook you can swipe
Step 1: Capture the reason on your cancel form or train your staff to ask why a customer is cancelling. You’re not looking to add friction, rather to understand more.
Respond to each cancellation request with an offer + landing page with a short video from you. (“I totally get it. Here’s a better fit…”)
Step 2: Deploy the 4 Save Offers.
You’re not stonewalling cancellations, you’re solving the real problem the customer just told you about, with a right-sized alternative.
That’s how my client’s team reduced churn: empathetic scripts, a personal video, and a clear save offer for each reason.
🧠 Key Takeaway
Churn is a solvable pattern. Map every cancel to one of the four buckets, then answer it with a matching save offer. Implement this once and you’ll keep more customers – happier – without lifting your prices or chasing more leads.
If you added one of these “save offers” this month, which would have the biggest impact?