NPS is not only a system to learn more about your customers, but an invitation to automate upgrade incentives and churn reduction processes. We achieved a 3,5x improvement on upgrades, and that's not a typo. Here's the presentation we made at TheFamily in Paris.

1. NPS TO CUSTOMER HAPPINESS
How did we reduce churn by half in only 2 months.

2. #1 How to capture qualitative data about the customer in 5 minutes
#2 Capturing even more data
#3 Delighting the customer
#4 Sell to the customer
#5 All automated
PITCH

3. Head of Marketing @ Mention
GILLES BERTAUX
Growth Specialist @ Mention
GUILLAUME CABANE

4. I HELP STARTUPS

5. WE DIDN’T KNOW MUCH
ABOUT OUR USERS

6. DO THEY LIKE OUR PRODUCT ?
IF SO, WHY DON’T THEY UPGRADE ?

7. WHY DO THEY STOP USING OUR PRODUCT ?
WHY DO THEY DOWNGRADE ?

8. I AM A DATA FREAK
But looking at data brings you only to a certain
point. It tells you what, but not why.

9. To understand our users, and given our volume
IT HAS TO BE AN AUTOMATED PROCESS.

10. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 108 9
NPS: NET PROMOTER SCORE
How likely is it that you would recommend our
service to a friend or colleague?

11. Each image has a unique
trackable link
On click, send to your website and
record the value in your analytics
https://web.mention.net/nps?
kmi={{email}}&kme=Answered NPS
Survey&km_NPS Score=10
Done !

12. BENEFITS
Getting the data enables some serious correlation analysis :
6
7
SocialMediaExaminer MakeUseOf
5,6
6,7
+26% satisfaction !

13. COOL, BUT…
Culturally insensitive
Low predictive validity
Less accurate than a composite index of questions
We are not really « understanding » the customer

14. In truth…
I DON’T CARE ABOUT THE SCORE !

15. It’s an excuse to
ENGAGE THE CUSTOMER INTO
MORE SPECIFIC QUESTIONS

16. This is why we came out with our first
QUICK & DIRTY NPS-MVP SOLUTION

17. Let’s take a deep dive into
OUR NPS PROCESS

18. Email sent to all users 1 day after free trial ended

19. Sends visitor to mention.net, records the « Answered NPS
Survey » event with score value and free/paid
segmentation, then redirects to a google form
https://web.mention.net/nps?kmi={{email}}&kme=Answered NPS
Survey&km_NPS Score=10&km_NPS type=free&next=free&form_entry.
729634105={{email}}&form_entry.540215436=10 (Great)

20. User ID
Event name
Score value
User segmentation
kmi={{email}}
kme=Answered NPS Survey
km_NPS Score=10
km_NPS type=free
next=free
form_entry.729634105={{email}}
form_entry.540215436=10 (Great)
User segmentation
User ID
Score value

21. Now, how do we use that
FOR OUR CONVERSION PROBLEMATICS

22. « Thank you for your honesty »
if NPS score ≤ 6
« Upgrade Promotion »
if NPS score ≥ 9 + « expensive »
« Extend free trial »
if NPS score ≥6≤8 + « upgrade later »
Trial Expired NPS Survey
1 day after

23. RESULTS
Cumulated number of upgrades for NPS respondents.
Month 1 Month 2 Month 3
x2
x3
x3.5

24. The results were
PRETTY IMPRESSIVE

25. 72%
Opened
9%
Replied
15%
Clicked
« Hi {{ first_name }},
It’s Jordan from Mention. I was talking to Guillaume over a coffee
and he told me you gave us yesterday a rating of {{ NPS_score }},
thank you for your support !
I noticed you have a not yet upgraded to a premium plan. Seeing
how you like it so much, I’d like to offer you a 30% coupon. »

26. 77%
Opened
33%
Replied
2%
Clicked
« Hi {{ first_name }},
It’s Jordan from Mention. I was talking to Guillaume over a coffee
and he told me you gave us yesterday a rating of {{ NPS_score }},
thank you for your support !
He also told me you’re not ready to upgrade and needed more
time.
I can offer the following deal: you tell me why you’re not ready to
upgrade and I extend your trial another two full weeks.

27. Now brace yourselves for
THE BIG RECAP

28. Retargeting E-mails
NPS E-mails
Click sends to special page on mention.com
Store to KM
Zapier reads rowsSync w/ Intercom
Store to KMSend 1 day after trial expiration

29. Handled by handUpgraded NPS Survey
1 month after
NPS AS A CHURN REDUCTION PROCESS

30. Handled by handUpgraded NPS Survey
1 month after
CHURN REDUCED BY HALF. BOOM.
NPS AS A CHURN REDUCTION PROCESS

31. Handled by handUpgraded NPS Survey
1 month after
BUT WE STILL HAD SOME SERIOUS PAINS…
Response time = 10 days

32. We had some serious issues in scaling this
HUMANS DON’T SCALE

33. And guess what…
WE MADE IT EVEN BETTER

34. Retargeting E-mails
NPS E-mails
Click sends to hosted form on mention.com
Store to Segment
Sync w/ Customer.io
Send 1 day after trial expiration
Sends ID + Score
Reads row
Pushes NPS results

35. FORM COMPLETION X2
RESPONSE TIME /3

36. But things could be smoother, we had to
OPTIMIZE THE TUNNEL + BETTER IN-APP NPS UX

37. And in a few days
WE’LL MAKE IT EVEN MORE AWESOME

38. Retargeting E-mails
Click redirects to app w/ prefilled data
Sends w/ data parameters
Full Integration
Full IntegrationFull Integration
Full Integration

40. In the end, there’s indeed a
RECIPE FOR A SUCCESSFUL NPS PROCESS

41. Answer Rate
Qualitative
Handling
Automation

42. But remember, NPS process is also
GOOD FOR YOUR PRODUCT

43. REACHING OUT GETTING DATA
CUSTOMER
SUCCESS
PRODUCT FEEDBACK
MULTI-TASKING NPS

44. In the end, data gives you the « what »
NPS GIVES YOU THE « WHY »

45. We are learning more
ON OUR CUSTOMERS, INCREASING SALES,
DECREASING CHURN, AND CREATING HAPPINESS.

46. Btw we are recruiting!
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47. Thanks :)
Q: Can I have the slides ?
A: guillaumecabane@mention.com
Q: Who are you?
Guillaume: @guillaumecabane
Gilles: @gillesbertaux
Our Product: http://mention.com
Our Blog: http://blog.mention.com

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