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How to Predict Churn Without ML (Rules That Work)

You do not need a data science team to predict churn. A weighted rule-based score built from four signals catches most churners 30-60 days out, and your CSMs can actually explain why an account is flagged. Here is how to build one.

Jul 6, 2026 Read more →

Strategy 9 min read

Using AI to Find the Involuntary Churn Bugs Bleeding Your MRR

A big share of SaaS churn is involuntary and technical: a failed webhook, a dropped usage event, a subscription-state bug. Nobody sees it because nobody is looking. Here is how a frontier model finds it.

Jul 5, 2026 Read more →

Strategy 9 min read

How to Build an At-Risk Account Triage Agent (2026)

A frontier model can do the first-pass read on every at-risk account overnight and hand your CSMs a ranked save-list by morning. Here is exactly what to build, what data it needs, and the honest limits.

Jul 5, 2026 Read more →

Strategy 11 min read

Claude Fable 5 for Churn: What Older Models Could Not Do

Claude Fable 5 is Anthropic's most capable model yet. Here is the honest read on what a frontier model like it can actually do for churn work that older models could not, where it changes nothing, and whether it is worth the price.

Jul 4, 2026 Read more →

Strategy 8 min read

The 14 Best SaaS Retention & Growth Newsletters (2026)

The retention, growth, and customer-success newsletters I actually read in my inbox, grouped by what each is good for, with honest notes on who each is for and which are worth paying for.

Jul 1, 2026 Read more →

Strategy 7 min read

How to Predict Churn From Your Stripe Data

Your Stripe billing data already predicts churn 30-60 days before it happens. Most teams never look. Here is the analysis framework, the signals that matter, and how to set up automated alerts without a data team.

Jun 25, 2026 Read more →

Strategy 8 min read

How to Ship Retention Experiments in 2 Weeks

Most retention experiments take 3-6 months to ship in-house. The math says they should take 2 weeks. Here is how teams that actually ship fast structure the work, plus the option to outsource it entirely.

Jun 23, 2026 Read more →

Strategy 7 min read

20 Best Churn and Retention Resources to Follow (2026)

A curated list of the 20 churn and retention resources I actually read, grouped by what each one is good for, with honest notes on who each is for and which to skip.

Jun 20, 2026 Read more →

Strategy 7 min read

How to Reduce Trial Expiry Abandonment

Most SaaS teams convert 2-3% of trials to paid. The best convert 4-8%. The gap is rarely about pricing. It is about what happens in the last 3 days of the trial, and the email sequence after expiry.

Jun 17, 2026 Read more →

Strategy 5 min read

What Is a Sticky Feature?

A sticky feature is one that, once a user adopts it, dramatically reduces their churn risk. Identifying yours and driving adoption to it is one of the highest-leverage retention plays in SaaS.

Jun 13, 2026 Read more →

Strategy 8 min read

How to Use AI to Analyze Churn Feedback (The Prompt I Use)

I used to spend hours reading reviews, exit surveys, and support threads to figure out why customers churned. Now AI does the first-pass pattern recognition in minutes. Here is the exact prompt I paste, plus the part the AI still cannot do for you.

Jun 12, 2026 Read more →

Strategy 5 min read

What Is an Aha Moment in SaaS?

The aha moment is when a new user first experiences your product's core value. It's the single most important moment in SaaS retention because users who reach it retain 2-3x better than those who don't. Here's how to define and measure yours.

Jun 3, 2026 Read more →

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Tools to put these strategies into practice

The retention tools I recommend most often.

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ChurnHalt

Analytics & Insights

You're finding out about churn after it happens. ChurnHalt analyses your Stripe history, finds the patterns behind cancelled subscriptions, and flags who you should focus on.

Retention Email Snapshot

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Retention & Loyalty

A 15-minute diagnostic call that surfaces exactly where your lifecycle emails are losing users. $249 value - ChurnTools users pay $149 with code CHURNTOOLS40.