Recover Customers After Product Downtime
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The Problem
Major outages cause 20-35% churn spike in following 30 days. Customers lose trust and actively evaluate alternatives during downtime.
The Solution
Implement post-incident communication playbook with transparency, compensation, and trust-rebuilding measures.
Implementation Steps
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Within 2 hours of incident resolution: Send transparent incident report with root cause and prevention steps
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Within 24 hours: Offer service credits or subscription extensions (suggest 1 week per hour of downtime)
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Schedule 1-on-1 calls with enterprise customers to address concerns
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Share detailed postmortem publicly with engineering improvements implemented
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Monitor usage patterns for 30 days and proactively reach out to customers showing reduced usage
Expected Outcome
Reduce post-incident churn by 50-60%, rebuild trust with 80% of affected customers
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