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1st Apr 2026

How to Choose the Right Retention Strategy: The RISE Method

Lindsay Tramel-Jones explains that retention isn’t a quick fix and only works once acquisition is consistent, then shares a step-by-step framework to choose and implement the right retention strategy for different businesses. She emphasizes starting with research by analyzing customer data to identify lifecycle drop-off points and pairing it with direct feedback from engaged clients to learn what would keep them buying, referring, and staying in the ecosystem. Next, she advises innovating by brainstorming programs and touchpoints (e.g., loyalty, referral, tiered services, VIP community) that customers want and the business can sustain, then strategizing with a rollout plan and defined KPIs before launch. Finally, she stresses evolving through ongoing measurement and customer input, framing retention as a continuous culture. She summarizes this as the RISE method: Research, Innovate, Strategize, Evolve.

00:00 Retention Strategy Setup

01:04 Podcast Intro and Promise

01:35 Acquisition Before Retention

02:44 Research Your Data

04:19 Talk to Best Clients

05:54 Innovate Retention Ideas

07:23 Strategize and Rollout Plan

08:38 Measure and Evolve

09:54 RISE Method Recap

11:14 Wrap Up and Call to Action

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More Than A Brand: CX Podcast
Client Relationships That Hold — With or Without You in the Room
You built your business on relationships. Your clients stayed because of how you made them feel — seen, valued, and taken care of. Then you hired a team, and somewhere in that handoff, the standard you built stopped showing up the way it used to. Clients are quieter. Renewals feel less certain. And you're still jumping into conversations you thought you'd handed off.

More Than a Brand is for growth-stage service business CEOs who are done being the only reason their client relationships hold. Every episode is about building the relationships that keep clients coming back without it all depending on you. No generic retention advice. No marketing tactics dressed up as relationship strategy. Just honest, specific conversations about what it actually takes to transfer your relationship standard to your team — and make it stick.

Hosted by Lindsay Tramel-Jones — 19-year U.S. Army veteran, CEO of Fierceified Consulting, and Client Relationship Strategist — More Than a Brand is where CEOs stop chasing the next lead and start stewarding the ones they already have.

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