JWJamie·Subs·LinkedIn·17 MayReturns rate on subs is a leading indicator. Most brands treat it as a lagging one.
Returns rate on subs is a leading indicator. Most brands treat it as a lagging one.
A 6% returns spike this month is a 12% churn spike next month. Always. The customers who return the box this month are signalling they're done. The cancellation comes 30 days later.
If you wait for the cancellation number to move, you've already lost the cohort. The intervention has to happen the week the returns move.
How quickly does your 3PL surface this? Daily? Weekly? Monthly in a board pack?
LMLaurence·Charity·LinkedIn·18 MayQ3 supporter mailings: the case for staggered despatch
Q3 supporter mailings: the case for staggered despatch.
Charities batch-mail. It feels efficient. Print run goes out, postage savings are real, the team breathes out.
But staggered despatch — 20% per day over five working days — produces a 38% higher open-rate on the digital follow-up. Because supporters who all open on the same Tuesday morning compete for attention with everything else in their inbox.
Cheaper to batch. More effective to stagger. That is a real trade-off, and most charities don't even consider it.
JBJohn·Subs·LinkedIn·19 MayThe fulfilment team makes the brand promise real
The fulfilment team makes the brand promise real.
A founder will spend £40k on a brand identity refresh, then ask my warehouse manager why we can't drop the per-unit pick rate by 3p.
The £40k is mostly a hope. The 3p is a knife in the brand experience the customer actually receives.
You can rebrand the box. You cannot rebrand a late despatch.
JWJamie·Drinks·LinkedIn·20 MayCarrier consolidation by region: the move drinks brands keep ignoring
Carrier consolidation by region: the move drinks brands keep ignoring.
Most drinks brands use 2-3 carriers and split shipments by weight. Smart move on cost. Terrible move on customer experience.
We've found that consolidating to one carrier per postcode region (not per shipment) cuts negative-review-by-postcode by ~40%. Same cost. Better experience. The data is in the carrier-by-postcode reports nobody is running.
If you don't know your worst region by carrier, you are paying for an avoidable churn problem.
LMLaurence·Charity·Lead magnet·21 MayThe Charity Supporter-Pack Checklist
12-point checklist for charity supporter packs: timing, content, despatch-on-time tracking, Gift Aid reconciliation, second-gift trigger. PDF + landing page. Gated download — captures fundraising lead.