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CRM & Customer Lifecycle Flashcards

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  1. Which of the following BEST describes 'customer onboarding' in a CRM lifecycle framework?

    Answer: A structured series of communications and touchpoints designed to help new customers achieve early success

    Onboarding encompasses all coordinated efforts to help new customers quickly realize value, reducing early churn and building long-term loyalty.

  2. In CRM, 'data hygiene' practices are PRIMARILY important because:

    Answer: Inaccurate or duplicate records degrade segmentation, personalization, and campaign performance

    Dirty data leads to misdirected communications, flawed analytics, and poor personalization, undermining the entire CRM investment.

  3. A subscription box company identifies that customers who skip more than 2 consecutive months cancel at an 80% rate within 6 months. The MOST effective CRM intervention is:

    Answer: Trigger a personalized save offer or engagement touchpoint after the first skip

    Intervening after the first skip—before the pattern hardens—gives the highest probability of preventing the churn trajectory.

  4. Which approach BEST aligns CRM with overall customer experience (CX) strategy?

    Answer: Integrating CRM data across marketing, sales, and service to enable consistent, context-aware customer interactions

    A unified CRM view across departments ensures every customer-facing team has context to deliver consistent, personalized experiences.

  5. The Net Revenue Retention (NRR) metric is MOST relevant for evaluating CRM effectiveness in which business model?

    Answer: Subscription or recurring revenue businesses

    NRR measures expansion, contraction, and churn within the existing customer base, making it the core health metric for subscription businesses.

  6. A company's CRM reveals that its top 10% of customers generate 60% of revenue. The MOST strategic CRM response is to:

    Answer: Create a tiered VIP program with dedicated service and exclusive benefits for the top segment

    A VIP tier that rewards and retains the highest-value customers protects the disproportionate revenue they generate.

  7. Which CRM metric MOST directly measures the success of cross-sell and upsell efforts?

    Answer: Average Revenue Per User (ARPU) growth among existing customers

    Rising ARPU among existing customers directly reflects successful upsell and cross-sell activity within the customer base.