A Plainpaper playbook

Winback & retention

Work out why customers actually lapse, segment by that reason rather than by days since order, and send a sequence per reason.

By Plainpaper v1.0.0 advanced 3-6 weeks, then ongoing CC-BY-4.0
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This one is already in Plainpaper. Create a board, pick Winback & retention from the template list, and the phases, card types and starter cards are there waiting.

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What this playbook is for

Most winback programmes fail the same way: they treat 'has not bought in 90 days' as a reason, when it is only a symptom. A customer who was disappointed, a customer who simply ran out at a different rate, and a customer who moved to a competitor need three different emails, and a single discount blast teaches all three that waiting is rewarded. This playbook forces the diagnosis first. You define lapse honestly for your own repurchase cycle, split lapsed customers by CAUSE, then build one sequence per cause and measure reactivation against a holdout so you know whether the programme did anything at all.

The board it builds

Every playbook sets up a board with named phases running left to right, the card types that belong in each, and starter cards your agent fills in rather than invents. Here is what Winback & retention lays out:

Phases
DiagnoseSegmentOfferCreateLaunchMeasure
Card types
Lapse definition Churn reason Segment Offer Sequence Email Note Result
Starter cards
8 pre-written cards, already linked

How a playbook stays safe

A playbook can only ever propose. Every card it creates arrives as a draft, and nothing leaves Plainpaper (no email sent, no ad launched) until you approve it yourself. That is enforced by Plainpaper, not by the playbook, so importing one never changes how your workspace works.

Playbooks by Plainpaper are written and maintained by us.

retention winback lifecycle crm email
Use this playbook

This one is already in Plainpaper. Create a board, pick Winback & retention from the template list, and the phases, card types and starter cards are there waiting.

Open Plainpaper