Customer-Retention - Exit Ready Advisors

Reading Customer Satisfaction Through Return and Allowance Trends

Return and allowance trends reveal customer satisfaction signals that sophisticated buyers evaluate during due diligence to assess quality and relationships

Jan 11, 2026

Buyer Expectations

21 min read

Customer Communication Frequency - The Relationship Depth Signal Buyers Evaluate

Learn how customer communication patterns reveal relationship depth to buyers and discover frameworks for documenting engagement infrastructure

Jan 10, 2026

Exit Strategy, Planning, and Readiness

20 min read

Managing Customer Transitions - Communication Strategies for Ownership Changes

Strategic customer communication during ownership transitions preserves retention and establishes new ownership credibility through coordinated messaging

Dec 31, 2025

Business Valuation Methods

25 min read

Pricing Power as a Revenue Quality Indicator - What Buyers Actually Assess

Learn how pricing power signals competitive position and value delivery to buyers evaluating your business for acquisition

The Reference Customer Problem - Why Best Customers Refuse Buyer Calls and How to Fix It

When key customers won't take buyer reference calls it can derail deals. Learn why reference reluctance happens and how to secure participation effectively

Customer Tenure Distribution - What Buyers Actually Look For

Learn how customer tenure patterns influence buyer perception and when optimizing your customer mix makes sense for your exit timeline

Dec 26, 2025

Exit Strategy, Planning, and Readiness

22 min read

Customer Notification Timing - The Premature Disclosure Risk

Learn when and how to notify customers during a business sale to satisfy buyer diligence while protecting competitive position and relationships

Customer Introduction Protocols - Mastering the Ownership Transition

Best practices for managing customer handoffs post-exit to preserve retention and protect earnout outcomes through strategic relationship transitions

Dec 26, 2025

Financial Documentation

25 min read

Pricing Strategy Review - A High-Leverage Margin Improvement Opportunity for Differentiated Businesses

Learn how to identify pricing opportunities and capture margin upside while managing implementation risks and customer relationships effectively

Customer Satisfaction Metrics - Building Documentation for Business Diligence

Learn which customer satisfaction metrics buyers request during diligence and how to implement NPS and CSAT measurement systems before exit

Dec 24, 2025

Business Valuation Methods

21 min read

Churn - The Silent Value Destroyer

Learn how customer churn compounds into valuation impact and why retention metrics matter for business exits

Dec 24, 2025

Exit Strategy, Planning, and Readiness

23 min read

The Customer Who Only Talks to You - Why Founder-Dependent Relationships Threaten Deals

Learn how to convert founder-dependent customer relationships into institutional ones before exit to protect deal value and ensure successful transactions

Dec 22, 2025

Exit Strategy, Planning, and Readiness

24 min read

Customer Calls During Due Diligence - What Buyers Really Ask Your Key Accounts

Learn what buyers probe for during customer reference calls and how to prepare key accounts without coaching scripted responses that damage credibility

Dec 21, 2025