VOC · NPS · Client Retention Intelligence · Calgary, AB

Most businesses lose their best clients without a single warning sign.

I help B2B companies and professional service firms build the client feedback and retention systems that stop silent churn — before relationships quietly become departures.

The problem

Silence is not the same as satisfaction.

Think about the last time you left a long-standing service relationship. You didn't call to complain — you quietly started looking at alternatives, and when the moment came, you made the switch. The person you left probably thought everything was fine until you were already gone.

Your clients behave the same way. Whether you run a B2B SaaS product, an advisory practice, or a professional service firm — at $50,000–$500,000 per relationship, one quiet departure changes the year.

The clients most at risk are often the quietest ones. They've stopped bringing you problems because they've already decided to solve them with someone else.

There are six behavioral signals that consistently precede a client's departure — appearing 3 to 6 months before the formal exit. The firms that retain their best relationships don't rely on instinct alone: they have a systematic feedback and monitoring infrastructure. Most don't.

The 6 Signals Framework

The warning signs that appear before a client — or customer — leaves.

1
Response lag
They used to reply within hours. Now it's days. They're not busy — they're reconsidering.
2
Shortened interactions
Meetings that ran 90 minutes now end at 30. A client who has decided to leave doesn't need to understand your reasoning anymore.
3
Fewer inbound questions
Curious clients ask things. A client who has stopped asking has either found answers elsewhere — or stopped caring.
4
Third-party references
"Someone told me..." is comparison shopping. They are doing due diligence on a decision they are already leaning toward.
5
Scope reduction
Pulling back a service or delaying a renewal is an exit rehearsal — managing risk before the formal move.
6
The long silence
60+ days without meaningful contact is not satisfaction. The client has mentally disengaged and is waiting for the right moment to formalize it.
The offer

Three ways to work together.

Ongoing intelligence
Signal OS Retainer
$2,500
per month · 3-month minimum
A permanent early warning system. Monthly VOC, NPS, AI-powered account health monitoring, and a monthly insight report — done for you.
  • Monthly VOC and NPS measurement
  • Account health dashboard
  • Monthly insight report with action priorities
  • Quarterly relationship heat map refresh
  • Ongoing access for questions and decisions
For B2B companies
VOC Program Design & Advisory
$5,000–$10,000
project · then $3,500–$6,000/month advisory
For B2B SaaS companies that have customers but no real VOC or NPS infrastructure. I design the program, configure the tooling, train your team, and build the closed-loop process so customer signals actually reach the people who can act on them.
  • NPS survey design and segmentation strategy
  • Feedback loop and closed-loop process design
  • At-risk account identification framework
  • CS team enablement and playbooks
  • Executive insight reporting cadence
  • FlowSignal account health dashboard configuration
Who this is for

Built for B2B companies and professional service firms where losing one client is a significant event.

Right fit

  • B2B SaaS companies ($1M–$20M ARR) with no VOC or NPS program
  • B2B tech companies whose CS team is flying blind on account health
  • Independent financial advisors ($50M–$500M AUM)
  • Boutique wealth management firms
  • Estate and family law practices
  • Private client accounting firms
  • Oilfield services with 5–30 major operator clients
  • Any business where one lost relationship = $50K+

Not the right fit

  • High-volume, low-ticket consumer businesses
  • Fewer than 20 active client relationships
  • Businesses where churn is expected and priced in
  • Founders who want to DIY the system
  • No interest in systematic client feedback
About

Nine years running VOC and NPS programs for global B2B companies.

I design and operate VOC and NPS programs for B2B organizations — the feedback infrastructure that tells you which customers are at risk, what they're actually experiencing, and what the business needs to do about it. I've run this kind of program at Qlik, a global analytics platform with thousands of enterprise customers worldwide.

Signal Advisory brings that enterprise-grade methodology to companies that need it most: B2B SaaS businesses building their first real VOC program, and professional service firms where client relationships are the entire business — and where the signals of a departing client are almost always visible in advance, if you know where to look.

Qlik
VOC Program Manager, Global
Autodesk
CSM Process Adoption Lead, EMEA
Gartner
Executive Client Manager
DXC Technology
Business Consultant

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