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Your customer satisfaction scores are lying to you.

Noah Fleming

Noah Fleming

May 29, 2025


Your customer satisfaction scores are lying to you.

One client bragged about 90 percent satisfaction scores.

Meanwhile, their repeat purchases were quietly falling off a cliff.

The surveys said “everything’s great.”

The revenue said otherwise.

We dug into the data.

Subtle shifts in buying behavior were showing up months before customers ever said they were unhappy.

That’s the real issue.

Most companies obsess over what customers say instead of watching what they do.

Customers don’t leave because they’re angry.

They leave because someone else solved a problem you didn’t even see.

Forget the feel-good metrics.

Track behavior.

Purchase frequency.

Feature usage.

Support tickets.

That’s where the truth is hiding.

What critical signals are you missing while celebrating your latest NPS score?

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