Welcome back to our sustainable growth series! In our first installment, we discussed holistic growth and the three pillars of your sustainable growth engine. Then, we described how both acquisition and retention fit into a sustainable growth strategy. Now, we want to cover the last topic: cross-selling.
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The concept of cross-selling has gotten such a bad rap in banking because of the sins of a very few. But cross-selling is arguably one of the most important avenues community banks have to fuel continued revenue growth and retain customers. So as bank executives plan for 2019, cross-selling must be made a top priority.
Many bankers spend a considerable amount of time developing their cross-sell strategy, only to see little return on their efforts. Why does this happen? According to Harvard Business School Press, 90 percent of well-formulated strategies fail due to poor execution. Now, I’ll take that one further: Failing to generate real, meaningful results typically stems from…
It’s easy to build a case for cross-selling additional products and services to customers. The hard part is developing a program that’s measurable and effective. Cross-selling is essential to developing strong, lasting customer relationships. Therefore, the first phase of creating a successfully cross-sell program should be a series of value-focused touch points that provides information…
Short of developing clairvoyant abilities, is it possible to determine the best product or service to offer a customer? It is when you use next-best, or predictive, modeling — the piece of data analytics that helps banks model and make predictions. In fact, any cross-sell program worth its salt should include this component. Like the…
It’s one of the basic rules of retention: The more products you sell to a customer, the less likely they are to leave your bank. Just look at the proof. According to Bank Intelligence Solutions (BIS) from Fiserv, a customer with just one product at their bank will stay for about 18 months. Add just…
You’ve done it. The prospect has opened an account with your bank. Now all you have to do is to keep them happy and move on to the next new customer, right? Attracting new customers is only the first step. Keeping them is a challenge. By getting to know your new customers and communicating with…
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