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Communication

The "on the way" text is the most important notification you will ever send

We A/B tested 14 types of homeowner notifications. One beat every other by a wide margin. It is not close.

Renee Okafor 5 min read
Retention

Why biweekly churns 2× faster than weekly (and what to do about it)

Across 31,000 recurring contracts on Servicio, biweekly service plans churn at 2.1× the rate of weekly plans. The reason is not what most owners think — and the fix is a single SMS template.

Renee Okafor 6 min read
Quoting

What 12,000 quotes taught us about closing new business

We pulled acceptance data across 12,184 quotes sent through Servicio in the last 18 months. Seven variables moved acceptance rates materially. Three variables we expected to matter did nothing.

Diego Marín 8 min read
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