Engagement & Retention project | Norton
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Engagement & Retention project | Norton

As a reminder, what is the core value proposition?

For

working professions and families

...who

find online protection overwhelming

...this solution

helps them feel safer, smarter, and in control of their online protection.

Unlike

relying on google trends, news, at-risk companies, best judgement

...this solution

requires them to spend time to second-guess their decisions.

How do customers experience this for features, and how often?

Feature

Description

How do users experience the value prop?

Natural frequency for engagement with features

Impact/Relatability to core value prop (Experience x Frequency)

3 PCs, Macs, tablets, or phone

Coverage for installing the app upto 3 PCs, Macs, tablets & phone (Android/iOS)

By adding the product to any device they own, and experiencing the features below.

As needed

Low

Antivirus, malware, ransomware, and hacking protection

Award winning Antivirus, Firewall, Real time threat protection. [Some features will be limited in iOS, Mac]

When they are notified of IP infringement, malwares during download, browsing.

Continues - Real Time Scanning is enabled always, by default, only notifying when there is a risk.

Low

100% Virus Protection Promise

When Auto-Renewal is turned on, and Norton is unable to remove a malware from your device(s), a full refund will be provided.

When a refund has been provided and the “Promise” is withheld.

Incidental

Medium

50GB Cloud Backup

Store important files and documents as a preventive measure against data loss due to hard drive failures, stolen devices and even ransomware.

When they realize that they have an additional 50GB of secure storage of their files (additional to their standard iCloud/Drive storage)

Weekly (Customizable)

Medium

VPN private internet connection

Help protect your data with a no-log virtual private network (VPN) that encrypts your personal information and doesn’t track or store your online activity or location.

Not applicable- Restricted in India

Not applicable- Restricted in India

Not applicable- Restricted in India

Password Manager

Create and store strong passwords. Login to your accounts with a click of a button.

When they learn that they can create new strong passwords, store their passwords, credit cards, PII, and when are auto-logged in with their username & password.

Every time they need to sign in to a website/account

High

Dark Web Monitoring

We monitor and notify you if we find your personal information on the Dark Web.

When they see that the PII they are monitoring is found in a breach, and there are recommended next steps on what to do.

Incidental- when their monitored PII is found in a breach.

High

Parental Control

Manage your children's activities online. Help them explore, learn, and enjoy their connected world more safely on their PCs or smartphones.

When they see that they are able to keep a watch of their child’s online activity and can set policies to restrict usage.

On demand- whenever the customer chooses to

High

Wifi Security

[Mobile only] Scans every Wi-fi the mobile is connected to and determines if its safe to stay connected to or not.

Lets them know if a Wi-Fi network they are connecting to is safe or not.

Every time their mobile connects to a Wi-Fi network for the first time.

Medium

App security

[Mobile only] Scans all the apps installed in the mobile to determine if they are malicious, harvests data or are safe.

Lets them know if an app is safe, malicious or harvests data.

First value when they setup their mobile device.

Every time an app is installed from play/app store

Low

Safe Search/Internet Security

Monitors your browsing activity & lets you know if a website is safe or not.

Lets them know if the websites they visit are safe or not.

Every time the customer visits a website

High



So, WHO is an Active user?

Considering there are a myriad & an eclectic blend of features as part of Norton 360 Deluxe that caters to multiple ICPs, the determination of an active user comes from the actions/outcomes achieved from 3 different features in the product:

Feature

Actions/Outcomes achieved for an active user

Example

Dark Web Monitoring

User has is monitoring atleast two different data type/PII apart from the email that is auto-monitored (during onboarding) and is reviewing 65% of the breaches, if applicable.

User has email

abc@gmail.com

auto-monitored (Not Active)

User has manually setup monitoring for their secondary email/phone number/Insurance account/Credit card

Password Manager

User has stored passwords for ALL of their frequently websites requiring sign-in with +40% of them using the password generator allowing them to auto-sign in to those websites 100% of the time.

User has their username + password stored in the password manager app for

https://growthx.cc/

—> The password created is using the in-built password manager —> When they visit the website, they choose to auto-sign in with the password manager.

NOTE

: Auto-Sign in to be excluded for Banking websites & sign-ins requiring OTPs.

Parental Control

User (Parent) sets up the child’s device with the Norton Family app & restricts usage with the “Time” functionality every week.

Every week, the parent would setup X minutes of usage for the child to use their device with Norton Family app for those X Minutes.


Engagement Framework

​To determine the best engagement frameworks for our product, subsequently the features, we are only going to consider the features that ranked “High” in the relatability index above because:

  1. They align closest to the core value proposition.
  2. They require engagement to achieve a particular task for the user.

Limiting the feature list:

Feature

Description

How do users experience the value prop?

Natural frequency for engagement with features

Impact/Relatability to core value prop (Experience x Frequency)

Password Manager

Create and store strong passwords. Login to your accounts with a click of a button.

When they learn that they can create new strong passwords, store their passwords, credit cards, PII, and when are auto-logged in with their username & password.

Every time they need to sign in to a website/account

High

Dark Web Monitoring

We monitor and notify you if we find your personal information on the Dark Web.

When they see that the PII they are monitoring is found in a breach, and there are recommended next steps on what to do.

Incidental- when their monitored PII is found in a breach.

High

Parental Control

Manage your children's activities online. Help them explore, learn, and enjoy their connected world more safely on their PCs or smartphones.

When they see that they are able to keep a watch of their child’s online activity and can set policies to restrict usage.

On demand- whenever the customer chooses to

High

Safe Search/Internet Security

Monitors your browsing activity & lets you know if a website is safe or not.

Lets them know if the websites they visit are safe or not.

Every time the customer visits a website

High


For these features, what does the engagement metric look like?
Assumption: Metrics & behavior for Safe Search & Password Manager are clubbed together because engagement and experiencing the value proposition for both occurs while they are browsing.

Engagement FrameworkKey Tracking MetricSelectedRationale
Frequency

1.

Password Manager & Safe search

- Engagement is atleast

every time

an user visits a website

2.

Parental Control

- Anytime a child wants to use a device (PC, mobile) for their leisure across any purposes - playing games, online, videos -

daily
3.
Dark Web Monitoring

- Anytime the PII monitored by the user is

exposed in the Dark Web

.

Not Applicable

While the natural frequency of some features are more, for Dark Web Monitoring it is not very frequent, by design, especially to experience the feature/product’s overall value proposition.

Depth

1. P

assword Manager & Safe search

- Value Proposition is experienced

immediately

upon visiting a website or while signing in.

2.

Parental Control

- Value Proposition is realized by parents assigning

X hours/minutes of usage

for the child in the child’s device.


3.
Dark Web Monitoring

- PII exposure in Dark Web could include

exposure of credit card data

, that may or may not result in financial loss.

Secondary

Each of the features have additional action required to follow through. EG: A Dark Web Breach would tell a customer “next steps” to stay safe | Password Manager allows users to store their banking information securely - showing the overall product’s value proposition through depth of engagement in each product will not keep customers retained as they could use competitors for each of the solutions.

However, depth of engagement, especially the time taken by customers in using each of the product is a good indicator of usability & understanding of the features themselves.

Breadth🎇

1.

Password Manager & Safe search

- A

website

that is determined “

safe

” by the feature allows and instills confidence in the user to

sign-in/sign-up

by

creating & storing stronger passwords.

2. P

arental Control

- A child browsing the internet will be notified if a website is

safe

or not by Safe Search, and

restrictions

(time spent, websites/videos watched) can be enforced by the Parent.


3.
Dark Web Monitoring

- If there are

stronger passwords

created for each account, only

safe/secure

websites are visited (using Safe search, Password Manager), the likelihood of a

Dark Web breach

occurring is lesser.

Primary

The most ideal method of engagement to show the overall value proposition of Norton - this is because ensuring that the discovery & engagement of each of the features by making each of the features interoperable with each other lets the customer know that Norton, as a package, meets them at their primary problem statement with solutions that are both relevant & contextual. Additionally, through this engagement model there are opportunities to increase the natural frequency through which each features show their value prop at various “Moment of Need”.

Customer Segmentation

For retrospection, below are the ICPs from Acquisition & Onboarding stages | Some of the characteristics have been omitted and only the ones relevant are retained.

Before that, what defines our casual, core & power users for the features that have a high relatability index + opportunity to work in tandem?


Breadth of featuresHow does a Casual user behave?How does a Core user behave?How does a Power user behave?
Dark Web Monitoring

User is monitoring email and another data type

including

the email that is auto-monitored (during onboarding) and is reviewing atleast 40% of the breaches, if applicable.

User is monitoring atleast two different data types

excluding

the email that is auto-monitored (during onboarding) and is reviewing atleast 65% of the breaches, if applicable. For eg: One additional email + Phone number OR auto- monitored email (excluded) + phone number + credit card/insurance/gamer tag

User is monitoring atleast two different data types

excluding

the email that is auto-monitored (during onboarding) and is reviewing atleast 85% of the breaches, if applicable.

- Excluding auto-monitored email - phone number + any other data type (insurance, phone number, credit card)

- If they are only monitoring auto-monitored email + phone number,

engagement campaign

to be sent if they have data types - if they don’t, ask them to share it to family & friends. If they dont want to, they are considered power users.

Password Manager AND/OR Safe Search

User has stored multiple passwords to their password manager app and auto-sign in into 60% of the time. This excludes banking websites and sites requiring OTP sign-ins.

- User has stored passwords for ALL of their frequently websites requiring sign-in with

- 30% of them using the password generator - Auto-signs in into those websites 75% of the time.

This excludes banking websites and sites requiring OTP sign-ins.

- User has stored passwords for ALL of their frequently websites requiring sign-in with

- 40% of them using the password generator

- Auto-signs in into those websites 85% of the time.

- Has data stored in either “wallet, address, favorites” section

This excludes banking websites and sites requiring OTP sign-ins.

Parental Control

User (Parent) sets up the child’s device with the Norton Family app & restricts usage with the “Time limit” functionality every week.

User (Parent) sets up with child’s device with the Norton Family app & restricts usage with the “Time limit” + “Parental Supervision” functionalities every week.

User (Parent) sets up with child’s device with the Norton Family app & restricts usage with the “Time limit” + “Parental Supervision” + “School time” functionalities every week.

How many of these features do they use?

Any one

Any two

3 features (If parental control is not used, safe search should be used)

WHY?

: Not everyone will have/want kids 🙂

ICP deep-dive

NortonICP 1ICP 2
Ideal customer profile name

Beatrix Kiddo

Luke Skywalker

Age

25-34

35-44

Goals

I want comprehensive online protection, all from one reputed provider.

It is my responsibility to protect the people I care about from online threats.

Common/auxiliary goals

I rely on technology to live my best life | Its worth it to spend money upfront to avoid a negative event.

I rely on technology to live my best life | Its worth it to spend time & money upfront to avoid a negative event.

Online Protection used (lifetime)

VPN, Password Manager, Free online tools for password, dark web monitoring,

Antivirus, Password manager, digital storage, VPN.

Where do they spend time? (in order)

Social media, OTT, Retail/shopping, Music.

Social Media, Retail/Shopping, OTT, Banking/Financial

Pain points

I get cold calls/spams constantly; I’m not sure where my data is how its being used; I use alot of online accounts and often re-use passwords as I cannot remember all of them.

I am afraid of my device being infected by a virus; I am very wary about credit card/bank/ID being used to commit fraud; I am unsure of how I can protect my family from online threats.

Current solution

McAfee, Browser password managers, Trend Micro, Avast, have 15 email addresses with limited information.

Windows defender, Apple devices, McAfee, Trend Micro, Avast, limit internet accessibility, go to a bank for transactions.

Features they value the most (per the product feature list)

Dark Web Monitoring, Password Manager, Would love VPN.

Dark Web Monitoring, Parental Control, Password Manager

Time vs. money on product - which is more important? (per the product feature list)

I’m willing to spend the money (except for Antivirus) in very limited time, but this feature list “makes me want more” for the value. (Time < Money)

I’m willing to spend the time and money since it helps me protect other members in my family. (Time > Money)

How do they prefer to interact with Norton’s features?

Expect to derive value effortlessly and quickly as I primarily use my mobile and I’m always on-the-go.

I am willing to take my time to explore what Norton has to offer, try out each feature that appeals to me.

Active user type

Core

Core

What does a “win” with Norton features look like?

Ensure that you give me quick & most relevant “Next steps” considering the money I have paid.

Tell me what I need to do to stay protected and I will follow guidance.

Jobs to be Done

- Ensure all my online accounts have strong passwords.

- Tell me if my PII is at risk of being mis-used. PII includes: Aadhar, PAN, phone number.

- Prevent unauthorized use of my credit cards & banking information.

- Allow me to have visibility of my children’s activity online.

Inclination & conditions to renew

If Norton did what was promised, I would consider renewing.

If my life was more at peace on online threats, I would definitely renew.

Rules of engagement

I dont want to be spammed by emails or calls everytime to use a feature- I will use it if I like it.

If a feature is important to me, I will always use it; I do not mind if I’m being reminded to use it.

What makes them Loyalists to Norton?

A product that is easy, gives them a sense of joy and is always one step ahead of the competition.

A product that adds meaning to their lives and others they care about, educates & provides them an avenue them how to tackle difficult situations.

What makes them Champions to Norton?

The product will also need to be one step ahead of the problem it is trying to solve.

If you meet me exactly where & what I have a problem with, I will talk to others about you.

What makes them disengaged with Norton?

If I need to perform the same, repetitive tasks then I will probably use the product less often.

While I don’t mind repetitive tasks, I would want some assurance & examples of how the product has helped me.

What makes them hibernate from Norton?

If I think that the problem the product is trying to solve is never-ending, and something that has no means to an end, does not offer any promise with supplementary functions, then I will stop using it.

If the product doesn’t work at all or if its not something I can share with my family, then I might start looking at other options.


Weaving the ICP stories- in a nutshell!

  1. Beatrix Kiddo likes the good things in life- they want a product that is not just high in utility but also gives them a sense of joy in using it.
    1. They don’t like to be told what to do repeatedly, but at the same time doesn’t mind the occasional tasks as long as they are told how their problem is solved.
    2. They need a product that is always one step ahead of them, and even the problem it is intended for, and if they feel that the problem is one that is serious enough for them & worth solving for, they are ready to spend the money on it.
    3. While they would prefer using a reputed brand, they are always on the look-out for “new-gen” products that is also endorsed by someone reputable, as long as it meets the need.
    4. Their primary device is a mobile so their preference would to use an mobile app.
  2. Luke Skywalker is very meticulous about researching a product for their needs and would often ask reliable sources before subscribing to one, so prefer utility over anything else.
    1. They typically rely on sources they consider experts, which they consider their products to be, and so will immediately act upon a guidance that their product is providing them.
    2. They don’t mind spending time on a task to be completed, especially on a problem they think & believe is worth it - as long as this is achieved, they are willing to spend, even a premium, to avoid a, potential, unfortunate event.
    3. They will always prefer a reputed brand, so their engagement with the brand will rely on the brand’s public disposition on “doing the right thing” - they will always choose one that can be multi-functional/used within their family.
    4. Their primary device is a mobile, although do not mind performing a task on their PC/Mac as long as it doesn’t take a long time.

Product Engagement

Product Hooks

  1. Problem: Dark Web Monitoring is a feature that has a very low natural frequency and the value prop cannot be realized by the user unless there’s an incidental breach.

Goal

User finds out Dark Web Monitoring is not just monitoring the PII they entered, but at relevant, contextual Moment of Needs. 

Success Metric

User either/and sets up Password manager and/or Dark Web Monitoring from these hooks | User visits Dark Web Monitoring feature from this hook | Makes a core/casual user to a Power user. 

Current Alternative

Google search, just “knowing” the website is breached, changing passwords for ALL their accounts every week.

Metrics to track

# of times a website was detected as safe vs. not safe, # of times user hovered over the banner, open rate of the banner, # of times dark web feature was setup, # times password manager was setup, # times user lands to either or both feature if they had already set it up and made a change.

Ramp up milestones

​Since its not a new functionality but just re-purposing an existing one with a new use case: 

  1. Crawl: Start showing only the banner to customers with details.
  2. Walk: Show the banner to users with a CTA to take them to each of the respective features
  3. Run: Show the banner to users with a CTA that takes them directly to the relevant section in each feature. EG: If insurance website is breached, take them to the page in dark web monitoring where they can add their insurance account to monitor. 


NOTE: If customers have not setup Internet Security, this product hook will run only on converted customers from Engagement Campaign - 3. 

User flow

When Internet security/Safe Search is enabled in the browser and the customer visits a website, a scan is run in the background and:

  1. In mobile, it displays a pop-up modal that its a malicious website (1)
  2. 2.In PC/Mac, the extension would turn green/red depending on the website (2)

The extension does this by scanning the reputation, security, category that the website belongs to. It also provides an option to ‘dispute’ the reputation, if you’re the website owner.

But, how can this be leveraged to show that Norton is not just showing them the website categories, but more context that truly tells the user if its safe or not?

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  1. Assuming the user visits LinkedIn.
  2. There’s a very non-intrusive banner on the top of the webpage with the same color gradients as Norton to imply that it’s a notification from Norton
  3. Just hovering over the banner would open it slightly informing the user that LinkedIn has been breached/part of a data leak in the past.
    • There is an option to close this banner altogether
    • There an option to expand the banner down to read more details.
  4. IF the website has never been part of a data breach, the banner would mention that instead.

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​Once the banner is expanded, they would see a description of the incident with context on what the impact was, the # of accounts exposed & what data has been exposed.
The customer does a quick google search and validates that this is accurate! - LinkedIn data breach. The experience then would differ based on the user segment:


  1. Users who have not setup or using Dark Web monitoring and/or password manager would see CTA’s to setup the feature(s).
  2. Users who have setup or using Dark web Monitoring and/or password manager would see CTA’s to see if they have been part of the breach and/or to create a stronger password so their account cannot be hacked.

What’s happening here?

  1. Users understand that Norton is meeting them where they are and providing privacy recommendations wherever they go.
  2. Users understand core value prop for features that do not have a high natural frequency of usage- their full potential is established when they start working with each other.

  1. Problem: When a customer is using a website that requires their sign-in, they would usually assign passwords to each accounts across different websites that are often similar to each other. 

Goal

User creates different passwords for each account they are creating irrespective of the websites and the degree of risk for each website would be compelling for them to create stronger passwords using the “password generator” functionality in Password Manager.

Success Metric

Users create passwords using the pwd. Generator X% of the times they read this message | Users setup an additional PII for monitoring in Dark Web Monitoring | Casual → Core users

Current Alternative

Continue re-using passwords, rely on memory to retain passwords, write down passwords, use (unsecured) browser-saved passwords.

Metrics to track

# users who organically use pwd generator vs. through this hook, “Time taken to track passwords” have changed from X time → Y time by using pwd generator, # users who setup dark web monitoring (and what data types) organically vs. through this hook.

Ramp up milestones

Since its not a new functionality but just repurposing an existing one with a new use case:

1.Crawl: Start by showing only the prompt to use password generator to create a habit without any context2.Walk: Show prompt to use password generator using a contextual prompt (like in the example) to create a value-driven habit.3.Run: Show prompt with combination of dark web monitoring + password manager to show max value proposition.

NOTE: If customers have not setup Password Manager, this product hook will run only on converted customers from Engagement Campaign - 2.



User flow

Today, an user has tries to add in a new account & password in the password manager feature, they are asked to enter the website, username & password.


There is an indicator that tells them the “strength” of the password and how long it would take someone to crack the password - which are great!


However, what product hooks can we implement that will drive engagement, habit & showcase the true value prop of the feature?

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​By creating a context driven need to create stronger passwords, we are:

  1. Encouraging the customer to use an additional capability that instills confidence that the feature allows them to educate & discover how powerful the feature is.
  2. By providing them additional learning on how, when used with the right combination of features (dark web monitoring), there’s awareness, opportunity to setup an additional feature and actively engage → create a habit with the feature.

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Engagement campaigns

  1. The world is changing. You want to help protect your kids from online threats.

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Campaign brief:


Goal: Remind parents who have subscribed to Norton 360 Deluxe to setup Parental Control primarily through web via email.

Channel: Email.

Segment:

  • Casual/Core Customers who have not setup Parental Control●Users that might have begun setting up the feature but dropped
  • Users in age 35-44 using password manager more frequently



Frequency:

Once every 3 weeks for 3 months until a customer sets up/unsubscribes. See Engagement campaign-5 for after 3 months.



Success metrics:

Email open rate, CTR%, # unsubscribed, device email was opened in, completed journey (setup feature), journey drop off, customer support calls enquiring on how to setup/unable to setup, continues same level of engagement with the product after opening up the email.

  1. Only One Password to Rule Them All!

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Campaign brief:


Goal: Reminder subscribers that they are entitled for Password Manager by showing them the benefits of the feature  and entice by how they can experience the full potential of the feature that compels them to set it up + engage with it frequently.


Channel: Email.


Segment

  • Casual/Core Customers who have not setup Password Manager
  • Users in age 35-44 & 25-34 who installed the product in their PC/Mac as their first device.



Frequency:

Once every 2 weeks for 3 months until a customer sets up the feature. See Engagement campaign-5 for after 3 months.



Success metrics:

Email open rate, CTR%, dropped while installing extension, device email was opened in, # of devices password manager ends up being used in, journey drop off, # of visits to the KB article in the email, customer support calls enquiring on how to setup/unable to setup, # of users who have setup and downloaded the recovery key.



  1. Your personal bodyguard on the web! 

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Campaign brief:

Goal: Remind users to install the extension that handles safe search that will empower them with knowledge if the site is risky and part of a data breach or not.


Channel: Email.


Segment:

  • Target Casual/Core Customers first who have not setup Dark Web Monitoring to monitor data types yet.
  • Users in age 35-44 & 25-34 who installed the product in their PC/Mac as their first device.



Frequency:

Once every 2 weeks for 2 months until a customer sets up the feature. See Engagement campaign-5 for after 2 months.



Success metrics:

Email open rate, CTR%, dropped while installing extension, device email was opened in, journey drop off, # who setup Dark Web Monitoring- what data types through this flow vs. organic, # risky sites detected vs. not detected (not risky), visits to KB article, # of calls to customer support on dark web monitoring.


  1. Add more PII to Dark Web Monitoring

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Campaign brief:


Goal: Provide customers with awareness that they have Dark Web Monitoring and that they can monitor different data types.


Segment:


  • Core/Casual customers who may have/have not used the feature, but not setup all data types
  • Users in age 35-44 & 25-34 who are more active on their mobile device (not feature specific) and


Channel: Mobile push notifications; in-app.



Frequency:

Once every month for 6 months until they setup all all data types except Gamer tag. See Engagement campaign-5 for after 6 months.



Success metrics:

Impressions, how many have turned off push notifications, CTR%, journey drop off, # who monitor data types (and which one), # of calls to customer support on dark web monitoring.

  1. Monthly Protection Report card!

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Campaign brief:


Goal: Reduce the number of emails & push notifications monthly by creating a report card of how Norton has protected & what actions is needed by the customer.


Segment:


●All paid subscribers


Channel: Mobile push notifications; in-app, email.


Frequency:

Monthly.



Success metrics:

Impressions of push notifications, email open rate, CTR% of notifications & email, # of “recommended actions” taken by customer.

Customer Support for Engagement

An often overlooked aspect of Engagement in a Customer's lifecycle, especially for Consumer SaaS companies is Customer Support.

  1. After more than one bad experience, around 73% of consumers say they would rather do business with a competitor.
  2. On average, 49% of customers have left a brand in the past 12 months due to bad customer experience.
  3. 72% of people who regularly interact with customer service bots indicate that the quality has improved and dissatisfaction levels have continued to drop.
  4. 72% of customers have used self-service portals, and 55% have used self-service chatbots.
  5. 77% of business leaders recognize that offering personalized support experiences leads to increased customer retention.
  6. 80% of customers consider the experience a company provides to be as important as its product or services.

What does the engagement experience with Norton's Customer service look like?

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How are customers churning?

Bird's eye view


Assumptions & facts
  1. Norton in India renews customers yearly.
  2. In their latest Quarterly earnings report, Gen Digital reported that they currently have total Direct Cybersafety customers of 38.4M retaining at 77%
  3. This userbase is globally, from their consolidation of Norton LifeLock, Avira & Avast. Prior to the consolidation, Norton LifeLock had a total of 21M users (55% of Gen) retaining at 81% annually
    • The primary reason for the decline is due to Avast bringing in more subscribers, less users retaining due to a larger market share including for emerging countries, that includes India.
  4. Gen Digital also reported that over 10% of their revenue was from Asia-Pacific
    • They do not operate in China & Japan, India, Australia are their largest markets in APJ
  5. 10% of Gen Digital’s revenue (assuming userbase) out of 38.4M global users = 3.84M in APJ | Norton LifeLock would be 18M globally = 1.8M in APJ
    • In terms of Growth, current CAGR: Australia- 18.44% | India -18.33% | Japan- 11.89% - Source
    • All three countries have the same feature sets, however distributed with 4 plans in AU & JP vs. 3 plans in IN.
    • Based on the growth rate, the distribution of the 1.8M users for Norton LifeLock would be: 40% Australia | 38% India | 22% Japan = 684K users in India
  6. Retention rate for Gen Digital is at 77% annually; 81% specific to Norton LifeLock
    • Average consumer retention for Consumer SaaS - ~60% is GOOD; ~80% is GREAT - Source
    • Assumption: Since the features in Norton for India isnt as vast and rich compared to USA (like data broker monitoring, social profile protection, credit monitoring…), applying a 20% haircut and considering retention rate in India as 59%

DurationUsersRetention rate%

M0

684,000

100%

M3

451,440

66%

M6

437,760

64%

M9

424,080

62%

M10

270,864

60%

M11

403,560

59%

M12

403,560

59%

So, what really happens? Based on the pattern of usage and the timeline of curve flattening, and general usage of all features, Norton’s retention typically flattens by M6-M9 because while there are opportunities to create habit forming behaviours with the features available now, some of the other features like Antivirus has no scope and ends up having no value to our ICPs; same with features like Cloud backup. Additionally, time taken to “discover” each feature, even if valuable to customers is much longer and quite tedious.

As the customer reaches M10, they will be informed about Auto-Renewal (that is turned on by default).

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But, what are the reasons for churn?

Voluntary Churn

  1. Continued value: The product could “usable” for one year but after that, it would fail to provide the value for money especially with Antivirus being part of price.
  2. Family sharing vs. # of devices: The limitation on # of devices is intended to limit usage of Antivirus, however if a spouse or another member would need to monitor their dark web or use password manager, they would need to share credentials.
  3. VPN is still advertised & accounted for in the price: VPN is restricted in India yet it is bundled with a plan and being marketed as “can be used while travelling outside India”. While this cannot be salvaged with ANY engagement/Retention campaign, Norton should just seperate it from the bundle and either provide it free or as a pay-as needed service.
  4. Lack of depth and range of features offered or to solve customer’s Privacy/Identity needs that could be a factor of local government regulations (Involuntary) or just business decisions in prioritizing to lead the core market (USA)
  5. Core competition on Identity & Privacy solutions: McAfee has higher chances to reach customers as they are partners with major laptop OEMs with each new laptop launching with a trial version of McAfee + ecosystems likes Apple prioritizing on Data Privacy based solutions.
  6. Some core features like Dark Web Monitoring only provide reactive steps with no concrete resolution (such as deleting information in the dark web), thereby leading to customers resigning to breaches occurring, leading to churn.

Involuntary Churn

  1. Changes in our target customers’ spending levels as a result of general economic conditions, inflationary pressures or other factors.
  2. Disruption by new, “Made in India” companies and/or changes in law/regulations such as the DPDPA Act ‘23, especially with the Government having access to Consumer data as per the bill.
  3. Customers not needed AV/Security products because they are not a top pain point + the ecosystem (Windows Defender, Apple doesn't require) offers to solve the problem.


Negative Actions to Look Out for

  1. Customers who were using Dark Web Monitoring and had breaches are not reviewing their breaches.
  2. Customers who have setup Password Manager are not using it to auto-login at all.
  3. Customers who have setup their child in parental control are not using it to monitoring their child(ren).
  4. Customers have not setup scheduled scan in Antivirus and/or have provided the necessary permissions to scan their device regularly.
  5. Product CSAT/NPS score, comments.
  6. Continued product bugs either from the core products themselves or from integrations, that are customer facing.
  7. Support tickets - Continued increase by category of issues customer has called in for, type of issues report, support CSAT, Customer Effort Score, high average talk time for calls, high waiting times, customers reading less FAQ articles and calling support more.
  8. Negative Social media engagement.
  9. Metrics defined in Casual-Core-Power framework are under the defined thresholds for more than 90 days.

Microscopic view

  • Which ICPs drive the best Retention? 🚀

ICP 3 (Luke Skywalker) drives the best retention because:

  1. This ICP prioritizes time > money spent and does not expect “quick solutions”, which the core features of the product do not exhibit.
  2. The most common features that this ICP engages with are Password Manager, Parental Contol that solve a very specific use case both at high frequences & with a larger breadth.
  3. Once these customers experience the Core Value Proposition of the features, they will continue to be loyal to the brand and will also spread word of mouth.
  • Which channels drive the best Retention? 📡

Users who were acquired & activated from search organic channels, especially through expert reviews in YouTube are expected to drive the best retention because they were acquired through positive reviews from established tech-individuals and had intentionally searched for a specific use case/use case topic.

Users who have engaged with mobile devices more & who received campaigns through mobile are expected to retain more because the feature-wise engagement, interoperability are more robust & has less effort in the mobile app.

  • What sub-features or sub-products drive the best retention? 🔍

The features that drive the best retention, in order, are:

  1. Password Manager: The feature that is rich in addressing use cases across password management, security & interoperability with features like dark web monitoring that exhibits the core value proposition both frequently & for a longer time in a customer’s lifecycle.
  2. Parental Control: Customers (especially Core, Power) using Parental Control use the feature to not just protect themselves, but the people/children in their family, and thus drives more engagement & retention within a customer’s lifecycle.
  3. Dark Web Monitoring: Retention for Dark Web Monitoring is going to be much lesser in the first year vs. subsequent years because the topic of “Dark Web Breaches” are still not predominantly known to a large segment of consumers.


Resurrection Campaigns

Campaign #1 - Personal Protection Report

Voluntary Churn Reason

Perceives Inefficacy

Segment

Users who were core/power users initially but eventually hibernated.

Goal

Reinforce how Norton has protected them despite them not being active.

Offer

A report card showing customers how Norton heled customers to stay protected when they were active, and how Norton continued to protect them despite of them being inactive. This shows accomplishments from Norton making the user feel valued.

Content

“Your were doing so well until {MONTH} with Norton, yet we had your back after that!


See how we protected you in the last ten months!

*

Report card, like in the engagement campaigns for the last 10 months distinguishing pre vs. post from when they stopped engaging

””

CTA: Take them to mobile/web detailed report card.

Month12 can have a discount (optional)

Frequency

Monthly until they renew

Timing

M10. M11. M12

Channel

In-app notification, Email

Success Metrics

Hibernate - Casual/Core/Power engagement, CTR%, email open rate, renewed yes/no, month that had the best CTR, engagement conversion, renewal.

Campaign #2 - “What has Norton done for you?”

Voluntary Churn Reason

Don’t want to renew

Segment

Core/Casual/Power Users who are on Auto renewal turning it off.

Goal

Show the user how Norton has kept them safe since they started using Norton when they are trying to turn off their auto-renewal

Offer

A report card showing customers how Norton heled customers to stay protected since they installed showing the customers that if they continue with auto-renewal and eventually renew, they can continue to reap these benefits.

Content

“Before you cancel your Auto-Renewal, see what Norton has done for you!

*

Report card, like in the engagement campaigns since they started using it

If you keep Auto-Renewal on, you can continue to experience these benefits even after you renew!”

CTA:

Continue to turn off Auto renewal

and

Keep Auto-Renewal

Frequency

When customers turn off their Auto-Renewal

Timing

When customers click on the CTA “Turn off Renewal” in the app

Channel

Mobile, Desktop, Web.

Success Metrics

Customer response on CTA, month in which they wanted to turn it off to appropriately measure cohort retention and enable engagement campaigns.

Campaign #3 - “Review your breaches before someone else does!”

Voluntary Churn Reason

Dark Web Breaches not reviewed

Segment

Core/Casual/Power Users have breaches to their monitored PII but have not taken any effort to review/assess what to do next or haven’t called into support.

Goal

Reminding customers who have dis-engaged to start reviewing breaches to turn them into casual/core users.

Offer

Reminding customers who have not reviewed their breaches by either prompting them to do so in their mobile app/web or by calling customer service establishes that Norton prioritizes and promotes users to stay safe.

Content

“Some of your breaches are yet to be reviewed by you!

*

Remind users what type of PII breach they have with CTA to the mobile/web app dee-linking them to breach screen so they can view next steps needed. Another CTA to take them to Customer Support so a representative can help them with it”.

Frequency

When customers leave their breach “open” for more than 2 months

Timing

Every month until they perform either of the actions from the CTA’s

Channel

Mobile, Desktop, Web.

Success Metrics

Customer reviews the breach from the guidance provided in the app, type of PII breach, customer calls customer support (and the type of questions they have there).


Campaign #4 - “Your favorite Privacy & Identity Protector”

Voluntary Churn Reason

Don’t want to renew

Segment

Core/Casual/Power Users who have never used AV/Security based products

Goal

Test if customers who are not inclined to use AV/Security products have an appetite to use a bundle with only Privacy & Identity features.

Offer

Create a bundle with only Identity & Privacy protection features at a lower price than Norton 360 Deluxe to test if customers that are churning/have already churned.

Content

We have a new offer that might make you think!

Introducing Norton Privacy Essentials- this is a all-in-one bundle that has only your favorite Privacy & Identity features that you have used in the past, without Anti Virus.
What is better than this? Its only at half the price per year for the price you had paid for Norton 360 Deluxe!”


CTA:

Buy now

Frequency

One-time - 2 variations of the message with the same proposed value prop sent bi-weekly

Timing

Hibernating customers, customers who have not renewed- M13.

Channel

Email.

Success Metrics

Email open rate, CTR,%, CVR%, AOV, gross bookings, margin %.


Campaign #5 - “Your 1:1 Masterclass with a Privacy Advisor!”

Voluntary Churn Reason

Not very knowledgeable

Segment

Casual user who has only setup one feature.

Goal

Test to see if customers, who are not very knowledgeable about the features offered to them will move from casual --> core --> power users by realizing the core value proposition.

Offer

Test with a limited cohort of casual users by sending them an email offering a 1:1 onboarding session with a Privacy Advisor who will walk them through how to use the product/feature and set it up for them. If it succeeds, potentially create a new SKU with a bundled onboarding session at another price point.

Content

Looking for a masterclass with a Privacy Advisor?



Schedule a 1-time call with a Privacy Advisor, at your convenient time, who will walk you through setting up your favorite features & how to use them!”


CTA: Schedule a call now.

Frequency

One-time - 2 variations of the message with the same offer sent bi-weekly

Timing

Core customers, M4.

Channel

Email, phone (customer support)

Success Metrics

Email open rate, CTR,%, # who schedule call, # of features setup and which ones, average handle time for the call, CSAT for the call, renewal rate for cohort at M10-M12.






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