Prepared for Retention · August 2026 · Built from public data only
4 of Retention's customers are already selling for you. Almost nobody can see them.
Your customers are advocating for Retention right now, with or without you. We audited the public record of it: every champion named and sourced, and a model of what their voices are worth in feeds and AI answers. The audit is free. What it sets up is the decision below: whether to turn this into a channel you actually run.
On the public record02 / 02Why this audit exists, and what happens when you claim it
Nobody has to sell you on word of mouth. It is the strongest voice in your market, and the people quoted above are proof it is already working for Retention, with or without you. Belief was never the problem.
Until now there has been no way to manage and amplify customer voice without ruining what makes it credible: assignment platforms turn it into advertising, portals turn it into homework. So at most companies the channel runs itself, by accident. The audit quantifies what that accident is worth at Retention, champion by champion, with sources.
Champions enrolled, speaking on their own terms, measured, and paid fairly. Organic by design: we never assign content or set quotas, because the moment you do, buyers can tell. We build it with you, or you run it on the platform. The audit is step one, and it is yours free either way.
The best finds
What the public record says, and what it leaves on the table
Every claim below is public and footnoted. This is the teaser; the full audit carries the complete record.
Champions already on the record
Named executives are publicly endorsing Retention, in their own words, on pages anyone can check. They cleared legal, went on record, and would say it again.
A loud brand, a silent customer bench
Retention's feed is working: launches, press, real attention. But the voice buyers discount least, the customer's, appears in none of it. The advocacy channel is running unowned, growing or stalling by accident.
The feed your buyers read, and the answers AI gives them
B2B evaluation now starts in feeds and AI assistants. The Meltwater and LinkedIn study of 9.5 million AI citations shows the cited voices are overwhelmingly people, not brands. Whoever owns the credible customer voice in a category owns the shortlist conversation.
So you can
Turn your best marketing channel into something you can measure, predict, and grow.
Your customers become your best salespeople: real users telling their peers, in their own words, why they chose Retention. That is Advocacy-Led Growth, and it makes your highest quality channel measurable and predictable instead of accidental. Word of mouth always had the credibility. What it never had was infrastructure. Kindling helps you build the system for it.
Start with Retention's free audit →Champions already on record
A teaser from the full audit. Every name is public, every quote is verbatim, and every claim links to its source.
“Retention has been a home run for us from the get-go. It has played a pivotal role in our early success as a brand. It has helped us grow our email lists substantially and continues to drive revenue.”
“Retention.com has been a game-changer for Cymbiotika, helping us recover revenue we would have otherwise lost. Their solutions seamlessly integrated into our retention strategy, driving significant growth in both engagement and conversions.”
Why now
Retention's LinkedIn feed already carries attention from investors, partners, and the brand itself. What is missing is recurring customer voice in that same feed. You already know word of mouth is the best advertising there is; the difference between having it and running it as a channel is a system. Champions activated while the spotlight is on compound every dollar of attention the brand is earning. [source]
What activation looks like
A first ninety days, sized for a lean team
Consolidate the scattered proof
Every quote, post, and endorsement pulled into a single champion bench with sources.
Enroll the advocates already speaking
A program gives willing customers a cadence, a reason, and recognition. Their words, their feeds.
Measure what leadership sees
Reach into the accounts still deciding, tracked per champion and per post, in terms a board trusts.
Claim your full audit
The full audit is not more information. It is the case file for one decision: is this channel worth systematizing at Retention, and what would that take? Leave your name and work email; we verify the request, then send the PDF. Nothing is auto-delivered.
If you do nothing else
Ask the customers already on record to tell their networks why they chose Retention. Their words, their feeds, once a month.
That advice is free and it works without us. Kindling exists for what comes after: tracking it, measuring it, and paying advocates fairly at scale.
While the audit is on its way
Sources · every claim above is footnoted
- Retention public page reviewed: retention.com
- Customer story inventory: retention.com/case-studies
- Chuck Melber, Marketing Director, Nomad Goods: retention.com/case-studies/nomad-goods
- JP Robinson, Acquisition Marketing Manager, Brad's Deals: retention.com/case-studies/brads-deals
- Mike Gilliland, Director of Ecommerce, Montana Knife Company: retention.com/case-studies/montana-knife-company
- Rami Mayuma, Email & SMS Marketing Manager, Cymbiotika: retention.com/case-studies/cymbiotika
- funding/press article: cde.ca.gov/ls/nu/sn/kit2025.asp
- funding/press article: curinos.com/insights/according-to-the-data-key-digital-retention-early-funding
- funding/press article: irmi.com/term/insurance-definitions/funded-retention
- Retention public page reviewed: detroitmi.gov/news/detroit-launches-first-its-kind-700000-startup-fund-fuel-job-creation-and-talent-retention
- Retention public page reviewed: isac.org/students/before-college/financial-aid-planning/retention-of-illinois-rise-act/
- Retention brand and founder feed activity reviewed for customer voice: post 1, post 2, post 3, post 4, post 5, post 6, post 7, post 8, post 9, post 10, post 11, post 12, post 13