Thought you would enjoy this link to an article on 8 Creative Ways to Identify Your Most Profitable Customers where my suggestion 1. Continuously analyze customer data is quoted.
http://yfsentrepreneur.com/2013/06/27/8-creative-ways-to-identify-your-most-profitable-customers/
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