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The RCTI Framework

Every customer relationship moves through four stages. RCTI gives you one vocabulary — and one scorecard — for all of them.

Reach Connect Transform Inspire

The Four Stages

From "can they find you?" to "will they advocate for you?"

R

Reach

Can customers find you?

C

Connect

Do customers trust you?

T

Transform

Do customers take action?

I

Inspire

Do customers return and advocate?

Stage 01 · Reach

Reach

Can customers find you?

Visibility is the first gate. If the right people can't discover you — in search, on the platforms they trust, in their communities — nothing downstream matters. Reach measures how findable and present you are.

R
Discoverability & Presence
Stage 02 · Connect

Connect

Do customers trust you?

Attention is not trust. Connect looks at the quality of the relationship — reputation, sentiment, consistency, and the signals that tell a customer you're worth believing.

C
Trust & Reputation
Stage 03 · Transform

Transform

Do customers take action?

Trust has to convert. Transform measures whether interest becomes action — purchases, sign-ups, visits, commitments — and where that journey breaks down.

T
Conversion & Action
Stage 04 · Inspire

Inspire

Do customers return and advocate?

The most valuable customers come back — and bring others. Inspire measures loyalty, retention, and advocacy: the compounding return that most organizations under-invest in.

I
Loyalty & Advocacy

The Full Picture

One scorecard, four dimensions.

RCTI turns scattered signals into a single, readable scorecard — so leadership can see strengths, gaps, and priorities at a glance.

The RCTI framework diagram showing Reach, Connect, Transform, and Inspire as a connected scorecard.

Score your organization against RCTI.

An MU360 engagement applies the RCTI framework to your own data — whether you operate a single location, a small group of stores, or a larger network — and shows you exactly where to focus next.