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Why Your Next Employee Should Be a Customer Success Manager

Retently

The Connective Tissue of a Company The first non-technical hire you make needs to be in Customer Success. Customer Success is the bridge between what your company does and what your customers need you to do. They offer a look into the minds of your customers and can shape the direction of your entire firm.

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2022 Customer Success Leadership Study Signals Industry at a Turning Point

Education Services Group

I’m talking about the 2022 Customer Success Leadership Study (much more exciting, IMHO). For the third year in a row, we’re tracking all the twists and turns unfolding in the Customer Success industry. A growing industry full of fresh talent. Customer Success is growing, which is no surprise.

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How to Set Industry NPS Benchmarks and Why It Matters

Lumoa

Net Promoter Scores are always an interesting topic of conversation, and industry NPS benchmarks even more so. This blog post will discuss NPS benchmarks and look at why NPS is so essential to overall customer success. This makes it an essential consideration for any customer success manager in almost any industry.

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How Customer Success, Marketing, & Advocacy Work Better Together to Scale Customer Relationships

Influitive

New York City in the winter time is a place full of magic, and that magic was taken to another level on December 8th as the Customer Marketing Alliance brought together CMA pros from around the world for their first annual Customer Marketing Summit.

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How to tie Customer Success into your CEM program

CloudCherry

And, this week on ‘The Sweets of CX ’, I dove in to my first episode as a solo host, and was honored to interview a friend and colleague who’s ALL about his customers, Mike Miller – Director of Customer Success at CloudCherry (now Cisco). So, what Brand has wowed our Customer Success Expert? Fancy that!

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The Real Difference Between Customer Support and Customer Success

Retently

But there’s still one area that’s neglected all too often – Customer Success. As SaaS companies spring up, the essential Customer Success role is being rolled into Customer Service. What is the role of Customer Success? The Customer Success Manager (CSM) is thus not a passive role.

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Customer Success + Sales = Revenue Retention: Insights from Totango Leaders

Totango

If you asked your customer success (CS) and sales leaders this question, what do you think each of them would say? Revenue retention hinges on the collaborative efforts of CS and sales teams as they collectively shepherd customers throughout the lifecycle journey, from acquisition to retention and expansion.

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