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5 Challenges to Proactive Customer Success

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The history of Customer Success dates all the way back to 1995 when Concur became the first SaaS company by putting their product into what is today known as the cloud. In 2004, Salesforce came up with the Customer for Life program, and set the foundation for all of the reasons we are so focused on Customer Success today.

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Part 2: The Strategic Role of B2B Customer Support

Team Support

This is the first step in customer retention. Collaborate: On th at note, rather than acting alone in response to customer issues as they have historically done, Support must collaborate with the customer success, sales, renewal, professional services, and training teams to coordinate customer engagement and retention strategies.

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Part 1: B2B Customer Support Transformation Imperatives

Team Support

Company-wide initiatives to improve customer experiences (CX) and drive success are influencing Support to engage in new, more meaningful customer interactions. While most companies have Customer Success initiatives, many rely on Support’s expertise and resources to contribute to the attainment of customer outcomes.

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Part 3: The Strategic Role of B2B Customer Support

Team Support

In Part 1 and Part 2 of this blog series based on the whitepaper co-produced by ServiceXRG and TeamSupport, we introduced the concept of how to position the investment in customer support as a strategic value aligned to current business practices and target outcomes, and about the evolving role of B2B customer support.

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10 Customer Service Podcasts to Add to Your Rotation

Kustomer

that end, we’ve curated a customer service-centric podcast list for you to peruse and enjoy. Check out our favorite customer service podcasts, or keep reading for some entertaining podcast history. Then in 2004, BBC and The Guardian journalist Ben Hammersley merged the words ‘iPod’ with ‘broadcast’ officially coining the term ‘podcast.’

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Part 2: How Customer Support Drives and Grows Recurring Revenues

Team Support

About ServiceXRG Service Excellence Research Group (ServiceXRG) helps companies retain customers, expand revenue, and achieve cost efficiencies through service excellence. Founded in 2004, the organization works with the world’s leading technology companies to transform and optimize service outcomes. Learn more at servicexrg.com.

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Inside Customer Success: HubSpot

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With 20,000 customers worldwide, HubSpot is the world’s leading inbound marketing and sales platform, transforming the way businesses attract, engage, and delight customers. We sat down with Stephen O’Keefe, Director of Customer Success, to discuss how Customer Success has evolved at HubSpot over the last 7 years.