Gainsight

DECEMBER 10, 2018

Before you say, “ thank u, next ” to 2018, check out Gainsight’s top blog posts, webinars, and resources of 2018. Top 5 Customer Success Blog Posts of 2018. You can’t have a business without a product and you can’t maintain a customer base without Customer Success.

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Amity

JANUARY 8, 2018

Well, this year is a good year to start, and what a better place to start than your Customer Success Program. Don’t sign bad fit customers. It’s not always going to be immediately obvious when a customer falls into the category of a “bad fit” customer. What do they all have in common?

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Education Services Group

OCTOBER 21, 2021

While Centers of Excellence (CoEs) have been popular drivers of improvement in organizations like Marketing, HR, and IT, they haven’t quite caught on in Customer Success (yet). A Customer Success CoE centralizes the knowledge and expertise of CS and distributes it across the enterprise. We believe that’s about to change.

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ChurnZero

AUGUST 24, 2018

This week we hosted a well-attended webinar on – Customer Success & Finance: Get Aligned! Getting a customer to retention and its financial impact. The webinar discussed the process and impact of the renewal from both the Customer Success and Finance point of view. Winner will be notified on August 31st, 2018.

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ChurnZero

JANUARY 4, 2019

But what if you could have a better idea of the changes 2019 has in store for Customer Success professionals? We’ll see more applications of AI in Customer Success, but these will mostly be behind-the-scenes. the stuff that Customer Success teams are really meant to do).

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ChurnZero

FEBRUARY 7, 2020

What’s the Job Outlook for Customer Success Professionals? Embarking in an emerging career field like Customer Success brings great possibility—and uncertainty. So, what’s the job outlook for Customer Success professionals? This means a vigilant focus on growing customer retention and lifetime value.

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ChurnZero

DECEMBER 28, 2018

We’ve published +60 posts on a variety of Customer Success related topics like customer churn, product adoption, customer journeys and more. We even got a shout out from HubSpot as a top blog you should be reading in 2018. 10 Punny Customer Success Jokes. Customer Success Metrics that Matter.

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Amity

DECEMBER 12, 2017

The day-to-day life of Customer Success professionals can get pretty hectic. The playlist below takes you through key questions Customer Success teams face. The playlist below takes you through key questions Customer Success teams face. Building a Robust Customer Success Program.

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CSM Practice

FEBRUARY 20, 2020

At early startup stages , customer success teams and other customer-facing teams are usually familiar with their customer base. This relationship-driven engagement model becomes difficult as the customer base becomes larger and more diversified. Why Should Customer Success Be Obsessed with Data?

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Gainsight

DECEMBER 26, 2018

“Customer Success Management is hitting the mainstream.”. That’s what Forrester analyst TJ Keitt said in his September 2018 report, How to Build a Customer Success Program , and I couldn’t agree more. When we look back, we may come to view 2018 as a seminal moment for Customer Success.

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Retently

JUNE 24, 2018

Being endowed with this ability, your company can proactively engage with customers, detect Detractors, and turn them into Promoters. Customer feedback loop. The ability to invite your colleagues to collaborate on the collected customer insights will also accelerate the loop closure. Trello, Asana, etc.). NPS software pricing.

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ChurnZero

JANUARY 4, 2019

But what if you could have a better idea of the changes 2019 has in store for Customer Success professionals? We’ll see more applications of AI in Customer Success, but these will mostly be behind-the-scenes. the stuff that Customer Success teams are really meant to do).

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ChurnZero

OCTOBER 4, 2019

It’s time for another installment of our blog series where we spotlight a Customer Success professional and get their take on the industry as well as get to hear some of their top tips they’d like to share. Today we are showcasing – Sam Schneider, the VP of Client Success at Bloomfire. A: It’s ok to say no.

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ChurnZero

JUNE 14, 2019

12 Steps to Conducting a Productive Customer Success Brainstorming Session. Automation is a game-changer for almost any department, but surprisingly Customer Success teams are a bit behind some of their counterparts (i.e. So why is it that not all Customer Success teams have become pros when it comes to CS automation?

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Help Scout

MAY 14, 2021

When you provide a tool that your customers rely on to achieve their daily goals, a common guiding value is a user-first mentality. For Brain.fm, this means achieving as much visibility into and consistency of customer success as possible. We’re absolutely obsessed with customer success.”. Using reports, Brain.fm

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CSM Practice

NOVEMBER 4, 2019

Some foundational questions still require attention in our growing customer success community. These questions include customer success funding and reporting, as well as appropriate customer segmentation. Mature SaaS companies are generally more concerned with the elements of scaling customer success.

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GetFeedback

SEPTEMBER 18, 2019

Forrester argues that e ase, speed, and convenience (which all fall under effortless ) alone are not enough to build an emotionally resonating experience that develops customer loyalty. . According to Forrester’s CX Index, a CX program must touch on three key elements to establish customer loyalty: . Guide to Boosting Customer Loyalty.

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ClientSuccess

AUGUST 30, 2018

As we’re less than two weeks away from the 2018 CS100 Summit , we’re reflecting on some of the amazing messages we’ve heard over the years. Notably, Carine Clark , CEO of Banyan , presented at last year’s premier customer success leadership event in Sundance, Utah, and her message was both powerful and practical.

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ChurnZero

FEBRUARY 1, 2019

At ChurnZero, our mission is to be the best Customer Success platform out there – and Customer Success teams sit at the heart of this goal. Since the field of Customer Success is still maturing, we feel it’s key to learn from others in the industry. Amanda Berger, Chief Customer Officer, Lucidworks.

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Gainsight

JANUARY 31, 2022

Introducing customer success both as a methodology and working practice into a business can be difficult. People don’t like change, even if the shift promises them success. People don’t like change, even if the shift promises them success. Enter Customer Success. million applications every month.

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SmartKarrot

DECEMBER 2, 2020

Women in customer success are taking over the town and converting every milestone which was once considered as surreal. Customer Success as a niche is highly competitive and caters to a large volume of masses. Catherine Blackmore, GVP, Customer Success, Oracle Marketing Cloud. Source: Pexels. That’s a Wrap.

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Kerry Bodine

JUNE 5, 2019

In the journey manager role synonymous with that of a customer success manager? I’ve heard of one company that gave each of its account managers the title of journey manager — and another that gave its customer support reps customer success titles. If not, what’s the difference?

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SmartKarrot

JANUARY 5, 2021

The evolving field of Customer Success owes its origin and rapid rise to a passionate community of pioneers, proponents, and practitioners. Here’s our Top 50 Customer Success Influencers list celebrating those frontiersmen and women pushing the boundaries and making Customer Success the force that it is today.

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Kerry Bodine

JUNE 5, 2019

In the journey manager role synonymous with that of a customer success manager? I’ve heard of one company that gave each of its account managers the title of journey manager — and another that gave its customer support reps customer success titles. If not, what’s the difference?

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Kerry Bodine

JUNE 5, 2019

In the journey manager role synonymous with that of a customer success manager? I’ve heard of one company that gave each of its account managers the title of journey manager — and another that gave its customer support reps customer success titles. If not, what’s the difference?

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Call Experts

MAY 8, 2019

Customer success analytics tools are essential for growing businesses. As technology advances and improves, experienced business experts are discovering that AI is the best tool for transforming the Digital Customer Experience. 45% enhancements in customer ratings. 95% growth in the numbers of new customers.

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ClientSuccess

MAY 10, 2019

The new logo incorporates our mission to build global customer success leadership summits with the best content, the best experiences, and the best connections. The CS100 Summit is the premier conference for customer success executives & SaaS leaders. Watch the CS100 Summit 2018 highlight video below.

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Avaya

APRIL 10, 2019

2 technology they expect to transform Digital Customer Experience (DCX), behind customer success analytics tools. In Nemertes’ 2018-19 Digital Customer Experience research study of 697 organizations, we found companies already are relying on AI to transform their customer experience.

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SuiteCX

JULY 9, 2018

In the recent research report by MyCustomer in association with Quadient, Customer Journey Mapping Research Report 2018, results validate what we practitioners have known for years: leadership buy-in absolutely matters and it should never be a one-and-done effort.

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Eptica

MARCH 28, 2018

Date: Wednesday, March 28, 2018 Why it is time to calculate the ROI of VoC programs. Published on: March 28, 2018. Author: Olivier Njamfa Businesses have been running Voice of the Customer (VoC) programs for some time , but in many cases overall customer satisfaction has actually deteriorated.

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Amity

NOVEMBER 28, 2017

One of the biggest challenges of quantifying the benefits of customer success is that many organizations fall short on how to prolong the customer success continuum. The customer maturity phase will happen and you won’t realize how much of your business needs to change and adapt to this new phase.

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Lumoa

OCTOBER 31, 2018

In my opinion, three things that are essential for CX include: Restoring trust – 2017 has seen more examples of organizations continuing to fail to meet basic customer expectations. In 2018, all brands across all industries are going to have to work hard to restore trust with the everyday consumer. 2018 will be the year of CX and AI.?

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Totango

JANUARY 8, 2019

When you’re selling subscription services, how do you measure customer success? Most subscription-based enterprises look at “churn rates,” or the percentage of customers who cancel their subscription every year. Subscription churn shows how satisfied your customers are with your product or service.

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Kustomer

JUNE 1, 2020

Are your customers happy? Use your metrics as a secondary focus. If your agents are instructed to simply make your customers happy, they’ll be less likely to game the numbers in their favor. Average handle time, first response time, and similar metrics only show you what’s happened. Monitor Your Team in Real-Time.

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Avaya

FEBRUARY 13, 2019

An elated customer will say: “That was fantastic! When existing or new customers become elated, all the other metrics fall into place. They post on social media or rate the company on web sites, which provides prospective customers with a sense of security that your business is a good one.

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ClientSuccess

APRIL 25, 2018

This series, now a community for frontline Customer Success Managers (CSMs), discusses trends, best practices, and advice that can help the frontline. Being on the CSM frontline allows us to directly influence the success of our clients. I love that; as our clients are successful, we’re successful.

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TeamSupport

APRIL 26, 2019

Customer service is a concept that can mean many things to different businesses. At the heart of it all however, serving the customer is what keeps a business running. Gartner’s 2018 Customer Experience Survey found that two-thirds of a company’s competitive edge was predicated on the experience they delivered to their customers.

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