Education Services Group

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

Customer Success becomes a “must-have” in a tumultuous economy, increasing the need for Customer Success as a Service ®. ESG, the market leader in Customer Success as a Service ® is proud to announce record-breaking 2020 year-end results.

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ChurnZero

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

Since you might not have gotten the chance to carve out two full days from your schedule to listen in on the sessions, here’s our recap of the top ten Customer Success takeaways from the event. . . Toon Vanagt: wearing a mask & physical distancing (@Toon) September 2, 2020. SaaStr (@saastr) September 2, 2020. .

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ChurnZero

OCTOBER 30, 2020

What’s Next For Customer Success? No one knows what the future holds (as 2020 has made abundantly clear) but that didn’t stop us from asking top SaaS CEOs what’s next for Customer Success. Customer Success Compensation Catches Up to Sales. Top SaaS CEOs Talk Compensation, Automation, and Investors.

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Education Services Group

APRIL 21, 2021

If you’re wondering what the ESG Customer Success Maturity Model is and why we built it, go back and read the first installment of this three-part series. Here in part two, I’ll talk about the second phase of Customer Success maturity – Operationalize. If you’ve already devoured that and are ready for more, read on!

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Gainsight

DECEMBER 27, 2019

We’ve released some amazing new Gainsight PX features , put on the best Pulse conference to date, and supported the customer-centric community with an ever-growing content library. With 2020 just around the corner, now is the perfect time to catch up on Gainsight’s top product experience blog posts of 2019.

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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? billion dollar market. Will this role have high growth potential?

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CloudCherry

AUGUST 26, 2019

A separate research report by CustomerThink revealed that 74% of organizations with CX initiatives believe customer experience will overtake price and product as the key brand differentiator by 2020. Organizations can no longer assume they’re achieving “customer delight” by relying on traditional digital marketing tactics alone.

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ChurnZero

JUNE 12, 2020

This is a guest post by Jason Conrad, Advisory Board Member of Customer Imperative. Today, you’d be hard-pressed to find a high-velocity Sales, Marketing, or Product team without a designated operations function. To find out if you’re prioritizing Customer Success productivity, let’s look at these common questions and answers.

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BlueOcean

OCTOBER 6, 2020

And how do you test the waters to see how they compare in the market? For clients with complex care scenarios – whether that is enterprise customer success management or providing critical support direct to consumers – change is never taken lightly. What Service Level Metrics Are Most Relevant to Your Business Now?

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ChurnZero

DECEMBER 9, 2022

In 2020, that figure dropped by half to 38%. Today, division leaders who run market-facing GTM functions account for 36% of CEO appointments. Gabby shared how her customer experience acumen set her apart for the CEO role, advocating that “Customer Success is front and center of all the skills that you need to be a great CEO.”.

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ChurnZero

JANUARY 15, 2021

Looking back at our Customer Success predictions for 2020 , I can’t help but wonder if our CEO, You Mon Tsang, was gazing into his own crystal ball. Before the pandemic hit, You Mon predicted that Customer Success would undergo its first pressure test. “Be Remco de Vries , Vice President of Marketing, inSided.

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ChurnZero

FEBRUARY 11, 2020

Top 5 Customer Success Takeaways from Chief Customer Officers USA. Our very own CCO, Abby Hammer, had a part of the action and was one of the presenters and spoke on- How to Drive Operational Excellence Through Data-Driven Customer Success. Jim Bass (@JimBassCX) February 5, 2020.

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Gainsight

MARCH 1, 2021

One of the best parts of my job is my involvement in the exploding career of Customer Success. I’ve noticed as Customer Success became the 6th-most-promising career in the world , according to LinkedIn. I typically have 3-6 calls per week with Customer Success leaders thinking about their next role.

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Team Support

MAY 11, 2021

“You’re not paying close enough attention to your customers.”. That’s how TeamSupport CEO Pete Khanna and ProfitSword VP of Sales and Marketing Paul Bennie began their speaking session at the recent TSIA Interact annual conference. 1 So, for to continue to flow, customers must continue to use your products. What did they mean ?

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ChurnZero

NOVEMBER 15, 2019

Q&A: How to Get 20/20 Foresight for Your 2020 Customer Success Planning. . Analyzing performance for 2020 forecasting. Customer Success operations planning. Moderator: Abby Hammer, Chief Customer Officer, ChurnZero. Panelists: Geeta Arora, VP of Customer Success, LeagueApps.

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ChurnZero

OCTOBER 6, 2020

Superior Customer Success programs set great companies apart from their peers. Aligning client and vendor goals to create mutually beneficial outcomes can make a big splash – not just on customer loyalty and happiness, but also your bottom line. The Award Categories. Learn more about Affise’s story below.

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Kustomer

SEPTEMBER 9, 2020

As a Customer Success Manager at Kustomer, I’ve had a front-row seat to how the pandemic has impacted (and still impacts) the businesses that are under my care. 2019 feels like aeons ago at this point, and what does it really tell us if a business’ first response time increased by 30 seconds from 2019 to 2020? minutes AHT | 10.2

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ChurnZero

JULY 9, 2020

Does your marketing often drop the L-bomb? Entire marketing budgets are devoted to their infinite pursuit and persuasion. But if you’re like most companies, when it comes to attracting your customers, the only thing your marketing’s dropping is the ball. The Forgotten CSM: Customer Success Marketing.

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Gainsight

MARCH 1, 2021

Today, we are sharing lessons from Sam Johnson, Chief Customer Officer of Jamf , and Ben Michael, their Director of Customer Success. Also, is there something beyond their technology level that led to success? In July 2020, Jamf debuted on the NASDAQ in a $100 million IPO. Sam : Nick, it’s been quite a ride.

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ChurnZero

FEBRUARY 28, 2020

Q&A: Digital Customer Success Strategies to Drive User Adoption. Accessing meaningful data points early in the customer journey can be difficult. You can easily miss opportunities to deeply understand your customers’ behavior when your insights depend on those data points.

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Experience Investigators by 360Connext

NOVEMBER 20, 2014

Earlier this month, Thomasz Tungaz, a venture capitalist at RedPoint, published a blog titled “Why your SaaS Startup Needs a VP of Customer Success Sooner than you Might Think”. The customer success team is abreast of the entire customer lifecycle to ensure the client experience is positive from closing until forever.

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Education Services Group

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

So, it shouldn’t come as a surprise to any of us in the Customer Success world that revenue is kind of a big deal to a business. As Customer Success organizations continue to gain attention and recognition for growing revenue , it is increasingly critical that we reach out to our hardworking peers in Finance to join forces more often.

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ChurnZero

AUGUST 30, 2019

Top 10 Customer Success Takeaways from SaaStr Scale. It was a 1-day turbo-charged event in San Francisco with the best-of-the-best in Sales, Marketing, and Customer Success. How to Build Effective Customer Success Plans Wednesday, September 11, 2019 2:00 – 3:00 PM EDT. Upcoming Webinar.

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SmartKarrot

SEPTEMBER 11, 2020

SaaStr 2020, however, has turned out to be different from all their previous events. SaaStr 2020 was cancelled because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Instead, they held a successful online event with more than 50,000 attendees. By the year 2025, it will surpass 50% of the market share in the software industry.

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Gainsight

DECEMBER 17, 2019

We’re “speculating” about what 2020 is going look like, and we’re imagining new worlds and new technologies. And I think the same is true with planning out your customer success strategy for 2020 and beyond. Extrapolating the future of your customer success organization.

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Gainsight

JUNE 9, 2021

What’s the ROI of Customer Success?” This is a question I hear all the time in the Customer Success community. Nearly every company in SaaS is “checking the box” on Customer Success in some way. How does Customer Success and Gainsight usage correlate to Net Revenue Retention ?

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ChurnZero

JUNE 2, 2021

During 2020, we saw several major events cause businesses to adapt to new conditions and adopt additional capabilities to not only defend against economic pressures but also to take advantage of opportunities. During the webinar, we cover: A deep dive on 2020 retention and pandemic impacts. Q&A Recap. I will say this much.

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Team Support

JANUARY 12, 2021

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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Education Services Group

JUNE 29, 2019

Even though customer retention is just as important as customer acquisition — arguably even more so — most companies spend the majority of their focus on customer acquisition. So how do you put your efforts into keeping your existing customers happy? And how can Customer Success strategies help you get there?

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Gainsight

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

It’s actual footage of a customer success manager navigating the hurdles of submitting a feature request and getting it built. See below: All jokes aside, success and product teams have never worked more closely than they do in 2020, but one large barrier often remains: They’re speaking different languages.

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Gainsight

JUNE 17, 2022

If you’re considering implementing—or have already implemented—a product-led growth (PLG) strategy, one of the first things you should determine are the metrics you’ll need to measure success. . Here’s how to pick out the perfect metrics for product-led growth. . Overall Product-Led Growth Metrics.

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CustomerSuccessBox

APRIL 5, 2022

It takes continuous renewals and a need to increase customer lifetime value as well. Having these burdens in mind, the first thing that pops into my head is the efforts of customer success teams in enabling the customer experience. That’s why customer enablement! What is customer enablement?

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Gainsight

FEBRUARY 4, 2021

Growth rate, gross margin, and other traditional metrics matter greatly. But software leaders have increasingly recognized the importance of a new metric unique to the SaaS world, Net Dollar Retention (NDR). As a reminder, NDR looks at your existing customers at the beginning of a period (e.g., Net Dollar Retention Rules.

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Gainsight

MARCH 31, 2020

How many years ago was January 1, 2020? If you aren’t in the market research business, a survey response rate (without an incentive like a gift card) of 50% is almost unheard of. Using internal health metrics and external customer industry health metrics, companies are re-forecasting. ” 10. ” 11.

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ChurnZero

MARCH 20, 2020

The Goldilocks Principle in Customer Success: Finding the ‘Just Right’ Skill Balance. Not too hard, not too soft, Customer Success skills need to be “just right. ” This makes the idea of a universal Customer Success skills composite that’s “just right” sound more like a farfetched fable.

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Lumoa

JANUARY 9, 2018

It’s predicted, that by 2020 customer experience will overtake price and product as the key brand differentiator when making consumer choices. Blake Morgan, Customer Experience Futurist, Keynote Speaker, Author @BlakeMichelleM | blog "The future of customer experience is around providing tailored and personalized customer experiences.

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Totango

JUNE 26, 2020

and global tech markets beginning in 2020 is now at about 50 percent. As SaaS customers tighten their belts to survive the pandemic, there are expected to be major to severe revenue losses across more than half-a-dozen critical industries, including banking and finance, telecommunications, manufacturing, and others. Be Flexible.

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