Customer Bliss

APRIL 25, 2019

“Customer delight is incredibly important, but it’s also insufficient,” says Jon Herstein , Chief Customer Officer at Box , a cloud content management company that serves about 90,000 customers. Delivering value is ultimately the key point of B2B customer success and delight.

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ChurnZero

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

9 tips to get your CSMs to adopt Customer Success software. Have you ever worked at a company where the Customer Success team had to beg for its own tools? The CSM perspective: how to encourage the adoption of Customer Success software. As CSMs, we spend our days convincing our customers to adopt our tools.

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Customer Bliss

DECEMBER 20, 2016

Amy Downs is the Chief Customer Success & Happiness Officer at Lifesize, a company enabling communication and collaboration among many mediums (their slogan is “connecting people to make their workplace great” ), was quite interesting. At Lifesize, she was initially VP of Customer Care.

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ClearAction

JANUARY 8, 2024

Higher costs to serve: customer service, returned materials, remedies, etc. More expense to retain customers: loyalty incentives, customer success, etc. Higher growth, with sustained upward trends, result from customer-aligned organizations. 24 Ways to Boost 2024 CX ROI. Otherwise, you’re in a Ponzi scheme.)

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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

DECEMBER 14, 2020

Our Chief Customer Officer, Ashvin Vaidyanathan , talks to customer success trailblazer Garin Landry in this conversation. Garin is the Insight Strategy Manager for Customer Operations and Strategy at Planview , a global leader in work and resource management (WRM). Ashvin: Hello, Garin!

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ChurnZero

AUGUST 21, 2020

So, to reprieve our collective cry for clarity, we asked industry experts to give their best predictions on the future of Customer Success. So, without further ado, here’s what our Customer Success experts had to say: You Mon Tsang , CEO, ChurnZero. Greg Saiz , VP of Customer Success, Betterworks.

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ChurnZero

DECEMBER 20, 2019

20 Customer Success Predictions for 2020 . T hat’s why we asked some of the top Customer Success (CS) leaders to share their industry predictions for 2020. Vanessa Hannay , Director of Customer Success, Muck Rack . Making customers happy is no longer good enough. . . The year was 1909.

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ChurnZero

JULY 9, 2020

Sure, you won customers over to get the initial purchase, but what about your post-sale courting? That’s why they got into this relationship with you in the first place – and why customer success has become a non-negotiable. If you teach a customer how to use your product to fix a problem, you’re in the game.

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ClearAction

DECEMBER 5, 2023

Likewise, for financial growth from customer experience (CX), it’s best to focus on these 4 CX metrics: CX-inspired growth CX-inspired performance CX-inspired strategies CX-inspired efficiencies These 4 metrics synchronize your value proposition and what customers get. All of this grows Customer Lifetime Value.

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Amity

MARCH 22, 2016

SaaS Tattler Issue 79 - Giving Customer Success a Voice at the Executive Table. In an era where the customer experience matters more than ever before, having a voice at the executive table changes everything. Cue the Chief Customer Officer (CCO), breaking down Silos, strapped with customer intuition.

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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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SmartKarrot

DECEMBER 4, 2020

Before customer success was introduced, companies used to spend massive funds in acquiring the customers only to see them finally go. But as customer retention became a major goal for these companies, customer success ROI started paying off. Importance of measuring customer success ROI.

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Amity

APRIL 25, 2016

Frequently updated and always on point, the A-List is a snapshot of what's happening in the world of Customer Success. Director of Customer Success - Proven. Alex curates the Customer Success Newsletter which is a weekly curated collection of 4 helpful articles from around the Customer Success community.

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Gainsight

JUNE 21, 2022

Gainsight and RevOps Squared had an incredible response to our Customer Sucess Index 2022. Investment in customer success (CS) is causing a significant impact on companies’ revenue and growth. According to the Index, companies spend anywhere from 3% to 20% of revenue on customer success. versus $0.63

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Gainsight

JUNE 11, 2021

The themes today centered around Human-First Customer Success and Transforming Customer Centricity. Human-First Customer Success. The Key to Customer Success: Leadership with Jay Nathan, Chief Customer Officer at Higher Logic and Co-founder of Gain Grow Retain at Higher Logic.

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CSM Magazine

AUGUST 22, 2019

As experience overtakes price and product as a key brand differentiator, customer service is being recognized as the face of, and driver for, organization-wide strategy. With a new emphasis on the importance of customer data, support leaders hold some of the companies most valuable insights. SVP, Customer Success Group, McAfee.

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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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SmartKarrot

APRIL 6, 2021

If you are a customer success leader who’s being forced to use a sales tool that wasn’t built for you in the first place, we get you. Leaders in a C-suite are uniquely positioned to further company-wide policies and strategies. how to sell your customer success tool to them. Why Sell to the C-Suite?

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ClientSuccess

JULY 23, 2019

Welcome to our blog series CSM from the Trenches, a community for frontline Customer Success Managers (CSMs) that discusses trends, best practices, and advice for 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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ChurnZero

NOVEMBER 27, 2019

The Customer SuccessCon event series provides an intimate setting to learn, share best practices and speak freely and openly about the current state of Customer Success. . The event, hosted by The Customer Success Association , featured sessions from a variety of CS thought leaders. Didn’t attend?

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Gainsight

MARCH 9, 2020

Our CCO, Ashvin Vaidyanathan , and our Chief Strategist, Ruben Rabago , were honored to be invited to do an AMA (Ask Me Anything) on Reddit last week. Additionally, the Customer Success Subreddit is a great place to connect and network with other practitioners and leaders. If you’re on Reddit, you should definitely join!

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SmartKarrot

MARCH 8, 2022

In celebration of International Women’s Day, we are honored to present our Top 50 Women Leaders in Customer Success to Follow list for 2022, celebrating 50 influential women leaders and their inspiring stories of strength and success. Her diverse yet unique skills include customer life cycle optimization from pre-sales.

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Gainsight

JUNE 9, 2021

Whether you wanted to hear about Customer Success (CS) and Sales alignment, scaling through hypergrowth, or health score iterations, we had a little something for everyone. Here are the track highlights: Chart-Topping Customer Success Operations. Top Picks: Simplifying Customer Success.

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Gainsight

JUNE 23, 2022

Chief customer officers should consider ways to efficiently scale. This is true for five key reasons: New sales will decline rapidly as fear slows new decisions, so existing customers become even more important. Pooled approaches to customer success.

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Gainsight

AUGUST 31, 2020

Recently, our Chief Customer Officer, Ashvin Vaidyanathan , met with Mike Rivisto , Senior Vice President, Customer Success, and Services at ServiceChannel along with their Senior Director of Customer Success, Jessica Countess. The NPS score validates that we had the right strategy.

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CustomerSuccessBox

JUNE 8, 2022

We, at CustomerSuccessBox , spoke to some of the Top Customer Success Influencers to know how they manage churn! Irit Ezips is the Chief Customer Officer and CEO at CSM Practice. Irit has played a pivotal role in shaping Customer Success best practices and methodologies. Q: Please introduce yourself.

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SmartKarrot

APRIL 27, 2022

The Chief Customer Officer or the CCO is a C-Suite executive responsible for customer success strategies and plans. They report to the CEO and need to be engaged in every key customer-related- strategic meeting. Would this yield ROI? The CCO must focus on seeing the big picture. Final Thoughts.

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ChurnZero

JANUARY 26, 2021

This is a guest blog post by Jay Nathan, Chief Customer Officer at Higher Logic. A J oint Success Plan is a simple but powerful tool for outcome-based customer success management. It’s designed to help solution providers align with their customers’ business goals and objectives.

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SmartKarrot

AUGUST 16, 2022

QBRs help reinforce positive relationships with customers. You are connected to customers and so know what they face on a daily basis. You can customize your approach and strategy with customers. This will encourage trust and establish stability for both the vendor and the customer.

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ChurnZero

AUGUST 23, 2019

Much like the evolution within the Sales team and the creation of “Sales Ops”, Customer Success is on a similar trajectory. It is becoming vitally important to drive successful outcomes for your customers (i.e. Customer Success) and it is even more critical to build out “Customer Success Operations”.

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ChurnZero

OCTOBER 25, 2019

Q&A: Rethinking Customer Onboarding to Accelerate Success. . Increasingly, Customer Success teams talk about helping customers successfully achieve their desired business outcomes, yet they do very little during onboarding to help customers achieve the results they require. Q&A Recap.

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Gainsight

DECEMBER 15, 2021

If you’ve been paying attention to our content the last few weeks, you know Gainsight is excited about our 10 New Laws of Customer Success. Of course, we know not everyone is as enthusiastic about the 10 New Laws of Customer Success. As our Chief Customer Officer Kellie Capote put it, the impact was “ squishy ” at best.

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SurveySensum

JULY 14, 2020

Adam Toporek is an internationally-recognized Customer Experience Expert, Keynote Speaker, and Customer Service Trainer who helps organizations transform their relationships with their customers through better strategy, training, and communication. Chad Horenfeldt – Director of Customer Success at Kustomer.

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Alida

NOVEMBER 8, 2017

But putting customers at the forefront of strategic decision-making isn’t always easy. Balancing budget constraints, departmental priorities and revenue growth against customer success can be a challenge, even for the most seasoned of executives. We are truly nothing without our customers.

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Talkdesk

JULY 31, 2017

This interview is with Mike Milburn, Chief Customer Officer of Service Cloud at Salesforce. You meet with customers all the time. What successful and innovative strategies do you see in customer service, and what are the common mistakes? We bring mutual customer success.

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Talkdesk

JULY 31, 2017

This interview is with Mike Milburn, Chief Customer Officer of Service Cloud at Salesforce. You meet with customers all the time. What successful and innovative strategies do you see in customer service, and what are the common mistakes? We bring mutual customer success.

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