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How to Align Customer Success With Revenue

Gainsight

In the ever-evolving landscape of SaaS, Customer Success (CS) teams are facing a paradigm shift. Once primarily focused on customer satisfaction and retention, CS teams are now being called upon to think more commercially and demonstrate their direct impact on business revenue. So how do you get there?

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Pulse Europe 2023: How to Drive Proactive Customer Success When You’re an Early-Stage Company

Gainsight

For a long time, proactive vs reactive was a common debate among Customer Success professionals. Now, the verdict is in, and everyone agrees that proactive Customer Success Managers (CSMs) are best positioned to drive value and deliver a better customer experience. Control over the customer experience.

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Getting Customer Success Comfortable with Sales Conversations

ChurnZero

When asked to sell to customers, Customer Success Managers (CSMs) are often scared of coming off as too pushy or getting a “no.” There’s a common (albeit misplaced) fear among CSMs that sales talk will tarnish their customer’s trust and set fire to the relationships they’ve worked so hard to build. .

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How to Boost Branding with Customer Success Management

CSM Magazine

But you know what’s even better than making a sale? Turning that sale into a loyal, lifelong customer. That’s where customer success management (CSM) comes in. Understanding customer success management First things first, let’s define what customer success management is all about.

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Is Your Company Serious About Customer Success? Here’s How to Find Out

Gainsight

And now that customer success (CS) is the carrot every company is dangling to woo the best-and-brightest talent, you’ll often find job descriptions that tout the company’s rock-solid commitment to CS. One CS exec asked us if we had recommendations on how to determine if a company was walking the talk when it comes to CS.

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Rules of Engagement for Customer Success and Sales: Considerations and Examples

ChurnZero

By creating healthy boundaries, Customer Success and Sales don’t have to spend their days assessing and arguing over every expansion situation. Laying ground rules for how teams work together leads to greater productivity and efficiency while reducing cross-functional friction. Circle of influence.

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Strategic customer success: minimizing post-sale chaos with Tim Conder.

ChurnZero

Designing a successful post-sale strategy requires choices, says CXology’s Tim Conder. Without making those choices upfront, you’ll find it hard to create a good customer experience and scale it, and you’ll easily fall into the chaotic trap of “doing what it takes”. A: First, it matters how you recruit.

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