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Why SaaS Leaders Should Outsource Their Customer Success Program

BlueOcean

When we are talking to organizations in the sales cycle, we will often hear from SaaS companies that the customer success role is too complex, too critical, too deeply embedded in their internal operations to ever be outsourced. But with this new height of significance, is customer success really something you can outsource?

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How Customer Success Can Build a Relationship with Sales

ChurnZero

This is a guest blog post by Kristen Hayer, Founder & CEO of The Success League. . Oh, Sales and Customer Success, you are my two favorite disciplines! My career started in Sales, or rather, I was slowly talked into a Sales career by a string of managers who knew I had the drive to be a great salesperson.

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Trends shaping The Forrester Wave™: Customer Success Platforms report

Totango

This shift presents a compelling opportunity for B2B enterprises to invest in tailor-made tools for their post-sales organizations and customer success (CS) teams. Forrester recognizes the value customer success platforms can provide to B2B companies looking to foster retention, growth, and advocacy.

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Unplugging to Connect: How Community Impacts Your Business

Gainsight

Many of the aspects of our customer community are tailored to help our customers get the support they need and also gain inspiration and knowledge from a broad network of Customer Success, Sales, Marketing, and Product professionals. At Gainsight, every internal team benefits from our thriving customer community.

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3 Steps to Getting Sales on Board with Your Customer Success Plan

Education Services Group

Customer Success Plans are key to starting your customer relationships off on the right foot. CSMs use them to guide their first interactions with the customer, helping them clarify and set expectations, set up an action plan for moving forward, and establish critical milestones to work toward through the customer journey.

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The CXO dream team: ?Why marketing, sales, and CS should unite to drive growth

Totango

When it comes to understanding customer needs, marketing, sales, and CS teams are the experts, so it’s on us to work together to define today’s most valuable growth opportunities. VP of Customer Success at Veriforce, Andy Kearney. The idea that CS can own the entire customer journey is both unrealistic and outdated.

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Two Big Reasons To Operationalize The Sales to Customer Success Handoff

Gainsight

According to Bill Thrash, SVP of Customer Success at Critical Start , customer success has grown from a niche practice to a culture driver in organizations. Critical to that culture, and the effectiveness of customer success, is the CS team’s relationship with sales.

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