ChurnZero

MARCH 3, 2022

As Customer Success professionals you might find yourself building out something completely new at your organization, or just trying to break the status quo on what’s been done in order to help drive growth and expansion for your SaaS organization. Top five Customer Success resources brought to you by ChurnZero 1.)

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Gainsight

OCTOBER 13, 2022

To help you do that, we created the SaaS Durable Growth Kit for Customer Success , a collection of insights and proven strategies from Gainsight executives that shifts the conversation from “what now” to “what’s possible.” . Chief customer officers should consider ways to efficiently scale. CS, it’s time to own NRR.

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ChurnZero

OCTOBER 26, 2021

How much you engage with your customers — and how much your customers engage with you — plays a vital role in the success of your business. Taking a one-size-fits-all approach to customer engagement isn’t the best strategy. Taking a one-size-fits-all approach to customer engagement isn’t the best strategy.

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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 Partner success will be a growing need in 2021.

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ClientSuccess

JUNE 15, 2021

If there is one lesson that SaaS organizations learned during the last year, the importance of a loyal customer base can not be overstated. During a year where many companies had to make complex strategic decisions, and new sales weren’t exactly flying in at a rapid pace, existing customer accounts helped keep the lights on.

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ClientSuccess

MARCH 20, 2019

Over the next month, I will be writing about the customer success metrics that top organizations use to measure the performance of their customer success strategies and team execution. The metrics I will cover are applicable to customer success departments and also to your entire company. Let’s get started.

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Team Support

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Your company’s reputation depends on excellent customer support. Even if you utilize tools like self-help, community forums, or automation, some customer issues still require a human touch. Although hiring staff can be costly, companies can’t afford to skip it if they are concerned about customer satisfaction.

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ClientSuccess

DECEMBER 5, 2022

What is a Customer Advisory Board (CAB)? A Customer Advisory Board (CAB) is a powerful tool for SaaS companies to maximize customer success. It helps drive better relationships between customers and the company, ensure customer satisfaction, and increase loyalty. Find customer champions.

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ChurnZero

APRIL 12, 2022

Does your company have a chief customer officer (CCO)? Would your business benefit from appointing a chief customer officer ? Definition of a chief customer officer. What is a chief customer officer ? A CCO is an executive in charge of managing the organization’s customer relationships. What does a CCO do?

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Gainsight

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Customer Success (CS) is one of the most important growth drivers for any company across the globe. From new SaaS companies to established industries like healthcare, the one thing every organization shares is a need to put the customer first. How do you put Customer Success at the core of your business?

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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. Customer results will sell, not features. Vanessa Hannay , Director of Customer Success, Muck Rack . The year was 1909.

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ChurnZero

APRIL 10, 2020

How to Nail Implementation and Customer Success Handoffs. As a deadline-driven team, Implementation fiercely adheres to project start and completion dates (for their sake and the customer’s). But issues arise when project handoffs occur at a less-than-ideal time for the next in the line of customer succession.

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ClientSuccess

DECEMBER 7, 2021

Any CSM who has spent more than a few days in the SaaS industry working directly with customer contacts understands the incredible importance and value of customer feedback. Here are six winning customer journey survey strategies to introduce to your customers this year: 1. The customer success survey.

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ClientSuccess

JUNE 2, 2017

In this recorded webinar, Dave Blake, CEO/Founder of ClientSuccess discusses a customer success maturity model that will help you build, scale, and optimize a high-impact team and culture of customer success. The webinar is called “The Customer Success Maturity Model” You can request the recorded version here.

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ClientSuccess

MAY 8, 2019

I’m excited to continue on with our blog series on customer success metrics. In our last post on this topic, we covered the top four categories of customer success metrics. The topic I will cover in this blog is on the top five customer success health metrics. Customer Success Health Metrics.

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ClientSuccess

MARCH 20, 2018

Yesterday, March 19th, the 2018 MindTouch Top 25 Influencers and the Top 100 Customer Success Strategist list was announced. I know that Ari Hoffman, Marisa Delao, and many others worked really hard to bring to light the “Top Customer Success Strategists of 2018”. Advice from the Best Customer Success Leaders.

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Gainsight

OCTOBER 17, 2022

Now that the era of easy money and growth-at-any-cost is over, they are looking to reconnect with the fundamentals of their business models, which in the case of SaaS means ongoing relationships with customers. . You might say it’s time for a customer-centric twist on that classic catchphrase: Keep calm and double down on your customers. .

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ClientSuccess

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

Research Vectors by Vecteezy Many customer success leaders in the SaaS space are faced with the same question: who should own customer renewals? It’s an important question to answer, as it can make all the difference in customer retention and long-term success.

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ChurnZero

JANUARY 10, 2020

As SaaS gets more serious about Customer Success, their representation on the executive and C-suite level will follow (as envisioned in our 2020 Customer Success predictions ; see #2). Based on LinkedIn research, Customer Success r oles saw 34% annual growth —qualifying them as one of the top emerging jobs in 2020.

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ClientSuccess

APRIL 30, 2019

I’m excited to continue on with our blog series on customer success metrics. In our last post on this topic, we covered the top four categories of customer success metrics. The topic I will cover in this blog is on the top five customer success financial metrics. Customer Success Financial Metrics.

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ChurnZero

NOVEMBER 30, 2018

Every SaaS organization needs Customer Support and Customer Success functions. Michael spent the last five years growing the Customer Support and Customer Success functions at HubSpot, and he shared his hard-earned lessons of how they started from a team of one to now a global team of over 250.

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ClientSuccess

MAY 10, 2022

When a new customer joins your book of business, there are some things that are known right out of the gate. The ‘sale’ of a new customer – aka the monetary amount of the contract – is often looked at as the be-all-end-all metric to determine the value of the customer. What is Customer Lifetime Value.

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ClientSuccess

OCTOBER 2, 2019

We often hear the roles of Customer Success Manager (CSM) and Account Manager (AM) used interchangeably. While yes, at the end of the day both roles work directly with customers to ensure success, the ways that they carry out the responsibility are notably very different. Are their objectives and processes the same?

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ClientSuccess

OCTOBER 24, 2018

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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ClientSuccess

OCTOBER 5, 2017

Join Dave Blake, Founder and CEO of ClientSuccess and a panel of customer success leaders as they discuss how to succeed at customer success. This webinar was held on Tuesday, October 17, 2017 at 12:00 pm Mountain Time on the topic: When to Invest, Specialize, and Scale Customer Success.

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Gainsight

OCTOBER 5, 2022

And we’d like to take that idea one step further—during an economic downturn it is vital that customer success teams continue to proactively build relationships. With new sales stagnant or declining, SaaS companies have to be laser-focused on customer retention, advocacy, and expansion to buck the downtrend and maintain growth.

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ClientSuccess

AUGUST 8, 2017

Register to watch the recorded webinar here: Customer Success Pitfalls to Avoid During the Post-Sale Process. In this webinar you will learn: How to approach post-sale lifecycle management with your customers. What approach to take to build the customer journey map. Customer Success as a Culture: Sales Leaders Edition.

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ClientSuccess

NOVEMBER 1, 2017

Join Dave Blake (CEO of ClientSuccess) and Dan Demas (VP of Customer Success at Pendo) as they share 5 metrics that matter for product and customer success teams. This webinar will help product and customer success teams, understand which metrics are unique and which are shared. User engagement patterns.

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ClientSuccess

MARCH 20, 2017

Net Promoter Score (NPS) has been a long standing metric that many organizations rely on to determine the health of their customer base. It serves as an alternative to traditional customer satisfaction research and claims to be correlated with revenue growth.”. 4 NPS Challenges to Consider and How to Navigate Around Them.

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ClientSuccess

MARCH 8, 2018

Customer success leaders help drive an overarching strategy to ensure that customer success is a core pillar across the entire organization. When an organization is fully aligned around the success of current (and future) customers, it becomes easier to sign, work with, and grow these customer accounts.

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ClientSuccess

OCTOBER 17, 2018

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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ClientSuccess

NOVEMBER 24, 2021

Over the past few weeks, we’ve been exploring some of the different types of customer marketing initiatives that CSMs can own to deliver fantastic customer experiences. Today, we’re going to take a look at a fourth customer marketing initiative: engagement. Facilitate learning and information sharing across your customer base.

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ClientSuccess

JULY 5, 2017

For customer success leaders, these roadblocks or pitfalls can be the tipping point between customer satisfaction and customer churn. 5 Common Success Post-Sales Pitfalls. One of the most critical stages of the customer lifecycle is the sales handoff. Let’s set the stage. The Sales Handoff Strategy.

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ChurnZero

JANUARY 10, 2022

SaaS customer onboarding makes or breaks your customer retention. It has a long-lasting impact on your customer and deep ties to their likelihood to churn. For this reason, unlocking the optimal SaaS customer onboarding experience is invaluable. Work Cross-Functionally During SaaS Customer Onboarding.

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ClientSuccess

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

While the best parts of working with customers involve forging strong relationships and engagement strategies, there is one downside to the role: customer churn. As hard as you work, there will inevitably be customers who churn throughout your tenure as a CSM. . Why do customers churn?

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ClientSuccess

MARCH 7, 2017

Creating a Customer Success Staffing Model: A Conversation With Francoise Tourniaire. Customer Success” as a phrase is a relatively modern concept, according to Francoise Tourniaire , Founder, FT Works. Francoise’s entire career has been under the umbrella of Customer Success. About Francoise and Her Team.

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Team Support

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Your company’s reputation depends on excellent customer support. Even if you utilize tools like self-help, community forums, or automation, some customer issues still require a human touch. Although hiring staff can be costly, companies can’t afford to skip it if they are concerned about customer satisfaction.

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