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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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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Education Services Group

MAY 17, 2021

Customer Success is all about relationships. Your relationship with your customers, of course, but also the CS team’s relationship with other internal groups, and even their relationship with executive leadership. Communicate with your team like you want them to communicate with your customers.

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ClientSuccess

JANUARY 24, 2023

Listening Vectors by Vecteezy Customer success health scoring is one of the most valuable activities SaaS organizations can undertake to evaluate and improve customer engagement, satisfaction, and loyalty. What is a Customer Health Score?

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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

JUNE 22, 2021

While this means you’ll be able to work in a closer capacity with coworkers, it also means the return of in-person customer meetings. Here are five keys to remember if you’re returning to in-person customer success meetings soon: 1. Is your company transitioning to in-person customer meetings?

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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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ClientSuccess

DECEMBER 20, 2018

There’s nothing quite like the promise of a new year to get your customer success team invigorated and rejuvenated. The beginning of a new quarter and a new year is the perfect time to nail down parts of your customer success strategy that might have been difficult or confusing in the past. Compensation Plans.

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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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ClientSuccess

APRIL 19, 2019

For customer success organizations that are either building their team, scaling their team, or re-defining their processes, they know firsthand how many components go into planning and determining the right customer engagement model. 4 Engagement Models For Customer Success. High Touch Onboarding.

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ClientSuccess

OCTOBER 22, 2019

As a CSM or customer success team manager, you’ve probably heard the term ‘customer advocacy’ tossed around a time or two. There’s no denying that this customer engagement trend is here to stay. The growth of customer advocacy has been a boon for customer success teams for a few reasons.

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ClientSuccess

SEPTEMBER 15, 2018

While it’s clear why Customer Success should be involved in executive initiatives and C-Suite planning, the reasoning behind including other departments in customer success strategy planning may take a little explanation. Three Reasons Why Marketing Needs a Seat at Your Customer Success Strategy Meetings.

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SmartKarrot

DECEMBER 2, 2020

Women are owning more responsibilities and are emerging to adorn strong leadership competencies. Women in customer success are taking over the town and converting every milestone which was once considered as surreal. Customer Success as a niche is highly competitive and caters to a large volume of masses.

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SmartKarrot

JANUARY 5, 2021

The evolving field of Customer Success owes its origin and rapid rise to a passionate community of pioneers, proponents, and practitioners. Here’s our Top 50 Customer Success Influencers list celebrating those frontiersmen and women pushing the boundaries and making Customer Success the force that it is today.

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ClientSuccess

NOVEMBER 24, 2021

Today, we’re going to take a look at a fourth customer marketing initiative: engagement. Your customers can be your biggest advocates, your biggest cheerleaders, and some of your best resources for growth – if they’re engaged correctly. Facilitate learning and information sharing across your customer base.

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Comm100

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

Instead of letting prospects bounce off a landing page before asking that one important question on their mind, your AI customer service bot can step in and provide instant answers, book an appointment with your sales team, or help customers make a payment right there and then. What’s a Chatbot Going to Do for Your Customers? .

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ClientSuccess

AUGUST 24, 2021

It’s no surprise the handoff from sales to customer success is one of the trickiest parts of the customer success journey. It doesn’t help, either, that this handoff happens early on in the customer success journey. Webinar: The Handoff: Sales to Customer Success. Interested in learning more?

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ClientSuccess

OCTOBER 12, 2021

Customers need to listen to you as a CSM to learn more about the product, features, and partnership, but they also want you to listen intently to their issues, frustrations, and goals. Customer engagement is a two-way street. eBook: How to Become an Elite Customer Success Leader.

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ClientSuccess

SEPTEMBER 26, 2019

Here’s a quick look at some effective strategies to keep your existing customers happy. Closely monitor customer health metrics on a regular basis. . Sam Fiel, Customer Success Manager at ClientSuccess, defines customer health as “the current state of customer satisfaction after a given engagement (i.e.

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ClientSuccess

JULY 31, 2019

If customer success professionals can agree on one thing, it’s that customer churn is inevitable. While most CSMs will try their hardest to deliver amazing customer experiences, make data-backed account decisions, and escalate issues wherever applicable, there are always problems that are just out of reach.

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ChurnZero

JANUARY 8, 2021

Against the backdrop of wild economic uncertainty, Customer Success has been the failsafe of SaaS businesses that were blindsided by pandemic-induced churn and contraction. With Customer Success demand at an all-time high, we expect to see more of its leaders join the executive ranks in the coming months and years.

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ClientSuccess

OCTOBER 10, 2017

Customer success, like any other department, is dependent on metrics. Customer success managers (CSMs) and leaders rely on these metrics to ensure they’re delivering the best possible experience to customers, and to determine repeatable workflows. During the Onboarding Stage, customer success takes center stage.

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ClientSuccess

OCTOBER 12, 2020

If there is one thing that customer success managers have learned throughout the ups and downs of 2020, it’s that there is no such thing as being too prepared. The best way to stay on top of changing customer sentiments and shifting account goals is to put proactive strategies in place to better handle these kinds of situations.

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ClientSuccess

OCTOBER 25, 2021

Knowing how to identify these indicators, which metrics to track for each, and how to gauge success is critical for any customer success team looking to set themselves up for long-term success. Leading Indicator 1: Customer Engagement. eBook: Customer Success as a Culture: Marketing Leaders Edition.

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ClientSuccess

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

Customers work with vendor organizations to realize value from their products and services. As such, it stands to reason that these products can provide a wealth of information and data on user habits, customer engagement, and other vital insights. eBook: Ultimate Guide to Customer Success Metrics.

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ClientSuccess

MARCH 29, 2021

This will be critical when it comes time for things like communicating with customers via video calls, tracking customer engagement through a CRM platform, and submitting IT requests. Your team can streamline this step by leveraging a customer success management platform to house all of your customer data in a single place.

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ClientSuccess

MAY 15, 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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ClientSuccess

MARCH 27, 2017

When it comes to customer success, there are many ways for organizations to be successful. In past posts, we’ve explored different models of how to set up teams , what metrics to use when measuring retention and churn, how to align the department with other teams, and even how to onboard customers to a product.

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ClientSuccess

JANUARY 4, 2019

For SaaS customer success teams having a 360-degree view of customer health is vital to renewal and expansion success of their customers. Customer success health scoring is also one of the hottest topics on the minds of customer success leaders around the world. Customer Advocacy.

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ClientSuccess

JULY 17, 2019

Additionally, if your customers are seeing the same issues over and over with a single functionality component, it might be time for your product team to go back to the drawing board. This is also a great way to determine whether or not your sales, customer success, and product teams are sufficiently aligned. . Customer ROI. #3:

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ClientSuccess

FEBRUARY 27, 2018

Customer success isn’t limited to a single department. Every single person at an organization touches the customer lifecycle , whether it’s marketing at the pre-buying stage or product in the adoption stage. This is a strategy principle we call “Customer Success as a Culture.”. Customer Success as a Culture.

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