Education Services Group

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

I’m talking about the 2022 Customer Success Leadership Study (much more exciting, IMHO). For the third year in a row, we’re tracking all the twists and turns unfolding in the Customer Success industry. Customer Success is growing, which is no surprise. that have a specialized Customer Success Platform (CSP).

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Study Leadership Customer Success Industry 98

CustomerSuccessBox

APRIL 19, 2021

The real skill behind customer retention is helping customers achieve success. It would be great if you could rely directly on customer feedback to understand their satisfaction levels but more often than not these satisfaction surveys are lagging indicators. By then 50% of your customer base has already churned.

Customer Retention 52

Customer Retention Net Promoter Score Data NPS 52

Gainsight

JUNE 20, 2022

This post was originally published in Customer Think. . The Customer Success Index 2022 , a survey of more than 350 companies by Gainsight and RevOps Squared, recently uncovered some very interesting, if not troubling data on the state of alignment between SaaS users and buyers. A Customer Stakeholder Dichotomy.

Customer Retention 52

Customer Retention NPS Effort Score Customer Success 52

Education Services Group

SEPTEMBER 4, 2018

Usage metrics are critical indicators of how well your products are helping customers achieve their desired outcomes, which in turn influences your customer retention strategy. If usage is low, odds are that your customer sees little if any value in your solution. Your Customer Retention Strategy Relies on CSMs!

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Customer Retention Measurement Strategy Management 49

One Millimeter Mindset

JULY 4, 2019

What is your current customer retention strategy value? I offer these five customer retention strategy value blog posts for your reading pleasure. While retaining customers is an art form, the relentless pace of technology change challenges the norm. So do your customers. How valuable are they, to you?

Customer Retention 59

Customer Retention Strategy Customers Technology 59

Education Services Group

MAY 15, 2023

I’ve talked before about how important it is to get everyone on board with the mission of Customer Success. When we’re not all on the same page, silos persist, and they, in turn, impact customer satisfaction. Sales and Customer Success should work together. They hurt the entire organization.

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Sales Customer Success Customer Journeys Customers 52

ShepHyken

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

Each week, I read many customer service and customer experience articles from various resources. Elevating Customer Experience: Embracing Hospitality as the Foundation by Charles Ryan Minton (Newsweek) When it comes to providing exceptional customer experiences, few industries excel quite like the hotel business.

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Customer Service Hospitality Hotels Customer Retention 67

CustomerSuccessBox

MAY 25, 2021

Have you ever heard any SaaS founder or VP -CS saying,” I‘m okay with losing a few customers every month?”. That’s because Customer Retention is critical. Customer retention is critical — particularly for B2B SaaS companies. Retaining a customer is way more profitable than acquiring new ones. .

Customer Retention 52

Customer Retention Metrics Measurement B2B 52

inSided

OCTOBER 2, 2019

So we're clear: The need to facilitate effective customer self-service, in B2C and B2B organisations, is a non-negotiable. That said, it's fair to say that it becomes even more critical in B2B SaaS companies, where increasing customer engagement, and retention, are (or should be!) Let us help you. What’s more?

Self Service 67

Self Service Customer Success B2B Knowledge Base 67

CSM Practice

FEBRUARY 24, 2020

Guessing has no place in a changing customer success industry. Now more than ever, customer success leaders must use relevant and actionable customer success metrics to make guided decisions and strategies to deliver success. Customer Health Metrics. Customer Usage Metrics.

Financial 52

Financial Metrics Customer Success Customer Retention 52

CSM Practice

JULY 15, 2020

The Internet offers endless resources for research, news, reference, and books about Customer Success. There are many Customer Success books that are published every year. In this blog, we ‘re going to highlight the Top 10 must-read Customer Success Books for CSMs and aspiring CS practitioners.

Customer Success 52

Customer Success Customer Retention Customers Strategy 52

CSM Practice

JULY 15, 2020

The Internet offers endless resources for research, news, reference, and books about Customer Success. There are many Customer Success books that are published every year. In this blog, we ‘re going to highlight the Top 10 must-read Customer Success Books for CSMs and aspiring CS practitioners.

Customer Success 52

Customer Success Customer Retention Customers Strategy 52

ClientSuccess

SEPTEMBER 26, 2019

Your customers are the lifeblood of your business. But gaining new customers is a hard process, costing about five times as much as retaining an existing customer. . That’s one of the reasons why so many businesses focus on retaining the customers they’ve already gained. Provide benefits to loyal customers.

Customer Retention 49

Customer Retention Tips Net Promoter Score Metrics 49

ChurnZero

FEBRUARY 7, 2020

What’s the Job Outlook for Customer Success Professionals? Embarking in an emerging career field like Customer Success brings great possibility—and uncertainty. So, what’s the job outlook for Customer Success professionals? Will this role have high growth potential? 6 in the U.S. #2 2 in Mexico. #6

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Customer Success e-support Software Trends 64

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.

Metrics 61

Metrics Customer Success Measurement Net Promoter Score 61

Education Services Group

MAY 27, 2022

Last week, I listed out some common ideas and practices that we should not spend a lot of time chasing , leaving unanswered questions about what is worth the chase in Customer Success. Customer Success Maturity Assessments. You need a complete picture of your Customer Success organization’s maturity.

Customer Success 52

Customer Success Metrics Effort Score Customers 52

ClientSuccess

NOVEMBER 25, 2019

It’s important to map out and monitor your customers’ journey to ensure you and your team are doing everything in your power to increase retention and lower churn rates. . 1 Customer Retention Rate. 1 Customer Retention Rate. The higher this rate, the better. 2 Product Usage – DAU/MAU Ratio.

Customer Journeys 60

Customer Journeys Analytics Net Promoter Score Customer Success 60

Education Services Group

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

The 2021 Customer Success Leadership Study is out! Especially when they are telling a story about how Customer Success is booming. Without further ado – here’s a quick recap of the 2021 Customer Success Leadership Study! I don’t know about you, but I love data. Numbers are the best.

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Study Leadership Customer Success Chief Customer Officer 52

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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Customer Success Effort Score Self Service eBook 52

TeamSupport

SEPTEMBER 28, 2018

But, with all these changes, problems can and will arise that require the attention of your customer team. The job to communicate both the good and the bad about your SaaS product to your existing customer base often falls on the customer success team.

Customer Success 80

Customer Success Company Roadmap Communication 80

Education Services Group

JANUARY 19, 2021

At ESG, we’ve gone all-in on the future of Customer Success. Our Customer Success as a Service ® model means that it’s our job to understand all the industry’s challenges, and then develop and perfect the strategies and philosophies that empower CS organizations to face those challenges head-on.

Study 52

Study Leadership Customer Success Industry 52

ClientSuccess

NOVEMBER 25, 2019

It’s important to map out and monitor your customers’ journey to ensure you and your team are doing everything in your power to increase retention and lower churn rates. . 1 Customer Retention Rate. 1 Customer Retention Rate. The higher this rate, the better. 2 Product Usage – DAU/MAU Ratio.

Customer Journeys 52

Customer Journeys Net Promoter Score Analytics Customer Success 52

InMoment XI

JANUARY 2, 2023

Increased competition in nearly every market is leading businesses of all types to search for ways to attract and retain their ideal customers. Customers have unprecedented access to information about products and services. Not only does exceptional customer experience make customers happier, it drives desirable customer behavior.

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Net Promoter Score NPS Metrics Effort Score 295

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.

Customer Success 49

Customer Success Strategy Customer Journeys eBook 49

Education Services Group

NOVEMBER 25, 2019

As the gospel of Customer Success is spreading like wildfire in the corporate world, executives are realizing that they need to act fast to incorporate it into their organizational structure. But to their own detriment , some of these executives aren’t fully committing to the importance of Customer Success.

Customer Success 59

Customer Success Management Case Study Resources 59

ChurnZero

MARCH 3, 2020

Top 10 Must Attend Conferences in 2020 for Customer Success Professionals. It’s also a great opportunity to meet and network with peers within the Customer Success community. Below you’ll find the chronologically ordered top ten conferences Customer Success professionals should attend in 2020 to help grow their careers.

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Conference Customer Success Chief Customer Officer Return on Investment 72

TeamSupport

AUGUST 3, 2018

In this scenario, it’s not up to the sales team to provide the victory, but instead the onus falls squarely onto the customer success group. With customer retention critical to business success, fending off the competition means a healthy balance sheet and minimal churn.

Self Service 56

Self Service B2B Customer Success B2C 56

CSM Practice

SEPTEMBER 15, 2019

All businesses promise to deliver value to their customers. The starting point for excellent customer success is that the promises are kept, empowering the customers to achieve their business goals. However, customer success extends to driving long-term customer lifetime value through various processes and operations.

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Customer Success Company Effort Score Customers 45

Lumoa

MARCH 12, 2023

How important is customer experience, really? Ask most business leaders and they’ll tell you customer experience (CX) is essential. Everyone and their mother knows that keeping your customers happy and investing in the relationship they have with your business will help you grow. It gives you a holistic view of your customers.

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Customer Experience Customer Journeys NPS Analytics 208

Team Support

SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

In Part 1 of this blog series, we introduced the concept of how to position the investment in customer support as a strategic value aligned to current business practices and target outcomes—based on the whitepaper co-produced by ServiceXRG and TeamSupport. Now in Part 2, we’ll talk about the evolving role of B2B customer support.

B2B 81

B2B Customer Retention Training Resources 81

Education Services Group

JUNE 29, 2019

According to Harvard Business Review, acquiring a new customer is somewhere between five and 25 times more expensive than keeping a customer you already have, depending on what line of work you’re in. So how do you put your efforts into keeping your existing customers happy? Customer Success Is a Constant Process.

Customer Success 40

Customer Success Connections Net Promoter Score Customer Retention 40

ChurnZero

DECEMBER 14, 2018

It’s time for another installment of our blog series where we spotlight a Customer Success professional and get their take on the industry as well as get to hear some of their top tips they’d like to share. Q: What does your team look like at your company and how do you center around the customer? Project management.

Customer Success 45

Customer Success eBook Tips Customers 45

Team Support

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

In Part 1 and Part 2 of this blog series based on the whitepaper co-produced by ServiceXRG and TeamSupport, we introduced the concept of how to position the investment in customer support as a strategic value aligned to current business practices and target outcomes, and about the evolving role of B2B customer support.

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B2B Effort Score Knowledge Base Customer Retention 89

Amity

DECEMBER 22, 2014

If you are a SaaS company looking to invest in Customer Success, one of the most important considerations is the customer per Customer Success Manager (CSM) ratio – the number of customers a CSM can support while still remaining effective. Customer Segmentation/Categorization Considerations.

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Customer Success Self Service Case Study Customer Retention 64

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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Financial Metrics Customer Success eBook 46

TeamSupport

AUGUST 3, 2018

In this scenario, it’s not up to the sales team to provide the victory, but instead the onus falls squarely onto the customer success group. With customer retention critical to business success, fending off the competition means a healthy balance sheet and minimal churn.

Self Service 40

Self Service B2B Customer Success B2C 40

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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Metrics Customer Success e-support Net Promoter Score 59