Help Scout

MAY 12, 2021

In this article, we discuss the role of support teams in retaining customers and show how to combine high-quality, empathetic customer service with a deliberate focus on business growth. What is customer retention and how is it measured? 15 practical ways customer service teams can improve retention.

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ClientSuccess

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

Over the years, customer success manager roles have expanded to include many different responsibilities. Bridging the gap between customers and a product team is critical, from managing customer implementations to ongoing account maintenance. Keep tabs on customer satisfaction and account health. .

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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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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.

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ChurnZero

AUGUST 11, 2020

Did you know that 60% of SaaS companies reported a negative impact on customer retention and upsell deals due to the pandemic? Customer retention, along with new customer acquisition, has been challenging for most companies when the pandemic hit. This is a guest blog post by Anita Toth, Chief Churn Crusher. .

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Education Services Group

FEBRUARY 26, 2023

Customer Success leaders have a lot in common with rockstars. customers). It involves informing and educating people across your organization about your vision for Customer Success and what it can do for the business. Putting on a CS roadshow is particularly critical in the early stages of Customer Success.

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West Monroe

APRIL 28, 2024

Despite these uncontrollable forces, we find that in most cases, key retention issues stem from one (or more) of these addressable areas. Additionally, there’s sometimes a disconnect between the value proposition sold and what’s delivered to customers—exacerbating the problem.

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CSM Practice

MAY 28, 2020

What is the average Customer Success Manager Salary? More and more SaaS businesses are realizing the value of having a customer success team to ensure the continued success of their customers. Popular Customer Success Manager Salary Plans.

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Gainsight

APRIL 11, 2023

Pulse is celebrating its tenth anniversary as the biggest, most amazing conference for the customer success community. Stabilizing Revenue in a Downturn by Doubling Down on Retention In today’s economic climate, SaaS companies are having to grapple with a new reality. Ready for a sneak peek of this year’s event?

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Education Services Group

JANUARY 4, 2023

It’s no secret that 2022 was a little bumpy for business, yet we saw many Customer Success leaders meeting industry challenges head-on. Customer Success leaders are pulled in so many directions that prioritizing our aspirations can feel impossible. Everybody’s heard of Customer Success, and the industry is growing.

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One Millimeter Mindset

SEPTEMBER 10, 2018

Business growth either leverages profitable leadership communication. How many of your clients have voiced this sentiment, when attempting to traverse execution of pre-sale promises and their post-sale service delivery and execution? As degradation of services became more frequent, I exercised leadership communication.

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ChurnZero

JUNE 12, 2020

This is a guest post by Jason Conrad, Advisory Board Member of Customer Imperative. Today, you’d be hard-pressed to find a high-velocity Sales, Marketing, or Product team without a designated operations function. To find out if you’re prioritizing Customer Success productivity, let’s look at these common questions and answers.

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ChurnZero

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

Customer Success Metrics that Your Investors and Board Care About. They care that you’re staffed appropriately to serve the needs of your customers, because ultimately that results in revenue. A huge part of how customer success collects intel and feedback from customers is by talking with them.

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ChurnZero

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

With sweeping layoffs, forecast misses, and budget cuts in the news, there’s one question running through the mind of every Customer Success leader right now: What can I do to prepare my department for the impacts of the economic downturn? Customers will respect and trust you infinitely more when you’re upfront with them.

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CSM Practice

DECEMBER 19, 2021

This saying applies to your Customer Success Technology stack more than anything else. The tools in your stack must work together to provide an exceptional customer experience. . Customer Success is a rapidly evolving function. Yet, Customer Success is often undervalued and underfunded.

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Education Services Group

AUGUST 31, 2022

Speakers: Chris Singh , Chief Customer Officer, Blackbaud. . CCO of Blackbaud, Chris Singh, joined our VP of Customer Success, Peter Armaly for this month’s webinar, to discuss how to embrace the concept of the post-sale environment as an entire ecosystem. Q: Do you use surveys to measure success and value?

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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.

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SmartKarrot

DECEMBER 12, 2023

In the rapidly evolving landscape of the tech industry, the role of Customer Success (CS) has gained significant prominence. Navigating the Landscape of Customer Success Rohan initiates the conversation by exploring who should consider a career in Customer Success.

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CustomerSuccessBox

DECEMBER 14, 2021

Customer Success(CS) is the most efficient way to grow your MRR/ARR. Yet, Customer Success is looked upon as a ‘ cost center ’. Customer Success teams, typically, follow the recurring revenue model (followed by almost every SaaS business). It wasn’t deployed to manage each and every customer relationship.

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Amity

JUNE 11, 2018

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. You might be able align with their strategy.

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Education Services Group

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

As a sales leader in a thriving Customer Success marketplace, it pains me to see the dysfunction that often exists between these two power-house organizations. Political tug of war over revenue, CS cleaning up ‘bad-fit’ customers, sales running out of referenceable clients from less-than-ideal delivery scenarios.

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CSM Practice

AUGUST 24, 2020

Our latest Customer Success Executives Roundtable was brilliantly led by Liz McChrystal, Ph.D., During the session, Liz highlighted the tremendous impact of creating and leveraging the Customer Maturity Scoring Mode l has had the expansion selling as well as new business deals. Driving Force Behind the Project. Pandemic Changes.

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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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CustomerSuccessBox

MAY 23, 2022

This is why it’s quite surprising to know that the profession of customer success specialist has been marked universally as a high-demand job profile. Read further to know how can you progress through the customer success career path. Additional Read: The key responsibilities of the Customer Success Manager.

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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.

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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.

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One Millimeter Mindset

SEPTEMBER 13, 2018

These 3 Industry40 soft skills are mandatory skills for personal development and leadership success in Today’s and Tomorrow’s evolving, complex business ecosystem. Instead, isn’t it time to develop the leadership soft skills for Tomorrow and the Future? Beyond our current personal development and leadership comfort levels?

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ChurnZero

JUNE 7, 2019

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. Jason is an Associate Partner at Customer Imperative , responsible for overseeing the strategic consulting business.

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Gainsight

JUNE 8, 2022

In Customer Success circles, we practice the belief that when a company has the customer at the center of all that it does, customer outcomes will be achieved. his means that the product or service that a company is providing satisfies customers’ business needs. Who owns the customer onboarding? .

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Gainsight

DECEMBER 10, 2018

Top 5 Customer Success Blog Posts of 2018. CSM & Product’ Is the New ‘Sales & Marketing’. You can’t have a business without a product and you can’t maintain a customer base without Customer Success. Gainsight Elements: The Science of Customer Success. Click here to read the blog.

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CustomerSuccessBox

OCTOBER 4, 2018

Every SaaS company knows how important Customer Success is and what results it can bring if implemented properly. However, since it is a comparatively new field, there are many different ideas, thoughts on how one should be building a customer success team so that it can have a big impact on the bottom-line. The customer.

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Education Services Group

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

Today’s tech tool face-off is brought to you by one of the biggest debates in Customer Success – the familiar face of a Customer Relationship Management (CRM) system, versus purpose-made Customer Success tools. They help manage the internal workflow of sales teams and can even include marketing automation features.

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Education Services Group

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

In Customer Success, there are a million things to keep track of, from staying on top of our daily tasks to preparing EBRs and collecting NPS scores, the list goes on and on. At ESG, we utilize a six-step approach that you can easily apply in your Customer Success organization and initiatives: .

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Verint

DECEMBER 28, 2017

One Millimeter Mindset customer retention moves you and your organization one millimeter outside your current comfort level. One of the biggest differences has to do with how we acquire and then retain customers. More importantly, One Millimeter Mindset customer retention is about today and tomorrow, not yesterday.

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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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Customer Bliss

SEPTEMBER 27, 2018

“If you have a customer success job in an organization that isn’t interested in customer retention, you need to consider doing something else,” says Lucy Norris , Executive VP, Global Leader of Customer Success at Genesys , a technology company that provides solutions for customer experience, marketing, and sales.

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Education Services Group

JANUARY 8, 2021

I’ve compiled seven Customer Success goals to kick-start your CS prosperity and expansion in 2021. I will…love my customers. As things return to “normal” (whatever that means), it will be easy to jump right back into an old mentality of “new sales are king,” especially if your growth stalled in 2020.

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