ClientSuccess

MARCH 22, 2022

NPS, or Net Promoter Score, is one of the industry-leading measurements of customer satisfaction out there. While NPS surveys are one question and, for this reason, attractive to customer success teams and customers alike, sometimes users may have more feedback that could be of use.

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ClientSuccess

DECEMBER 27, 2022

At the heart of any successful customer relationship is a clear and well-defined path to customer success. Here are key strategies to consider when creating a Customer Success Journey Map: 1. Develop clear tasks, milestones and goals throughout the customer lifecycle.

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ClientSuccess

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

Customer success managers have their work cut out for them when it comes to retaining and growing customers. It takes a lot of hard work to draw customers into your company in the first place, so you must work to keep those customers more than satisfied once they decide to work with you.

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ClientSuccess

MAY 17, 2022

Whether you are brand new to the customer success scene or have been a customer success professional for years, one metric of success has been on your radar since day one: Net Promoter Score. Here are some recognized NPS benchmarks to measure your score against: Consulting – 62. NPS benchmarks. Next steps.

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ClientSuccess

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

In this post, I’ll address the most frequent question I’m asked by customer success leaders—what is the best compensation plan for Customer Success Managers (CSMs)? Compensation Plans for Customer Success Managers (CSMs). Download Customer Success Compensation Models Image. Base + Bonus.

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ClientSuccess

AUGUST 3, 2020

Over the last decade or so, the role of the Customer Success Manager has exploded, due in large part to SaaS organizations and updated onboard models. The increased visibility of the customer success function introduced the need for the customer success technology platform, and the industry hasn’t looked back since.

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ClientSuccess

JULY 20, 2021

At their core, net retention rates help measure precisely how profitable – and scalable – a business is by tracking how many customers come back every year and how much they’re spending. Measuring and boosting retention rates. Here are a few things you need to know about measuring and boosting customer net retention: 1.

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BlueOcean

OCTOBER 6, 2020

Great companies are regularly assessing the ongoing value of their partnerships – but how do you measure the true value your contact center outsourcer is delivering? Sometimes the leadership team shifts, with people moving on to other opportunities or new leaders entering the mix and shaking things up.

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Gainsight

JULY 12, 2023

As Customer Success (CS) matures and enters a digital era, operations have never been more pivotal. CS teams are charged with perfecting a seamless omnichannel customer experience throughout the entire user journey, while working at peak efficiency. (No No pressure!)

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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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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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Gainsight

OCTOBER 17, 2022

Taking care of your customer base not only maintains revenue streams during lean times, it can actually drive expansion. That’s why customer success and product experience become core competencies during a downturn. . How Customer Success Can Help Saas Companies Improve Their NRR. Durable growth changes the game.

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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

AUGUST 3, 2022

If a customer reaches out with a critical question, how fast is your team resolving the issue? Traditionally used more in call centers and on support teams, First Contact Resolution Rate measures the overall percentage of customer questions that are resolved (aka answered or solved) during that initial customer interaction.

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ClientSuccess

JUNE 13, 2017

For those of you in customer success and sales, it’s nearly impossible to go a day without hearing words like “churn”, “retention”, and “revenue”. Those 3 phrases go hand-in-hand with ensuring that your organization is set up for long term success, and that your customers are happy with your products. Two Part Series.

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ClientSuccess

SEPTEMBER 27, 2018

As we near the end of 2018, it’s the perfect time to look back on what we’ve experienced so far this year in customer success. Customer success is an ever-changing role and we’ve seen incredible advancements this year in technology, ideas, and processes to help us all elevate customer success.

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ClientSuccess

JULY 26, 2022

As a CSM, you work with qualitative and quantitative data when tracking customer success metrics. On the qualitative side, there are indicators such as customer satisfaction, sentiment, and other ad-hoc information that customers share. eBook: Ultimate Guide to Customer Success Metrics.

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ClientSuccess

OCTOBER 10, 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

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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ClientSuccess

JANUARY 3, 2023

As a customer success team, it’s essential to stay agile and in tune with your customers’ evolving needs. To truly understand what your customers value and appreciate about your products, services, or offerings – as well as their experience with you – requires engaging directly with them.

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ClientSuccess

JUNE 20, 2017

Without measurements, customer success leaders would be at a loss for how to determine the health of a business. But it’s also possible to be overwhelmed with metrics and calculations and forget the true reason for being metrics-driven: ensuring customer success. Ultimate Guide to SaaS Customer Success 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

JULY 20, 2022

. – but until you know for sure exactly what a customer is thinking, how they are feeling, and what ideas they can bring to the table, you can never be truly comfortable. In every customer meeting, call, and discussion, you probably hear some helpful nuggets of customer feedback. Toolkit: Customer Journey Toolkit.

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ClientSuccess

JULY 31, 2017

We’re excited to announce that we were awarded the SIIA 2017 CODiE Award for Best Customer Success Management Solution. Today we celebrate our team and our customers. 2017 Best Customer Success Management Solution. eBooks: Customer Success as a Culture: Customer Success Leaders Edition.

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ClientSuccess

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

While NPS, customer sentiment, and adoption or usage rates are a great place to start, there are a ton of other more niche metrics – such as customer onboarding speed – that CSMs are also tracking to ensure success. Understanding customer onboarding speed. So, what is customer onboarding speed?

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ClientSuccess

DECEMBER 6, 2019

Read on to learn more about a CXO’s responsibilities and what success in this emerging role looks like: . A Customer Experience Officer combines leadership skills with a desire to provide a positive customer experience to lead your customer success team. Toolkit: Customer Success Leaders Toolkit.

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ClientSuccess

APRIL 27, 2017

As we travel the globe and talk with customer success leaders, one of the most frequent asked questions is, “What are the metrics I should be tracking and measuring to help my organization embrace customer success?” Recorded Webinar: The Ultimate Guide for Customer Success SaaS Metrics.

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ClientSuccess

DECEMBER 6, 2019

Read on to learn more about a CXO’s responsibilities and what success in this emerging role looks like: . A Customer Experience Officer combines leadership skills with a desire to provide a positive customer experience to lead your customer success team. Toolkit: Customer Success Leaders Toolkit.

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ClientSuccess

OCTOBER 5, 2017

Customer success is an ever-changing role. Add in the detail of SaaS customer success, and it’s a veritable landslide of new ideas, trends, and upstarts. It’s important, however, to understand how new trends impact the day-to-day tasks of customer success professionals. Increase in Competition. Competency.

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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

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. This way the CSM is aware of all promises, discussions, and even internal political issues before they even meet the customer.

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ClientSuccess

MAY 24, 2022

As a customer success professional, you’ve likely heard many times about the Net Promotor Score (NPS). This all-encompassing customer success metric is probably foundational to your customer success strategy and your team’s decisions to ensure your customers are happy, well-managed, and growth-oriented.

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ClientSuccess

JULY 12, 2017

Stacey came to the CS100 Summit stage armed with a palpable energy and bursting with insight into centering company focus on all things customer success. Stacey is a firm believer that customer success is a responsibility of every business function, and that successful customers require attention from the entire team.

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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

JANUARY 10, 2020

When it comes to dealing with customers, there are some situations that can be a little overwhelming for both a customer success manager and the customer in question. Unfortunately, these gut feelings aren’t really indicative of how successful a day actually was. For many, onboarding is one of those situations.

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ClientSuccess

JANUARY 10, 2020

When it comes to dealing with customers, there are some situations that can be a little overwhelming for both a customer success manager and the customer in question. Unfortunately, these gut feelings aren’t really indicative of how successful a day actually was. For many, onboarding is one of those situations.

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Customer Experience eBook Metrics Customer Relationship Management 64

ClientSuccess

MAY 23, 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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