Gainsight

APRIL 14, 2022

We can’t take our customers for granted — ever. Investing in customer success (CS) isn’t a nice-to-have anymore — or even merely a high priority — it’s existential. In fact, customer success is the critical growth engine driving net revenue retention (NRR) for subscription-based businesses. Why NRR Matters.

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ChurnZero

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

9 tips to get your CSMs to adopt Customer Success software. Have you ever worked at a company where the Customer Success team had to beg for its own tools? The CSM perspective: how to encourage the adoption of Customer Success software. I have a few tips to help you drive adoption that sticks.

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ChurnZero

JANUARY 26, 2021

This is a guest blog post by Jay Nathan, Chief Customer Officer at Higher Logic. A J oint Success Plan is a simple but powerful tool for outcome-based customer success management. It’s designed to help solution providers align with their customers’ business goals and objectives.

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Totango

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

That’s the question that Sumo Logic Chief Customer Officer Dione Hedgpeth and Totango President & COO Jamie Bertasi discussed during their session at the TSIA World: ENVISION conference. Check out six key takeaways from their discussion, plus a bonus tip from a session hosted by our friends at Higher Logic.

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Amity

FEBRUARY 6, 2019

I think it’s time, perhaps overdue actually, to bring a Customer Success Hero or two on board. Any tips for hiring for this role? Over the course of the last 12 months, I’ve done regular Google queries on “Customer Success Manager” and the number of jobs on LinkedIn continues to increase.

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ChurnZero

FEBRUARY 1, 2019

At ChurnZero, our mission is to be the best Customer Success platform out there – and Customer Success teams sit at the heart of this goal. Since the field of Customer Success is still maturing, we feel it’s key to learn from others in the industry. Amanda Berger, Chief Customer Officer, Lucidworks.

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Amity

JUNE 3, 2016

I think it’s time, perhaps overdue actually, to bring a Customer Success Hero or two on board. Any tips for hiring for this role? Over the course of the last 12 months, I’ve done regular Google queries on “Customer Success Manager” and the number of jobs on LinkedIn continues to increase.

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ChurnZero

FEBRUARY 11, 2020

Top 5 Customer Success Takeaways from Chief Customer Officers USA. Our very own CCO, Abby Hammer, had a part of the action and was one of the presenters and spoke on- How to Drive Operational Excellence Through Data-Driven Customer Success. dence to own their role in the customer relationship.

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Kustomer

AUGUST 26, 2022

Customer service expert and New York Times bestselling author Shep Hyken hosts this dynamic customer-centric podcast. Hyken brings together leading professionals and customer experience experts who offer tangible tips and insights specifically to take your business to the next level of success.

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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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Gainsight

APRIL 21, 2022

Every year Gainsight loves to give our customers and community the best of what we have for resources, including events, webinars, articles, ebooks, and more. As we enter the post-pandemic era, we have learned that customer success was one of the leading reasons companies who invested in CS fared better than those who did not.

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ChurnZero

JULY 2, 2021

SaaS companies must be cognizant of and weigh the implications brought about by a sole focus on these metrics when assessing the performance of and building strategies for Customer Success. Example: Your business enters January with 100 customers. Your business exits January with two churned customers.

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ChurnZero

DECEMBER 13, 2019

Q&A: New Manager’s Guide for a Customer Success Strategy Implementation. As a new Customer Success leader in your organization, you must figure out how you’ll measure success, keep your team happy and engaged, and secure stakeholder buy-in to champion your strategy in the new year.

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Gainsight

DECEMBER 1, 2022

Customer Success (CS) leadership roles can be hard to define. If you interviewed 100 SaaS CEOs about what’s in and out of scope for a Chief Customer Officer (CCO) , chances are you’d get 200 answers. Thankfully, there are best practices to increase your chances of success.

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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. Make the Mission Known.

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Gainsight

JUNE 11, 2021

The themes today centered around Human-First Customer Success and Transforming Customer Centricity. Human-First Customer Success. The Key to Customer Success: Leadership with Jay Nathan, Chief Customer Officer at Higher Logic and Co-founder of Gain Grow Retain at Higher Logic.

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ChurnZero

NOVEMBER 8, 2019

Serious About Customer Success? Now more than ever Customer Success is essential to the long-term success of your entire organization. Now more than ever Customer Success is essential to the long-term success of your entire organization. Your CRM is Not Enough!

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Gainsight

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Their dedication to revolutionizing customer experience. These leaders, embody a new era of Customer Success (CS) and Community leadership, where innovation and empathy converge to redefine customer satisfaction. In a world where customer retention reigns supreme, their insights are invaluable.

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ChurnZero

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

9 tips to get your CSMs to adopt Customer Success software Have you ever worked at a company where the Customer Success team had to beg for its own tools? I have a few tips to help you drive customer success software adoption that sticks. That’s okay. So how do we overcome this?

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ChurnZero

JANUARY 26, 2022

82% of marketers say that “active customer retention” is one of the most important objectives for their CRM team , leading many Marketing and Customer Success team members to seek out new ways to understand customer pain points and improve the customer experience. Complete 360° Customer Visibility.

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ChurnZero

JANUARY 4, 2024

It’s an exciting time to be in customer success. “2024 will continue to see the chief customer officer move into the leadership phase,” predicts ChurnZero CEO and co-founder You Mon Tsang. Expanded roles and responsibilities: how will customer success evolve in 2024?

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ChurnZero

APRIL 14, 2023

Alignment between Customer Success (CS) and product teams isn’t something that just happens—it takes work. The teams must have a shared understanding of customer needs, the company’s vision, and each other’s roles in fulfilling both. Think about it from a customer’s perspective. Both elements are important.

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ChurnZero

MAY 5, 2020

As businesses are thrust into uncharted territory, figuring out how to navigate customer retention strategies to minimize churn will determine their survival. Fortunately, Customer Success teams are uniquely positioned to step up and provide business continuity—serving as a company’s compass to guide them through this treacherous terrain.

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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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ChurnZero

DECEMBER 29, 2020

Check out this post to see if you’re inadvertently sending subliminal negativity to your customers. Customer Success Operations 101: Drive Productivity with Purpose, People, and Process. 9 Must-Have Integrations to Level Up Customer Success Software. 9 Must-Have Integrations to Level Up Customer Success Software.

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Amity

MAY 27, 2014

I think it’s time, perhaps overdue actually, to bring a customer success hero or two on board. Any tips for hiring for this role? That is a lot of companies likely looking to solve the same problem you are by staffing a customer success team. The problem is, I don’t know what to look for or where to start.

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Gainsight

NOVEMBER 4, 2020

In the world of customer success, it’s all about proving value, raising visibility, and understanding the customer, particularly in a time of fiscal “belt-tightening.” Suppose your customer, especially your executive stakeholders, don’t see the value your product or service gives them.

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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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ChurnZero

NOVEMBER 27, 2019

The Customer SuccessCon event series provides an intimate setting to learn, share best practices and speak freely and openly about the current state of Customer Success. . The event, hosted by The Customer Success Association , featured sessions from a variety of CS thought leaders. Didn’t attend?

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ChurnZero

SEPTEMBER 11, 2020

If this expression captures how you feel when your Customer Success and Product teams interact or fulfill a customer request without bickering or finger pointing, then please continue reading. As like with stars, you won’t be around long enough to witness the alignment of your Customer Success and Product teams.

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Amity

NOVEMBER 25, 2014

Amity had the good fortune of sitting down with a pioneer in Customer Success, Paul Teshima the original SVP of Customer Success (circa 2005) at Eloqua – now the Founder and CEO of Nudge Software , to talk about demonstrating the need for Customer Success. Here are the “aha!” We don’t think so.

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ChurnZero

JANUARY 22, 2021

So, you signed up for a Customer Success gig and now your boss wants you to upsell? To learn how selling and taking great care of your customers actually go hand in hand, we hosted a webinar with Bryan Neale, Founder of Blind Zebra Consulting and self-proclaimed “CS Sales Whisperer.”. Never get ghosted by a customer again.

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Storyminers

JULY 6, 2020

She is known globally for transforming businesses to earn customer-driven growth. A 5-time Chief Customer Officer and coach to over 20,000 leaders, her practices are field-tested and proven. Jeff Toister is an author, consultant, and trainer who helps companies get their employees obsessed with customer service.

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Gainsight

MAY 1, 2023

The customer success (CS) community has come a long way in the last ten years since our first Pulse Conference in 2013. For many CS professionals, there is a clear track from Customer Success Manager (CSM) to Team Lead to Head of CS and eventually (Chief Customer Officer) CCO.

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CSM Practice

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

For some companies, they take customer journey mapping at a basic level to the point that it doesn’t encapsulate the maximum value that you can get out of this exercise. There are even companies with customer success teams but don’t have customer journey maps which can be considered as a loophole. Three Tips.

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ClientSuccess

AUGUST 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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ChurnZero

DECEMBER 27, 2019

5 Common Mist a kes Customer Success Managers Make When Managing Their Day . Is the onslaught of support tickets, emails, and customer complaints forcing you to live in a constant state of reaction? 5 Tips f or Dealing with An Angry Customer (The Right Way!) . Customer Success Resource.

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