ClientSuccess

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

Have you ever wondered about the difference between customer success and customer support? While both are important for ensuring customer satisfaction and retention, they have different objectives and approaches. Unlike customer support, which is reactive, customer success is proactive.

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ClientSuccess

JANUARY 12, 2022

This is why establishing an executive sponsor program is critical to customer success – with an executive or team leader on your team working directly as an advocate for your customers, it’s easier to get more done both on the product side and on the customer success side. Toolkit: Team Leadership Toolkit.

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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. In Conclusion.

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ClientSuccess

JANUARY 25, 2021

For most customer success departments, the internal department you work closest with and most often is definitely sales. Actionable ways to bridge the gap between customer success and marketing. Webinar: How We Became a Customer-Obsessed Company. Webinar: Top 6 Trends in Customer Success.

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ClientSuccess

DECEMBER 12, 2022

In today’s competitive customer success landscape, it is essential that CSMs are adequately and appropriately compensated for their work. When making a switch from one compensation plan to another for your Customer Success Managers (CSMs), it’s important to make the transition as smooth and considerate as possible.

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ClientSuccess

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

As SaaS organizations and their customers slowly but surely get used to the ‘new normal’ that 2020 ushered in, customer success managers and team leaders are more focused than ever before. 5 resources to set your CSMs up for success. 5 resources to set your CSMs up for success.

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ClientSuccess

JANUARY 11, 2023

The concept of customer success continues to rapidly gain traction as businesses strive to improve their customer experience. Here’s an overview of what we call the Golden Rule of Customer Success – 8 Guiding Principles: Understand customer needs, goals and motivations. Read on to learn more. In fact, a lot.

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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

DECEMBER 4, 2018

As 2018 comes to a close, customer success teams are taking some time for reflection and planning. Customer success is a rapidly growing industry and trends come and go quickly. Here is a great eBook and guide for building your customer success KPIs. The Four Fold Mission of Customer Success.

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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 21, 2020

In today’s B2B technology world, it seems common that the phrases “customer success” and “customer support or service” are often intertwined. After all, they’re both about serving the customer and ensuring they’re finding success with your product or service, right?

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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

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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ClientSuccess

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

While having great, well-planned, and well-executed customer check-ins is crucial for any successful customer success strategy, it’s only the first part. An additional step is needed to help the customer lifecycle move smoothly from one checkpoint to the next: the follow-up email.

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ChurnZero

MARCH 6, 2020

Customer Success Starts Within: 6 Ways to Put Employees First. The Customer Success industry is obsessed with cracking the code on customer experience and loyalty. So, it’s easy to see how a fixation on the customer can overshadow the very people who make that success possible: the employees.

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ClientSuccess

OCTOBER 16, 2017

As any Customer Success Manager (CSM) can attest to, customer success is not merely the work of a single person or even a single department. Ensuring customers see success and thrive with a B2B product takes the work and input of an entire organization, from the CEO down to the last intern.

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ClientSuccess

OCTOBER 26, 2020

As your SaaS business grows, you’ll need to establish processes to ensure existing customer revenue and growth are achieved. To ensure existing customer revenue, establish Quarterly Business Reviews (QBRs) with your customer success teams. To ensure customer success QBRs are painless (and actually beneficial!),

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ClientSuccess

JUNE 15, 2022

As any customer success professional knows, learning and growing in your profession never really ends. Why let your development as a customer success professional fall behind? Stop right there if you’re thinking, “what else about customer success do I stand to learn?”. Continuing education for CSMs.

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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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ClientSuccess

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

As a marketing professional, you understand the importance of customer success in driving business growth. And with the rise of customers in control, it has never been more important for marketers to focus on strategies that create and nurture successful customer relationships. Invest in Customer Success.

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ClientSuccess

SEPTEMBER 24, 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 2, 2021

This is especially true for Account Executives and Customer Success Managers – two roles that work extremely close with customers (and each other) and tend to be rolled into one when thinking about customer account management . eBook: Customer Success as a Culture: Sales Leaders Edition.

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ClientSuccess

JULY 11, 2017

The real testament to a company’s product, culture, and employees is showcased in the success of its customers. Customer retention should not only be at the top of any executives priority list, it should be a priority for the entire company, and every employee and every team should own a stake in customer success.

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ClientSuccess

MAY 8, 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

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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Team Support

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

If you raised your hand both times, how certain are you that your business is actually customer centric? Does the company culture profess a customer-first mentality but then fail to legitimately follow through on it? 86% of customers are willing to pay more for a better customer experience.

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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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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

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 17, 2021

Today’s CSMs and customer success leaders are masters in juggling multiple plates at once. This template should include an approved introduction for customers and a clear outline for CSMs to fill in details around the issue at hand. eBook: Customer Success as a Culture: Marketing Leaders Edition.

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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. Build A Culture Not a Solution. Build a culture, not a solution”.

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ClientSuccess

JUNE 2, 2017

In this recorded webinar, Dave Blake, CEO/Founder of ClientSuccess discusses a customer success maturity model that will help you build, scale, and optimize a high-impact team and culture of customer success. Request the recorded webinar here: The Customer Success Maturity Maturity Model.

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ChurnZero

DECEMBER 1, 2023

The essential handbook for building the modern customer success program Are you ready to elevate your SaaS business with a robust customer success program? Dive into “the ultimate guide to customer success in SaaS” and gain the insights and strategies you need to create a high-performing customer success team.

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ChurnZero

APRIL 12, 2022

Build a customer-centric organization. SaaS companies thrive based on their ability to establish positive, long-term relationships with their customers. A CCO can help create a culture that makes the customer a top priority, ensuring that departments work together to offer an elevated customer experience at every touchpoint.

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ClientSuccess

OCTOBER 4, 2022

As a customer success department manager or leader, you’re constantly looking for new tools and solutions to help your team reach the highest output possible. Here are some considerations to take into account when looking for a new customer success platform: 1. So, how are you supposed to choose??

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ClientSuccess

APRIL 25, 2018

There seems to be rigorous debate in the SaaS customer success space about the value of measuring customer satisfaction through various survey methodologies, whether CSAT, NPS or CES (customer effort score). The New Ultimate Customer Success Question. Here it is: The Ultimate Customer Success Question. “If

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ClientSuccess

JULY 14, 2017

Ed Powers, VP Customer Success, simPRO Software Group teaches how to build trust and increase renewals during every stage of the customer lifecycle. This webinar involved live participant involvement on customer success best practices & strategy and took place on Tuesday, July 25th at 11am MT. Webinar Details.

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