ChurnZero

JANUARY 8, 2021

Against the backdrop of wild economic uncertainty, Customer Success has been the failsafe of SaaS businesses that were blindsided by pandemic-induced churn and contraction. With Customer Success demand at an all-time high, we expect to see more of its leaders join the executive ranks in the coming months and years.

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ClientSuccess

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

There are an overwhelming amount of metrics that you can measure to track customer success. So, to break through the fray and give you a place to start, Client Success has created THE list of the most valuable customer success metrics. Did they achieve these outcomes?

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ClientSuccess

JANUARY 30, 2023

Vectors by Vecteezy As the growth of your business accelerates, you may face a difficult decision: when and how to scale up your customer success team. Scaling up at the right time with the right approach ensures that customers get the support they need while reducing burnout in your organization.

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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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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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ChurnZero

MARCH 3, 2022

As Customer Success professionals you might find yourself building out something completely new at your organization, or just trying to break the status quo on what’s been done in order to help drive growth and expansion for your SaaS organization. Top five Customer Success resources brought to you by ChurnZero 1.)

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ChurnZero

APRIL 12, 2022

However, a lot of touchpoints might remain unexamined, causing missed opportunities to improve customer relationships in the long-term. To create a customer-centric organization , a CCO will: Work with billing and other business departments to improve customer interactions. Lead the creation of new Customer Success initiatives.

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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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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

APRIL 10, 2020

How to Nail Implementation and Customer Success Handoffs. As a deadline-driven team, Implementation fiercely adheres to project start and completion dates (for their sake and the customer’s). But issues arise when project handoffs occur at a less-than-ideal time for the next in the line of customer succession.

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ClientSuccess

JUNE 15, 2021

If there is one lesson that SaaS organizations learned during the last year, the importance of a loyal customer base can not be overstated. During a year where many companies had to make complex strategic decisions, and new sales weren’t exactly flying in at a rapid pace, existing customer accounts helped keep the lights on.

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ChurnZero

OCTOBER 26, 2021

Taking a one-size-fits-all approach to customer engagement isn’t the best strategy. Every customer is different. Some might expect increased hand-holding from you and your Customer Success team. That’s why customer segmentation is a great tactic to lean on. What are some Customer Success segmentation models ?

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Gainsight

DECEMBER 15, 2021

If you’ve been paying attention to our content the last few weeks, you know Gainsight is excited about our 10 New Laws of Customer Success. Of course, we know not everyone is as enthusiastic about the 10 New Laws of Customer Success. As our Chief Customer Officer Kellie Capote put it, the impact was “ squishy ” at best.

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ClientSuccess

DECEMBER 5, 2022

What is a Customer Advisory Board (CAB)? A Customer Advisory Board (CAB) is a powerful tool for SaaS companies to maximize customer success. It helps drive better relationships between customers and the company, ensure customer satisfaction, and increase loyalty. Find customer champions.

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ChurnZero

JANUARY 10, 2022

Work Cross-Functionally During SaaS Customer Onboarding. Customer onboarding doesn’t only have to stay within Customer Success. One cross-functional relationship that absolutely cannot be ignored when it comes to SaaS customer onboarding is the relationship between Sales and Customer Success.

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Gainsight

OCTOBER 13, 2022

To help you do that, we created the SaaS Durable Growth Kit for Customer Success , a collection of insights and proven strategies from Gainsight executives that shifts the conversation from “what now” to “what’s possible.” . Capote shares five key points of advice for SaaS customer success leaders: .

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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. The webinar is called “The Customer Success Maturity Model” You can request the recorded version here.

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SurveyGizmo

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

Please download our CX Predictions for 2022 ebook for our full report. Customer experience programs are far more than surveys. Surveys will always play a part in customer experience. Additionally, certain keywords could automatically generate an alert in the customer success Slack channel for further investigation.

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ClientSuccess

DECEMBER 7, 2021

Surveys serve a twofold purpose: they give your team a better sense of understanding when it comes to areas of opportunity and growth within your organization and make customers feel as though their input and opinion is greatly valued (which it should be!). The customer success survey. Toolkit: How To Build Customer Loyalty.

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ClientSuccess

OCTOBER 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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Team Support

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

It’s also imperative that companies know which support channels work best for their business model and are most useful to their unique customer base. Current trends in customer support show that 79% of customer case submission is happening via digital channels. Interested in learning more?

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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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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

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

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

Research Vectors by Vecteezy Many customer success leaders in the SaaS space are faced with the same question: who should own customer renewals? It’s an important question to answer, as it can make all the difference in customer retention and long-term success.

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ClientSuccess

OCTOBER 5, 2017

Join Dave Blake, Founder and CEO of ClientSuccess and a panel of customer success leaders as they discuss how to succeed at customer success. This webinar was held on Tuesday, October 17, 2017 at 12:00 pm Mountain Time on the topic: When to Invest, Specialize, and Scale Customer Success.

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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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ClientSuccess

AUGUST 8, 2017

Register to watch the recorded webinar here: Customer Success Pitfalls to Avoid During the Post-Sale Process. In this webinar you will learn: How to approach post-sale lifecycle management with your customers. What approach to take to build the customer journey map. Customer Success as a Culture: Sales Leaders Edition.

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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

OCTOBER 2, 2019

We often hear the roles of Customer Success Manager (CSM) and Account Manager (AM) used interchangeably. While yes, at the end of the day both roles work directly with customers to ensure success, the ways that they carry out the responsibility are notably very different. Customer Success Builds Relationships.

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ClientSuccess

MARCH 20, 2017

Net Promoter Score (NPS) has been a long standing metric that many organizations rely on to determine the health of their customer base. According to OpenView , the NPS score doesn’t answer the ultimate “Why” question, and the score may also only give a partial view of how customers actually feel at a certain point in time.

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ChurnZero

AUGUST 28, 2020

Exactly how do you get customers to embrace your product instead of merely moving (erm, politely pushing) them through the motions and hoping for adoption? That’s what we set out to ask the Customer Success experts. So, learn from the failures (and successes) of others whenever you can; then, go make your own.

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ClientSuccess

MARCH 8, 2018

Customer success leaders help drive an overarching strategy to ensure that customer success is a core pillar across the entire organization. When an organization is fully aligned around the success of current (and future) customers, it becomes easier to sign, work with, and grow these customer accounts.

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ClientSuccess

MARCH 7, 2017

Creating a Customer Success Staffing Model: A Conversation With Francoise Tourniaire. Customer Success” as a phrase is a relatively modern concept, according to Francoise Tourniaire , Founder, FT Works. Francoise’s entire career has been under the umbrella of Customer Success. About Francoise and Her Team.

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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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TeamSupport

AUGUST 24, 2018

If the number of tickets you are receiving is consistently dwindling, it’s time to boost retention efforts because you likely have a large amount of silent dissatisfaction among your customer base. 2) First contact resolution rate – One major cause of unhappy customers is when they don’t feel like their voice matters to your company.

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ChurnZero

APRIL 8, 2020

How Online Communities Create Customer Advocacy and Retention. This is a guest post by Danielle Juson is a Customer Success Community expert at inSided. Isn’t it great when you have a customer that not only keeps using your product, but shouts about how great it is too? developing customer advocacy is a must.

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