delighted

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

Customers have more options than ever, and a strong customer success program can make you stand out among competitors. Companies that consider the question “what is customer success?” – and work to anticipate and solve customer problems – will set themselves apart.

Customer Success 52

Customer Success Net Promoter Score Effort Score Self Service 52

Gainsight

JANUARY 4, 2021

As we embark on the New Year, now is the perfect time to catch up on Gainsight’s Customer Success resources from 2020. We compiled our best Customer Success resources from last year, from blogs to ebooks to webinars and podcasts. Launching Customer Success. Customer Success Team Management.

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Resources Customer Success eBook Multi-Channel 111

Totango

JULY 17, 2024

Perhaps, but industry data backs up this claim—SaaS companies are putting more resources and more strategic focus behind retaining and growing revenue from the existing customer base. Achieving higher retention and growth, however, requires effective collaboration and mutual support between customer success and sales teams.

Sales 97

Sales Metrics Customer Success Call Recording 97

Totango

AUGUST 25, 2022

For software service providers, customer engagement SaaS strategies play a central role in a successful business model. Proactive interactions with your customers can increase satisfaction and retention, driving repeat business and referral revenue. For example, you can: Extend premium upgrade offers to freemium customers.

Customer Engagement 99

Customer Engagement Engagement Tips Strategy 99

Totango

JULY 11, 2024

But, what we’ve found over the last year – in a real painful way – is that it’s no longer working.” – Chris Dishman , Senior Vice President of Customer Success, Totango + Catalyst For years, SaaS leaders thought new customer acquisition was the fastest way to grow.

Strategy 78

Strategy B2B Sales Metrics 78

ClientSuccess

AUGUST 31, 2020

Now, the day is finally here – your team is finally implementing your new customer success platform. Making the decision to invest in a customer success platform shows that your organization is 100% dedicated to the long-term success and growth of your customer base. . First of all, congratulations!

Customer Success 105

Customer Success How To eBook Leadership 105

ChurnZero

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

We’ve found that, when looking to build a strong team of Customer Success Managers (CSMs), an incentive compensation plan , otherwise called a variable compensation plan , produces the best results. This can be measured by how much they sell, the success of their team, or the success of the organization as a whole.

Customer Success 97

Customer Success Metrics Measurement Guidelines 97

CSM Practice

FEBRUARY 24, 2020

A good customer success team drives continuous value to the customer at every point in the customer life-cycle journey. Customer success teams use playbooks and strategies in their ongoing efforts to ensure customers achieve operational success and maximize value from your solution offerings.

Metrics 59

Metrics Net Promoter Score Effort Score NPS 59

Totango

JUNE 17, 2021

And we’ll reveal pro tips for leveraging customer segmentation using today’s technology. What Is Customer Segmentation vs. Audience Segmentation? Customer segmentation is a method of customizing customer interactions by dividing customers into categories based on specific characteristics.

Tips 71

Tips Customer Journeys B2B Groups 71

Amity

JUNE 27, 2018

For our Customer Success meetup in Toronto, we had the privilege of hearing from James Scott , General Partner at SuccessHacker , who helps other companies achieve growth and success through their Customer Success (CS) teams. Customer Success hasn’t been around for nearly as long as we tend to think.

Industry 82

Industry Customer Success Tips Customer Centricity 82

ChurnZero

JANUARY 20, 2021

This is a guest blog post by Justine Dennis, Manager, Customer Success & Support at Fusebill. . Mattias Putman and Ewout Meyns launched PieSync in 2014 with a goal in mind: keep customers satisfied. Mattias and I are very aware that PieSync’s success depends on that of our customers.

Customer Success 98

Customer Success B2B Metrics Strategy 98

Education Services Group

FEBRUARY 26, 2020

One of the biggest challenges facing Customer Success leaders is how to effectively scale. This is nearly impossible without incorporating Digital Customer Success into your overall CS strategy. How will the customer experience be enriched by incorporating Digital Customer Success, not limited by it?

Customer Success 75

Customer Success Metrics Customer Journeys Customers 75

Amity

DECEMBER 21, 2017

Why not start with some Customer Success videos? 6 TED Talks That Are Surprisingly Relevant to Customer Success. 5 Powerful Videos That Spotlight Customer Advocacy. 2017 Rewind: Your Customer Success Playlist. Here are some tips around the playbooks that make up most of the everyday life of a CSM.

Customer Success 107

Customer Success Tips Video Leadership 107

Lumoa

APRIL 7, 2022

The NPS system was created by Fred Reichheld and his team at Bain & Company and Satmetrix Systems in 2003 to help companies improve their marketing strategies to better serve customers’ needs with real, verifiable data that they could analyze and act on. So, without further ado… Why is NPS important? How can you improve your NPS?

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NPS Net Promoter Score Industry How To 208

CustomerSuccessBox

JUNE 24, 2022

Monthly Recurring Revenue is a SaaS metric that you should be tracking in order to see where your SaaS business stands. This blog focuses on the excellent customer success techniques that will help you improve your recurring revenue. Why you should invest in Customer Success? Easy retention via customer success.

Customer Success 52

Customer Success Metrics Customer Retention Strategy 52

ChurnZero

SEPTEMBER 4, 2020

You can devote your energy towards solving complex customer problems and brainstorming new ways to bring value instead of letting the coordination of routine communications dictate your day’s productiveness. . Scenario #1 – Strengthen f eature adoption based on behavior .

Customer Success 87

Customer Success Engagement e-support Tips 87

ChurnZero

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

If you weren’t able to attend the two full days, no worries, we have compiled our top ten favorite Customer Success takeaways for you here. . . Customers today have very high expectations (and there’s stats to prove it). . Check out 2 mind-blowing stats about Customer Expectations! .

Customer Success 59

Customer Success Conference Tips Metrics 59

ClientSuccess

OCTOBER 8, 2019

As a CSM or customer success leader, you know the importance of success – not just for your customers, but for your department and your business as a whole. But what is the best way to define success in these avenues? Success isn’t based on “we think” or “we feel”. It’s based on data.

Metrics 49

Metrics Net Promoter Score NPS Effort Score 49

Gainsight

FEBRUARY 4, 2021

Growth rate, gross margin, and other traditional metrics matter greatly. But software leaders have increasingly recognized the importance of a new metric unique to the SaaS world, Net Dollar Retention (NDR). As a reminder, NDR looks at your existing customers at the beginning of a period (e.g., Net Dollar Retention Rules.

Tips 72

Tips Metrics Software B2C 72

Gainsight

OCTOBER 19, 2021

The value of customer success cannot be overstated. A highly focused, strategic, and well-supported Customer Success team can affect everything from your product to Net Revenue Retention (NRR). Today, it’s imperative to prioritize the proper budget for Customer Success. Identify the Impact of Your Team.

Resources 52

Resources Customer Success ROI Metrics 52

ChurnZero

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

We’ve found that, when looking to build a strong team of Customer Success Managers (CSMs), an incentive compensation plan, otherwise called a variable compensation plan, produces the best results. This can be measured by how much they sell, the success of their team, or the success of the organization as a whole.

Customer Success 52

Customer Success Metrics Measurement Guidelines 52

CSM Practice

OCTOBER 7, 2019

Managing a growing customer base with ever-evolving desired outcomes requires being proactive and strategic. As a CSM, you can’t afford to be behind the curve on customer needs, you must proactively reach out to customers about guidance or any assistance needed. 2) Document step-by-step customer success playbooks.

Customer Success 40

Customer Success Tips Guidelines Consulting 40

CustomerSuccessBox

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

Undoubtedly, this change has crept into the Customer Success world as well. This is why the blog explains why the ‘ LAER model in Customer Success’ is too important a topic to ignore. As a Customer Success professional, you’d know how difficult it is to expand your customer base.

Customer Success 52

Customer Success Customer Engagement Sales Customer Journeys 52

ChurnZero

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

You purchased your Customer Success software with expectations of how it would perform and how your team would use it. For busy Customer Success teams, it can be difficult to pause and reflect on the systems you use to manage your days. The 7-point audit checklist for Customer Success software 1.

Software 52

Software Customer Success Net Promoter Score Exercises 52

CustomerSuccessBox

DECEMBER 1, 2021

Customer success, as we know, is a holistic approach to delivering the maximum possible value to customers. If you’ve been in the business, you know how you must master human communication, the very first thing to be successful with your customers, which means speaking mindfully but listening even more intently.

Customer Success 52

Customer Success How To Feedback Customers 52

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.

Customer Success 52

Customer Success Effort Score Self Service eBook 52

ChurnZero

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

7-Point Audit Checklist for Customer Success Software. You purchased your Customer Success software with expectations of how it would perform and how your team would use it. Auditing your Customer Success software helps you identify inefficiencies and quality improvements in your requirements, data, and processes.

Software 52

Software Customer Success Net Promoter Score Exercises 52

Totango

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

We know that sales and customer success (CS) teams must work together to drive revenue growth and expansion. Check out three highlights from the conversation, and listen to the full podcast to gain more insights and tips on how your teams can create a mutually beneficial relationship between CS and sales.

Sales 71

Sales Customer Success Communication Leadership 71

ChurnZero

APRIL 18, 2024

Congratulations – you’re adopting a digital customer success strategy! Those are some big shifts – whether it’s updating your books , implementing a new management system, or revamping the tools, resources, and customer journeys you already have. Digital: Set up consistent journey metrics (e.g. So, now what?

Interaction 52

Interaction Customer Engagement Engagement Customer Journeys 52

CSM Practice

SEPTEMBER 15, 2019

All businesses promise to deliver value to their customers. The starting point for excellent customer success is that the promises are kept, empowering the customers to achieve their business goals. However, customer success extends to driving long-term customer lifetime value through various processes and operations.

Customer Success 45

Customer Success Company Effort Score Customers 45

CSM Practice

JUNE 19, 2019

The commonly used and highly effective customer success approach for early stage startup companies remains the high-touch model, in which every customer enjoys dedicated attention from their assigned customer success manager, throughout the their customer journey. Customer Success Training Plan.

Training 67

Training Customer Success Video Customers 67

Totango

AUGUST 9, 2022

This lets B2B businesses customize their operations for groups of customers with common characteristics or personalize them for individual clients. This type of customization provides customers with better service while yielding better results for B2B teams working in marketing, sales, customer service, and customer success.

B2B 102

B2B Customer Journeys Social Media Net Promoter Score 102

CSM Practice

APRIL 16, 2019

In this blog, I’m going to share best practices and proven tactics to help your company increase new business deals, accelerate your sales cycle and increase net retention rate using best of breed advocacy playbooks for Customer Success teams. In the customer success word we use the term “advocate” to define a customer who t?lk?

Customer Success 55

Customer Success e-support Customers Management 55

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.

Customer Success 80

Customer Success Chief Customer Officer ROI Sales 80

CSM Practice

NOVEMBER 4, 2019

Some foundational questions still require attention in our growing customer success community. These questions include customer success funding and reporting, as well as appropriate customer segmentation. Mature SaaS companies are generally more concerned with the elements of scaling customer success.

Customer Success 45

Customer Success Customer Journeys Study Effort Score 45

CSM Practice

APRIL 30, 2019

There are many stages in the life of a business: An early startup stage with a handful of customers, or a much mature stage with a larger customer base. Somewhere in between, it becomes crucial to monitor and ensure customer success in relation to your business. Customer Success Benefits for Startups.

Customer Success 53

Customer Success Social Media Video Customers 53

Totango

JUNE 30, 2020

Even more than at other times during the customer journey, your customers want leadership, support, and guidance from you. During a crisis, that support and guidance should rely on a clear understanding of your customer and engagement based on facts, not guesswork. Tips on Communications During a Crisis.

Communication 127

Communication Strategy Metrics Customer Retention 127