Kayako

OCTOBER 16, 2017

It should never be customer success vs customer service. They’ve been separated to showcase customer success as being this proactive, product-driven, revenue generating machine, and left the support department sitting around feeling like a reactive cost center. Increase retention of current customers.

Customer Success 186

Customer Success NPS Roadmap Customer Satisfaction 186

ChurnZero

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

Customer Success Metrics that Your Investors and Board Care About. They care that you’re staffed appropriately to serve the needs of your customers, because ultimately that results in revenue. A huge part of how customer success collects intel and feedback from customers is by talking with them.

Metrics 98

Metrics Customer Success Engagement Effort Score 98

Retently

MARCH 16, 2022

But there’s still one area that’s neglected all too often – Customer Success. As SaaS companies spring up, the essential Customer Success role is being rolled into Customer Service. What is the role of Customer Success? The Customer Success Manager (CSM) is thus not a passive role.

Customer Success 157

Customer Success Net Promoter Score Customers Customer Retention 157

ChurnZero

JANUARY 6, 2022

Customer Success represents a large source of revenue-generation for SaaS businesses. Though Customer Success was originally regarded as a post-sale cost center, you can flip its narrative with the right metrics, positioning, and forecasting strategy. Choose Metrics that Emphasize Your Value. Not so much.

Metrics 98

Metrics Customer Success Customer Journeys How To 98

Amity

OCTOBER 5, 2016

Amity decided to sit down with David Apple , Director of Customer Success at Typeform, to learn about the structure and culture of Customer Success in this fast-growing startup, and to find out how it has evolved since its beginning 3 years ago. What does the culture of Customer Success look like at Typeform?

Customer Success 129

Customer Success NPS Metrics Culture 129

ChurnZero

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

In the world of customer success, there’s a constant pressure to scale while maintaining that personal touch that keeps customers loyal and engaged. Training took months, and canned responses broke down the moment a customer veered off-script. Enter generative AI: a game-changer for customer success.

Customer Success 52

Customer Success Customer Journeys Loyalty Interaction 52

CSM Practice

MAY 13, 2020

To those of us in customer success, it is even more clear that the pandemic has caused an unprecedented shift that is already affecting our customers, their journeys, their expected business outcomes , and our ability to fulfill them. 1. Be Customer-Centric.

Customer Success 128

Customer Success Effort Score Customer Centricity Video 128

Totango

MAY 31, 2022

At Totango, we understand that this ability to quickly and effectively gather and communicate information is at the heart of customer success – both internally and externally. Let’s take a deeper look at how the Presentation Builder works and the benefits it provides your organization. What is Presentation Builder?

Customer Success 90

Customer Success Communication Tools Metrics 90

InMoment XI

OCTOBER 23, 2024

Here are a few reasons why customer experience in banking is an even bigger competitive advantage than ever before: It helps build trust during uncertain times. In a period of financial anxiety, customers are looking for institutions they can trust. It is a proven way of retaining customers. References McKinsey & Company.

Banking 195

Banking Customer Experience Effort Score Financial 195

Experience Investigators by 360Connext

AUGUST 17, 2021

HR, Learning and Development, or Talent Management , who can both ensure the employee experience is representative of the customer experience and facilitate employee engagement strategies; And in some cases, it’s important to include Internal Communications to share and socialize what the team is doing throughout the organization.

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Meeting Customer Experience How To Net Promoter Score 364

ChurnZero

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

This is a guest article by Swati Garg , founder and CEO, Melo Associates , and Lindsay Lynch , senior recruitment consultant, Melo Associates , a recruitment firm focused on customer success hiring for SaaS and tech companies nationwide. For example, “Enterprise Customer Success Manager”.

Customer Success 52

Customer Success How To Insurance Culture 52

ClientSuccess

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

While the customer success world (and the larger SaaS economy in general) has experienced its fair share of ups and downs this year, the industry will be even more prepared in the future. . Here are 3 predictions for 2021 that will help customer success teams and leaders alike strategize, plan, and prepare: .

Customer Success 113

Customer Success Metrics CRM Trends 113

Vonage

JULY 3, 2018

There’s no question that customer success impacts today’s businesses. We know that unhappy customers will not only take their business elsewhere, they will share bad experiences with friends, family, and colleagues, on social media and with anyone else who will listen. I want to understand customer spend over time.

Customer Success 204

Customer Success Social Media Customer Centricity Metrics 204

InMoment XI

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

Almost 80% of employees who created a customer journey map at their organization say it helped generate alignment between internal teams. Increased Resource Allocation Customer journey maps can help you identify problems and present a strong business case for customer experience improvement.

Customer Journeys 195

Customer Journeys Customer Experience Strategy Touchpoint 195

Experience Investigators by 360Connext

JULY 20, 2021

Meanwhile, Malik from the Social Media Response team is doing his best to reply to customers who say they’ve complained about this issue before — even though he doesn’t know what the root cause of the issue might be — and Padma from Customer Success doesn’t have any visibility into what customers are saying at all.

Customer Journeys 361

Customer Journeys Social Media Contact Center Survey 361

Totango

JUNE 24, 2022

Customer success in SaaS differs from CS in other industries. The software service industry presents unique challenges for customer success management while also creating unique opportunities that call for specific strategies. Read on to learn the keys to effective customer success for SaaS clients.

Customer Journeys 109

Customer Journeys Customer Success Net Promoter Score B2C 109

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

OCTOBER 6, 2020

Customer success vs. customer support: although these two terms appear similar, they actually refer to two different, yet complementary, functions within a company. Fulfilling a proactive role, customer success focuses on problem prevention and creates value by enabling clients to achieve business goals.

Customer Success 112

Customer Success Customers Measurement Communication 112

Totango

NOVEMBER 21, 2019

Luckily, there’s a measure for that, too: customer satisfaction metrics. Customer satisfaction quantifies the degree to which a customer is pleased by a product, brand, or overall experience. How to Track Customer Satisfaction with NPS . That’s why the Net Promoter Score (NPS) is a key metric to track.

Customer Satisfaction 93

Customer Satisfaction NPS Metrics Net Promoter Score 93

Experience Investigators by 360Connext

DECEMBER 15, 2023

Engaging others in the act of customer journey mapping through a workshop or presentation is a great way to communicate directly about the customer experience. Customer experience dashboards are often shared far and wide, but with little context or explanation. Interview a customer or two! Did CSAT get better ?

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Communication Tips Customer Journeys Customer Experience 304

Amity

NOVEMBER 28, 2018

Amity sat down with Bradley Liou , Director of Customer Success at Densify to ask him about all things Customer Success. Read our interview with Bradley to find out where Customer Success started at Densify, where it is now, and where it’s headed in the future. I am the GM, the coach and the player.

Customer Success 106

Customer Success Competitive Advantage Customers Software 106

Totango

AUGUST 21, 2020

In our latest installment in the CXO Series , we sat down with Keith Strodtman, COO, Customer First and Shelby Czarnota, Vice President, Customer Success Business Solutions at SAP as we discussed SAP’s Transformation and Innovation in Customer Success and why they deployed Totango as their One Customer Success Platform.

Customer Success 117

Customer Success Innovation NPS Touchpoint 117

ChurnZero

DECEMBER 21, 2022

1/ Crash course in Customer Success and SaaS metrics. Presented by: Dave Kellogg , principal, Dave Kellogg Consulting. Many people think of SaaS and CS metrics as black and white. But the truth is, there are many ways to calculate and interpret—and game—metrics. What metrics do investors care about most?

Customer Success 98

Customer Success Metrics Consulting Training 98

Lumoa

JANUARY 9, 2018

Stop organising by function and skill set, start organising by ‘ability to deliver customer success’ create ‘experience teams’ of people with different skills and different core competencies that can manage the entire customer life cycle and reward them together for the achievement of customer success, not completing tasks and activities.”.

Customer Experience 332

Customer Experience Competitive Advantage Omni-Channel Culture 332

ChurnZero

JUNE 17, 2022

It requires a genuine understanding of your customer cohorts and their goals, perceptions, and needs. To share how to choose, track, and act on effective onboarding metrics, ChurnZero Customer Success Enablement Team Lead Bree Pecci joined CSM Practice for a drill-down into customer-centric onboarding.

Metrics 98

Metrics How To Effort Score Self Service 98

CX Journey

MARCH 17, 2015

One of the questions posed by Bob during the webinar was: “ How can managers avoid the metric becoming a goal rather than an indicator? This is a great question and one that needs to be addressed early and often in any customer experience management effort. customer experience metrics voc voice of customer'

Metrics 80

Metrics Chief Customer Officer Effort Score Voice of Customer 80

Totango

AUGUST 13, 2024

At Totango + Catalyst, we made a strategic decision to challenge the script on revenue priorities, empowering customer success managers (CSMs)—those mostly intimately aware of customer needs and goals—to own core renewals, expansions, and upsells. The results?

Customer Success 101

Customer Success Management Customers Roadmap 101

Education Services Group

MAY 20, 2022

I see a lot of chasing in Customer Success: chasing metrics that our data doesn’t support, chasing insight, chasing answers to the reason customers churn, and chasing a haven of exemplary plays and processes to mitigate risk and drive value. Stop chasing metrics without documenting the business outcomes they are driving.

Customer Success 98

Customer Success Net Promoter Score Customers Metrics 98

GetFeedback

JUNE 22, 2019

Remember that your NPS survey represents a valuable customer loyalty metric. Viewing customers through this lens gives customer success teams a better way to build healthy, long-lasting customer relationships. Solid customer data helps your customer success teams predict and prevent churn.

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NPS Net Promoter Score Survey Effort Score 304

CloudCherry

JULY 10, 2018

Are your customers successful and happy with your products and services? These are questions that all businesses need to ask themselves to ensure everything is being done to create customer delight. Happy customers are not only retained but they also help create more happy customers. Customer Experience Metrics.

Measurement 199

Measurement Net Promoter Score NPS Touchpoint 199

ChurnZero

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

Customer Success is gaining ground, influence, and budget within organizations. Based on a detailed survey of more than 1,000 Customer Success leaders, this is the most comprehensive study of the evolving CS landscape to date. Download your full copy of the 2022 Customer Success Leadership Study here.

Study 98

Study Leadership Trends Customer Success 98

ChurnZero

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

Nothing in customer success causes CSMs to catch “feelings”, as Naomi Aiken puts it, as reliably as losing a customer. The main components of this include: The Concept: Opportunity for CSMs to learn and grow by engaging in a structured churn reflection activity and presenting their findings. Does it work?

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Exercises How To Culture Leadership 52

Amity

JANUARY 11, 2018

Founded in 2011, with offices in Edmonton and Toronto, Jobber Software has helped thousands of home service businesses be more successful. When she joined in 2014, Justine Burns was Jobber’s first Customer Success hire. I’m the Director of Customer Success and I’m in charge of 3 teams.

Customer Success 94

Customer Success Abandon Rate Culture Customers 94

Totango

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

Our increasingly customer-centric economy has established Customer Success as critical to every business’s overall strategy. Any CS team member knows that happy customers make for a thriving enterprise, but the same cannot always be said for C-level executives or your board of directors.

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Customer Success How To Net Promoter Score Financial 73

CSM Practice

DECEMBER 19, 2021

This saying applies to your Customer Success Technology stack more than anything else. The tools in your stack must work together to provide an exceptional customer experience. . Customer Success is a rapidly evolving function. Yet, Customer Success is often undervalued and underfunded.

Customer Success 98

Customer Success How To CRM Software 98

ChurnZero

MARCH 24, 2023

The Customer Success industry is constantly evolving and developing new strategies for driving customer-led growth. 1: Is NPS a Customer Success metric? Stephanie Berner: My answer is unequivocally no— Net Promoter Score (NPS) should not be a CS metric. Here’s why. Value is very hard to measure.

Customer Success 98

Customer Success NPS Net Promoter Score Metrics 98

ChurnZero

MARCH 24, 2023

The Customer Success industry is constantly evolving and developing new strategies for driving customer-led growth. 1: Is NPS a Customer Success metric? Stephanie Berner: My answer is unequivocally no— Net Promoter Score (NPS) should not be a CS metric. Here’s why. Value is very hard to measure.

Customer Success 97

Customer Success NPS Net Promoter Score Metrics 97