ECXO

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

Harmonizing Success: How Sales Teams Can Collaborate with Internal Teams to Enhance Customer Experience The ongoing conflict between sales teams and internal departments can really mess up the customer experience, leading to mixed-up interactions and disappointed expectations.

Sales 156

Sales Customer Experience Innovation Culture 156

eglobalis

DECEMBER 17, 2024

Hyper-personalized care strengthens trust, reduces effort for customers, and establishes businesses as reliable problem-solvers , ultimately driving loyalty and retention. AI-powered insights also improve renewal forecasting and streamline service workflows, ensuring B2B companies can scale customer support without overextending resources.

Net Promoter Score 284

Net Promoter Score Effort Score B2B NPS 284

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

BlueOcean

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

When we are talking to organizations in the sales cycle, we will often hear from SaaS companies that the customer success role is too complex, too critical, too deeply embedded in their internal operations to ever be outsourced. But with this new height of significance, is customer success really something you can outsource?

Customer Success 177

Customer Success Contact Center Average Handle Time Touchpoint 177

ChurnZero

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

When asked to sell to customers, Customer Success Managers (CSMs) are often scared of coming off as too pushy or getting a “no.” There’s a common (albeit misplaced) fear among CSMs that sales talk will tarnish their customer’s trust and set fire to the relationships they’ve worked so hard to build. .

Sales 94

Sales Customer Success Customers Exercises 94

Retently

MAY 31, 2024

The Connective Tissue of a Company The first non-technical hire you make needs to be in Customer Success. Customer Success is the bridge between what your company does and what your customers need you to do. They offer a look into the minds of your customers and can shape the direction of your entire firm.

Customer Success 141

Customer Success Management Net Promoter Score Feedback 141

Kayako

JULY 31, 2019

The past few years have seen live chat completely change the way online businesses carry out marketing and sales. Gone are the days prospects would email and wait several hours to receive a response to a sales-related query, or call an 800 number and be stuck in a cyclical loop of annoying prompts and call trees.

Sales 161

Sales Marketing Net Promoter Score Consumers 161

ChurnZero

JULY 22, 2021

By creating healthy boundaries, Customer Success and Sales don’t have to spend their days assessing and arguing over every expansion situation. Your rules of engagement should be based on which team is genuinely the best fit in each scenario and has the greatest likelihood of gaining sales traction. Circle of influence.

Examples 98

Examples Sales Customer Success Engagement 98

eglobalis

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

Introduction A well-executed B2B customer experience (CX) strategy can be the cornerstone of long-term success in today’s competitive landscape. Unlike B2C interactions, B2B transactions are more complex, involving multiple decision-makers, longer sales cycles, and intricate touchpoints.

B2B 301

B2B Strategy Customer Experience Customer Journeys 301

BlueOcean

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

When we are talking to organizations in the sales cycle, we will often hear from SaaS companies that the customer success role is too complex, too critical, too deeply embedded in their internal operations to ever be outsourced. But with this new height of significance, is customer success really something you can outsource?

Customer Success 156

Customer Success Contact Center Average Handle Time Touchpoint 156

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

GetFeedback

DECEMBER 26, 2018

Any time you want customer insight into one of the following areas, you can use a CSAT survey: Customer support interactions. Sales interactions. Customer onboarding. Overall customer health and sentiment. Sales and product satisfaction. General customer experience. Conference and event feedback.

Customer Satisfaction 286

Customer Satisfaction Measurement How To Net Promoter Score 286

Lumoa

MAY 21, 2018

Most of the functions in an organization have something to do in improving the customer experience. If top management see customer experience as a priority, engage and show an example, in most cases, the whole company takes customer experience as a priority as well. Customers are highly involved in testing of the new features.

Customer Experience 305

Customer Experience Customer Centricity Net Promoter Score Feedback 305

Totango

AUGUST 13, 2024

But making it work demands a balancing act of two core things: supporting customer outcomes and empowering the internal CS team with business-critical insights. In particular, you need to arm your customer success team with razor-sharp processes and cutting-edge tools that optimize long-term customer value throughout the post-sales journey.

Customer Success 112

Customer Success Data Strategy Tips 112

Totango

JULY 31, 2024

In] the enterprise sale, you start by signing on the dotted line, so different expectations and skills are needed.” – Karen Budell , Chief Marketing Officer, Totango + Catalyst Shifting from a product-led growth (PLG) model to an enterprise sales motion is a significant move for any SaaS company.

Sales 101

Sales Leadership Industry Tips 101

Totango

JULY 17, 2024

You get success right; your revenue is coming.” – Charlie Sonnenberg, VP Sales, Totango + Catalyst Customer-led growth is the only way to protect and sustain revenue growth. Achieving higher retention and growth, however, requires effective collaboration and mutual support between customer success and sales teams.

Sales 100

Sales Metrics Customer Success Call Recording 100

ECXO

JULY 22, 2024

Role-Specific Training: Segmenting users based on their roles and offering tailored resources. Personalized Assistance: Offering dedicated customer success managers for personalized support. Revenue-driven strategies include: Upsells and Cross-Sells: Leveraging happy customers to drive additional sales.

B2B 207

B2B Customer Experience Self Service e-support 207

Experience Investigators by 360Connext

AUGUST 17, 2021

Cross-functional leadership is a key factor in leading any customer experience program. This often means creating a team of leaders who regularly meet to discuss priorities, resources and accountabilities that drive CX forward. Check out these resources: [Article] Create Your CX Charter with These 6 Questions. Try a CX Charter.

Meeting 364

Meeting Customer Experience How To Net Promoter Score 364

Gainsight

APRIL 15, 2022

But you know all this—you’re the hero who has decided to save your company with the superpowers of customer success! The only way you can save the day is to get customer success up and running quickly, with the organization’s support. Customer success is a team effort, more Avengers than Batman.

Customer Success 97

Customer Success Effort Score Net Promoter Score Chief Customer Officer 97

ClientSuccess

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

In this post, I’ll address the most frequent question I’m asked by customer success leaders—what is the best compensation plan for Customer Success Managers (CSMs)? Compensation Plans for Customer Success Managers (CSMs). Download Customer Success Compensation Models Image. And he was right.

Customer Success 111

Customer Success Management NPS Sales 111

Totango

JANUARY 2, 2024

In an era when customer success (CS) has become pivotal, it’s no longer enough to have a team dedicated to CS. More importantly, you need an organizational strategy that ensures your customers don’t just come to you but stay, thrive, and become your biggest promoters.

Customer Success 106

Customer Success Tips Self Service Customer Journeys 106

Experience Investigators by 360Connext

OCTOBER 27, 2020

Be sure to review what customers are already sharing via surveys, social media comments, user reviews, and frontline interactions. This feedback could provide clues about where customers want you to listen more. Related Resource: Create a CX Success Statement with our CX Success Statement Workbook.

Customer Journeys 359

Customer Journeys Social Media Feedback Touchpoint 359

Gainsight

MARCH 7, 2023

Customer success (CS) is on the verge of a digital revolution, and one-to-many tactics that increase Customer Success Manager (CSM) efficiency are making a real splash. For nearly a decade, CS has been built through one-to-one relationships between CSMs and their customers. Here’s a look at how it works.

Customer Success 102

Customer Success Management Groups eBook 102

Totango

MAY 15, 2024

Establishing clear metrics, out-of-the-box templates, and KPIs to demonstrate the value of AI features ensures that AI initiatives deliver tangible benefits and effectively address customer needs. Our takeaway : The impact value of AI begins and ends with business goals. No one has truly cracked the code on AI — yet.

Interaction 110

Interaction Customer Success Conference Industry 110

ClientSuccess

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

Customer success is a unique department within a SaaS organization. While it engages with nearly every single other department on a daily basis, it is still sometimes considered a ‘younger brother’ to the flashier sales team. The bottom line: increase account growth and decrease customer churn.

Software 105

Software Customer Success How To NPS 105

Gainsight

JANUARY 26, 2022

In the era of Customer Success 2.0, the solid force of customer-centricity ensures that no department is isolated within your company, certainly not the Customer Success team. CS adds value to all parts of your business, whether Product, Sales, or Marketing. Creating Alignment Between Sales and CS.

Sales 111

Sales ROI Customer Success Customer Centricity 111

BirdEye

OCTOBER 11, 2023

Investing in processes and tools that contribute to customer delight significantly impacts the bottom line. This blog details the panel discussion on Grow sales by delighting customers with George Grigoryan – Marketing Director, SEV, and Vandana Agarwal, VP of Pre and Post-Sales, Birdeye and Justin Meredith.

Sales 111

Sales Social Media Customers Multi-Channel 111

ChurnZero

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

To help you amp up your Customer Success management skills here’s a breakdown of our top recommendations for courses to consider taking. Customer Success Management Fundamentals. Course Description: New to customer success management (CSM)? Value Realization Best Practices for Customer Success Management.

Course 98

Course Customer Journeys Customer Success Consulting 98

Totango

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

“Customer success is driving value to customers. Digital customer success is driving value more efficiently using a software or service that allows companies to grow and deliver value without using excessive resources” – Chris Dishman, SVP Customer Success, Totango.

Customer Success 111

Customer Success Effort Score Touchpoint Customers 111

ClientSuccess

AUGUST 31, 2020

You’ve done your research, gone through the sales cycle, and made your decision. Now, the day is finally here – your team is finally implementing your new customer success platform. Getting started with a new customer success platform is your team’s chance to experience an onboarding process from your customer’s point of view.

Customer Success 105

Customer Success How To eBook Leadership 105

ChurnZero

JUNE 21, 2022

You may have heard of sales enablement, but Customer Success enablement might be a new term for you. Although it’s an important concept and role in the Customer Success space, it hasn’t quite gained the traction it needs to be in the spotlight. The definition of Customer Success enablement.

Customer Success 94

Customer Success Net Promoter Score Return on Investment Metrics 94

ChurnZero

MARCH 31, 2023

The purpose of a Customer Success team is to help a company’s customers get the most value out of its product. The hypothesis is, if a customer maximizes the obtainable value, they will remain loyal and spend more with the company. This isn’t merely a theory.

Customer Success 98

Customer Success Net Promoter Score Effort Score Sales 98

Totango

MAY 17, 2023

When it comes to understanding customer needs, marketing, sales, and CS teams are the experts, so it’s on us to work together to define today’s most valuable growth opportunities. VP of Customer Success at Veriforce, Andy Kearney. The idea that CS can own the entire customer journey is both unrealistic and outdated.

Sales 113

Sales Marketing Sports Customer Journeys 113

Totango

APRIL 18, 2023

In this uncertain time, many business leaders are seeing budget cuts, longer sales cycles, and forecasts being continually reexamined … but there is good news. As businesses are laser-focused on retaining and growing current clients, they’re turning to their customer success (CS) teams and leaders to make it happen.

Innovation 105

Innovation Customer Success Customer Journeys System 105

ClientSuccess

DECEMBER 21, 2021

Any customer success leader worth his or her salt isn’t making strategic, department-wide decisions based on gut feelings. Instead, customer success leaders lean on hard numbers, insights, and data to help steer their team’s decision-making. Did they achieve these outcomes?

Metrics 100

Metrics Customer Success Net Promoter Score Effort Score 100

Customer Bliss

DECEMBER 20, 2016

Amy Downs is the Chief Customer Success & Happiness Officer at Lifesize, a company enabling communication and collaboration among many mediums (their slogan is “connecting people to make their workplace great” ), was quite interesting. At Lifesize, she was initially VP of Customer Care. Sales Enablement.

Customer Success 0

Customer Success Net Promoter Score Chief Customer Officer Leadership 0

Kayako

AUGUST 12, 2022

The lockdowns and aftermath of the 2020 global pandemic spiked growth in e-commerce sales as brick-and-mortar stores and restaurants closed their doors. eMarketer estimates that by 2024 almost 20% of total retail sales will be via eCommerce, and that estimate does not include travel and event ticketing or restaurant food delivery.

Customer Service 292

Customer Service Ecommerce Effort Score e-support 292