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?

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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. .

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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.

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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.

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ProProfs Chat

JUNE 3, 2019

Exceptional customer success is one of the most important differentiates a brand can have to add value in the eyes of its customers. That’s what customer success departments and its technologies are developing every day! Time-zone based shifts enable you to serve 7/24 up and successful customer success!

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Totango

JANUARY 19, 2022

Whether you’ve worked in the customer success industry for a while or you’ve recently decided that this is the career path for you, searching for Customer Success Manager jobs can be intimidating – especially if you don’t know where to start. Top Skills Needed for All Customer Success Manager Jobs.

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Totango

OCTOBER 13, 2021

For effective customer success , respond to upset customer downgrades proactively. In fact, you can use a downgrade as an opportunity to remind customers of the value of your product and the quality of your customer service, giving them a potential incentive to upgrade again. Communicate the Cost of Downgrading.

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ChurnZero

MARCH 28, 2025

Sarah Kiley is chief sales officer at ChurnZero. When customer success starts reporting into the CRO, its not just a reporting changeits a strategic shift. Most CROs come up through sales, where success is measured by speed and outcomes. 1: Misaligning your customer success team is a trap.

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GetFeedback

JUNE 22, 2019

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. 1: make your survey personal. 2: ask about the why. 5: prompt your audience to feel.

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ShepHyken

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

In fact, in a three-year study, companies that implemented a well-designed customer success program saw a 91% return on investment and more productive CX teams. What does a “well-designed customer success program” even look like? Emphasize empathy and transparent communication with customers.

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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?

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ChurnZero

JANUARY 6, 2025

Whats the one thing that wont change in customer success this year? So how should you position yourself for 2025s incoming customer success trendsand should you be nervous, optimistic, or a cautious blend of both? ” So what 2025 customer success trends can we anticipate? The pace of change itself.

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Experience Investigators by 360Connext

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

” of Customer Experience. Combine this with a customer experience champion program within your organization and watch culture really shift. 12 Tips to Help You Communicate About Customer Experience. Has your organization defined what customer experience means to you? Here are twelve ideas to get you started.

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Communication Tips Customer Journeys Customer Experience 178

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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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.

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GetFeedback

DECEMBER 26, 2018

A CSAT survey gives unhappy customers a convenient channel to voice their issues, and it gives the company an opportunity to regain that customer’s trust before it’s too late. In this post, we’ll cover the ins and outs of the CSAT survey and share some proven tips on maximizing your customer satisfaction data.

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Totango

OCTOBER 30, 2024

But many organizations focus too inward—on internal operational tactics, rather than prioritizing the customer outcomes that drive customer-led growth. According to GTM Partners, 72% of companies experienced longer sales cycles in 2023. The answer is customer-led growth. For years, attainment was the sexiest word in SaaS.

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Kayako

AUGUST 10, 2018

Customers and prospects have a number of ways to reach your team with sales and support questions, but none are as effective and immediate as live chat. Over the past 4 years live chat usage has grown by 400% and more and more customers expect businesses to have it. A great customer experience comes with great responsibility.

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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.

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ClientSuccess

MARCH 8, 2023

A little bit of gratitude can go a long way in building a loyal customer base. In conclusion, writing an effective customer success follow-up email is about personalization, clarity, value, and gratitude. Let them know you appreciate their feedback and are committed to providing the best possible experience.

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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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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.

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ChurnZero

FEBRUARY 21, 2025

Should you be charging for customer success? Why not take customer-facing services as seriously as our products? In Donnas experience, charging for CS leads to higher customer engagement , stronger internal investment, and more influence and CS budget , she says, especially in companies where CS is still viewed as a cost center.

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ClientSuccess

MARCH 21, 2023

From tracking prospects to recording sales interactions – teams can unlock incredible insights with a good Customer Relationship Management platform. But what happens once customers become clients? For many new customers, transitioning from the sales process to the onboarding process can be glitchy and uncomfortable.

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Totango

JULY 17, 2024

“Success is revenue. 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. But to do that well, CS needs true alignment with their sales counterparts. Bold statement?

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Gainsight

MARCH 19, 2020

And that’s driven thousands of customer success professionals who were used to seeing their clients and teams every day to learn the ins and outs of “virtual” CS. Several commenters in the LinkedIn thread noted studies of increased Sales and CS performance with video on versus not. Use modern online meeting tips.

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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.

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Gainsight

JANUARY 10, 2022

Past: Customer Success Started as a Community. The word “community” captures how the Customer Success movement got started. Customer Success Managers” were cropping up in dozens of SaaS companies, but they often felt isolated. Well, community has a special meaning here at Gainsight.

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Totango

MAY 7, 2024

Both CS and Sales leaders agree: Retention is the #1 priority. Achieving higher retention requires close alignment between CS and Sales teams, yet 87% of CS and Sales leaders told us there’s significant room for improvement in their collaboration. But there’s a problem. Use your words Talk to each other!

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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?

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Totango

OCTOBER 13, 2021

For effective customer success , respond to upset customer downgrades proactively. In fact, you can use a downgrade as an opportunity to remind customers of the value of your product and the quality of your customer service, giving them a potential incentive to upgrade again. Communicate the Cost of Downgrading.

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Tips Customer Success Customers Examples 83

Experience Investigators by 360Connext

JANUARY 5, 2022

You also included less structured measurements, like what customers were telling you in user reviews. You asked your frontline teams, like customer service agents and customer success managers, about what they were hearing directly from customers. Article] 7 Tips to Simplify & Improve Employee Journey Mapping.

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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.

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Oracle

JULY 31, 2020

Oracle CX Marketing has kicked off season 2 of “On the Fly”—a video series with small, 2-minutes-or-less bites of marketing tips, advice, and training from marketing experts. Kicking off season 2, here are 5 customer experience tips during a time of uncertainty from the marketing pros. ” Phil M.

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ChurnZero

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

9 tips to get your CSMs to adopt Customer Success software. Have you ever worked at a company where the Customer Success team had to beg for its own tools? The CSM perspective: how to encourage the adoption of Customer Success software. I have a few tips to help you drive adoption that sticks.

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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.

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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.

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