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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Customer Success Contact Center Average Handle Time Touchpoint 177

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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Customer Success Tips eBook Roadmap 79

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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Sales Metrics Customer Success Call Recording 97

Totango

JULY 19, 2021

And in this customer-centered economy, your customer success (CS) team is invaluable. The team’s goal is to retain your hard-won customers and help them grow by deepening the customer relationship and ensuring they are realizing value with your product every step of the way. Churn Reduction.

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Customer Success Tips Feedback Customers 124

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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Sales Customer Success Customers Exercises 94

Amity

NOVEMBER 14, 2018

The sales to customer success handoff is one of the most important intersections in the customer journey. It can make the difference between successful product adoption or a churn risk waiting to happen. This article was originally published on WnTD's blog. Create a consistent internal communication process.

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Sales Customer Success Tips Customer Journeys 87

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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Customer Success Contact Center Average Handle Time Touchpoint 156

ECXO

JUNE 15, 2021

Tips for Transforming to a Customer-Centric Company Culture. I have been asked a lot what it means in practice to be customer-centric and how to get everyone on board in the company? These following 10 tips will help shifting to a customer-focused environment across your company: 1. SHARE ARTICLE. Share on twitter.

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Customer Centricity Culture Tips Company 348

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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Customer Success Management Customers Leadership 98

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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Customer Success Tips Management Sales 87

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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Tips Customer Success Management Social Media 105

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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Customer Success How To Return on Investment Customer Centricity 139

ClientSuccess

JUNE 22, 2020

Given the name, it is interesting that CRM is mostly associated with pre-sales and sales activities and not post-sale activities. Most high-yield SaaS sales teams rely on CRM platforms to move customers through prospecting stages and the sales lifecycle.

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CRM Sales Tips Management 64

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 105

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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Sports Sales Strategy Net Promoter Score 100

CloudCherry

DECEMBER 23, 2019

And, this week on ‘The Sweets of CX ’, I dove in to my first episode as a solo host, and was honored to interview a friend and colleague who’s ALL about his customers, Mike Miller – Director of Customer Success at CloudCherry (now Cisco). So, what Brand has wowed our Customer Success Expert? Fancy that!

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CEM Customer Success How To Return on Investment 195

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.

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Sales Customer Success Leadership Communication 71

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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Customer Success Effort Score Touchpoint Customers 107

Kapta Customer Success

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

It’s one of those vital metrics that can be likened to a compass in the vast ocean of customer relations—it guides strategy, informs service improvements, and ultimately measures our success in maintaining fruitful relationships with clients.

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Sales Tips Metrics Measurement 59

ChurnZero

SEPTEMBER 16, 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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Sales Customer Success Customers Exercises 52

ClientSuccess

DECEMBER 14, 2020

2020 has been chock-full of twists and turns, and customer success managers have experienced their fair share of ups and downs. The customer success function has been thrust into the spotlight at many SaaS organizations, and the health and sentiment of customers is now a company-wide initiative for many teams.

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Tips Customer Success eBook Resources 65

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 81

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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Tips Customer Success Exercises Software 100

CustomerSuccessBox

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

A seamless handoff from sales to customer success to implementation is necessary to deliver the promised early value. This is crucial to make your customer’s experience easier. CS professionals must have felt the grunt of a bad transition from Sales to Customer Success. Customer Retention.

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Sales Customer Success Communication Customers 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

CustomerSuccessBox

AUGUST 3, 2021

During the entire process with the customer, pre-sales and post-sales, there is a need for a close relationship between Customer Success and Sales. But the most crucial is the need for knowledge transfer about the customer. Steps to Establish a Successful Knowledge Transfer.

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Sales Customer Success Customers Customer Retention 52

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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Customer Success Tips Video Roadmap 85

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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Software Customer Success How To CRM 98

Amity

JANUARY 30, 2018

Maheen Memon is the Director of Customer Success at Nulogy. Throughout her career in Customer Success, she’s had the opportunity to try a couple of things and has picked up some life-saving best practices along the way. We invited Maheen to the Amity office to present at one of our monthly Customer Success events.

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Tips Customer Success Social Media Roadmap 69

ChurnZero

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

Outcomes based customer success, a strategy that focuses on ensuring customers achieve their desired outcomes, sounds intuitive. But with so many stakeholders in the picture, including your team, your customers, and other internal teams, it’s easier said than done.

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Customer Success How To Effort Score Roadmap 52

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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Tips Customer Success eBook Social Media 87

ChurnZero

MAY 3, 2022

Whether you’re building your expertise in cooking, crocheting, coding, or Customer Success, YouTube is now the place to level up. Let’s explore five of the best Customer Success YouTube channels for learning how to fight churn, understand industry trends, and position yourself for professional success in CS.

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Customer Success Customer Journeys Customer Centricity Tips 98

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.

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Industry Customer Success Tips Customer Centricity 82

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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ChurnZero

AUGUST 31, 2021

Focusing on customer success and the renewal proces s in tandem can help improve customer retention. Whether Customer Success or Sales Teams own the renewal process , it’s important to plan ahead for a jam-packed Q4. Conduct Preliminary Customer Success Renewal Research. Email the Customer.

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Customer Success Net Promoter Score Self Service Customer Retention 95

ClientSuccess

JUNE 30, 2020

Let’s step into the customer’s shoes for a minute: you’ve just completed a long (sometimes years-long!) sales process and are finally ready to get started with a new solution across your organization. For some customers, it can seem as though the hard work is just starting. Onboarding is an extension of the sales process.

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Tips Leadership Sales Customer Success 81

Totango

DECEMBER 13, 2022

As subscription models and recurring revenue become the norm for both SMBs and enterprise solutions, customer success is becoming an essential part of businesses across the globe. As the 2022 Customer Success Industry & Salary Report shows, CS is making great strides as both a protector and generator of recurring revenue.

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Tips Customer Success Culture Report 95