ProProfs Blog

NOVEMBER 29, 2019

customer service interactions via legacy channels like phone and email fell by 7% over the course of 2016 and 2017. You can identify upsell and cross-sell opportunities when using a live chat on your website. Nearly 52% of chat queries were initiated from a mobile device in 2018, an increase of around 8% from 2017. In the U.S.,

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CSM Practice

JULY 6, 2020

On the other hand, the median cost of acquiring the ACV dollar for plan expansions and upsells is only about $0.20 There are three types of expansion selling plays you can make for your installed customer base: 1. Upsell. Upsells is a basic form of account expansion. and $0.27, respectively. 3. Bundles.

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CSM Practice

JULY 6, 2020

On the other hand, the median cost of acquiring the ACV dollar for plan expansions and upsells is only about $0.20 There are three types of expansion selling plays you can make for your installed customer base: 1. Upsell. Upsells is a basic form of account expansion. and $0.27, respectively. 3. Bundles.

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ChurnZero

JANUARY 26, 2021

From technical support to renewals and upselling, this role might be one of the most confusing and misunderstood jobs in all of tech. . Strong delivery for, and relationships with, your champions will most certainly make an impact on your future renewal and upsell opportunity outcomes. Executive Sponsor: . Primary Contact(s): .

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Lumoa

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

Studies have shown that 70% of consumers say that they support brands that deliver on great customer service (American Express 2017 Customer Service Barometer). Positive support builds brand loyalty, which in turn leads to increased retention, upselling, and referrals. That’s easy to believe. Brand awareness can be both good and bad.

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ChurnZero

OCTOBER 30, 2020

While acknowledging that Sales is extremely challenging, Mehta recalls prior experiences – such as upselling a sizeable expansion or winning a new contract because of an advocate – where, although Sales led and closed the deal, the CSM’s ongoing involvement in the account made the sell significantly easier.

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Mindtouch

MAY 2, 2018

This presents an interesting challenge to Customer Success professionals, a community whose metrics have traditionally been defined by the sales sphere of influence (chief among them: renewals, upsells, and churn). of revenue in 2017 , make the Customer Success function of paramount importance to any organization. Forrester.

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ClientSuccess

APRIL 17, 2019

Prior to founding Customer Imperative in 2017, Jay spent over 15 years in the B2B SaaS / software space. Jay also spent several years in product management with Blackbaud before joining PeopleMatter to lead all post-sale functions including client operations, training and enablement, upsell, renewal and customer success.

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Hodusoft

MARCH 5, 2025

A study conducted jointly by MasterCard and University of Oxford in 2017 found nearly one-third of people couldn’t make the purchases due to failure to remember their password. Difficulty with Password Did you know that a sizable number of online shoppers abandon carts due to issues with their passwords? Strange but true!

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Toister Performance Solutions

AUGUST 27, 2019

Overpromising by Marketing and Sales In 2017, McDonald's scrambled to create a new marketing campaign in response to a viral phenomenon. This isn't the only example of a terrible policy hamstringing frontline reps: A satellite radio company required reps to upsell on support calls.

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Avaya

APRIL 3, 2017

I recently attended the 2017 MoNage conference, which focused on the Age of Messaging over the Net—a phrase coined by the founder Jeff Pulver. It’s not surprising to find a female agent is more successful upselling to a male customer buying flowers. It starts by examining why customers contact a business in the first place.

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Vonage

JULY 3, 2018

NewVoiceMedia interviewed some VCs about their perspectives on this topic during our 2017 CloudFest for Service event in San Francisco. Venture capitalists. Investors take customer success seriously when assigning value to your business. Creating a customer-centric culture.

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ClientSuccess

APRIL 17, 2019

Prior to founding Customer Imperative in 2017, Jay spent over 15 years in the B2B SaaS / software space. Jay also spent several years in product management with Blackbaud before joining PeopleMatter to lead all post-sale functions including client operations, training and enablement, upsell, renewal and customer success.

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SaaS B2B Upselling Engineering 40

8x8

DECEMBER 3, 2018

On Black Friday of 2017, though, the company realized that customer call abandonment had spiked—likely due to longer-than-normal wait times. Improved customer experience, both during and outside of the holiday rush, has resulted in an increase in upsells by contact center agents, and higher customer satisfaction in general.

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ChurnZero

APRIL 27, 2021

million round of financing led by Grotech Ventures in 2017. In this article we will share some enlightening Q&A with our lead investors from our seed, Series A, and Series B funding rounds. Let’s hear what they each had to say. . Early-Stage Funding & Customer Success. ChurnZero raised a $2.5 Their strategy is simple.

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Solvvy

JULY 5, 2018

In a single quarter in 2017, the company added more than 4,000 new customers. Despite enormous growth, the company hired fewer than 100 new employees in all of 2017. In order to help customers engage with their products, answer their questions, and upsell them on paid features, Atlassian uses in-product automation.

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LiveChat

NOVEMBER 18, 2019

billion in revenue , nearly 20% higher than in 2017. Upsell by adding complementary products alongside purchased items to make one-stop shopping effortless. 61% of holiday shoppers are willing to buy from new businesses, and in 2017, nearly half of them did just that. In 2018, Cyber Monday had $7.9 Emphasize customer service.

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CSM Magazine

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

Contextual “Agent Assist” AI also helps agents to swiftly solve any issue, while robots perform further checks – while providing agents with next best interactions and upsell/cross-sell opportunities. So instead of the agent spending minutes working across multiple systems, robots immediately provide them with deep “Customer 360” insights.

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CSM Magazine

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

Contextual “Agent Assist” AI also helps agents to swiftly solve any issue, while robots perform further checks – while providing agents with next best interactions and upsell/cross-sell opportunities. So instead of the agent spending minutes working across multiple systems, robots immediately provide them with deep “Customer 360” insights.

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Mindtouch

OCTOBER 29, 2018

LavaCon 2018, beating its own attendance record from LavaCon 2017 , focused on “Creating Content Experience Ecosystems.” Some #conversion examples: – sales, upsell, add ons – self service actions – email subscriptions – registrations. — Amber Gladstone (@ambergladstone) October 23, 2018.

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Tenfold - Contact Center Blog

JANUARY 17, 2018

Customer experience is the new frontier – – while this concept has been shopped around for a few years, it really captured business minds in 2017. Sales Expert – Insights into how sales and selling works is crucial in understanding what generates cross-selling and upselling opportunities. .

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Lumoa

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

upselling to the most loyal customers) Process changes (e.g. According to Temkin Experience Ratings (2017), there are four key competencies businesses must sustain to achieve long-lasting customer experience success. more friendly behavior in customer service) Marketing to take the info into account in better targeting (e.g.

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ClearAction

AUGUST 16, 2019

Meaningful customer engagement requires that companies remain diligent, predictive and proactive”, reports a Forbes Insights and Pegasystems 2017 survey. 1 The New Rules of Customer Engagement : How Leading Companies are Connecting with Customers to Drive Greater Growth, Forbes Insights and Pegasystems, 2017.

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ProProfs Blog

JANUARY 7, 2022

Google identified a need no other search engine was meeting and by 2017, 11 million AdSense users were paying Google $95 billion a year. Measuring customer retention rate is crucial because the more customers you retain, the more upsells and cross-sells you can secure later. Customer Churn Rate.

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CSM Practice

SEPTEMBER 19, 2017

One of the techniques that make a SMB engagement model successful, is the creation of automated triggers to flag out a client when they need help, are at risk, or ready for an upsell. Watch the recording of Pulse Local discussion panel video (July 2017) where Henri Schultz, CEO for DiscoverOrg demonstrates this approach in details.

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Comm100

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

A low sales conversion rate could mean that agents need additional training in good sales and upselling practices. Note: This blog post was originally published in November 2017. Every company’s sales conversion goal is going to be different, depending on the intensity of the proactive chat strategy. Click here.

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Robert Davis

MARCH 2, 2017

RCDA’s focus is client-dependent and ranges from improving acquisition rates, improving customer retention and improving VOC and NPS to upselling and cross-selling products and services. To set up a free site analysis focused on your 2017 KPIs, please contact RCDA today! RCDA Results. Cable/Satellite Provider.

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Education Services Group

JUNE 29, 2019

Most B2B SaaS companies aim to keep churn below ten percent, but the pinnacle of Customer Success is negative churn — when the value generated from renewal upsells (renewed subscriptions worth more than the previous subscription) is greater than the value lost to subscriptions that are not renewed. Customer Success Is a Constant Process.

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Nicereply

JUNE 18, 2020

Customers are twice as likely to make a repeat purchase if they leave a review ( Hubspot, 2017 ). 57% of marketers are planning to increase spending on customer loyalty programs in 2017. Plus, you’re missing a huge revenue opportunity from driving upsells and referrals. Post-purchase follow-up for reviews drives repeat business.

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Comm100

FEBRUARY 20, 2018

Chatbots can proactively alert customers to sales and discount opportunities, increasing upsells and engaging visitors. Incoming chat counts are rising every year – from 2016 to 2017, businesses saw a 180% increase in average chats per month. Drive Revenue. Many businesses use Chatbot technology to generate leads and make sales.

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Talkdesk

AUGUST 7, 2017

Ernest is the Group Product Manager of Data & Analytics at Talkdesk and a session host at the Opentalk 2017 in SF. . These companies are able to identify customers who value the product or service and turn them into upsell opportunities. This piece was originally written by Ernest Wong for Opentalk magazine.

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Talkdesk

AUGUST 7, 2017

Ernest is the Group Product Manager of Data & Analytics at Talkdesk and a session host at the Opentalk 2017 in SF. . These companies are able to identify customers who value the product or service and turn them into upsell opportunities. This piece was originally written by Ernest Wong for Opentalk magazine.

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CSM Magazine

NOVEMBER 7, 2018

In 2017, Ecommerce was responsible for around $2.3 Agents are trained to deal efficiently with calls, help customers navigate the website, assist them with form filling and check out, and to upsell products that the customer would have missed without the agent’s guidance. It’s November. trillion by 2021.

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Lumoa

MARCH 20, 2018

upselling to the most loyal customers) Process changes (e.g. According to Temkin Experience Ratings (2017) , there are four key competencies businesses must sustain to achieve long-lasting customer experience success. more friendly behavior in customer service) Marketing to take the info into account in better targeting (e.g.

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Customer Experience B2C Journey mapping B2B 107

Talkdesk

FEBRUARY 13, 2018

In Deloitte’s 2017 Global Contact Center Survey , contact center executives said one of the big changes that will transform the customer experience in the next few years is the aim of making interactions “effortless.”. 5: An upsell opportunity or retention call. Consumers prefer solutions that are quick, convenient and on their terms.

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CSM Magazine

OCTOBER 4, 2019

It uses data mining to help suppliers and retailers upsell, cross-sell, and encourage impulse purchases. Well, according to Gartner , by 2020 over 15% of all customer interactions globally will be handled by AI, an increase of 400% from 2017. More Personal Than a Person?

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Infinity

JUNE 28, 2019

of calls being missed in February 2017 to 2.2% While you don’t want to bombard your customers with constant upsell opportunities and reminders, a little bit of communication can go a long way if you think about it from the travellers perspective. Worried that this might be you? It’s not too late to act.

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