ChurnZero

DECEMBER 29, 2020

Learn why an operations role is the key to scaling Customer Success, what this role looks like within a mature organization, and when you should hire for it. Customer Success teams (and their customers alike) feel the pain of conducting QBRs dictated by a now seemingly arbitrary timeframe and requisite.

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ChurnZero

JULY 9, 2020

These SaaS companies offer comprehensive training programs, resources, and events to their customers and even the larger professional community. They have loyal followings and student-customers who proudly display their certifications on LinkedIn to not only show off their product proficiency, but also their brand affiliation. .

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ChurnZero

JANUARY 26, 2021

This is a guest blog post by Jay Nathan, Chief Customer Officer at Higher Logic. A J oint Success Plan is a simple but powerful tool for outcome-based customer success management. It’s designed to help solution providers align with their customers’ business goals and objectives.

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Satrix Solutions

JULY 21, 2021

What are the best ways to reduce customer churn? We had an opportunity to sit down and chat about this topic, as well as what’s coming up in the Customer Success industry with Abby Hammer , Chief Customer Officer with ChurnZero. SaaS onboarding makes or breaks your customer retention.

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ChurnZero

JULY 2, 2021

SaaS companies must be cognizant of and weigh the implications brought about by a sole focus on these metrics when assessing the performance of and building strategies for Customer Success. The difference between NRR and GRR is that GRR doesn’t account for expansion revenue. Customer Success Around the Web.

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ChurnZero

AUGUST 25, 2020

Join him at BIG RYG’s Keynote “ Gainsight, G2, and Pendo CEOs Discuss the Future of the Customer, Moderated by ChurnZero.” . . Jay Nathan, Higher Logic Jay ( @jaynathan ) is Chief Customer Officer at Higher Logic , a leading SaaS-based online community and communications software.

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ClientSuccess

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

As SaaS organizations and their customers slowly but surely get used to the ‘new normal’ that 2020 ushered in, customer success managers and team leaders are more focused than ever before. Luckily for customer success teams, there is no shortage of resources available. 5 resources to set your CSMs up for success.

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ChurnZero

AUGUST 11, 2020

This is a guest blog post by Anita Toth, Chief Churn Crusher. . Did you know that 60% of SaaS companies reported a negative impact on customer retention and upsell deals due to the pandemic? Customer retention, along with new customer acquisition, has been challenging for most companies when the pandemic hit.

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ChurnZero

NOVEMBER 22, 2019

How do you break down your programs to achieve maximum benefit for both your customers and your company? Speaker Bio: Emilia D’Anzica is a Customer Success and Account Management Growth Consultant and Partner at Winning by Design. She has also held numerous Interim ‘Head of Customer Success’ roles.

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Totango

OCTOBER 25, 2022

Customer-facing CSMs who interact directly with customers and supervise customer accounts. What Roles Are on a Customer Success Team? The tiers of a SaaS company’s customer success team structure may have a variety of roles.

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CustomerSuccessBox

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

A well structured customer success organization is necessary for any SaaS company to achieve massive growth. Most SaaS businesses have well defined product, engineering, marketing and sales teams. So, a proper customer success organization is required to provide consistent growth. Imbibing a Customer Success Culture.

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ChurnZero

JANUARY 10, 2020

As SaaS gets more serious about Customer Success, their representation on the executive and C-suite level will follow (as envisioned in our 2020 Customer Success predictions ; see #2). Based on LinkedIn research, Customer Success r oles saw 34% annual growth —qualifying them as one of the top emerging jobs in 2020.

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ChurnZero

DECEMBER 18, 2020

With each passing year the Customer Success industry matures and meets new challenges along the way, and this year has been nothing short of challenging in many ways. . Q&A Recap: Speakers: Megan Macaluso , VP Customer Success & Operations, ESG. Jay Nathan , Chief Customer Officer, Higher Logic.

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ChurnZero

JULY 2, 2020

The term “customer-first” gets thrown around and cited often in the B2B world. SaaS organizations aspire to be it, but many don’t know how to transform this highly touted phrase into a practical application. The challenges to becoming a customer-centric company are not easy to overcome alone.

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Amity

FEBRUARY 6, 2019

Dear Louise, Although we have a lot of trial participants for our SaaS product, we are finding it difficult to convert them and we are experiencing some churn. I think it’s time, perhaps overdue actually, to bring a Customer Success Hero or two on board. Best regards, - From a SaaS in need of saving!

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ChurnZero

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

When your manager introduces your new Customer Success software, you might internally object: “But can’t I already do that in our CRM?” But CRM functionality only accounts for a tiny sliver of what Customer Success software was built to do in regards to automation, adoption tracking, and journey lifecycle management.

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ChurnZero

NOVEMBER 27, 2019

T hey can serve to increase the accountability of both your customer s and your team. . . Customer Success Skepticism Exists in Many Organizations (But Can B e Co mbated) . How do you break down your programs to achieve maximum benefit for both your customers and your company? As she explained: .

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Amity

JUNE 3, 2016

Dear Louise, Although we have a lot of trial participants for our SaaS product, we are finding it difficult to convert them and we are experiencing some churn. I think it’s time, perhaps overdue actually, to bring a Customer Success Hero or two on board. Best regards, - From a SaaS in need of saving!

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ChurnZero

MARCH 3, 2020

SaaStr is the largest community of SaaS executives, founders, and entrepreneurs in the world and they are brought together at their flagship event – SaaStr Annual. With 12,500 attendees, 250 speakers, 200 sponsors, their missions is to provide the SaaS community with unparalleled access to the top minds in SaaS.

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ProProfs Blog

JUNE 30, 2020

Chief Customer Officer 2.0. Want a proven framework to help you launch and advance the customer experience transformation in businesses in every vertical around the world? Want a proven framework to help you launch and advance the customer experience transformation in businesses in every vertical around the world?

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ChurnZero

JUNE 17, 2022

Customers in onboarding behave differently than tenured customers. Create a specific onboarding health score that accounts for these variances as well as the customer’s journey progress or lack thereof. Is this dashboard for a specific customer? What this is showing is a group of all of the accounts in onboarding.

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CustomerSuccessBox

MARCH 2, 2022

In the US, the salary dedicated to this position is $141, 482 / year Whereas in UK, the average VP of customer success salary is £98,555/ year. Chief customer officer. It is the position above all where it is like being the CEO of the customer success department alone in the firm. Customer success coordinator.

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Amity

JANUARY 30, 2014

It is abundantly clear that the future is very bright for customer success! As we move into 2014, companies will be more focused than ever on the customer centric organization. Focus on generating a deep understanding of customer’s business drivers #customersuccess [Tweet this!]. Moving Beyond SaaS. Fluid Organizations.

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ChurnZero

JUNE 3, 2022

To dig into what makes CS indispensable to SaaS, ChurnZero CEO You Mon Tsang joined the Digital Disrupted podcast. You Mon: Accountability. If you’re delivering something as a service, whatever it is, because [the customer] can switch, you better do it right. You’re accountable every day, every month, every year.

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ChurnZero

JUNE 3, 2022

To dig into what makes CS indispensable to SaaS, ChurnZero CEO You Mon Tsang joined the Digital Disrupted podcast. You Mon: Accountability. If you’re delivering something as a service, whatever it is, because [the customer] can switch, you better do it right. You’re accountable every day, every month, every year.

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ChurnZero

DECEMBER 27, 2019

, tell a customer they’re a poor fit, and manage customer s who ignores deadlines and meetings. . PS: In our second addition of CSM Confidential, we tackle how to deal with a difficult Account Executive, get budget buy-in, and respond to execs who don’t think CS is essential. . Customer Success Around the Web.

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ChurnZero

NOVEMBER 8, 2019

Serious About Customer Success? The SaaS model has rapidly changed the software marketplace by lowering the b arrier s of entry and exit for buyers. Now more than ever Customer Success is essential to the long-term success of your entire organization. CRM s and Customer Success Platforms are no exception.

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ChurnZero

JANUARY 4, 2019

“The biggest trend I see emerging in Europe, which started at the end of 2018 is Customer Success Plans becoming a staple asset of Customer Success teams. The distinguishing factors of CSPs (rather than Account Plans) are: Owned by the customer and collaborated on with the CSM. Such days are waning.

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ChurnZero

MAY 20, 2021

You need all the relevant data and context to see the big picture of the customer experience. Investigate technology for your Customer Success team Once you’ve organized and cleaned your data, you want to put those customer insights to use and increase your operational efficiencies through automation. Warning Sign to Level Up.

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JustCall

MARCH 8, 2023

Jeanne Bliss Principal Co-founder, Customer Experience Professionals Association (CXPA) Jeanne Bliss is a globally renowned CX practitioner and business growth advisor for the C-suite, with over 35 years of experience in creating deep and memorable relationships with customers. Follow Emilia on LinkedIn 8.

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ChurnZero

JANUARY 4, 2024

New technologies, best practices, and strategies, combined with an industry-wide drive for sustainable, profitable growth, have made CS teams the revenue-building stars of every SaaS organization. “Their task: to build customer success into the best-performing department: a center of excellence that integrates technology and people.

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ChurnZero

JULY 17, 2020

This is a guest blog post by Irit Eizips , Chief Customer Officer and CEO of CSM Practice. . Keeping a renewing client allows you to increase your Customer Success team’s efficiency and grow your SaaS business. Account Executive – A hunter. Account Manager – A farmer.

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ChurnZero

JANUARY 26, 2022

Liz Friscino, Managing Director, Client Success, FiscalNote Here’s how SaaS companies, Customer Success teams, Account Managers, and Chief Customer Officers can use the ChurnZero integration with HubSpot to increase customer retention, reduce churn, and improve the customer experience.

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Amity

MAY 22, 2016

Customer success is an exciting and game-changing opportunity, and a prerequisite for the majority of B2B SaaS companies, but are you ready for it? According to an Aberdeen Report* on Customer Experience Management, the top three drivers for investing in customer experience management are: Improve customer retention – (42%).

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CSM Practice

APRIL 17, 2017

Jeff Piper , Co-founder and Chief Customer Officer at SpringCM , demonstrates his team’s impact on new business by tracking the increase in advocacy and referrals. Your CSM team has a direct influence on overall customer satisfaction scores and the number of reference-able clients.

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Amity

MAY 27, 2014

Dear Louise, Although we have a lot of trial participants for our SaaS product, we are finding it difficult to convert them and we are experiencing some churn. I think it’s time, perhaps overdue actually, to bring a customer success hero or two on board. Best regards, From a SaaS in need of saving! What should I be looking for?

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CustomerSuccessBox

DECEMBER 13, 2021

Jay Nathan is the Chief Customer Officer at Higher Logic. In 2020, he co-founded Gain Grow Retain, a community for customer success leaders. Here, he talks about the best practices in Customer Onboarding. It is aimed at creating an ever-growing knowledge base to help customers scale up faster.

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