ChurnZero

DECEMBER 29, 2020

A relic from bygone days of old-school Account Management, QBRs are a classic, but not timeless, practice; one that feels perfunctory and misplaced in today’s always-connected, data-enriched landscape. The SaaS Debate: Who Owns the Renewal and Upsell? Rethinking the Quarterly Business Review (QBR). Customer Success vs. Sales.

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ChurnZero

NOVEMBER 22, 2019

I am soooo excited to announce BIG RYG , ChurnZero’s inaugural industry and user conference built for current and future leaders in Customer Success. Why are we doing a Customer Success conference ? One of the most common question to ChurnZero is : when are you going to have a conference? How are we doing this conference?

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Interactions

MARCH 6, 2019

It can also answer ordering questions, manage menu complexi ty, and create upsell opportunities. A conversational AI solution can give your guests full insight into their rewards program, by providing balance information, enrolling guests in programs, replacing lost cards, resetting account passwords, and providing redemption options.

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Education Services Group

JULY 5, 2022

I was lucky enough to attend The Customer Conference Europe 2022 in London, and after taking in what was a very full two days of information, thoughts, opinions, and interaction, I’ve untangled all that I experienced and observed to come away with five key points that really resonated: 1. Customer Success is not one-size-fits-all.

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Hodusoft

AUGUST 9, 2021

The e-commerce sector has seen tremendous growth in the last few months on account of the Covid-19 pandemic. Some organizations were already online, whereas others caught up on account of peer pressure, but largely most businesses have an online presence now. McKinsey Report US e-commerce penetration. Intelligent call routing .

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ChurnZero

MARCH 24, 2023

For example, if you receive an end-user NPS response or notice a pattern in end-user NPS feedback that says, “I hate this product,” and then from the same account, you get decision makers or contract signers saying, “I love this product,” that’s a problem. Everyone started looking at the dollars and focusing on these upsells.

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ChurnZero

MARCH 24, 2023

For example, if you receive an end-user NPS response or notice a pattern in end-user NPS feedback that says, “I hate this product,” and then from the same account, you get decision makers or contract signers saying, “I love this product,” that’s a problem. Everyone started looking at the dollars and focusing on these upsells.

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ClientSuccess

MAY 10, 2022

This includes the initial contract, of course, and any upsells, expansions, and renewals that may occur. Second, there is the value a customer account can bring outside of traditional revenue. Then, think about upsell potential (especially if the customer only purchased a few licenses but has a large user population).

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Totango

JANUARY 29, 2021

Promoting desired customer outcomes through success playbooks confers multiple benefits: Customer experience improves by reaching out at the right time in their journey. Successful customers become more likely to make cross-sell and upsell purchases. Usage for key feature has dropped X% – make contact with the account.

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ClientSuccess

JANUARY 11, 2023

To help organizations get the most out of this important function, there are now a variety of resources available: from websites and white papers to webinars, conferences and technologies. What’s more, this approach has a direct impact on renewal and upsell rates, making it a win-win for both your company and the customer.

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Amity

DECEMBER 14, 2016

Others manage subscriptions, software usage, renewals, upsells and other parts of the sales process. If these first two items are going well, my other responsibilities, which include renewals and account growth, are much easier! The customer’s team is growing and they want to add more seats to the account. 2-4pm Work time.

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CSM Practice

APRIL 12, 2018

You need to hold sales accountable to delivering this information as part of closing the sale. There was a lot of discussion throughout the conference of where the line between Customer Success Management, Account Management, Sales and Renewal Teams fall. Chen summed it up well in our conversation: “CSM is the SDR of upsell”.

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Education Services Group

MAY 23, 2022

In today’s world, in-person conferences resonate differently than they did pre-pandemic, and TSIA World Interact in Orlando, Florida was no exception. Who owns the renewal and upsell/cross-sell process? Bring back QR codes that direct to our LinkedIn accounts to make connecting on the fly easy and effortless.

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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. Jeff was a pioneer in the VoIP industry, having created the Voice over the Net conference, co-founding Vonage. It starts by examining why customers contact a business in the first place.

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VHT

APRIL 2, 2019

For example, a representative may issue a refund by using an accounting application to run, track and record the transaction. The bots can interact with the accounting application in the same way to issue refunds automatically. While RPA confers serious benefits, it requires careful, constant care and feeding. Improved Security.

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ChurnZero

OCTOBER 30, 2020

At BIG RYG, ChurnZero’s annual Customer Success conference, we hosted a panel discussion featuring CEOs of SaaS companies that are (re)defining the future of customer success, engagement, and experience. One of the big challenges we see is that the initial users are happy but six months later some person comes on the account.

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CustomerSuccessBox

MAY 30, 2022

*Julie, a Customer Success Manager , with ABC corp (a B2B SaaS firm) is excited about the upcoming annual conference. Now, the concern here is that as a CSM, you could easily overlook a ‘green’ customer account thinking it to be a healthy one! Possibly, it can present a more accurate picture of the account’s health.

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Amity

OCTOBER 31, 2016

Almost immediately, we started to scale the team to enable us to be more proactive to ensure we were able to do all the things that Customer Success does best: onboarding, coaching, renewals, upsell, support, and services. If I had to sum it up, everything post-sale is the domain of the Customer Success team.

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Hodusoft

AUGUST 23, 2019

Multi-tenancy feature in the IP PBX permits service providers to handle dozens of accounts, manage and control operations and bill them individually according to prescribed rates. Reseller module ITSPs and VoIP service providers can appoint resellers and manage accounts through the reseller module and grow their business.

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ChurnZero

AUGUST 15, 2024

In this blog post, I’ll walk you through how AI tools like UpdateAI, along with others, can be used to enhance customer retention by identifying, investigating, and acting on key trends across accounts. Once you’ve identified a trend worth investigating, drill down into the specific accounts affected.

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Amity

MAY 9, 2016

We sat down with Julie Persofsky , VP of Customer Strategy and Account Management, to discuss how Customer Success has evolved at Influitive over the last 4 years. When I was a Customer Success Manager at Eloqua, the role was managing accounts (Renewals, Upsells, Cross-Sells, Success Planning).

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Quality Contact Solutions

DECEMBER 31, 1969

Use Outbound Telemarketing for Upselling Current Customers. Using outbound telemarketing to upsell additional products and services to an existing customer base can be complex and needs to be handled with tact and care. Trade shows and conferences provide a great opportunity to connect with and create new prospects.

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Nicereply

JUNE 18, 2020

Baremetrics also automates a follow-up email to canceled accounts. For example, attend industry conferences. Conferences are a great opportunity to meet several customers in one area. Your customers will feel involved and accountable for the success of their ideas. They received a 20% response rate from these emails.

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Amity

FEBRUARY 2, 2016

She'll discuss difficult decisions related to customer success, account management, and service enablement from her experiences at Oracle (formerly Eloqua). The conference speakers include some of the most experienced and visionary thought leaders in the Customer Success community. May 10-12 - Pulse 2016 Conference.

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Voxjar

APRIL 9, 2020

While we certainly have more than enough options to communicate remotely with email, Slack, video conferences, and a good old phone call; coming to terms with the added barrier of distance can be a little painful. Now it’s up to you and your team to set a standard and hold your reps accountable. Data Security.

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CustomerSuccessBox

JUNE 8, 2022

She has been consistently voted top Customer Success strategist since 2013 and is frequently featured as a speaker at conferences and Customer Success publications. And so you want to do net retention rate, which is the revenues minus the down-sell minus the churn plus the upsells. You want to do customer logo churn rate and numbers.

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Education Services Group

MAY 11, 2018

While attending this year’s Gainsight Pulse Conference, the significance of human-touch was made clear across the board. take advantage of upsells and cross-sells. The added bonus of vCSMs focusing on low- and middle-tier customers is that existing CSMs can stay focused on key accounts and initiatives. Renewal loss.

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ChurnZero

OCTOBER 20, 2020

I wanted to share some tips on successfully transitioning from a services-based organization to a core Customer Success offering, with services as an upsell opportunity. You are looking for additional opportunities to upsell products and services and create a consistent and measurable experience for customers.

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Global Response

JULY 23, 2023

Sky-High Costs The Problem: Adding on a call center creates yet another line item that must be budgeted and accounted for—and in today’s economy, that’s a difficult problem to get around. We selectively match our specialists to each brand so they embody your culture at every customer touchpoint.

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ChurnZero

JUNE 3, 2022

You Mon: Accountability. You’re accountable every day, every month, every year. However often your renewal cycle is, you’re accountable. During the course of the day, you’re introducing new customers, fighting fires, getting an upsell, and making sure customers adopt your product. They’re very different.

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SaaS B2B Upselling Metrics 52

ChurnZero

JUNE 3, 2022

You Mon: Accountability. You’re accountable every day, every month, every year. However often your renewal cycle is, you’re accountable. During the course of the day, you’re introducing new customers, fighting fires, getting an upsell, and making sure customers adopt your product. They’re very different.

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SaaS B2B Upselling Metrics 52

ClientSuccess

APRIL 20, 2017

Back when Paul first started working with customers, “Customer Success” was considered a hybrid between account management and customer service. Paul Pizza is a veteran in the Customer Success space with his experience starting in the late 1990’s when most didn’t even know what the term meant. The Rise of SaaS and Customer Success.

SaaS 40

SaaS B2B Best practices Engineering 40

Integrity Solutions

MAY 23, 2023

Based on what we know about connection, you should prioritize existing clients (for upselling and cross selling purposes), past clients and potential referral partners. The root cause is structural — either a lack of accountability, skill, connection to purpose, confidence, coaching or all of the above.

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aircall

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

A successful sales management training program will account for past selling trends. Upsell, cross-sell, referrals. Robust voice calling features allow call center representatives to: Practice transferring sales calls, Place conference calls. Today’s buyers are more mobile and social than in the past. Storytelling.

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JustCall

NOVEMBER 24, 2022

Once a transaction is closed, the seller receives a commission on the price they negotiated with the customer, and the account is usually assigned to an account manager or customer success representative. This can offer upsell and cross-sell opportunities or referrals from satisfied customers. Step 7 – Service Post Sales.

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ChurnZero

DECEMBER 20, 2019

By focusing efforts on retaining active users by iterating their existing services based on rich customer data, companies will have more opportunities to engage, upsell , and ultimately scale. . . Increase focus on ‘meh’ accounts. . To maximize CLV, companies heavily invest in Revenue and CS Operations to drive alignment. .

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Chief Customer Officer Sales SaaS Customer centricity 61

CustomerSuccessBox

DECEMBER 4, 2018

There are several important KPIs such as MRR (monthly retention rate), account retention rate, and portfolio growth which every customer success team measures. By using customer success software, you will know which features they are using most, and it might present an upsell opportunity. However, these are your internal KPIs.

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