CustomerSuccessBox

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

But you cannot leave every customer to a pure tech touch. Especially customers who are paying $10K- 100K ACV(Average Contract value) per year, given the challenges of the underlying problem your SaaS is solving for them. Join us to discuss onboarding customers remotely on this webinar. Such as the one caused by COVID-19.

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Amity

FEBRUARY 18, 2014

In Part 1 we expanded Geoffrey Moore’s Four Gears model to this emerging B2B model ( SaaS 2.0 ) In this post we will examine how to operationalize the four gears. Four Gears Model for B2B SaaS. This new requirement to focus on customer outcomes is forcing B2B SaaS vendors to adopt new strategies, tactics and operations.

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CustomerSuccessBox

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

And it calls for customer success software which is a higher version of customer relationship management software – CRM, that is curated to gauge specific goals of driving success, and especially to cater to SaaS businesses. Brief on customer success management software. Customer Service Management Software.

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CustomerSuccessBox

MAY 31, 2021

With that said, let’s look at the answer to the most fundamental question, as to how many Success managers should a SaaS company really need? And to understand how to enhance Customer Success Management, check out this article on 5 Best Practices to Enhance your Customer Success Management. Well, that depends on two key aspects.

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Strikedeck

OCTOBER 15, 2020

Shari Srebnick talks about two fundamental approaches in Customer Success; Account and joint success plans.

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ClientSuccess

OCTOBER 22, 2019

As a CSM or customer success team manager, you’ve probably heard the term ‘customer advocacy’ tossed around a time or two. There’s no denying that this customer engagement trend is here to stay. The growth of customer advocacy has been a boon for customer success teams for a few reasons.

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CustomerSuccessBox

MAY 16, 2022

Since you choose to read this blog, I suppose you already know the gravity of Customer Success in a B2B SaaS business. The crux of providing a great customer experience to the customer lies in maintaining great customer health throughout the entire customer lifecycle. Account Health.

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CustomerSuccessBox

MARCH 17, 2022

Every SaaS business wants to expand and succeed. You should connect your company’s targeted outcomes to your client’s desired outcomes in order to do so in a customer-centric manner. Use the Customer Success Playbook to synchronize those two sets of objectives. Customer Advocacy Playbook.

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ChurnZero

JUNE 27, 2023

Subjective external: NPS, customer satisfaction scores (CSAT), customer advocacy and perceived return on investment (ROI). It’s worth noting that organizing data is considerably easier if your company uses a unique account identifier—that is one code that uniquely identifies a customer universally across all company systems.

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CustomerSuccessBox

APRIL 11, 2019

A lot of Customer Success leaders and Founders I have talked to since starting at CustomerSuccessBox have been confused about what customer tech stack to use at their SaaS businesses. So this got me thinking about what should be the Customer Success Tech Maturity Model. Level 1: CRM + Excel.

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CustomerSuccessBox

DECEMBER 14, 2021

Customer Success(CS) is the most efficient way to grow your MRR/ARR. Many modern SaaS companies grow exponentially as a result of efficient CS initiatives. Yet, Customer Success is looked upon as a ‘ cost center ’. Customer Success teams, typically, follow the recurring revenue model (followed by almost every SaaS business).

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CustomerSuccessBox

DECEMBER 9, 2021

Customer Success is more relevant to your business more so for SaaS companies and you need to understand the nuances of the roadmap forward. Customer Success is a tricky department because it does not yield instant ROI. Just churn does not cover the full potential of the customer success department. 5) Expansion MRR.

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CustomerSuccessBox

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

This is a customer engagement model which helps SaaS businesses drive growth. LAER helps customer success professionals make the most of their customer engagement. The LAER model is a framework for establishing an initial relationship with customers and building on it over time. LAER model in Customer Success.

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CustomerSuccessBox

AUGUST 10, 2021

And this is where customer health score come into the picture. At every stage, you need some kind of a health score to evaluate the status of the account and decide how you would engage with the account to take it ahead in the journey. Who Is Using a Customer Health Score? Increased Customer Value. Increased NRR.

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inSided

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

We’ve all been following the impact of the economic downturn we’re experiencing on SaaS companies, our own businesses, and others we use and love. So with all that happening around us, why do we still see companies and their Customer Success teams still invest in Community projects? Ha, that look on your face. Let's explain.

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CustomerSuccessBox

MARCH 10, 2022

In order to do so, you need to roll out NPS and customer satisfaction surveys and collect the reviews. For customer advocacy, write case studies, and ask for referrals! Figure out the upselling opportunities and act upon customer retention. And get alerts whenever there is a need to pay attention to their accounts.

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Amity

MAY 25, 2016

In the world of SaaS, there certainly isn’t a lack of data – big data, small data – all of that data! And if executives are using this data to report on progress, status of the business portfolio, assess risk and adequately project revenues, then that is yet another big problem for your Customer Success team.

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SmartKarrot

JANUARY 27, 2022

Undoubtedly, this workflow automation comes in handy, but it is helpful only when you target the right potential customers. Account-based marketing is the first real step towards achieving the marketing automation dream. So, why has the account-based approach not been applied in each and every company? Like what you are reading?

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SmartKarrot

OCTOBER 13, 2022

However, many companies have different strategies and approaches when it comes to who should own/lead account expansion and how involved CSMs should be. What do you mean by the term expansion revenue in B2B SaaS? Here are the different types of expansion revenue that B2B SaaS enterprises take advantage of: Upsells.

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CustomerSuccessBox

DECEMBER 13, 2021

Yes, but not custom to EACH customer. There should be prescriptive onboarding options that fit the use cases, organization size, and complexity of each customer. That said, one of the tenets of SaaS is prescriptive and scalable solutions. In most SaaS companies, these PMs should also be armed with product knowledge.

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CSM Practice

FEBRUARY 24, 2020

The job of the customer success team entails myriads of responsibilities, including proper onboarding, increasing product usage, proactively managing accounts, customer engagements, and training , expanding and renewing accounts, and so on. 5. Advocacy Activity. 6. Net Promoter Score (NPS).

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CSM Practice

MAY 22, 2022

Hence, the Customer Success framework is the foundation to design and build your aligned processes. Why is it important to design a Customer Success framework ? . The recurring revenue model of the B2B SaaS industry pushes the Customer Success teams to retain and expand the existing customer base. Key takeaways.

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SmartKarrot

OCTOBER 12, 2022

But how can you assess the current state of your B2B customer experience and figure out how to effectively target and make changes so that your clients are happier and more devoted? Customer account journey for B2B organizations can help with this. . What is a customer account journey? So, let us get started.

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Strikedeck

MAY 24, 2021

Michelle Brown-Krier, in an interview with Vincent Manlapaz, discusses why organizations need a strong customer success vision to keep up with the competition.

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Amity

MARCH 1, 2018

Yet, if you think you’re getting a full picture of your customer, but you’re not asking them exactly how they feel, you’re missing the point. Not only should NPS be taken into account when calculating health, but it should trigger early warnings when dropping into passive or detractor territory.

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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). The objective to offset customer acquisition costs, which in SaaS alone averaged $1.15/$1.00

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ClientSuccess

JANUARY 4, 2019

For SaaS customer success teams having a 360-degree view of customer health is vital to renewal and expansion success of their customers. Customer success health scoring is also one of the hottest topics on the minds of customer success leaders around the world. Is your customer content with the product?

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CustomerSuccessBox

JUNE 15, 2020

As we all know, Customer Success will play a crucial role in driving the SaaS industry forward during these tough times. For the first webinar we had Ari Hoffman, Director of Customer Advocacy, Coveo discuss Customer Success Strategy for an economic downturn with Puneet Kataria, Founder & CEO of CustomerSuccessBox.

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ChurnZero

OCTOBER 12, 2021

With ChurnZero, they were able to assign a customer health score to each of their clients to gain a better line of sight on accounts at a higher risk of turnover. One of the biggest immediate impacts the team saw was changes in the customer health score after onboarding. Advocacy Hero – Affise.

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CSM Practice

JANUARY 17, 2017

In the technology industry, Customer Success Management is a growing practice, alongside the increase in popularity of SaaS (software-as-a-service) as a software licensing and delivery model. As a result, the traditional customer-vendor relationship, which now mostly applies to on-premise solutions, has changed dramatically.

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Amity

JULY 4, 2017

Yet, if you think you’re getting a full picture of your customer, but you’re not asking them exactly how they feel, you’re missing the point. Not only should NPS be taken into account when calculating health, but it should trigger early warnings when dropping into passive or detractor territory.

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CustomerSuccessBox

MAY 9, 2022

Customers are the lifeblood of any company, therefore having a clear picture of its revenue activities is critical for expansion. Doing business while keeping a pleasant client relationship has become exceedingly challenging in today’s hyper-competitive SaaS industry. Customer Success KPIs.

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CSM Practice

FEBRUARY 24, 2020

The job of the customer success team entails myriads of responsibilities, including proper onboarding, increasing product usage, proactively managing accounts, customer engagements, and training , expanding and renewing accounts, and so on. 5. Advocacy Activity. 6. Net Promoter Score (NPS).

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CSM Practice

FEBRUARY 24, 2020

The job of the customer success team entails myriads of responsibilities, including proper onboarding, increasing product usage, proactively managing accounts, customer engagements, and training , expanding and renewing accounts, and so on. 5. Advocacy Activity. 6. Net Promoter Score (NPS).

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Education Services Group

MAY 13, 2020

If we went back in time ten or twenty years, before Customer Success was commonplace, we’d likely see one of two organizations owning the customer relationship post-sale, serving as the ‘trusted advisor’ to the customer. We may see Account Managers within the sales organization owning that relationship.

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Amity

JANUARY 20, 2016

Issue 72 - Customer Success Articles that are Certified Classics (Part 2). In this issue of the SaaS Tattler, we've currated a list Customer Success articles that are certified classics. Join us on January 26 at 1pm ET , as we teach you to transform product adoption for all your customers. Hire Early.

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SmartKarrot

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

In such cases, it is sometimes essential to hire a ‘particular’ whose sole intention is to build the customer base and focus on serving their interests. In industries like SaaS, the customer success manager is the one who is that ‘particular’. But first, what is a customer success manager? Advocates their customers.

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