Totango

JUNE 24, 2022

Customer success in SaaS differs from CS in other industries. The software service industry presents unique challenges for customer success management while also creating unique opportunities that call for specific strategies. Read on to learn the keys to effective customer success for SaaS clients.

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CustomerSuccessBox

JUNE 12, 2021

Although these two key roles sound similar, some strict lines differentiate between an Account Manager (AM) and a Customer Success Manager (CSM). Who is an Account Manager? An account manager is, usually, the single point of contact between the company and the customer. Let’s try and understand them.

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ChurnZero

DECEMBER 1, 2023

The essential handbook for building the modern customer success program Are you ready to elevate your SaaS business with a robust customer success program? Dive into “the ultimate guide to customer success in SaaS” and gain the insights and strategies you need to create a high-performing customer success team.

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ChurnZero

MARCH 20, 2023

said account management; 17.7% Account management teams claimed the difference. Even so, most SaaS companies clearly rely on their Customer Success managers as revenue drivers. Larger companies tend to have these functions owned by sales, account management, or a dedicated renewals team.”

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ChurnZero

MARCH 20, 2023

said account management; 17.7% Account management teams claimed the difference. Even so, most SaaS companies clearly rely on their Customer Success managers as revenue drivers. Larger companies tend to have these functions owned by sales, account management, or a dedicated renewals team.”

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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. We are here today to say, with respect, they’re wrong. It’s kind of ironic because many (most?) Ill-defined KPIs.

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ChurnZero

JULY 29, 2022

With the rise of the SaaS model, retention has dethroned acquisition as the primary means to achieve long-term growth and high valuation. I’ve seen how it can help SaaS leaders unlock increased customer value attainment, higher net revenue retention (NRR) and accelerated product-led growth. SaaS companies operate on subscription terms.

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ClientSuccess

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

Research Vectors by Vecteezy Many customer success leaders in the SaaS space are faced with the same question: who should own customer renewals? So if you’re looking for answers on how best to manage customer renewals, then read on! So, which renewal ownership model is best for your organization?

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Totango

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

Why Your QBR SaaS Model Needs an AI Makeover. Quarterly business reviews (QBRs)[LINK] have become a standard practice for software providers, but today’s QBR SaaS model is rapidly transforming. Here we’ll show you how to update your SaaS QBR strategy to keep up with the latest technology and best practices.

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ChurnZero

MAY 2, 2024

The 2024 B2B SaaS Benchmarking Survey by SaaS Capital is the most comprehensive and up-to-date source of its kind for SaaS and customer success leaders who want to know where they stand compared to peers and competitors. Takeaway 1: Equity is hard to get right now, and very few people are doing it.

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ClientSuccess

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

When a SaaS organization is in the midst of scaling, there comes a time when there starts to be a clear differentiation between SMB customers and enterprise customers. This last factor – resource allocation – can make or break a customer success team’s large account management process.

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ChurnZero

MAY 4, 2023

There’s a closely held growth secret among large B2B professional services firms, like consultants, accountants and law firms, that Customer Success Managers (CSMs) might appreciate: The more relationships a client has across a firm, the lower that client’s flight risk.

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Totango

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

Your SaaS customer journey map lays out optimized outcomes that lead to customer renewals, upsells, and referrals. First, we’ll define what a SaaS customer journey is, break it down into stages, and explain why mapping it out is important. What Is a SaaS Customer Journey? What Are the Stages in a SaaS Customer Journey?

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Totango

OCTOBER 14, 2024

Go-to-market teams need to prioritize customer ROI as the driver of decision-making, metrics tracking, and relationship management. Account executives can’t sell like it’s 2017 anymore. And that’s if sales reps are even still able to do it—over 60% of account executives are not hitting quota. said Edward.

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Totango

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

SaaS Tools to Jumpstart Your Business Growth: Five Essential Apps. Software-as-a-Service ( SaaS ) tools automate your business functions, fueling your growth by increasing efficiency. Here we’ll guide you through the essential SaaS tools you need for business growth. What Are SaaS Tools? Document management.

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LiveChat

SEPTEMBER 19, 2018

Companies that take customer service seriously and make it a priority in the early stages of existence, shouldn’t forget about customer success management. Customer success management is the next layer on the top of a successful customer support team. Customer success is a proactive approach to customer relationship management.

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CustomerSuccessBox

MARCH 7, 2022

Customer retention is the lifeblood of a SaaS company. Where the foundation of SaaS customer retention is renewals. SaaS renewal’ is a term relating to Software-as-a-Service companies that operate with a subscription-based financial model. How is the renewal process important in SaaS? Renewals Manager.

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ChurnZero

JUNE 24, 2022

What does this mean for B2B SaaS businesses? In our webinar, 2022 SaaS retention benchmarks , SaaS Capital Manager Director Rob Belcher shares the results from their 11th annual B2B SaaS benchmarking survey. It’s the largest survey of private SaaS companies in the world with over 1,500 responses.

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Totango

DECEMBER 8, 2020

Customer Success team accountability isn’t something you just worry about figuring out later once your CS team is up and running. As a manager, when your organizational best practices and your customer’s goals align with your employee’s actions and responsibilities, you have the perfect conditions for growth. .

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ClientSuccess

MARCH 2, 2021

For all of us working in the SaaS space, the constant barrage of new acronyms has become somewhat of a joke over the years. While Account Executives (AEs) have been managing customer accounts for many years now, the rise of the Customer Success Manager in the SaaS space has created some overlap – and confusion – between the two roles.

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CustomerSuccessBox

JUNE 9, 2021

The first one, where we have seen Customer Success organizations that have a customer onboarding specialist team and in the second one, we’ve seen Customer Success organizations that have customer success managers themselves responsible for onboarding customers. Customer Onboarding Specialist Vs Customer Success Manager.

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ClientSuccess

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

In the world of customer reporting, CSMs can bucket customer metrics into a few different categories: Sentiment-based data points help CSMs keep tabs on how customer contacts and accounts feel about a product, service, or even the customer team assisting them in their relationship. How can SaaS companies use Average Session Duration .

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Totango

AUGUST 25, 2022

Six Customer Engagement SaaS Strategies That Work. For software service providers, customer engagement SaaS strategies play a central role in a successful business model. In this article, we’ll offer some tips for a winning customer engagement SaaS strategy. Next, we’ll share six keys to effective SaaS customer engagement.

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Education Services Group

NOVEMBER 25, 2019

Instead, they’re simply “rebranding” their Account Managers as Customer Success Managers with little to no training or transition. Though both AMs and CSMs have a post-sales role, and AMs often make excellent CSMs with the proper change management and training, the two practices are certainly far from synonymous.

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CSM Practice

MAY 28, 2020

What is the average Customer Success Manager Salary? More and more SaaS businesses are realizing the value of having a customer success team to ensure the continued success of their customers. Successful customers are more likely to renew and pay more through renewals and expansion, ensuring a steady revenue growth for SaaS businesses.

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Help Scout

APRIL 27, 2021

For B2B SaaS companies, user adoption is one of the most important elements to get right in order to grow sustainably. Appcues found that activation (when customers experience the core value of the product) is the most important pirate metric for SaaS growth. Encourage existing customers to grow their accounts.

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JustCall

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

SaaS Labs is one of Deloitte’s Technology Fast 500 companies in North America – for the second time in a row. Notably, SaaS Labs achieved a 631% percent growth during this period. JustCall Workspace – JustCall Workspace is an all-in-one workspace for project management, team organization, and internal communication.

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CustomerSuccessBox

MARCH 23, 2022

“You cannot buy engagement, you have to build engagement” Whether or not your SaaS company provides huge customer success, it is substantial that a customer engagement model oversees proactive engagement with clients. Typically in SaaS, there are two major portions of the customer journey. High Touch Post Onboarding.

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CSM Practice

JULY 6, 2020

To many, SaaS has always been tricky, and the current global economic downturn caused by the Coronavirus pandemic has only exacerbated it. At the moment, SaaS companies appear to be under immense financial pressure, resulting in a dramatic increase in vendors seeking guidance on how to adapt, survive, and even thrive during this downturn.

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Totango

JULY 31, 2020

For SaaS companies especially, the speed and ease with which your customers can progress through new user onboarding will act as the first indicators of how smooth their use of your product will be going forward. How SaaS Enterprises Can Streamline New User Onboarding. Proactively Optimizing SaaS Onboarding.

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JustCall

NOVEMBER 24, 2022

Soon after the SDRs or Sales Development Reps have done their job, AEs or Account Executives are sales professionals who are the first ones to interact with prospects. Account Executives, often called Sales Managers, are responsible for closing company sales and are directly responsible for generating revenue for your business.

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Nicereply

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Customer success metrics are essential to the growth of every SaaS company. When it comes to your SaaS business, you need to be measuring and evaluating your customer success. In the SaaS industry, this usually concentrates on the digital user experience, such as offering the best business phone service or service desk management.

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ClientSuccess

OCTOBER 2, 2019

We often hear the roles of Customer Success Manager (CSM) and Account Manager (AM) used interchangeably. The ultimate difference between a Customer Services Manager and an Account Manager is both in their area of concentration and how each target their customers. . Let’s talk about Account Managers first.

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PeopleMetrics

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

PeopleMetrics Experience Management Platform Roadmap Preview. is a weekly live webinar session where experts from our team answer YOUR questions about customer, employee and patient experience measurement and management – and sometimes we show you how you can achieve your goals using tools within our experience management platform.

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CSM Practice

JULY 6, 2020

To many, SaaS has always been tricky, and the current global economic downturn caused by the Coronavirus pandemic has only exacerbated it. At the moment, SaaS companies appear to be under immense financial pressure, resulting in a dramatic increase in vendors seeking guidance on how to adapt, survive, and even thrive during this downturn.

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ConvergeOne

JULY 27, 2021

Identity + Access Management Foundations. The principle of least privilege should always be the foundation upon which identity and access management (IAM) is set. IAM lets the organization manage the access by which identity has access to what (Role) for which resource (Job Requirement). Users bypassing enterprise IAM accounts.

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ChurnZero

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

That’s according to a landmark webinar we hosted last fall titled, “A Crash Course in Customer Success and SaaS Metrics” with Dave Kellogg and You Mon Tsang. Understanding the nuance behind Customer Success metrics will help you build consensus around which numbers are the best numbers to track for your SaaS company.

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