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.

SaaS 127

SaaS Healthcare Customer retention Enterprise 127

ChurnZero

OCTOBER 16, 2020

Whether Customer Success or Sales should own the renewal, expansion, and upsell is a hot-button issue in today’s SaaS sphere. As such, we decided to tap industry experts for a verbal duel on the subject where the winners take home the esteemed (and priceless) prize of bragging rights and SaaS street cred.

Upselling 98

Upselling SaaS Sales Accountability 98

ShepHyken

MAY 24, 2019

This week we feature an article by Gaetano DiNardi who discusses how many customer service surveys are not giving you proper data and suggests how to improve them. Gaetano is the Director of Demand Generation at Nextiva with a proven track record of success working with B2B SaaS brands like Sales Hacker, Outreach.io, and Pipedrive.

Surveys 277

Surveys Customer Service B2B SaaS 277

Totango

JULY 1, 2022

For B2B SaaS companies, customer loyalty drives subscription renewals and brand advocacy, making it a critical component of a profitable business model. This blog will look at why customer loyalty is vital for B2B SaaS businesses and how successful companies effectively cultivate it. First, we’ll discuss what customer loyalty is.

B2B 114

B2B SaaS B2C Upselling 114

Totango

JULY 31, 2024

In] the enterprise sale, you start by signing on the dotted line, so different expectations and skills are needed.” – Karen Budell , Chief Marketing Officer, Totango + Catalyst Shifting from a product-led growth (PLG) model to an enterprise sales motion is a significant move for any SaaS company.

Enterprise 101

Enterprise Sales SaaS Marketing 101

ShepHyken

SEPTEMBER 1, 2017

This week we feature an article by Andy Ko who writes about not making your customers wait to have their questions answered. As both a professor and chief scientist at a SaaS software company, I spend time around two groups of people that couldn’t be more different: Enterprise marketing, sales, and customer experience executives.

Self service 212

Self service B2B SaaS Enterprise 212

ShepHyken

MAY 11, 2018

This week we feature an article by Rohit Prasanna who shares a great list of 10 customer service trends that will affect the customer experience this year. – Shep Hyken. Business are recognizing the importance of creating a balance between the two sales funnels. Read Shep’s latest Forbes Articles: Would You Do That To Your Mother?

Customer Service 263

Customer Service B2B Customer centricity SaaS 263

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. What Is SaaS Customer Engagement?

SaaS 103

SaaS Upselling Metrics Journey mapping 103

Totango

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

It is the sum of the profit you make from your customers over time, rather than any single sales event, and it is the most accurate method of anticipating revenue in a customer-centric, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) environment. Customer Lifetime Value SaaS Equation. Maximizing Customer Lifetime Value in SaaS.

SaaS 110

SaaS Enterprise Metrics Upselling 110

ChurnZero

JULY 29, 2022

This article was originally published on Forbes.com. With the rise of the SaaS model, retention has dethroned acquisition as the primary means to achieve long-term growth and high valuation. Forward-thinking SaaS companies are: Segmenting their customer base to deliver prescriptive and apt guidance.

SaaS 98

SaaS Customer centricity Upselling B2B 98

Help Scout

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

The constant changes ins SaaS software can create extra work for support teams, and can require an almost sales-like approach. Read the full article Here's how to succeed through periods of change.

SaaS 85

SaaS Sales 85

ShepHyken

JANUARY 27, 2017

With BI, AI, and cloud-based SaaS apps, CRM software is adapting to your business, not the other way around. If you work for an SMB, have someone from inside sales or marketing handle a live chat on your company’s website during business hours. For more articles from Shep Hyken and his guest contributors go to customerserviceblog.com.

Technology 244

Technology Customer Service Management CRM 244

CrazyCall

APRIL 9, 2019

There are dozens of hundreds of rankings devoted to sales influencers and experts across different industries and the world in general (we’ve also published one ). We’ve decided to remedy the situation and created a list of 18 saleswomen who in our view play an essential role in the world of sales. Tiffani Bova. Tiffani Bova.

Sales 133

Sales Consulting Consulting Coaching 133

Totango

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

Customer Enablement Essentials: What B2B and SaaS Brands Need to Know. This helps deliver more satisfying customer experiences , promoting customer renewals and referrals, which are critical to B2B SaaS businesses. Then we’ll look at the benefits of customer enablement and how it mutually supports sales enablement strategies.

B2B 88

B2B SaaS Education Brand ambassadors 88

CCNG

AUGUST 21, 2024

The customer experience technology market has ballooned in the last ten years, but given the current economic climate sales are cooling for this once unstoppable industry. That means frustration for software sales, uncertainty for marketing budgets, and tangentially related industries being impacted.

Customer Experience 195

Customer Experience CCNG B2B Contact Center 195

Totango

APRIL 24, 2020

Rather, customer retention for SaaS enterprises is a result of the customer experience. The continued growth of the SaaS model, led by the multi-billion-dollar successes of B2B giants Microsoft and Salesforce , reflects a more responsive relationship between customer investment and ROI. 6 SaaS Customer Retention Best Practices.

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Best practices Customer retention SaaS Enterprise 83

Totango

JULY 17, 2024

You get success right; your revenue is coming.” – Charlie Sonnenberg, VP Sales, Totango + Catalyst Customer-led growth is the only way to protect and sustain revenue growth. Achieving higher retention and growth, however, requires effective collaboration and mutual support between customer success and sales teams. “Success is revenue.

Sales 100

Sales Metrics Accountability Benchmark 100

ChurnZero

OCTOBER 30, 2020

Top SaaS CEOs Talk Compensation, Automation, and Investors. No one knows what the future holds (as 2020 has made abundantly clear) but that didn’t stop us from asking top SaaS CEOs what’s next for Customer Success. Customer Success Compensation Catches Up to Sales. So much more happens after that initial sale.

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SaaS Chief Customer Officer Sales Metrics 93

ChurnZero

JULY 8, 2022

This article was originally published on Forbes.com. “Oh, Cut to 2022, and the idea that a SaaS company could secure venture funding without investors digging deep into retention metrics seems comical, if not reckless. NRR matters to SaaS executives and investors. Oh, by the way, what’s your customer retention?”

SaaS 98

SaaS Metrics Customer retention Upselling 98

ProProfs Blog

SEPTEMBER 13, 2019

The importance of SaaS Customer Service is visible in these two data-proven statistics: AmericanExpress reports that 70% of consumers will go with the company that offers excellent customer support. As you can see, delivering the perfect saas customer support experiences is directly correlated with your churn and retention.

SaaS 83

SaaS Customer Service Best practices Customer Support 83

Totango

AUGUST 12, 2020

The rise in SaaS and subscription business models with low upfront costs and regular renewal windows means customers can make emotional and rapid decisions to leave an agreement with little consequence. Your sales and customer success teams play a role in designing, monitoring, and executing the onboarding phase.

SaaS 88

SaaS Upselling Enterprise Best practices 88

Nicereply

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

Considering that the SaaS industry is a competitive one, customer retention is crucial. That’s why in this article, we are going to focus on showing you how to retain your customers with the help of a few effective tools and solutions. Why is Customer Retention Critical for SaaS? What is Customer Retention? How to Calculate CRR?

Customer retention 98

Customer retention SaaS Upselling Analytics 98

Cincom

FEBRUARY 14, 2025

This article outlines 10 CPQ best practices to help optimize your performance, eliminate inefficiencies, and maximize ROI. Align CPQ with Your Sales Strategy A CPQ system that operates in isolation from the broader sales strategy leads to misaligned workflows, inconsistent pricing approvals, and disconnected customer interactions.

Best practices 40

Best practices Sales CRM Finance 40

Totango

SEPTEMBER 17, 2021

The freemium SaaS model , where you offer limited free use of your product to promote a premium version, has become common in the tech industry. But is it the best way to sell a SaaS product? We’ll take a closer look at what the freemium SaaS model is and what its pros and cons are. What Is the Freemium SaaS Model?

SaaS 78

SaaS Best practices Upselling Journey mapping 78

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. This promotes higher customer satisfaction and retention, elevating sales and increasing revenue. What Are SaaS Tools? Marketing and sales.

SaaS 71

SaaS CRM Advertising Analytics 71

Totango

MAY 27, 2022

Product-led growth (PLG) has emerged as one of the best strategies for selling SaaS software. It lets your product do the talking, departing from a sales-led growth strategy that depends on a conventional sales pitch. Sales conversion: use of the freemium product motivates the customer to upgrade to a premium version.

SaaS 126

SaaS Customer retention Sales Marketing 126

Totango

MAY 19, 2020

The continuing COVID-19 health crisis may well produce a recession that has a significant impact on the Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) industry. No one is certain how this will change the long and short-term behaviors of customers, lenders, and enterprises in a SaaS world. Be Lean and Agile to Reduce Customer Churn in SaaS.

SaaS 77

SaaS Best practices Enterprise Finance 77

Totango

APRIL 4, 2024

If you asked your customer success (CS) and sales leaders this question, what do you think each of them would say? Revenue retention hinges on the collaborative efforts of CS and sales teams as they collectively shepherd customers throughout the lifecycle journey, from acquisition to retention and expansion.

Sales 94

Sales Upselling Accountability SaaS 94

ShepHyken

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

This week, we feature an article by Baphira Wahlang Shylla, a digital marketer at Knowmax , a SaaS company that provides knowledge management solutions for various industries that are seeking to improve their customer service metrics. For more articles from Shep Hyken and his guest contributors, go to customerserviceblog.com.

Customer Experience 166

Customer Experience Scripts Self service outsourcing 166

ChurnZero

JULY 22, 2021

By creating healthy boundaries, Customer Success and Sales don’t have to spend their days assessing and arguing over every expansion situation. Your rules of engagement should be based on which team is genuinely the best fit in each scenario and has the greatest likelihood of gaining sales traction. Product and process complexity.

Sales 98

Sales Upselling Enterprise SaaS 98

Totango

AUGUST 23, 2022

By charting the points in your SaaS customers’ journeys, you can plan how to deliver clients’ desired outcomes and satisfying experiences that promote subscription renewals and higher revenue. For example, a website visit, an online sales purchase and a phone support call are all potential customer journey B2B touchpoints.

B2B 122

B2B Journey mapping SaaS Upselling 122

Peter Lavers

NOVEMBER 16, 2017

eCommerce kicked this off on a massive scale, although the catalog and home shopping industry would say it’s been going for a lot longer than the internet (see Kelly Phillips Erb’s article in Forbes ). We “do” marketing and sales, but the customer “does” their experience!

Customer centricity 183

Customer centricity Automotive Finance Marketing 183

ChurnZero

JUNE 15, 2023

With less budget to go around, some SaaS companies are merging customer success and account management into one function that’s responsible for an account’s business strategy, product adoption, and value realization, as well as its renewal and expansion. CRMs are absolutely a must for automating and scaling sales operations.

CRM 96

CRM Sales Accountability Analytics 96

Amity

DECEMBER 9, 2016

While wading through this endless sea of content, I’ve recently read a few amazing articles that speak about how to market to your current customers in order to increase retention and help them continuously succeed—and it got me thinking: What if we took a look in the other direction? Pay attention in pre-sales calls.

Marketing 109

Marketing SaaS Sales Surveys 109

Help Scout

MAY 20, 2021

Lincoln Murphy sums up the value that existing customers offer to growing SaaS companies: “The majority of the revenue from your relationship with a customer happens post-sale. Alongside the screenshot, the article explains how to run this search and offers tips to help you succeed: .

SaaS 80

SaaS Marketing Sales 80

Callminer

AUGUST 1, 2017

Alex Tebbs is the Co-Founder and Sales Director at VIA , the UK’s largest Hosted Skype for Business solution. Rachel Ivers worked as an Inside Sales Representative for 8z Real Estate for one and a half years. Katherine Dougherty, MaidPro National Sales Center Director, describes herself as being MaidPro born and raised.

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Contact Center Call Center Average Handle Time Real estate 334

aircall

OCTOBER 25, 2018

Alex has a professional background in creating and leveraging targeted sales enablement content to produce qualified leads and increase sales efficiency. The growing buzz around sales enablement. Up until a few years ago, sales enablement was not a function that warranted any serious attention.

Sales 75

Sales B2B Outbound sales SaaS 75