ChurnZero

OCTOBER 30, 2020

What’s Next For Customer Success? 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. There’s much skepticism about NPS being a valid metric to rely on.

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SmartKarrot

FEBRUARY 21, 2022

When it comes to B2B SaaS organizations, there is a growing interdependency on the relationship between the change agent and key decision-makers. The role of CCOs as a change agent in B2B SaaS organization. Establish customer metrics to define the relationship with the existing customers.

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SmartKarrot

DECEMBER 3, 2020

One such that we are talking about is the difference between Chief Customer Officer and Head of Customer Success. Both strive to bridge the gap from a company’s point to interact with a customer. Chief Customer Officer is a relatively new term in the CS space, but it is accelerating in its popularity.

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SmartKarrot

SEPTEMBER 10, 2020

But this blog is specifically about Chief Customer Officer (CCO). Chief Customer Officer (CCO) is the highest position in the customer success department in any organization. Since customer success is a relatively new business function, the Chief Customer Officer is one of the latest roles.

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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

JULY 2, 2021

Choosing between Net Revenue Retention (NRR) and Gross Revenue Retention (GRR) as your north-star growth metric isn’t an either-or question. 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.

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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

JUNE 3, 2022

VC and PE firms now ask founders about the metrics owned by CS teams, specifically NRR and GRR , within the first ten minutes of conversation. To dig into what makes CS indispensable to SaaS, ChurnZero CEO You Mon Tsang joined the Digital Disrupted podcast. Can you help me get that metric? That’s No. How do I do this?

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ChurnZero

JUNE 3, 2022

VC and PE firms now ask founders about the metrics owned by CS teams, specifically NRR and GRR , within the first ten minutes of conversation. To dig into what makes CS indispensable to SaaS, ChurnZero CEO You Mon Tsang joined the Digital Disrupted podcast. Can you help me get that metric? That’s No. How do I do this?

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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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CustomerSuccessBox

MARCH 2, 2022

This means, customer success as well provides service and support as that of customer support but with a key distinction that it tries to understand the pain points well before they arrive but with customer support, only appear after when the problem arises and that’s how the key metrics they both look into differs as well.

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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. The 2020 Customer Success Trends Toolkit.

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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

DECEMBER 29, 2020

Learn how to spot the signs that it’s time to revamp your onboarding as well as the dos and don’ts of improving the most influential phase of your customer’s journey. The SaaS Debate: Who Owns the Renewal and Upsell? Customer Success vs. Sales. Top 4 Metrics Chief Customer Officers (CCOs) Must Know.

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ChurnZero

FEBRUARY 11, 2020

Top 5 Customer Success Takeaways from Chief Customer Officers USA. But, if you’re utilizing digital communication, you have access to all sorts of “marketing” metrics, that can help you understand the engagement of your customers with your product and your communication! Customer Success Around the Web.

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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. A – Attainable.

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ChurnZero

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

That’s why ChurnZero believes customer retention and loyalty are the most important stages of customer lifecycle management. For example, Forrester says just “11% of B2B decision-makers” say metrics for customer retention and loyalty are tracked by marketing leaders. So, how can we improve customer retention and loyalty?

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ChurnZero

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

That’s why ChurnZero believes customer retention and loyalty are the most important stages of customer lifecycle management. For example, Forrester says just “11% of B2B decision-makers” say metrics for customer retention and loyalty are tracked by marketing leaders. So, how can we improve customer retention and loyalty?

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ChurnZero

FEBRUARY 1, 2019

To help, we’ve curated this watchlist of Customer Success leaders who we believe you’ll gain some inspiration from and see them do great things in 2019. Amanda Berger, Chief Customer Officer, Lucidworks. Amanda’s commitment to business results drives each aspect of her work as Chief Customer Officer at Lucidworks.

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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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Amity

NOVEMBER 22, 2013

The misconception with SaaS is that there is no longer a need for a team of this nature in today’s organization. However, there are a number of resources on SaaS, growth, retention, and customer success with valuable insights that you should be tapping into as well. Joel York is the king of SaaS financial metrics.

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Totango

OCTOBER 25, 2022

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. When several different, disconnected systems are used, it can be difficult for CS teams to determine the root cause of issues like customer churn or engagement.

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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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Amity

APRIL 25, 2016

CEO - C hief Customer Office Council. Curtis founded the Chief Customer Officer Council™, the first peer-led advisory group for CCOs. The Council has helped its members create customer-centric cultures as well as drive profitable customer engagement. Chief Customer Officer - Gainsight.

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ChurnZero

NOVEMBER 27, 2019

Metrics Aren’t Just for Board Meetings – The Value of Customer Metrics is Immeasurable . We often think about CS metrics as being interna l KPIs – after all, these figures surface in board meetings and other internal discussions. As she explained: . Being an effective agent of change is a must.

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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. Should Customer Success report to Sales?

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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. That can be the tricky part.

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ChurnZero

OCTOBER 15, 2021

Customer Success gradually, then suddenly, came to exist. Customer Success gradually, then suddenly, became essential to SaaS companies. Customer Success gradually, then suddenly, joined the C-suite. Twenty years ago, when I did my first big round of funding for a different company, NRR was an “Oh, by the way” metric.

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ChurnZero

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

Establishing transparency around SaaS business metrics , especially ones that you directly influence, increases trust, accountability, and productivity. The Customer Success leader perspective: how to encourage the adoption of Customer Success software. The fact that Customer Success software (finally!)

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Kapta Customer Success

SEPTEMBER 19, 2016

Customer Success is one of the biggest buzzwords floating around the B2B SaaS space today. Ensuring that your customers achieve their desired outcome using your product is at the core of Customer Success. Kissmetrics is a SaaS company-focused blog allowing you to optimize your marketing based on metrics.

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ChurnZero

JANUARY 15, 2021

Customer Success teams rose to the challenge of retaining customers during a global health and economic crisis. For SaaS businesses, protecting the customer base became the main, if not only, priority during this tumultuous time. A growing reliance on Customer Success metrics. Marley Wagner , Sr.

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Squelch

JULY 23, 2019

In part two below, we explore how customer success has evolved as SaaS and other subscription-based companies increase in popularity and what being customer centric truly means. How has the role of customer success evolved with the rise of SaaS companies?

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ChurnZero

DECEMBER 2, 2021

Many are slower growing and focused on driving business profitability, which you see more and more as the SaaS market matures. Every Customer Success leader needs to be educated on the business realities of SaaS. You need to show how you’ll impact those metrics one segment at a time.”. What’s Next for Customer Success?

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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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Squelch

JULY 23, 2019

In part two below, we explore how customer success has evolved as SaaS and other subscription-based companies increase in popularity and what being customer centric truly means. How has the role of customer success evolved with the rise of SaaS companies?

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SmartKarrot

OCTOBER 29, 2021

Customer success careers have become the buzzwords in the business environment. The hot topic that is running around in the SaaS industry is the need for customer success to have a seat and a voice at the leadership table. So, what exactly has resulted in this change in the SaaS industry? Definition of C-Suite.

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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.

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