ChurnZero

JANUARY 13, 2022

As the demand for Customer Success surges within SaaS, so too does the need for effective leaders to spearhead this expanding function and steer its strategy and success. Over the course of the pandemic, Customer Success has cemented itself as a central business driver of growth and profit. Follow Adi on LinkedIn.

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Nicereply

MARCH 23, 2021

Sarah Betts – All around wonderful person and support human at Olark, Sarah writes about her considerable experience helping customers on the Olark Blog. Jeanne Bliss – Jeanne’s a strong advocate of the Chief Customer Officer (and author of the book with the same title).

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ChurnZero

JANUARY 8, 2021

Against the backdrop of wild economic uncertainty, Customer Success has been the failsafe of SaaS businesses that were blindsided by pandemic-induced churn and contraction. With Customer Success demand at an all-time high, we expect to see more of its leaders join the executive ranks in the coming months and years.

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ChurnZero

DECEMBER 20, 2021

Speaker: Ryan Johansen, Director of Customer Success, AppDynamics. B2B SaaS Benchmarks: How Does Your Company Compare to +1500 of Its Peers? Watch this webinar to cover: A deep dive on 2020 SaaS retention benchmarks and the impacts the pandemic has had. Overview of the current B2B SaaS market and valuation drivers.

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ChurnZero

JUNE 17, 2022

Is this dashboard for a specific customer? This would be something that an operations team or an onboarding manager or even a chief customer officer could look at. We’ve got 68 customers in onboarding right now. The post How to set baseline SaaS onboarding metrics appeared first on ChurnZero.

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CSM Practice

DECEMBER 7, 2020

The firm selected board members with the goal of bringing distinctive customer success perspectives from a variety of market segments. Board members work in areas spanning on-premises technology, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), and advisory services.

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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. We hope that our The Engaged Customer blog helps to simplify and guide you. Here is the list: Nello Franco ‘s blog – Customer Success Frameworks. Joel York is the king of SaaS financial metrics.

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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

MAY 17, 2022

WASHINGTON , May 17, 2022 — ChurnZero , a leading Customer Success platform, has earned multiple accolades from business and SaaS industry groups for its product innovation and industry leadership.

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Amity

SEPTEMBER 2, 2015

Customer Success Managers, no less assertive on our mission, take a subtler approach to reaching goals—goals just as vital to the success of the company as the initial sale. With recurring revenues on the line each month (MRR), SaaS vendors don’t have the luxury of relaxing once the contract is signed. Touch, engagement, renewal.

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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

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

“Our customers’ performance and satisfaction are what motivate us to deliver the best possible software and service,” says Abby Hammer, chief customer officer of ChurnZero. “The The Best Software award from G2 is a testament that our customers are succeeding, and they are helping their customers succeed.

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ChurnZero

MARCH 28, 2023

Early-stage SaaS businesses tend to put most of their focus on acquiring net new customers. For a little while, customer retention is a manageable task with existing staff. When you have only a handful of customers, your sales team, product team, customer support team—and even executives—can join forces to keep them happy.

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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.

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CSM Practice

AUGUST 3, 2020

That said, many experts in this field are taking time to brainstorm to come up with a specific answer to the question, “is it sales or customer success’ responsibility?”. How does the size of the SaaS company impact commercial responsibilities? How does the Customer Success organization fit into the overall organizational structure?

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ChurnZero

JUNE 9, 2023

However, that’s not always the case for Customer Success (CS) teams even though they are often responsible for renewals and expansions. So said Randy Wootton , chief executive officer at Maxio and Alli Tiscornia , chief customer officer at ChurnZero in our webinar, “ Finance & CS: Charting a path to profitability.”

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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

JANUARY 13, 2023

2023 will be a breakout year for digital Customer Success, customer intelligence, and AI-fueled outcomes at SaaS companies. As more mundane tasks are automated by machine learning and AI, people have increasingly more time to devote to developing relationships with customers. Joel Passen , co-founder, Sturdy.

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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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Amity

MARCH 22, 2016

SaaS Tattler Issue 79 - Giving Customer Success a Voice at the Executive Table. In an era where the customer experience matters more than ever before, having a voice at the executive table changes everything. Cue the Chief Customer Officer (CCO), breaking down Silos, strapped with customer intuition.

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ChurnZero

AUGUST 25, 2020

Join him at BIG RYG’s Keynote “ Gainsight, G2, and Pendo CEOs Discuss the Future of the Customer, Moderated by ChurnZero.” . . Jay Nathan, Higher Logic Jay ( @jaynathan ) is Chief Customer Officer at Higher Logic , a leading SaaS-based online community and communications software.

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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. 5 resources to set your CSMs up for success.

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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

JANUARY 26, 2022

Here’s how SaaS companies, Customer Success teams, Account Managers, and Chief Customer Officers can use the ChurnZero integration with HubSpot to increase customer retention, reduce churn, and improve the customer experience. Liz Friscino, Managing Director, Client Success, FiscalNote.

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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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ChurnZero

JULY 2, 2021

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. You agree to more one-off product enhancements and take on more custom work. Customer Success Around the Web.

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ChurnZero

NOVEMBER 22, 2019

How do you break down your programs to achieve maximum benefit for both your customers and your company? She has also held numerous Interim ‘Head of Customer Success’ roles. Customer Success Around the Web.

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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

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. Imbibing a Customer Success Culture.

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Amity

FEBRUARY 6, 2019

Dear Louise, Although we have a lot of trial participants for our SaaS product, we are finding it difficult to convert them and we are experiencing some churn. I think it’s time, perhaps overdue actually, to bring a Customer Success Hero or two on board. Best regards, - From a SaaS in need of saving!

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Talkdesk

DECEMBER 11, 2019

That is how I would describe the feeling of joining Talkdesk as chief customer officer (CCO). I am incredibly excited and humbled to join an organization that is taking the customer service software as a service (SaaS) market by storm and recognized by Gartner as a leader in CCaaS magic quadrant.

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ChurnZero

AUGUST 11, 2020

This is a guest blog post by Anita Toth, Chief Churn Crusher. . Did you know that 60% of SaaS companies reported a negative impact on customer retention and upsell deals due to the pandemic? Customer retention, along with new customer acquisition, has been challenging for most companies when the pandemic hit.

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Amity

JUNE 3, 2016

Dear Louise, Although we have a lot of trial participants for our SaaS product, we are finding it difficult to convert them and we are experiencing some churn. I think it’s time, perhaps overdue actually, to bring a Customer Success Hero or two on board. Best regards, - From a SaaS in need of saving!

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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. The number of personnel occupying each level of this hierarchy depends on the size of your CS department and the complexity of your operations.

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ChurnZero

MARCH 3, 2020

SaaStr is the largest community of SaaS executives, founders, and entrepreneurs in the world and they are brought together at their flagship event – SaaStr Annual. With 12,500 attendees, 250 speakers, 200 sponsors, their missions is to provide the SaaS community with unparalleled access to the top minds in SaaS.

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ChurnZero

FEBRUARY 11, 2020

Top 5 Customer Success Takeaways from Chief Customer Officers USA. Customer Success Around the Web. Biggest Lessons in SaaS as Head of Customer Success – Anne Therese Krieger, Head of Customer Success for a SaaS company called Filestage shares her top tips. .

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Talkdesk

DECEMBER 11, 2019

That is how I would describe the feeling of joining Talkdesk as chief customer officer (CCO). I am incredibly excited and humbled to join an organization that is taking the customer service software as a service (SaaS) market by storm and recognized by Gartner as a leader in CCaaS magic quadrant.

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