ShepHyken

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

Each week, I read many customer service and customer experience articles from various resources. Elevating Customer Experience: Embracing Hospitality as the Foundation by Charles Ryan Minton (Newsweek) When it comes to providing exceptional customer experiences, few industries excel quite like the hotel business.

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Lumoa

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

The focus on enhancing customer experience has gained traction in recent years. As businesses recognize its value, the shift from a product-centered approach to a customer-centric one continues. Actionability is also, as we believe, one of the essential aspects of customer experience management.

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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. Here, we’ll show you how to create your path to customer success. First, we’ll define what a SaaS customer journey is, break it down into stages, and explain why mapping it out is important.

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Totango

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

Delivering a satisfying B2B customer experience is key to staying competitive in today’s SaaS market. Here, we’ll outline a strategic roadmap to developing a winning B2B customer experience strategy. First, we’ll take a look at what B2B customer experience is and why it’s an important priority.

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ChurnZero

AUGUST 11, 2020

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. This is shocking. The second quarter of 2020 was chaotic.

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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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ChurnZero

OCTOBER 26, 2021

2021 SaaS Awards Announced – APPEALIE Honors The Very Best In Software. APPEALIE has announced the winners of the 2021 SaaS Awards and ChurnZero is honored to be recognized for the fifth year in a row. 41 SaaS apps were recognized for their demonstrated excellence and customer outcomes. LiquidPlanner.

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ChurnZero

AUGUST 10, 2020

. SaaS Mag announced their annual SaaS 1000 List – a ranking of the world’s fastest-growing SaaS companies, and ChurnZero Ranks No. SaaS Mag ranked ChurnZero, No. 31 on the 2020 SaaS 1000 List. Other SaaS notables in the Top 50 of the SaaS 1000 include Sendoso, Sertifi, Front, and 15Five.

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Totango

MARCH 5, 2021

Customer retention is the lifeblood of any savvy enterprise. It’s the only way to be successful in this customer-centered economy and ensure scalable long-term revenue. To retain customers, companies must make the customer experience better and ensure customers never stop seeing value from their product or service.

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ChurnZero

JULY 29, 2022

But keeping the customers you have is better. With the rise of the SaaS model, retention has dethroned acquisition as the primary means to achieve long-term growth and high valuation. In fact, according to one source, increasing your customer retention by just 5% can increase your revenue by up to 95%.

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SaaS Customer centricity Upselling B2B 98

Totango

JANUARY 26, 2021

Read on to learn what churn is, how an attrition analysis can help you pinpoint why you’re losing customers, and what steps you can take to prevent customer churn. What Is Churn Rate and How Does It Relate to Customer Retention? Dissatisfying User Experience. Poor customer experience promotes churn.

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ChurnZero

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

9 Customer Retention Strategies for SaaS. Higher retention rates can mean higher customer loyalty for your business, something that’s crucial for success, especially for SaaS. Metrics you could track include: Customer usage behaviors — when do your customers log on, and for how long?

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ChurnZero

MAY 4, 2023

Companies operating in the SaaS space also stand to gain by borrowing a page from this playbook and striving to build a community online. Research suggests SaaS companies that foster online customer communities strengthen key metrics that are important to Customer Success. Looking to be a part of a new CS community?

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SaaS Best practices Gamification Feedback 98

PeopleMetrics

FEBRUARY 26, 2018

It has become all too common for B2B SaaS companies to survey their customers once a year through a moment-in-time customer relationship survey, with at least one section addressing the ultimate question of Net Promoter Score (NPS). If you are focused on customer retention, then you need to know the answer to?the

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Totango

FEBRUARY 10, 2021

A customer success strategy is a proactive plan for guiding your clients to outcomes that satisfy their needs. When your customers enjoy more value, your product adoption rates rise and customer retention rates go up. This promotes success for your company as well as your customers.

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Customer retention Journey mapping SaaS Benchmark 88

CSM Practice

MAY 13, 2020

CSM Practice conducted a weekly survey to observe potential improvements with how the crisis impacted SaaS companies and customer success management teams. We generated an overall analysis of the pandemic effects on Customer Success from around the globe. They were able to communicate efficiently with customers and the company.

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SaaS Surveys Upselling Customer retention 83

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. more than the same percentage increase in retention.

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Totango

AUGUST 12, 2020

Your customer signed on in search of value, and the quicker you can deliver that value, the more likely you are to build lasting relationships with customers. 5 Tips to Maximize the Customer Onboarding Experience. The customer should also have a place to share feedback. Choose the Right Customer Success Platform.

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Totango

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

Customer Enablement Essentials: What B2B and SaaS Brands Need to Know. Customer enablement empowers customers by giving them the resources they need to use your product successfully. Here we’ll walk you through the essentials you need to know to harness customer enablement to increase B2B and SaaS sales.

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aircall

JANUARY 30, 2017

Customer retention refers to how successfully a business manages to keep its paying customers. Customer retention means earning customers’ trust and repeated patronage. Why is customer retention so important? Customer retention and growth. Customer retention and churn.

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Customer retention Education Self service Feedback 76

Totango

FEBRUARY 5, 2019

It’s about proactive customer success , not reactive customer service. ROI-focused SaaS strategies should be based on comprehensive data gathered from every customer engagement. That information is then turned into customer solutions that create an ongoing revenue source across the entire customer journey.

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ChurnZero

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

To get a CEO’s perspective on the matter, ChurnZero’s You Mon Tsang joined ESG for a special CEO panel on “ The economy and Customer Success: The impact and what to do about it ,” with ‘nuffsaid’s Chris Hicken and Kapta’s Alex Raymond. Difficult conversations lead to deeper customer connections. Learn from three SaaS CEOs.

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ChurnZero

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

That means that higher customer retention means higher profits for your business. But what makes a customer leave, and what makes a customer want to stay? One great place to start when it comes to reducing churn is focusing on creating a consistent customer experience. It’s vital to customer retention.

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Lumoa

MARCH 20, 2018

Customer experience has been on the rise during the last couple of years. From the traditional product-oriented businesses we’re moving towards customer understanding and customer-centric approaches. Whether you’re new to customer experience or coming for little inspiration, this is the right place.

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ShepHyken

AUGUST 11, 2023

Right there, you have built a relationship with the customer. Followed by the assurance of the solution and the solution itself, you deliver a perfect customer experience for your customer. It will help you gain more business through referrals. How to listen to your customers to connect?

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Totango

JANUARY 4, 2019

‘Customer-centric’ no longer just refers to a marketing strategy—it’s a whole economy. Customer expectations and demands on enterprises have never been so high, or so personal—especially for SaaS companies who are at the forefront of both the modern wave of technology and the new customer-centricity business model.

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Totango

MAY 27, 2022

Product-led growth (PLG) has emerged as one of the best strategies for selling SaaS software. SaaS businesses adopt product-led marketing to lower customer acquisition costs while improving customer retention and accelerating revenue growth. Why Are SaaS Businesses Opting for Product-led Growth Strategies?

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ProProfs Blog

APRIL 17, 2020

In short, your success relies on the fact that your customers don’t leave you. And if you successfully increase customer retention rates by 5%, then you can boost profits by 25% to 95%. That’s one of the reasons why y ou formulate strategies to retain your customers. 5: Customer Satisfaction Score. #6:

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Totango

OCTOBER 8, 2020

Customer retention is the continuation of a valued service. Like the binge-worthy series that demands one more late-night episode after another, when things are going well in business no one wants to interrupt the experience. Listen to Your Voice of Customer Programs. Learn from Customers.

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Customer retention B2B Enterprise Best practices 63

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.

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Nicereply

DECEMBER 17, 2024

It should go without saying that keeping our customers happy is always worth the effort. SaaS companies accomplish this in a multitude of ways, from providing excellent customer service to ensuring their product meets user needs. Let’s dive in and discover how measuring and optimizing CES can transform your SaaS business.

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aircall

SEPTEMBER 11, 2017

Excellent customer support can be a powerful marketing asset — attracting interest, inspiring loyalty, and creating advocates in an incredibly cost-effective manner. 58% of customers will go out of their way to buy a product or service from a company they know will offer excellent customer service. Northridge Group ).

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CustomerSuccessBox

MARCH 25, 2022

Then while considering customer acquisition cost (CAC) why miss out on customer retention cost (CRC)? They both are of equal significance and when the matter is to retain your loyal customers to have repeat business with you, this metric needs a bit of attention as well. About customer retention cost.

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CustomerSuccessBox

JULY 9, 2021

A customer journey is very specific to the physical experiences your customers have. Importance of Customer Journey in SaaS. In the SaaS business, the customer is the ultimate boss. Customer onboarding is the first thing that a customer goes through after buying/subscribing to your product.

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Satrix Solutions

JANUARY 24, 2022

Over the past two years, organizations have faced new challenges in attracting and retaining customers: an entirely new business environment and culture, threats of ongoing inflation, labor & supply chain shortages, and pandemic-related disruptions. Some organizations also make an investment into something like retention marketing.

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Customer Experience B2B Customer centricity Feedback 97

ChurnZero

MARCH 22, 2019

Did you know: For every 1% increase in revenue retention, a SaaS company’s valuation increases by 12% after five years? This was just one of the takeaways from our well-attended webinar this week on- Understanding the Real Impact of Improving Retention and Customer Success Best Practices. Customer Success Around the Web.

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Customer retention Upselling SaaS Customer centricity 61

CustomerSuccessBox

MARCH 11, 2022

Read on further about Customer Loyalty vs Customer Retention! Remember, you are a SaaS business. You’ve to ensure the customers come to you again and again – so that leaves you with an option to retain the existing customers and that’s customer retention! Customer experience.

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