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. The benefits of a fast, simple onboarding process are myriad.

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SaaS Healthcare Customer retention Enterprise 127

ChurnZero

FEBRUARY 7, 2025

Many companies rely on customer relationship management (CRM) systems to handle sales pipelines and track customer interactions. While CRM tools are indispensable for managing sales, theyre not always designed with customer success in mind. How to combine CSP and CRM data to fight churn more effectively.

CRM 59

CRM Upselling Best practices Analytics 59

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.

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Upselling SaaS Sales Accountability 98

ShepHyken

JULY 7, 2023

Moreover, your business app can also send your critical data, such as demographics, geolocation, and customer behavior. Enhanced Customers Satisfaction To sustain high competition, customer satisfaction is highly crucial. Through your customer’s network, you can reach the untapped potential customer base.

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outsourcing SaaS Marketing Sales 296

AWS Machine Learning

OCTOBER 29, 2024

Furthermore, these notes are usually personal and not stored in a central location, which is a lost opportunity for businesses to learn what does and doesn’t work, as well as how to improve their sales, purchasing, and communication processes. Many commercial generative AI solutions available are expensive and require user-based licenses.

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Engineering APIs Sales Enterprise 99

ChurnZero

JANUARY 10, 2022

SaaS customer onboarding makes or breaks your customer retention. For this reason, unlocking the optimal SaaS customer onboarding experience is invaluable. Read our guide here for the 8 SaaS onboarding best practices to step up your onboarding experience. Work Cross-Functionally During SaaS Customer Onboarding.

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Best practices SaaS Metrics Upselling 98

ChurnZero

MARCH 10, 2021

ChurnZero is proud to have won the APPEALIE SaaS Marketing Leader Award and see many of our customers win the SaaS Customer Success Leader Award. . APPEALIE announced the twelve winners of the 2020 SaaS Leader Awards, a software leadership award honoring the top Marketing and Customer Success executives in the industry. .

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SaaS Chief Customer Officer Employee engagement Enterprise 98

AWS Machine Learning

JUNE 16, 2022

Zendesk is a SaaS company that builds support, sales, and customer engagement software for everyone, with simplicity as the foundation. By combining the power of data and people, Zendesk delivers intelligent products that make their customers more productive by automating manual work. Staff Machine Learning Engineer at Zendesk.

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SaaS Engineering Personalization Enterprise 132

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. Thousands of dollars are spent in creating clear surveys and questions and then in the analysis of pertinent data from those surveys. But can that data be trusted?

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Surveys Customer Service B2B SaaS 280

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. Data and technology matter.

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SaaS Customer centricity Upselling B2B 98

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.

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SaaS Enterprise Metrics Upselling 110

CCNG

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

So in a world where every product description ends in “aaS” from SaaS to CCaaS, it only makes sense that AI should follow suit. This means that while AI technology is repeatable, the training data that these AI models rely on isn’t. Owen McGrath is an active CCNG member based in Boulder Colorado and the Head of Sales for IV.AI.

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Contact Center CCNG Contact center software Finance 259

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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SaaS Upselling Metrics Journey mapping 103

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. Stack Overflow.

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SaaS Customer centricity Metrics Education 98

ChurnZero

JANUARY 20, 2021

PieSync is a SaaS business that offers solutions to synchronize cloud applications. Like many B2B SaaS businesses, happy customers are at the core of PieSync’s success. The company’s story illustrates an important lesson for any SaaS business looking to scale: Customer Success is a significant factor in supporting SaaS growth.

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SaaS Upselling B2B Metrics 98

Cincom

FEBRUARY 14, 2025

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. Use APIs and middleware to bridge gaps between CPQ and existing enterprise systems, ensuring smooth data flow.

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Best practices Sales CRM Finance 40

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.

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B2B SaaS Education Brand ambassadors 88

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.

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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. What’s Next For Customer Success?

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SaaS Chief Customer Officer Sales Metrics 93

CustomerSuccessBox

APRIL 7, 2022

It’s undeniable that the SaaS model works differently and attracts revenue on a monthly or annual basis, unlike the on-premise software that deals with one-time payments. But with effective customer success, it’s possible to attain those extra gains from the SaaS revenue model. Stay tuned and read on to incur extra SaaS revenue.

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SaaS Benchmark Upselling Metrics 98

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. 6 user adoption strategies for B2B SaaS businesses.

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SaaS B2B Accountability Marketing 94

Cincom

APRIL 12, 2021

Let’s take a look at three ways digital lean concepts can help the customer, and because they help the customer, they help sales. Many B2B companies now use CPQ, a cloud-based software (SaaS) that acts as a self-serve retail experience for the customer and a lead generator for the salesperson. How Lean Principles Apply to Ecommerce.

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Sales Technology B2C Customer Experience 99

Nicereply

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

Considering that the SaaS industry is a competitive one, customer retention is crucial. Why is Customer Retention Critical for SaaS? However, it’s important, especially for SaaS businesses, to focus on retaining more customers rather than constantly acquiring new customers. To create those customer experiences, you need data.

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Customer retention SaaS Upselling Analytics 98

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. Every piece of customer data you can capture and analyze gives you a better chance of delivering value, no matter where it originates.

SaaS 88

SaaS Upselling Enterprise Best practices 88

ChurnZero

JUNE 2, 2021

SaaS Capital joined us for a webinar to share the results from their 10th annual B2B SaaS benchmarking survey. This survey is the largest survey of private SaaS companies in the world with over 1,500 responses. An overview of the current B2B SaaS market and valuation drivers. Q&A Recap. I will say this much.

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Benchmark SaaS B2B B2C 98

ChurnZero

JULY 8, 2022

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. Net revenue retention (NRR) is taking center stage as the qualifying metric for determining the health of a SaaS business. NRR matters to SaaS executives and investors.

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SaaS Metrics Customer retention Upselling 98

JustCall

APRIL 13, 2020

Start with your remote sales teams, first. In this blog, we will share some hacks and tips sales teams can follow, as they work from home. We spoke to a few leaders and experts from across industries to understand what remote sales practices, and hacks they are using. Tips, Tricks, and Hacks for Remote Selling.

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Sales CRM Chatbots Analytics 98

Callminer

OCTOBER 11, 2018

Fortunately, there are valuable tools that can help you gain deeper insights, such as speech analytics , to better leverage your data and boost call center performance. If you’re ready to better leverage your data to improve agent performance , it’s time to take a look at some important call center metrics that you might be overlooking.

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Call Center Metrics Contact Center Wait times 561

ShepHyken

OCTOBER 11, 2022

Shep Hyken interviews Temy Mancusi-Ungaro, Chief Executive Officer of Reachdesk , a global data-driven gifting platform that helps teams send gifts at a large scale and measure their impact. Quotes: “In the same way that we use gifts to build relationships for sales, you can use gifts to build relationships within your employees.”

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Morale SaaS Personalization Sales 196

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?

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SaaS Best practices Upselling Journey mapping 78

ChurnZero

MARCH 18, 2022

With so many SaaS metrics floating around, and even more opinions on when and how to use them, it can be hard to know if you’re measuring what really matters. Leading SaaS expert, Dave Kellogg, and ChurnZero CEO, You Mon Tsang, sat down to answer all the questions you want to know about SaaS metrics like ARR, NRR, GRR, LTV, and CAC (i.e.,

SaaS 98

SaaS Metrics Surveys Enterprise 98

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.

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SaaS Customer retention Sales Marketing 126

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? Data analysis.

SaaS 71

SaaS CRM Advertising Analytics 71

Totango

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Enterprise businesses can now use their critical product usage data from Pendo and Mixpanel in their Totango experience to design optimal customer journeys, improving product adoption and customer retention. Mixpanel is an event analytics platform that allows anyone to get answers from their customer and revenue data in seconds.

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Enterprise Finance SaaS Analytics 98

Call Center Weekly

JANUARY 10, 2018

How does the SaaS customer experience differ from traditional business models? The SaaS customer journey leans heavily on the customer to understand the product before buying, and that's why trial periods are so popular. Customers "kick the tires" of SaaS products in more customized ways.

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Journey mapping SaaS Consulting Consulting 136

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.

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CRM Sales Accountability Analytics 96

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.

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Sales Upselling Accountability SaaS 94