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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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. Customer success is business success.

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ChurnZero

MARCH 31, 2022

Did you catch our Customer Success and SaaS metrics crash-course webinar with leading SaaS expert Dave Kellogg, of Dave Kellogg Consulting ? We’d like to extend a huge thanks to Dave for his expert insights below, which will help you choose and use Customer Success and SaaS metrics in a more nuanced and purposeful way.

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ChurnZero

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

Some Customer Success metrics are considered standard but there’s often more than meets the eye. Sales and marketing professionals that geek out on metrics can find themselves in deep philosophical debates about the best numbers to track. There is often more than one way to calculate a given Customer Success metric; Gaming.

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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. all the metrics your CEO and CFO care about) and set the context for their usage. all the metrics your CEO and CFO care about) and set the context for their usage.

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Totango

DECEMBER 29, 2021

Knowing how to build a customer-centric roadmap helps you align your product development with what your clients truly want. In the process, we’ll show you how technology can help you design a product roadmap geared toward your customers’ needs. Why You Need to Know How to Build a Customer-Centric Roadmap.

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ChurnZero

MARCH 7, 2025

An active digital customer community is a competitive advantage for any B2B SaaS company. For B2B SaaS companies, a strong community is a key component to building great customer relationships. How to build and grow a digital customer community. Related: How to encourage your CS team to contribute to your community.

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ProProfs Blog

APRIL 12, 2019

More so for Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) companies since acquiring new customers on a B2B level is much more difficult. This makes customer retention a necessity for SaaS-based companies. Churn rate is a key metric that needs to be evaluated by all SaaS-based organizations. So what is NPS and how does it work?

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PeopleMetrics

JANUARY 21, 2025

Heres how: 1. Adding Context to the Score NPS provides the metric, but the open-ended comments often hold the real gold. Example: A SaaS company notices its NPS drop. The Human Touch: AI uncovers the drivers, but humans decide how to act. Heres the takeaway: Embrace NPS as a foundational metric.

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Help Scout

AUGUST 22, 2023

Measure and improve your customers' ability to be successful with your product by tracking these 8 key SaaS customer success metrics. Read the full article

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ChurnZero

JANUARY 6, 2022

Customer Success represents a large source of revenue-generation for SaaS businesses. Though Customer Success was originally regarded as a post-sale cost center, you can flip its narrative with the right metrics, positioning, and forecasting strategy. Choose Metrics that Emphasize Your Value. But Customer Success? Not so much.

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CSM Magazine

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

This includes FAQs, how-to guides, video tutorials, and community forums – these all add layers of support that allow users to find answers on their own. This approach can be particularly useful in complex industries like SaaS or online consulting services, where customers might need detailed guidance.

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AWS Machine Learning

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

In the first part of the series, we showed how AI administrators can build a generative AI software as a service (SaaS) gateway to provide access to foundation models (FMs) on Amazon Bedrock to different lines of business (LOBs). Account limits – So far, we have discussed how to deploy the gateway solution in a single AWS account.

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Totango

JUNE 24, 2022

Customer success in SaaS differs from CS in other industries. Knowing how to capitalize on these opportunities can give you an advantage over competitors. Read on to learn the keys to effective customer success for SaaS clients. Read on to learn the keys to effective customer success for SaaS clients.

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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.

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ShepHyken

OCTOBER 26, 2021

Shep Hyken interviews Dan Balcauski, founder and principal consultant for Product Tranquility , where he focuses on helping high-volume B2B SaaS CEOs define pricing and packaging for new products. Dan takes us through how businesses can focus on the outcomes that the customer is trying to achieve and how they define success.

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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. How exactly do you get customers to embrace your product instead of simply moving them through the motions and hoping something sticks? Segment for Customer Onboarding.

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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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Beyond Philosophy

DECEMBER 10, 2021

Unfortunately, Reichheld says too many organizations use NPS as a stick or a metric for earning bonuses. He says that the financial metrics most companies use for valuations point you toward the wrong investments. Want to know more about how to do the same? His new metric concept is called Earned Growth Rate.

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ChurnZero

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

This is a guest article by Swati Garg , founder and CEO, Melo Associates , and Lindsay Lynch , senior recruitment consultant, Melo Associates , a recruitment firm focused on customer success hiring for SaaS and tech companies nationwide. Understanding of the unique challenges and opportunities associated with SaaS companies.

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ChurnZero

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

When trying to figure out how to best improve customer experience , you should be mindful of the entire customer journey. Keep reading for our tips on how to improve customer experience at your SaaS company. A less than ideal onboarding process can negatively impact the SaaS customer experience.

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Totango

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

Why Your QBR SaaS Model Needs an AI Makeover. Quarterly business reviews (QBRs)[LINK] have become a standard practice for software providers, but today’s QBR SaaS model is rapidly transforming. Here we’ll show you how to update your SaaS QBR strategy to keep up with the latest technology and best practices.

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AWS Machine Learning

JULY 6, 2023

A number of AWS independent software vendor (ISV) partners have already built integrations for users of their software as a service (SaaS) platforms to utilize SageMaker and its various features, including training, deployment, and the model registry.

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ChurnZero

JUNE 9, 2023

8 metrics to position Customer Success as a profit center with finance While sentiment-based metrics like Net Promoter Score ® (NPS) and customer satisfaction are important, they don’t frame CS work from a financial perspective. To that end, here are the metrics you can use to get started.

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Nicereply

OCTOBER 11, 2024

We’ll also review how to measure customer satisfaction, along with some tips on how to improve it. Customer satisfaction refers to how well your company’s products or services meet or exceed your customers’ expectations. If you have a SaaS or Tech brand, check out G2 and Capterra. What is customer satisfaction?

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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. This is an important metric that shows the level of customer loyalty. How to Calculate CRR?

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ProProfs Blog

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

And to keep such risks at bay, you must find out how to measure customer satisfaction to analyze whether your company will perform well in the future or not. . (A Walk through this blog to gain deep insights into how to effectively measure customer satisfaction and master actionable ways to improve it. What is Customer Satisfaction?

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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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Education Services Group

APRIL 27, 2022

I’m not going to waste time trying to document how to correctly (mathematically) calculate all the three letter acronyms—but feel free to check out our Customer Success Definitions, Calculations, and Lingo…Oh My! Instead, I want to do some level setting on some specific metrics and flaws I see in the industry. The Resolution.

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Totango

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

Customer Success Dashboard Metrics: Nine Top KPIs You Need to Monitor. But the number of customer success metrics SaaS providers can track is extensive. Then we’ll look at nine of the most critical SaaS customer success metrics to monitor to ensure that your CS strategy achieves the intended results.

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Solvvy

JULY 8, 2022

Quantitative metrics allow you to assign a number to the current state, compare it to the past, and track your company’s progress toward your goals. Even customers can struggle with quantifying how happy they are with your services. They measure how successfully companies deliver the delightful experiences that build loyalty.

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CSM Practice

JUNE 6, 2020

The valuation of a SaaS company is based on its recurring revenue stream. SaaS Companies with high renewal rates can generate a regular, predictable recurring revenue stream more efficiently. SaaS Companies with high renewal rates can generate a regular, predictable recurring revenue stream more efficiently.

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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. This shows just how important user adoption is for your bottom line.

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Outsource Consultants

MARCH 18, 2025

This article dives into key market trends (including cost benefits and regional considerations), real-world success stories of outsourcing, the impact of AI-driven disruptions in call centers, and how to balance automation with human agents for superior customer interactions. What Makes a Call Center Service Effective?

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ClientSuccess

AUGUST 31, 2020

Track onboarding metrics , and then use these to inform your own customers’ onboarding process. Today’s SaaS-focused customer success management teams have seen the success of their colleagues in other departments like sales and marketing and are ready to make the shift to high-impact, cloud-based customer success software.

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ChurnZero

JUNE 2, 2021

How does your company stack up to its peers in this regard? 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. Q&A Recap. I think you can actually do it. .

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ChurnZero

OCTOBER 8, 2021

How to Map Your Customer’s Vector Path To Determine Whether They’re Heading in a Positive Trajectory. Understanding Customer Success vectors as an upgrade to KPI metrics. Customer Success vectors come as an upgrade to snap-shot, in-the-moment KPI metrics. That is, KPI metrics are lagging indicators.

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