PeopleMetrics

JANUARY 21, 2025

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. Should the company invest in faster shipping, improve inventory management, or both? Heres the takeaway: Embrace NPS as a foundational metric. Heres how: 1.

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Totango

JULY 1, 2022

For B2B SaaS companies, customer loyalty drives subscription renewals and brand advocacy, making it a critical component of a profitable business model. This blog will look at why customer loyalty is vital for B2B SaaS businesses and how successful companies effectively cultivate it. First, we’ll discuss what customer loyalty is.

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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. Customers like Zendesk have built successful, high-scale software as a service (SaaS) businesses on Amazon Web Services (AWS). This post is co-written with Sowmya Manusani, Sr.

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ProProfs Blog

APRIL 17, 2020

But without numbers or metric data in hand, coming up with any new strategy would only consume your valuable time. For example, you need access to metrics like NPS, average response time and others like it to make sure you come up with relevant strategies that help you retain more customers. So, buckle up. 1: Customer Churn Rate. #2:

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CSM Practice

MAY 28, 2020

What is the average Customer Success Manager Salary? More and more SaaS businesses are realizing the value of having a customer success team to ensure the continued success of their customers. Successful customers are more likely to renew and pay more through renewals and expansion, ensuring a steady revenue growth for SaaS businesses.

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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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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. He is a TopTal certified Top 3% Product Management Professional and also helps to teach Kellogg Executive Education course on Product Strategy.

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

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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. 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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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). It’s serverless so you don’t have to manage the infrastructure. The component groups are as follows.

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ChurnZero

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

The SaaS industry was hit hard in late 2022 through 2024. The metrics of retention (gross revenue retention or net revenue retention) are now cemented as the qualifying metrics when investors and boards ask about a company’s health. As drivers of recurring revenue, CS teams are critical to the health of SaaS organizations.

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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. Stack Overflow.

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ShepHyken

JULY 7, 2023

The buying experience of your target audience can also be influenced by your mobile app design , such as the use of area-sensitive push notifications that will nudge customers in proximity to the physical store. Increased Conversion Rate In marketing, one of the golden metrics is the conversion rate.

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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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ChurnZero

JUNE 24, 2022

What does this mean for B2B SaaS businesses? In our webinar, 2022 SaaS retention benchmarks , SaaS Capital Manager Director Rob Belcher shares the results from their 11th annual B2B SaaS benchmarking survey. It’s the largest survey of private SaaS companies in the world with over 1,500 responses.

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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. His new metric concept is called Earned Growth Rate. Several industries use this metric already.

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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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ChurnZero

JANUARY 20, 2021

This is a guest blog post by Justine Dennis, Manager, Customer Success & Support at Fusebill. . 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. This is often the case for many B2B SaaS businesses. “We

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ChurnZero

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

Keep reading for our tips on how to improve customer experience at your SaaS company. The onboarding process is the first impression that your SaaS company makes on the customer after they’ve paid for your service. A less than ideal onboarding process can negatively impact the SaaS customer experience.

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ChurnZero

MAY 4, 2023

There’s a closely held growth secret among large B2B professional services firms, like consultants, accountants and law firms, that Customer Success Managers (CSMs) might appreciate: The more relationships a client has across a firm, the lower that client’s flight risk.

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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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ClientSuccess

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

In the world of customer reporting, CSMs can bucket customer metrics into a few different categories: Sentiment-based data points help CSMs keep tabs on how customer contacts and accounts feel about a product, service, or even the customer team assisting them in their relationship. How can SaaS companies use Average Session Duration .

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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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Solvvy

JULY 8, 2022

You may have heard, “You can’t manage what you can’t measure.” 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. Managers can use those metrics to guide strategy improvements and employee training.

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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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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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Education Services Group

APRIL 27, 2022

Instead, I want to do some level setting on some specific metrics and flaws I see in the industry. CES (Customer Effort Score): For a metric that has the potential to be a real-time feedback avenue for customers, why does the way we ask this question seem like a kid seeking praise from a parent after doing a summersault?

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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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Outsource Consultants

MARCH 18, 2025

Domestic brands are increasingly exploring call center outsourcing both nearshore and offshore as a cost-effective alternative to managing customer experience (CX) in-house. Key metrics to consider include customer retention rates, average handle time, and first call resolution rates.

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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. 6 user adoption strategies for B2B SaaS businesses.

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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. Monitoring customer satisfaction metrics and intervening when low satisfaction levels are detected.

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ChurnZero

DECEMBER 17, 2021

Considering that studies have shown that acquiring a new customer is exponentially more expensive than retaining an existing one, expansion management becomes more important than ever. In the SaaS industry, Customer Success upsell and cross-sell opportunities are commonly incorporated into expansion management. Clarity is key.

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ChurnZero

MARCH 7, 2025

An active digital customer community is a competitive advantage for any B2B SaaS company. Well-managed communities are proven to increase customer retention, provide valuable product insights, expand brand awareness, and improve overall customer satisfaction. 2: Align community metrics with organizational goals.

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

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Nicereply

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Customer success metrics are essential to the growth of every SaaS company. When it comes to your SaaS business, you need to be measuring and evaluating your customer success. This helps you analyze how much value your customers gain from your product, and you can select particular KPIs to help you do so.

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ChurnZero

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

Customer Success Metrics that Your Investors and Board Care About. In this article, we share Kristen’s best advice on how you can use metrics to reframe your customer stories, so they’re primed for investor engagement. What metrics do investors care about? What metrics do your investors and board care about?

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