AWS Machine Learning

APRIL 10, 2025

Approach and base model overview In this section, we discuss the differences between a fine-tuning and RAG approach, present common use cases for each approach, and provide an overview of the base model used for experiments. To do so, we create a knowledge base. For Job name , enter a name for the fine-tuning job.

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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). In this post, we presented a reference multi-tenant architecture to help you accelerate generative AI adoption.

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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.

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SaaS Gamification Best practices Feedback 98

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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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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Totango

APRIL 24, 2020

Rather, customer retention for SaaS enterprises is a result of the customer experience. The continued growth of the SaaS model, led by the multi-billion-dollar successes of B2B giants Microsoft and Salesforce , reflects a more responsive relationship between customer investment and ROI. 6 SaaS Customer Retention Best Practices.

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Callminer

AUGUST 1, 2017

Metrics, Measure, and Monitor – Make sure your metrics and associated goals are clear and concise while aligning with efficiency and effectiveness. Make each metric public and ensure everyone knows why that metric is measured. Jeff Greenfield is the co-founder and chief operating officer of C3 Metrics.

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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

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

Discover the lessons these three SaaS CEOs have learned from leading customer-centric businesses through an economic slump, and how you can apply them. A SaaS business’s greatest source of intel is direct customer feedback. The SaaS mindset of “top-line growth over everything” is changing. .

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SaaS Customer centricity Finance Best practices 98

Amity

OCTOBER 23, 2018

Tracking the proper metrics is essential in understanding how your business is performing. For now let’s concentrate on the following four main metrics. Expansion revenue can have a big impact on your SaaS metrics and your bottom line. One last word on best practices around customer success metrics.

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ChurnZero

MARCH 7, 2025

An active digital customer community is a competitive advantage for any B2B SaaS company. At ZERO-IN 2024, Higher Locic ‘s Heather Wendt gave an excellent presentation on the steps of building a community and amplifying its networking effects and business impact. 2: Align community metrics with organizational goals.

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SaaS Gamification B2B Metrics 52

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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Outsource Consultants

MARCH 18, 2025

The convergence of these trends presents a powerful opportunity: businesses can optimize CX on a limited budget by leveraging outsourced service providers augmented with AI innovations. Key metrics to consider include customer retention rates, average handle time, and first call resolution rates.

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ClientSuccess

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

While the customer success world (and the larger SaaS economy in general) has experienced its fair share of ups and downs this year, the industry will be even more prepared in the future. . Customer success will go from an important part of the SaaS industry to one of the most critical parts of the industry.

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CSM Practice

MAY 13, 2020

SaaS companies also need to shift their focus to customer success and operationalize customer-centricity. ? Get Updates about your Customer. SaaS businesses must also be prepared to make quick changes to their offering in favor of customer needs as we navigate these uncertain times. 3. Adjust Your Metrics and KPIs.

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Amity

NOVEMBER 27, 2017

Gary’s background is in the wine industry, which got me thinking about the way we talk about Customer Success primarily in the context of the SaaS industry - understandably so, as this is where its roots lay. Non-SaaS companies need to look for industry-specific triggers that give a glimpse into the crystal ball of retention.

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ChurnZero

JUNE 17, 2022

To share how to choose, track, and act on effective onboarding metrics, ChurnZero Customer Success Enablement Team Lead Bree Pecci joined CSM Practice for a drill-down into customer-centric onboarding. Onboarding metrics serve two main purposes. Basing onboarding metrics on your internal operations can produce false positives.

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AWS Machine Learning

OCTOBER 29, 2024

This post presents a solution where you can upload a recording of your meeting (a feature available in most modern digital communication services such as Amazon Chime ) to a centralized video insights and summarization engine. All of this data is centralized and can be used to improve metrics in scenarios such as sales or call centers.

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ChurnZero

DECEMBER 21, 2022

1/ Crash course in Customer Success and SaaS metrics. Presented by: Dave Kellogg , principal, Dave Kellogg Consulting. Many people think of SaaS and CS metrics as black and white. But the truth is, there are many ways to calculate and interpret—and game—metrics. What metrics do investors care about most?

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Amity

NOVEMBER 21, 2016

SaaS customer success leaders publicly encourage greater adoption of this practice. Peter Armaly, a customer success expert with Oracle Marketing Cloud, argued in his presentation at the 2016 Customer Success Summit that it should be a foundational activity of CSMs. I’ve written more about this link in a recent post.

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ShepHyken

AUGUST 18, 2023

Measuring Success: Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) Customer Satisfaction Metrics and Feedback Measuring customer satisfaction through feedback and survey data helps gauge the effectiveness of AI-driven customer service. He is an expert in marketing technology and SaaS.

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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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Totango

FEBRUARY 15, 2019

Measuring product adoption by users is critical for SaaS and Cloud companies as this is the most telling indicator of the value customers are getting from products and services. In order to create this visibility, cloud and SaaS product teams need to instrument their applications (web, mobile, saas) to report on product usage.

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AWS Machine Learning

MARCH 3, 2025

The device further processes this response, including text-to-speech (TTS) conversion for voice agents, before presenting it to the user. This tool launches multiple requests from the test users client to the FM endpoint and measures various performance metrics, including TTFT. This represents an 83 ms (about 42%) reduction in latency.

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APIs Benchmark Metrics Healthcare 82

JivoChat

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

Do you have a Software as Service (Saas) company and haven’t developed any marketing strategies yet? SaaS content marketing is an important part of conquering visibility and showing the importance of your service. . The importance of SaaS Content Marketing? 10 Saas Content Marketing strategies to implement.

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SaaS Marketing B2B Metrics 52

Totango

JULY 21, 2020

The current COVID-19 pandemic has not been kind to many industries, and SaaS is no exception. In March of this year, SaaS stocks reached a 20 percent decline from their selling highs. Communications SaaS companies have watched the growth rate of subscriptions rise by 1.4X. Stay Agile As a Company.

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CSM Practice

FEBRUARY 24, 2020

Now more than ever, customer success leaders must use relevant and actionable customer success metrics to make guided decisions and strategies to deliver success. Out of the myriads of customer data that can be measured, in this blog, I will emphasize the most important customer success metrics you need to focus on based on best practices.

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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. You can also host customer panel or ask me anything (AMA) webinars to encourage more interactive, dynamic discussions compared to the traditional format with a sole presenter or one-way dialogue.

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CustomerSuccessBox

MAY 25, 2022

Customer retention is an essential component of any successful B2B SaaS firm. Be aware of what and how to avoid these 7 SaaS customer onboarding mistakes to optimize your customers’ journeys. Present a solid future plan. 7 SaaS Customer Onboarding mistakes to avoid. Set realistic expectations. As simple as that.

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CSM Practice

FEBRUARY 24, 2020

Now more than ever, customer success leaders must use relevant and actionable customer success metrics to make guided decisions and strategies to deliver success. Out of the myriads of customer data that can be measured, in this blog, I will emphasize the most important customer success metrics you need to focus on based on best practices.

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Metrics SaaS Customer retention Upselling 52

CSM Practice

FEBRUARY 24, 2020

Now more than ever, customer success leaders must use relevant and actionable customer success metrics to make guided decisions and strategies to deliver success. Out of the myriads of customer data that can be measured, in this blog, I will emphasize the most important customer success metrics you need to focus on based on best practices.

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Metrics SaaS Customer retention Upselling 52

ChurnZero

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

These are just some of the findings in this year’s Customer Success Leadership Study, ChurnZero’s third annual report on the top trends and opportunities in Customer Success, presented in partnership with ESG and sponsored by Higher Logic Vanilla and involve.ai. The top metrics in CS are all revenue metrics.

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CSM Practice

MAY 21, 2021

In a rapidly evolving yet tight-staffed Saas startup, Customer Success is often overlooked as a growth driver. Most Saas startups focus on customer attraction and acquisition, forgetting that taking care of existing customers and ensuring retention is equally important. Why SaaS Startups Need Customer Success.

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Amity

APRIL 25, 2016

Dan is a recognized domain expert in Customer Success especially in a startup environment and in SaaS. Dave’s posts infuse his experience and thought leadership to enable SaaS companies to deliver world-class retention and growth. He believe cloud computing enables SaaS which enables affordable and improved services for people.

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ChurnZero

OCTOBER 31, 2023

He was tasked with getting a SaaS implementation that was eight months behind back on schedule. The 11 stumbling blocks of SaaS implementations This might sound like a heck of a way to start a new job, yet its also not uncommon, particularly among startups. The customer was understandably unhappy.

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aircall

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

Pipedrive is a SaaS unicorn—a deal-driven CRM solution which empowers marketing and sales teams. These metrics are very commendable, but Pipedrive wanted to raise the bar even higher. So irrespective of whether it’s to present big picture overviews or a deep dive into details, Klaus’ KPI dashboard ensures it’s an effortless process.

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Totango

JUNE 26, 2020

The COVID-19 pandemic has had an economic impact that threatens to cause a lasting downturn in SaaS business. This reduction in cash flow is likely to increase rates of SaaS customer churn. High churn can be dangerous for SaaS enterprises as more than 90 percent of customer value is derived from recurring revenue.

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