ChurnZero

JUNE 17, 2022

Striking a happy medium between challenging and realistic starts with you measuring the right things, inferring meaning from their output, and using that insight to inform your strategy. Onboarding metrics serve two main purposes. Basing onboarding metrics on your internal operations can produce false positives.

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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

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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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

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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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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Beyond Philosophy

DECEMBER 10, 2021

We had him on the podcast recently to talk about his new book, Winning on Purpose: The Unbeatable Strategy of Loving Customers. Unfortunately, Reichheld says too many organizations use NPS as a stick or a metric for earning bonuses. His new metric concept is called Earned Growth Rate. Several industries use this metric already.

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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. Maximizing these benefits means reviewing and revising your onboarding strategy regularly to ensure an optimal experience.

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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. Jonas Rasschaert, PieSync’s Customer Success Manager, pointed to three things that make PieSync’s Customer Success strategy thrive.

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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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Totango

DECEMBER 29, 2021

A customer-centric product roadmap meets the needs of today’s digital-driven SaaS market. Today’s SaaS customer makes purchasing decisions based on their digital experience of your brand. Customer data forms the foundation of a customer-centric roadmap strategy. Why You Need to Know How to Build a Customer-Centric Roadmap.

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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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SaaS Customer Experience Surveys Customer retention 97

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. First, we’ll clarify what a customer success dashboard is and why it’s essential for your CS strategy. Which numbers should you monitor? Revenue churn rate.

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ProProfs Blog

SEPTEMBER 13, 2019

The importance of SaaS Customer Service is visible in these two data-proven statistics: AmericanExpress reports that 70% of consumers will go with the company that offers excellent customer support. As you can see, delivering the perfect saas customer support experiences is directly correlated with your churn and retention.

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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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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. Managers can use those metrics to guide strategy improvements and employee training. When and how to use those metrics. However, not everything is easy to measure.

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ClientSuccess

JANUARY 24, 2023

Listening Vectors by Vecteezy Customer success health scoring is one of the most valuable activities SaaS organizations can undertake to evaluate and improve customer engagement, satisfaction, and loyalty. The post Understanding Customer Health Score: 6 Metrics To Track appeared first on ClientSuccess.

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CSM Practice

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

With the value of the software-as-a-service (SaaS) market estimated to hit $225 billion in the US by 2025 , the industry offers lucrative opportunities for tech entrepreneurs. However, launching a SaaS company can be risky. Customer Churn Rate Customer churn rate tells you how many subscribers you’ve lost in a given timeframe.

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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?

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Metrics Journey mapping SaaS Sales 98

Outsource Consultants

MARCH 18, 2025

In essence, outsourcing allowed the company to scale support capacity quickly without sacrificing quality , and even improve service metrics by dedicating internal experts to the most critical tasks. Key metrics to consider include customer retention rates, average handle time, and first call resolution rates.

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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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Metrics SaaS Accountability Upselling 89

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). Finally, you can build your own evaluation pipelines and use tools such as fmeval.

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ChurnZero

DECEMBER 17, 2021

Customer acquisition and customer retention are cornerstones of building and maintaining revenue, but customer expansion — and a robust customer expansion strategy — can also be pillars of success. What is a Customer Expansion Strategy ? Why is Customer Expansion Important for SaaS Businesses? Timing is essential.

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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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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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Help Scout

JULY 20, 2021

This could look like a customer success team choosing to focus on churn and expansion metrics rather than product adoption scores and the stories they tell. One of the best signs of customer orientation is shifting your business strategy to address your customers’ current needs. Having standards also means that you can report on them.

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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. 2: Align community metrics with organizational goals. Related: Four engagement strategies for building customer community buzz.

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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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Nicereply

JUNE 18, 2020

SaaS and eCommerce have been around long enough that some companies now have customers for over a decade. We’re hoping we can get your brain juices flowing to help you find your next strategy to improve even further. Implement your choice of strategies below to get a peek into your customer’s brains. Track the right metrics.

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Lumoa

MARCH 20, 2018

Customer churn is a critical metric because it is much less expensive to retain existing customers than it is to acquire new customers. CM strategy in the company could be decided into 6 components defined by Bob Hayes for CustomerThink. Wondering which metric to choose? Customer churn is the opposite of retention.

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Totango

JULY 11, 2024

But, what we’ve found over the last year – in a real painful way – is that it’s no longer working.” – Chris Dishman , Senior Vice President of Customer Success, Totango + Catalyst For years, SaaS leaders thought new customer acquisition was the fastest way to grow.

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ChurnZero

JUNE 19, 2020

To answer that and more, we invited SaaS Capital’s Managing Director, Rob Belcher, and Software Equity Group’s Managing Director, Allen Cinzori, to join us for a webinar. Speakers: Rob Belcher , Managing Director, SaaS Capital. Q: Does the importance of retention metrics vary by strategic buyers versus private equity (PE) buyers? .

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SaaS Metrics Surveys Customer retention 72

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. Customer success can be defined as the strategies needed to help customers gain value from your product or service. Product usage rate 9.

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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. Re-tune Your Digital Engagement Strategy.

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SaaS Best practices Enterprise Finance 77

ShepHyken

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

This week, we feature an article by Baphira Wahlang Shylla, a digital marketer at Knowmax , a SaaS company that provides knowledge management solutions for various industries that are seeking to improve their customer service metrics. She shares how BPOs can enhance your customer experience.

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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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CSM Magazine

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

This approach can be particularly useful in complex industries like SaaS or online consulting services, where customers might need detailed guidance. Measure Key Metrics Regularly One of the best ways to improve your customer service continually is by tracking and analyzing performance metrics.

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