Totango

MAY 7, 2024

Both CS and Sales leaders agree: Retention is the #1 priority. Achieving higher retention requires close alignment between CS and Sales teams, yet 87% of CS and Sales leaders told us there’s significant room for improvement in their collaboration. But there’s a problem. Use your words Talk to each other!

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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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ClientSuccess

DECEMBER 21, 2021

After all, even if sales are through the roof, if customers aren’t satisfied, the business likely won’t last. However, when it comes to knowing which metrics to track, not all customer success leaders are on the same page. Product adoption: this metric tracks how many users at a specific customer are using the product or service.

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Cincom

FEBRUARY 21, 2025

Speed, accuracy, and the ability to meet customer demands efficiently are the pillars of success for the sales team. Configure, Price, and Quote (CPQ) software plays a vital role in automating product configuration, pricing, and quote generation helping sales teams to easily handle complex pricing scenarios.

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ChurnZero

MARCH 14, 2025

And, on the flip side, what value does customer success bring to their sales counterparts as part of the broader go-to-market team? Will CSMs struggle to maintain a customer-first mindset and spend all their time on upsells, rather than learning about their big picture goals and helping them navigate the path to get there?

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Totango

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

In a world where customer expectations are sky-high and data complexity is ever-increasing, Totango Unison is the game-changer that customer success and post-sales teams have been waiting for. The Evolution of Customer Success and Post-Sales Gone are the days when customer success was merely about putting out fires.

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ChurnZero

JANUARY 6, 2022

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. When people think of top-line growth, they often think of Sales. But Customer Success? Not so much. Health Scores.

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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 owns a large portion of that metric.

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SaaS Metrics Customer retention Upselling 98

Expivia

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

No matter what type of call center you operate, you’ll need to manage sales. Customer service centers need to upsell and cross-sell. Even customer support is a sale in a way, a sale on continued business. . But, how do you get you to improve call center sales in your business? Outbound centers need to sell.

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Totango

FEBRUARY 28, 2019

Your user adoption metrics create a silent, unending conversation between your enterprise and your customer. It follows then, that your adoption metrics should reflect this deeper goal and generate insight into customer engagement. This phase leads you into the renewal and upsell process. Renewal/Upsell.

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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. 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.,

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ChurnZero

JANUARY 22, 2021

So, you signed up for a Customer Success gig and now your boss wants you to upsell? But I didn’t want a job in sales!”. If you’ve internally cursed the idea of selling or simply desire to take your sales skills up a notch, then this webinar is for you. Apply a language framework to “get into” the sales conversations.

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Totango

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

Maintain predictable retention metrics while identifying cross-sell or upsell opportunities. It integrates various metrics and dimensions into a unified framework that reflects the intricacies of your enterprise clients. Navigate complex purchase decisions influenced by multiple stakeholders.

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Integrity Solutions

MAY 23, 2023

Sales prospecting is vital to the success of any sales organization. Simply learning how to find, approach and engage new customers is at the heart of being able to meet and exceed your sales goals. Why Is Sales Prospecting More Important Than Ever? What is Sales Prospecting?

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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 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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ChurnZero

JULY 22, 2021

By creating healthy boundaries, Customer Success and Sales don’t have to spend their days assessing and arguing over every expansion situation. Your rules of engagement should be based on which team is genuinely the best fit in each scenario and has the greatest likelihood of gaining sales traction. Product and process complexity.

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24-7 InTouch

JUNE 20, 2024

In an industry where maintaining a competitive edge is crucial, consumer goods retailers face constant pressure to improve customer satisfaction and drive sales. Upselling can boost revenue and enhance the shopping experience, making it a vital strategy for sustained success.

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JustCall

MARCH 13, 2020

If you want your brand, product or service to outshine your competitors in the market, make sure you track the right set of customer service metrics. But are you confident about the customer service metrics that you are tracking? Are you sure you have the right set of KPI metrics to bring the customer success you have dreamt of?

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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 28, 2025

Sarah Kiley is chief sales officer at ChurnZero. Most CROs come up through sales, where success is measured by speed and outcomes. Customers can sense when conversations shift from support to sales. Earlier in my career, I had been leading a sales organization when I stepped into manage CS. The metrics were great.

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TechSee

SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

This metric is a key driver of long-term growth and brand loyalty. Additionally, metrics like Average Handling Time (AHT), which measures the time spent resolving customer issues, improve dramatically when Agentic AI is integrated into customer service or CX workflows.

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Interaction Metrics

JANUARY 7, 2025

When tied to strategic goals, it can help you: Improve onboarding processes Reduce churn Increase sales Takeaway #2. Fixing these friction points leads to fewer cancellations, happier customers, and a smoother path to upselling additional features. Dont lead to meaningful action.

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ClientSuccess

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

There are an overwhelming amount of metrics that you can measure to track customer success. So, to break through the fray and give you a place to start, Client Success has created THE list of the most valuable customer success metrics. If your company is B2B, this could be interpreted as average revenue per logo.

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TechSee

FEBRUARY 5, 2019

Incentivized surveys and refer-a-friend programs, of the type that delivered stunning exponential user growth for Dropbox will give rise to more refined models drawn from the world of B2B sales. It’s the proverbial win-win, with both company and customer deriving additional value from relationship. Episode Management.

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CSM Magazine

JANUARY 28, 2025

Boosts Retention and Loyalty When you provide ongoing education, you show customers that your relationship doesnt end at the point of sale. Drives Upsells and Cross-Selling Opportunities Educated customers are more aware of how your offerings align with their needs, making them more open to upgrading or trying complementary products.

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ChurnZero

JULY 2, 2021

Choosing between Net Revenue Retention (NRR) and Gross Revenue Retention (GRR) as your north-star growth metric isn’t an either-or question. SaaS companies must be cognizant of and weigh the implications brought about by a sole focus on these metrics when assessing the performance of and building strategies for Customer Success.

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ChurnZero

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

Key performance indicators (KPIs) / objectives and key results (OKRs) they will be evaluated on, such as adoption, retention, upsell or cross sell, customer success qualified leads. Monitor account health, identify upsell opportunities, and collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver exceptional customer experiences.

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ChurnZero

JANUARY 20, 2021

Clearbit, a B2B tool that personalizes customer interactions, initially focused on top-line revenue as a key metric. Clearbit changed its marketing strategy by focusing on routing ICP leads to the sales team, Sornson noted. That number jumps to 60-70% when you consider selling to your existing customers, according to Market Metrics.

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ChurnZero

MARCH 24, 2025

A CRM is a great tool for sales operations, but it falls short for customer success needs. Built to support a linear sales process, a CRM doesnt support a dynamic customer journey in which onboarding, product adoption, and the renewal process fluctuate. Upsell opportunities. 1: You notice your CRM holding your team back.

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Totango

AUGUST 25, 2022

It increases customer satisfaction and loyalty, driving higher subscription renewal rates, reduced churn, and more sales from upsells and referrals. Extend upsell offers or referral incentives to customers with high satisfaction ratings. The key metric here is churn. The same applies to CLTV.

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Totango

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

With this feature, you can examine a number of insightful metrics and segment your client base for an optimized customer journey that surpasses what the competition can offer. . Feedback metrics like NPS and CSAT scores. Product usage and adoption metrics. Sales history. Financial data. CSM Sentiment. Touch points.

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ChurnZero

MARCH 24, 2023

1: Is NPS a Customer Success metric? Stephanie Berner: My answer is unequivocally no— Net Promoter Score (NPS) should not be a CS metric. So many CEOs and CROs are searching for a singular metric to measure performance because they’re used to managing sales teams. Here’s why. Value is very hard to measure.

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ChurnZero

MARCH 24, 2023

1: Is NPS a Customer Success metric? Stephanie Berner: My answer is unequivocally no— Net Promoter Score (NPS) should not be a CS metric. So many CEOs and CROs are searching for a singular metric to measure performance because they’re used to managing sales teams. Here’s why. Value is very hard to measure.

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ChurnZero

JULY 14, 2021

This metric helps determine which customers are your most profitable and can be useful both pre-sale to focus on acquiring highly valuable customers but then also post-sale to make sure your Customer Success team is able to focus their efforts on retaining your customers with the strongest lifetime value.

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TeleDirect

FEBRUARY 7, 2025

Sales and Upselling Calls Identify customer needs through active listening. Increases Positive Customer Feedback Customers who experience active listening are more likely to leave positive feedback, improving Net Promoter Scores (NPS) and customer satisfaction metrics. Validate their frustration and offer a solution.

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Totango

JULY 1, 2022

In a B2B SaaS context, SaaS customer loyalty is expressed primarily through actions like subscription renewals, upsell purchases, referrals and product engagement. Other important loyalty metrics include subscription renewal rate , churn rate, upsell rate, and customer lifetime value.

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