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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Totango

MAY 23, 2019

When your goal is to grow your customer’s business, upselling becomes a means, not an end. Upsells are the result of the growth a customer has enjoyed because of your commitment to delivering lifetime value. It’s also worth noting that up to 70% of revenue in a subscription business comes from existing customer renewals and upsells.

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Cincom

FEBRUARY 21, 2025

However, the true power of CPQ lies in proper training. A well-trained sales team can navigate the system effortlessly, configure products accurately, and apply pricing rules without errors. Without the right training, inefficiencies and mistakes can slow down the sales cycle, leading to lost opportunities.

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24-7 InTouch

JUNE 20, 2024

Upselling can boost revenue and enhance the shopping experience, making it a vital strategy for sustained success. Our strategic training program helped a major sports retailer achieve outstanding results in both revenue growth and customer service excellence.

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Integrity Solutions

MARCH 11, 2025

While you can’t always control what happens in the broader marketplace, there are many internal factors that influence overall sales performance, from sales strategy and processes to training and performance management. To do that, they need to know why they’re selling.

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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. Changing the perception of Customer Success within your organization starts by evaluating your metrics. Not so much.

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TMP Direct

JANUARY 5, 2025

Analytics help track key metrics like response times, resolution rates, and wait times to ensure efficient interactions. Analytics help businesses optimize their workforce by identifying skill gaps and training needs. Sentiment analysis enables businesses to train agents to handle complex or emotional situations more effectively.

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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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ShepHyken

MARCH 5, 2023

Loyalty programs, incentives for larger orders, cross-sells, upsells, and more are included. As you will see, in most cases underperforming metrics can be explained by a mismatch between what your customers and users need, and what you offer. The author breaks these metrics into four categories. Let me count the ways!

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CCNG

JULY 3, 2024

By entrusting customer service operations to an outsourced provider, you bypass the need for extensive personnel management and associated costs (infrastructure set-up, maintenance, technology upgrades, and hiring & training agents).

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ShepHyken

NOVEMBER 20, 2017

Stats and facts prove that a personalized experience allows you to upsell, cross-sell and create customer loyalty. 2) What are your favorite metrics to measure the success of CX initiatives and why? For information on The Customer Focus customer service training programs go to www.thecustomerfocus.com.

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ChurnZero

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

A description of the initial training and onboarding process. 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. Conduct training and workshops for clients. Be specific and avoid vague statements.

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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. Q2: How can call centers train agents to become better listeners?

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TechSee

SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

Lower Staffing Requirements/Faster Training : By automating many customer interactions, businesses can maintain leaner support teams while still delivering exceptional service, leading to savings on salary, benefits, and training costs. This metric is a key driver of long-term growth and brand loyalty.

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CSM Magazine

JANUARY 28, 2025

Onboarding Training Welcome new customers with informative guides, video tutorials , and walk-throughs to help them get started smoothly. 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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Callminer

JUNE 3, 2019

Not only does this come at an expensive cost to companies due to the time and resources it takes to hire and train, but it can also lead to bad customer experiences—an indirect attack against the heart of your brand. Improper training leaves agents unprepared. occupations, with large call centers reaching over 50%.

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CSM Magazine

APRIL 10, 2025

Sales Assistants AI can act as a virtual salesperson by recommending products based on customer preferences, guiding them through the purchase process, or even upselling complementary items. Step 3: Train the AI Provide your conversational AI with enough relevant data to help it understand the specific language and tone your customers use.

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TechSee

JUNE 16, 2022

At Miele, Eric is also accountable for the management of escalation departments, offline processes, e-care solutions, national call center consolidation, multi-product services, upselling / cross selling and re-defining the consumer experience. Over 1,000,000 people have taken one of his video-based training courses on LinkedIn Learning.

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Lumoa

JANUARY 31, 2023

Set a common customer experience metric and target for the organization. Consolidate customer experience insights into one single dashboard and give all the teams access to the same insights about what is driving the metric up or down. The Net Promoter System is a powerful metric for target setting. Eliminate company silos 1.

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ROI CX Solutions

APRIL 29, 2025

Emerging technologies integrate with your customer support operations to streamline key processes, from recruiting and training to workforce optimization, quality assurance monitoring, reporting, and agent performance. Learn how AI can streamline the operations of your contact center to boost engagement and improve key performance metrics.

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ChurnZero

MARCH 7, 2025

Within your wider company, a successful customer community with self-serve resources and peer learning will add value in three main areas: 1: Customer experience: communities can enhance onboarding, drive retention, and provide customer training. 2: Align community metrics with organizational goals.

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aircall

JANUARY 29, 2021

Most people tend to think of training as a “one-and-done” experience. For support agent training, that’s simply not enough training to really become experts in their field. Call center training encompasses many different areas. Upselling and cross-selling . Call Center Training For Your Support Agents.

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Totango

SEPTEMBER 18, 2020

Customer success metrics should always lead to action. The most important metrics are used to reveal the kind of customer experience you are delivering. The 6 Key Areas of Customer Success Metrics. There are six key areas of the customer experience that can be accurately measured using customer success metrics.

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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. That number jumps to 60-70% when you consider selling to your existing customers, according to Market Metrics. This is called upselling. It’s about offering the right upsell at the right time.

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Callminer

SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

For instance, to improve key call center metrics such as first call resolution , business analysts may recommend implementing speech analytics solutions to improve agent performance management. That requires involvement in process design and improvement, workload planning and metric and KPI analysis. Kirk Chewning. kirkchewning.

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Totango

MAY 5, 2021

Once these metrics are recorded, you can use this information to proactively engage customers and meet their needs in a more personalized way. There are a variety of surveys and metrics you can use to measure these different elements. Anticipating which customers are viable candidates for upsell/cross-sell opportunities.

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JivoChat

AUGUST 24, 2021

Many people don’t understand the importance of customer service metrics. Unfortunately, while most companies obsessively track sales and marketing numbers, they completely overlook customer service metrics—and miss out on the insights they can learn about customer service, customer satisfaction, and brand loyalty. Ticket Volume.

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ChurnZero

DECEMBER 17, 2021

In the SaaS industry, Customer Success upsell and cross-sell opportunities are commonly incorporated into expansion management. Churn rate is a major metric for SaaS companies to keep an eye on. Don’t nudge customers toward a cross-sell or upsell when they’ve only just finished their onboarding process. Timing is Everything.

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Infinity

MAY 25, 2022

That’s where call centre tracking and metrics come in. Tracking the right metrics can unlock a wealth of insights that will make your call centre operations more effective than ever. There are tons of call centre metrics you can track , from abandonment rate to FAQs. How do call centres track performance? Average handle time.

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TechSee

MAY 18, 2022

While these metrics measure agents’ productivity, occupancy only considers the time agents are active when logged in , while utilization includes total work time. For example, team meetings or training would not be included in the equation because agents would not be capable of engaging with customers during that time.

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ChurnZero

MARCH 28, 2025

The metrics were great. Had I not also sat down with the CS team, I would have missed a lot of the factors that allowed us to have that metric. Heres how to keep CS aligned with what truly drives sustainable growth: Preserve CS-specific metrics. If you only reward upsell, you get short-term thinking. Balance incentives.

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JustCall

OCTOBER 15, 2023

Training and coaching are not just boxes to tick; they’re the heartbeat of employee growth and a company’s journey to success. A striking 83% of top-performing customer service agents confirm they received the necessary agent training to excel. This is why consistent training standards are vital.

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CSM Magazine

DECEMBER 6, 2023

It also requires a well-trained team that understands the value of customer success and has the skills and knowledge to deliver it consistently. In this article, we will explore why investing in customer success training is a smart decision and the benefits it can bring to your business. Let’s get started! The result?

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CSM Practice

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

One of the best ways to grow your business is to track several customer success metrics and use this SaaS valuation data to make effective decisions. If you’re wondering what kind of data to collect, these metrics will help you measure customer satisfaction levels and develop strong retention strategies. Start tracking metrics today!

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Pointillist

JULY 25, 2018

What are the quantitative business goals that will influence the journey analytics project e.g., churn, retention, acquisition, cross-sell, upsell, purchase, rate of renewal etc.? Success Metrics for the Team. Success Metrics for the Project. You will need to establish metrics for measuring the success of employee training.

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JustCall

APRIL 4, 2023

However, a call center is only as effective as its sales techniques and training. With the right approach and training, an inbound call center can double up as a powerful tool for generating sales and building customer loyalty. What Is Call Center Inbound Sales Training? 10 Inbound Call Center Sales Techniques Worth Trying A.

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Totango

APRIL 11, 2019

To improve the diagnostic value of customer success health scores, build them around the right metrics and derive solutions by understanding how those metrics impact customer lifetime value. It is a powerful tool for capitalizing on potential upsell opportunities and preventing customer churn.

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