Totango

APRIL 30, 2021

Comparing the cost of customer retention versus customer acquisition underscores why retaining clients is so important. Here’s how to calculate both kinds of costs and why retention should form part of a profitable business strategy. Calculating the Cost of Customer Acquisition. The result is your average CAC.

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Totango

OCTOBER 20, 2022

Hiring team members with the right customer success manager skills is critical for the effectiveness of your CS team and strategy. We’ll cover these below, along with five best practices to follow when bringing a new customer success manager aboard your team. What Is a Customer Success Manager (CSM)?

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Totango

AUGUST 21, 2020

As competitors become more customer-savvy and customers continue to raise the bar of their expectations, keeping customers happy is no longer the icing on the cake—it is now a main and necessary ingredient for business success, and it comes about primarily through the creation of customer value. CS Defined.

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Totango

JULY 13, 2021

Strategy for customer success growth has changed as commerce has gone digital and big data has made marketing and sales customer-centric. Tell people about your business, get them in the store, sell them things, then look for more customers. Businesses need a new strategy for customer success growth.

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CustomerSuccessBox

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

A seamless handoff from sales to customer success to implementation is necessary to deliver the promised early value. This is crucial to make your customer’s experience easier. CS professionals must have felt the grunt of a bad transition from Sales to Customer Success. Customer Retention.

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One Millimeter Mindset

SEPTEMBER 27, 2018

These third quarter zinger blog posts focus on how “what we do” impacts the customers we serve. Instead, these third quarter zinger blog posts concentrate on the value of YOU. Some days are more successful than others. Confusing Customer Service Delivery with Customer Experience Delivery? Let’s face it.

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CSM Practice

MAY 22, 2022

A profitable Customer Success framework is built on the various stages that a customer goes through in his/her relationship with your business. On the other hand, Customer Experience, which is an important component of Customer Success, is created at every level of the contact between the customer and vendor. .

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ChurnZero

MAY 3, 2019

The following is a guest blog post by Sam Makad. . If you want your business to be successful in the long run, it pays to give priority to customer retention. Landing a customer who will pay for life is like hitting the jackpot. But loyal customers don’t just appear out of thin air. How can this be done?

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ChurnZero

AUGUST 11, 2020

This is a guest blog post by Anita Toth, Chief Churn Crusher. . Did you know that 60% of SaaS companies reported a negative impact on customer retention and upsell deals due to the pandemic? Customer retention, along with new customer acquisition, has been challenging for most companies when the pandemic hit.

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Totango

MAY 17, 2024

Leading companies and CS teams are paving the way by providing innovative solutions that leverage AI technologies to accelerate impact and drive customer retention and growth. solution can be as easy as consolidating your sales and customer success information.

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One Millimeter Mindset

DECEMBER 19, 2018

These 18 ways create a more effective customer retention strategy. However, they are contrary to everything you have learned as a sales professional. Or a sales engineering professional, a customer service professional, or any other professional engaged in acquiring and retaining customers. That is all.

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One Millimeter Mindset

SEPTEMBER 16, 2019

Especially when these omitted details surface, often inconveniently, both pre- and post-sale. Most of the time, these professionals are involved in the post-sale care and feeding of customers, once a sale is consummated. At “that” final meeting, when the sale is assumed, but not yet closed. Something different?

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Gainsight

DECEMBER 2, 2019

Bookmark this collection of resources all about customer retention and stop churn in its tracks. Customer retention is one of the biggest metrics in SaaS and a key component in any SaaS company’s strategy. Cultivating a high retention rate will set you up for long-term success. What is Customer Retention?

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ChurnZero

MAY 14, 2021

How to Define, Measure, and Advocate for Customer Success Operations. Have you ever wondered: What’s the difference between Customer Success Management and Operations? When should I add Customer Success Operations and how do I advocate for the role? Rachel Yockey , Vice President of Experience at Realync.

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ChurnZero

DECEMBER 29, 2020

Top 10 Blog Posts from 2020. 9 Well-Meaning Yet Harmful Phrases to Avoid with Customers. This article is a roundup of the not-so-obvious phrases you should avoid saying to a customer no matter how well-intentioned or deserved. Check out this post to see if you’re inadvertently sending subliminal negativity to your customers.

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ChurnZero

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

With sweeping layoffs, forecast misses, and budget cuts in the news, there’s one question running through the mind of every Customer Success leader right now: What can I do to prepare my department for the impacts of the economic downturn? Customers will respect and trust you infinitely more when you’re upfront with them.

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CustomerSuccessBox

MARCH 25, 2021

No matter what era we live in, customer retention is something that will never fade away. Let’s see the process of acquiring new customers. You’ve spent considerable time creating various marketing and sales funnels to convince your customer how your product can solve their problems. Retail: 63%. IT Services: 81%.

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ChurnZero

JULY 7, 2020

This is a guest blog post by LiveAgent. . What makes a successful business? Most people would say a great product or an aggressive marketing and sales strategy. Even though this is partly true, the reality is that happy customers make successful businesses. 5 Best Practices for Improving Customer Retention.

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CustomerSuccessBox

JUNE 24, 2022

This blog focuses on the excellent customer success techniques that will help you improve your recurring revenue. This blog will walk you through some genuine reasons why you should not miss out on investing in Customer Success. Why you should invest in Customer Success?

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CustomerSuccessBox

MAY 26, 2021

If you start looking online for a Customer Success Platform or a solution you’ll most likely come across a lot of discussion about “B2B SaaS, which might cause you to wonder if Customer Success software is only for Subscription-based, B2B companies. This is where Customer Success comes in. Puneet Kataria.

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ChurnZero

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

Customer Success Metrics that Your Investors and Board Care About. They care that you’re staffed appropriately to serve the needs of your customers, because ultimately that results in revenue. A huge part of how customer success collects intel and feedback from customers is by talking with them.

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One Millimeter Mindset

SEPTEMBER 24, 2018

Then again, when customer conversations stray dangerously close to the constraints of what is comfortable, why not at least pursue what just might be possible? When your sales CRM tells you what the next step to close the customer should be, do you ever ask yourself whether this step makes sense? From customer success.

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CustomerSuccessBox

MAY 6, 2021

From the last couple of weeks, we’ve been writing about the importance of customer retention , key metrics to track and how Customer Success can help you drive retention, and whether your organization is ready to implement Customer success software. . Don’t know where to start? Define Scope.

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One Millimeter Mindset

NOVEMBER 29, 2018

Your employees are confused about their customer retention roles. Into customer experiences, customer success and customer retention. First, ponder whether your hiring processes focus on hiring employees to fulfill customer retention roles. . Subscribe to my blog.

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CSM Practice

FEBRUARY 24, 2020

Guessing has no place in a changing customer success industry. Now more than ever, customer success leaders must use relevant and actionable customer success metrics to make guided decisions and strategies to deliver success. Customer Health Metrics. Customer Health Metrics.

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CustomerSuccessBox

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

Undoubtedly, this change has crept into the Customer Success world as well. This is why the blog explains why the ‘ LAER model in Customer Success’ is too important a topic to ignore. As a Customer Success professional, you’d know how difficult it is to expand your customer base.

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Amity

APRIL 25, 2016

Frequently updated and always on point, the A-List is a snapshot of what's happening in the world of Customer Success. Director of Customer Success - Proven. Alex curates the Customer Success Newsletter which is a weekly curated collection of 4 helpful articles from around the Customer Success community.

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ClientSuccess

APRIL 28, 2021

Silicon Slopes, Utah, April 28, 2021 — ClientSuccess, a leading Customer Success Platform, announced today that Kristi Faltorusso has joined their executive leadership team as Vice President of Customer Success. . Faltorusso brings over a decade of experience in Customer Success leadership.

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ChurnZero

JUNE 7, 2019

It’s time for another installment of our blog series where we spotlight a Customer Success professional and get their take on the industry as well as get to hear some of their top tips they’d like to share. Jason is an Associate Partner at Customer Imperative , responsible for overseeing the strategic consulting business.

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CSM Practice

FEBRUARY 24, 2020

Guessing has no place in a changing customer success industry. Now more than ever, customer success leaders must use relevant and actionable customer success metrics to make guided decisions and strategies to deliver success. Customer Health Metrics. Customer Health Metrics.

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CSM Practice

FEBRUARY 24, 2020

Guessing has no place in a changing customer success industry. Now more than ever, customer success leaders must use relevant and actionable customer success metrics to make guided decisions and strategies to deliver success. Customer Health Metrics. Customer Health Metrics.

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CSM Practice

SEPTEMBER 25, 2020

Video Title: Importance of Customer Success Strategy investments. Host: Irit Eizips , Chief Customer Officer & CEO | CSM Practice. 06:27 – Nick’s overview of cross-selling and upsell trends for existing customers. 13:20 – Nick shares his blog post about the four-step playbook for reopening with your customers.

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Amity

OCTOBER 26, 2017

Ask anyone in sales or customer support regarding important customer success metrics, and almost always, churn is mentioned. Churn is short for ‘churn rate’ and refers to the percentage rate of customer loss or customer defection. Customer Success Metrics: Customer Health Score.

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Education Services Group

JANUARY 4, 2023

It’s no secret that 2022 was a little bumpy for business, yet we saw many Customer Success leaders meeting industry challenges head-on. Customer Success leaders are pulled in so many directions that prioritizing our aspirations can feel impossible. Everybody’s heard of Customer Success, and the industry is growing.

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CustomerSuccessBox

DECEMBER 31, 2021

Customer Success (CS), although not a new profession, is still a foreign concept to many. To add to that confusion and complexity, CS roles come in different shapes and sizes like customer managers, customer success associates, etc. For example- a PS team can configure a feature on behalf of customers.

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Totango

MARCH 19, 2021

The traditional customer journey infographic envisioned the customer’s experience from a sales and marketing standpoint, visualizing a funnel marking the steps from a lead acquisition through a sale, also known as the buyer’s journey. Keep in mind that onboarding can also begin in the presales process.

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Totango

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

Here we’ll walk you through the essentials you need to know to harness customer enablement to increase B2B and SaaS sales. First, we’ll define what customer enablement is. Then we’ll look at the benefits of customer enablement and how it mutually supports sales enablement strategies.

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