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Why Your Next Employee Should Be a Customer Success Manager

Retently

The Connective Tissue of a Company The first non-technical hire you make needs to be in Customer Success. Customer Success is the bridge between what your company does and what your customers need you to do. They offer a look into the minds of your customers and can shape the direction of your entire firm.

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Customer Success + Sales = Revenue Retention: Insights from Totango Leaders

Totango

If you asked your customer success (CS) and sales leaders this question, what do you think each of them would say? Revenue retention hinges on the collaborative efforts of CS and sales teams as they collectively shepherd customers throughout the lifecycle journey, from acquisition to retention and expansion.

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Customer Success Hot Takes! — Setting your customer success team up to drive next-level results

Totango

As a leader in customer success, who’s your friend in the C-suite? Is the customer journey mapping exercise a worthwhile effort? Who owns the customer community for your organization? 2023, Chris Dishman , Totango’s SVP of Global Customer Success, hosted the lively Hot Takes! We hope so!

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Supercharge customer success with Totango email and calendar integrations

Totango

Every customer interaction matters in today’s digital age. These touchpoints serve as critical indicators of overall customer health, enabling leaders to proactively detect risk, prevent churn, and identify opportunities for expansion and revenue growth. billion active users worldwide.

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The Democratization of Customer Success

Speaker: John Ragsdale, Vice President of Technology Research for TSIA

One of the most visible changes to companies as part of this transformation is the advent of customer success. The function of your customer success is tied to several key objectives and most, if not all, of these are litigable through community. How community can democratize customer success.

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Expanding Customer Success Through Partners

Gainsight

Partner Success has been long talked about in Customer Success programs, but it’s had limitations in practice due to technology constraints like data security requirements and lack of Customer Success capabilities among partners. The average customer maintains seven trusted partnerships according to McBain.

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The next generation: Leveraging customer success to drive value

Totango

Customer success is driving value to customers. Digital customer success is driving value more efficiently using a software or service that allows companies to grow and deliver value without using excessive resources” – Chris Dishman, SVP Customer Success, Totango.

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The State of Customer Success Pt. 1

In conjunction with Gain Grow Retain, we sat down with some of the most influential Customer Success Leaders out there. Together, Vanilla etched out the State of Customer Success in 2022. Is your Customer Success team as prepared as they should be? What does it look like? How can you prepare?

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Why Product Led Growth is a Customer Success Responsibility

As the eyes and ears of an organization, Customer Success can drive acquisition, expansion, and retention. But without a clear understanding of a product’s capability, or the value it creates for customers, churn is unavoidable.

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A Strategic Guide to Community Gamification

In Customer Success terms, an engaged customer is one that is immersed in your product. Ideally, they find value and success daily and help other customers to do the same. Gamification is a proven solution that can strengthen relationships and loyalty between your Customer Success team and customers.

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Why Great CSMs Lead to Great Revenue Pipeline

Speaker: Christian Jakenfelds, CSM at Planhat

But what many customer success professionals don’t understand is that this work can actively impact an organization’s new revenue. CSMs can identify and use customer stories, quotes, and referrals to help drive revenue and business growth. Register to understand: The customer inputs sales and marketing are crying out for.

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CCO + CMO: A Winning Partnership for Accelerated CX Growth

Centering a business around the customer is critical for accelerated growth and customer-centricity requires a strong CCO and CMO alliance. When they work together, the CMO and CCO can build better customer experience, satisfaction, and retention. How the CCO can improve CX and drive advocacy. Download the ebook now!

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CCO + CMO: The Unstoppable Duo of Business Growth

Speaker: Rachel Orston, CCO of SmartRecruiters & Latane Conant, CMO of 6Sense

With this paradigm shift in buyer behavior, the partnership between the Chief Customer Officer (CCO) and Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) has become critical for organizations. How to effectively engage and optimize your customer experience. In this session we will discuss: The emerging importance of advocacy in the buyer journey.

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How to Prevent Brand Ambassador Burnout

Speaker: Kristi Faltorusso, VP of Customer Success at ClientSuccess

They contribute to brand awareness, improve revenue, and build trust among existing and prospective customers. Kristi Faltorusso, the VP of Customer Success at ClientSuccess, is joining us to discuss how to avoid ambassador burnout and build brand ambassador programs that stand the test of time.

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Applying Customer Success Strategies to a Customer Community

Speaker: Mike Ellis

Customer success professionals know that the strategies they use on a daily basis work. Adapting to a successful community may seem like taking on a bigger workload, but the same onboarding strategies CSMs use every day are ideal for community onboarding too. Why onboarding is paramount to the success of a community.