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How to Boost Branding with Customer Success Management

CSM Magazine

But you know what’s even better than making a sale? Turning that sale into a loyal, lifelong customer. That’s where customer success management (CSM) comes in. Understanding customer success management First things first, let’s define what customer success management is all about.

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13 Customer Success Manager Skills to Look for When Hiring

Totango

Hiring team members with the right customer success manager skills is critical for the effectiveness of your CS team and strategy. Here we’ve identified the 13 most essential qualities to consider when hiring a CS manager. What Is a Customer Success Manager (CSM)? Interpersonal skills.

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Rules of Engagement for Customer Success and Sales: Considerations and Examples

ChurnZero

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. Circle of influence.

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Harmonizing sales and CS to drive revenue growth and deliver value (Part 2)

Totango

Merging sales and customer success (CS) is a delicate art that is often challenging but necessary for driving business results and creating a frictionless customer journey.

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Customer Success Needs to Grow (Up)

Speaker: Peter Armaly - Senior Director and Advisor of Customer Success at Oracle

Customer success is a well-established practice in the enterprise business world (70% of companies have a dedicated team, according to TSIA) and the benefits it delivers to customers are real and well-documented. With accountability, comes a deepening of the relationship with customers.

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Expert tips to unlock business growth with customer success operations

Totango

In an era when customer success (CS) has become pivotal, it’s no longer enough to have a team dedicated to CS. More importantly, you need an organizational strategy that ensures your customers don’t just come to you but stay, thrive, and become your biggest promoters.

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Tips for Configuring Compensation Plans for Customer Success Managers (CSMs)

ClientSuccess

In today’s competitive customer success landscape, it is essential that CSMs are adequately and appropriately compensated for their work. When making a switch from one compensation plan to another for your Customer Success Managers (CSMs), it’s important to make the transition as smooth and considerate as possible.