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Customer Success and finance: 8 metrics to build closer alignment

ChurnZero

Good sales teams typically get the budget, headcount and tools they desire because the function is tied to revenue. As a result, CS teams often have to work harder to make the case for headcount, technology and even product requests on behalf of customers. To that end, here are the metrics you can use to get started.

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SaaS Company Benchmarking: Leveraging Metrics for Performance Insights

OPEXEngine

In the many years I’ve worked with SaaS companies, I continue to observe a surprising lack of standardization of SaaS metrics and performance reporting. My experience reinforces the fact that SaaS business model variants and approaches to measuring performance via metrics are still very much undefined. The Value of Benchmarking.

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Benchmarking and Budgeting Go Hand in Hand

OPEXEngine

In working with hundreds and hundreds of SaaS CFOs over the past 15 years, I’ve noticed that effective and strategic CFOs incorporate accurate benchmarking into the daily business of the company and especially into the budgeting and planning process. . Use Benchmarks At the Start of the Budgeting Process.

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How to Present an Operating Plan to your Board

Kellblog

One year of forecast. This year that’s your 2022 forecast, which is your first through third quarter actuals combined with your fourth-quarter forecast. The first slide is focused on the ARR leaky bucket, metrics derived from ARR, and ARR-related product.ivity measures. So, present context. This year that’s 2021.

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Q2 compared to Q1:  What are the trends for SaaS?

OPEXEngine

Employee productivity is up for the moment, as companies reduced headcount. We are currently conducting a 2020 Flash for the SaaS benchmarking community, looking at 2020 end of year forecasts for revenue, ARR, growth rates, and departmental expenses and headcount. 2020 Flash. appeared first on OPEXEngine.

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Nov 17 – Customer Success Jobs 

SmartKarrot

Work closely with Growth management to align on strategies, renewal forecasting, coverage plans, and account opportunities (i.e., Measure, track, analyze and report key account metrics. Map and benchmark competition and share best practices. Drive operational practices to track the performance of teams and individuals.

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ChurnZero’s greatest hits of 2022

ChurnZero

Throughout the year, the ChurnZero team has shared content that explores so many different aspects of Customer Success, from career growth strategies and team management frameworks to retention tactics and industry benchmarks. 6/ How to transform Customer Success into a profit center with metrics and forecasting. Not so much.