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Assembling A World-Class Customer Success Organization: An Interview With Stephen Fulkerson, TSIA’s VP Customer Success Research

Valuize Consulting

In the subscription economy, there’s no debate about whether or not to invest in Customer Success (CS); 70% of rapidly growing businesses say that Customer Success is extremely important ( Hubspot , 2017). Level Up Your Customer Success Organization. Is it going to be Cost of Goods Sold Monetized, or Cost of Goods Sold Non-Monetized?

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Scaling from $1 to $10M, an AMA with SaaStr CEO and Founder Jason Lemkin (Pod 573)

SaaStr

Jason recently opened up an AMA on Twitter Spaces to answer questions about scaling from $1M to $10M. Episode 573 of the podcast is an excerpt from the recording, and you can find the full transcript below. Jason Lemkin: Hey everybody. We did a good AMA on this scaling at SaaStr Europa in Barcelona, a couple weeks back. It was packed.

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11 Customer Success statistics, quips and quotes on investing in these teams

ChurnZero

The article cites Ben Childers , vice president of global client success at Engaging Networks who summed up the rationale nicely: “Organizations will be looking to their CS team to increase their net renewal rates as new business prospects are shaky at best. This isn’t merely a theory.

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CX expert Bill Price on creating frictionless customer experiences

Intercom, Inc.

He’s worked to improve the call center experience in the 1990s, becoming Amazon’s first Worldwide Vice-President of Customer Service, and, in the early 2000s, started a CX consulting firm, Driva Solutions, which helps businesses create great experiences to this day. Or, even better, eliminating them altogether.

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ChurnZero’s 10 Customer Success Leaders to Watch in 2019

ChurnZero

Chris Collins, Senior Vice President and Chief Customer Officer, Ellucian. As Senior Vice President and Chief Customer Officer, Chris Collins drives key initiatives that accelerate Customer Success across Ellucian’s portfolio and serves as a champion and advocate for customers at every step on their Ellucian journey.

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4 Industry Experts Share 8 Best Practices For Impactful Customer Lifecycle Optimization

Valuize Consulting

In my experience, somewhere between 6-8% of budget resources should be dedicated to the future,” shares Jake Sorofman, former President at MetaCX and current Chief Marketing Officer at Visier Inc. Sound familiar? Q: How much time and budget should a revenue organization dedicate to innovation and transformation? That’s a tricky question.

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Should Customer Success Report into the CRO or the CEO?

Kellblog

In days of yore, chief revenue officer (CRO) was just a gussied-up title for VP of Sales. Back in the pre-subscription era, basically all the revenue — save for a little bit of services and some maintenance that practically renewed itself — came from sales anyway. Then the subscription era came along.