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“Land, Expand, Explode: How to Win the Long-Game in SaaS” Egnyte Chief Customer Officer and Co-Founder Rajesh Ram (Video + Transcript)

SaaStr

And while every company is different, I do firmly believe that the ideas and constructs that I’m about to present might be applicable to some, if not all of you, trying to build a SaaS companies. So all these construction, CIOs would talk to each other, they’d go, “Oh, hey, are you doing the same thing?

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Understanding the Joint Success Plan: A Tool for Outcome-Based Customer Success Management

ChurnZero

From technical support to renewals and upselling, this role might be one of the most confusing and misunderstood jobs in all of tech. . Outlining risks is a constructive and formal way to elevate concerns that are preventing the customer from realizing the full business outcome they are looking for.

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Feb 10 – Customer Success Jobs

SmartKarrot

Be a dedicated point of contact for strategy, product training, and non-technical support questions. Constructively operate as part of a wider, cross-functional team to ensure the success of every customer. Build strong relationships with your customers as a trusted advisor. Apply here: [link].

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SaaStr Podcasts for the Week with Auth0 and CircleCI — January 31, 2020

SaaStr

In general, people want to pay you for the value that they get so you can have a very open constructive conversation with your customers about pricing and why it’s working, why it’s not working for you and what are the changes that you need to make. So number one is experimentation and try new things.

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Customer Success Scenario: How to Deal with Angry Customers (The Right Way)

SmartKarrot

They would not only be felt heard but also realize that your organization is open for constructive criticism. You need to consult with your technical support team or your manager to bring changes to your product features. Thanking them for bringing this issue to their notice would help them a lot in getting calm.

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Customer Success and SaaS Business Growth: A Symbiotic Relationship

SmartKarrot

After the construction, the builder sells the apartment to different customers. It is not just limited to the technical support team, but spans over all other touchpoints. To understand the SaaS business growth, let’s take a quick look at the SaaS history through this analogy. Imagine a gated society of thousand apartments.

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SaaStr Podcasts for the Week with Pleo and Talkdesk — October 4, 2019

SaaStr

Ep 271: Gillian Heltai oversees Talkdesk’s Customer Success and Technical Support teams, partnering closely with customers to achieve their CX vision. As you said, if you push back, given the end user won’t benefit from that change, how does one push back politely and constructively? When do they start to arise?

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