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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. However, that’s not always the case for Customer Success (CS) teams even though they are often responsible for renewals and expansions. How can CS leaders address this challenge?

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What skills do customer success professionals need in 2024?

ChurnZero

With technology advancing and customer expectations rising, customer success has become an essential force driving business growth and customer loyalty within the SaaS industry. Scaled customer success roles This role is starting to carve out its own space and made a huge splash in 2023.

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How to Choose a Customer Engagement Model

Totango

The volumes and customer-to-CSM ratios mentioned above give a basic guide to the customer engagement model that may best suit your enterprise and customer accounts, but there is more to optimizing customer success than just balancing a headcount. Delivering Engagements That Add Value.

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Top 10 Customer Service Trends for 2021

SmartKarrot

As more and more companies are realizing the need to become customer-centric, their investment in customer service – both financial and conceptual – is rising rapidly. The need to become efficient in all the customer service processes are becoming more relevant than ever. So, let’s look at those trends here. #1

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Top 10 Customer Service Trends for 2021

SmartKarrot

As more and more companies are realizing the need to become customer-centric, their investment in customer service – both financial and conceptual – is rising rapidly. The need to become efficient in all the customer service processes are becoming more relevant than ever. So, let’s look at those trends here. #1

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The Top 7 Customer Success Trends for 2020

Totango

Flexible subscription and recurring revenue models mean the customer is in control of their service and tech partnerships and reserve the right to move on to a competitor. Customer success and retention have therefore become critical to achieving maximum customer lifetime value.

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Expansion is a Team Sport: Strategies for Aligning CS and Sales in 2024

Totango

Bringing Sales and CS together to drive expansion revenue means that you’re doubling the headcount working on expansion—which, in the new era of customer-led growth , is exactly where your attention and time should be going.