ChurnZero

FEBRUARY 1, 2019

At ChurnZero, our mission is to be the best Customer Success platform out there – and Customer Success teams sit at the heart of this goal. Since the field of Customer Success is still maturing, we feel it’s key to learn from others in the industry. Amanda Berger, Chief Customer Officer, Lucidworks.

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OPEXEngine

OCTOBER 5, 2021

The shift to cloud-based subscription models is creating even more value in a thriving sector. But while software’s success in the marketplace has lifted the valuations of software companies, our analysis suggests that some firms may still be undervalued. Metrics will also change. Sticky after all.

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Intercom, Inc.

APRIL 18, 2019

They didn’t know it at the time, but they had also created an entire business category: an on demand, short-term rental marketplace, which has shot the value of their business north of $38 billion. Over the past four years, the number of Customer Success Managers (CSMs) in the industry has increased 400%.

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SaaSOptics

MAY 19, 2022

More customers = more revenue. For subscription-based SaaS businesses, your customer acquisition metrics indicate how effectively you acquire new users via sales, marketing, or a product-led approach like a free trial. Metrics: What’s your target win rate for sales opportunities? . Plain and simple.

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SaaStr

MARCH 20, 2020

317: Rachel Hepworth is VP of Marketing @ Pilot, the startup that offers the best bookkeeping, tax and CFO services for growing businesses. How does Rachel see marketing move ever close to the function of customer success today? What is the optimal way for customer success and marketing to work together? *

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Intercom, Inc.

FEBRUARY 6, 2020

Seeing a real demand for business courses in their consumer marketplace, the team identified an opening in the market to disrupt corporate training and hypothesized that employers would be more than willing to pay. Prospects were confused over how the marketplace worked and the sales team struggled to explain it.

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ProfitWell

JANUARY 15, 2020

The subscription model is booming—meaning more and more companies are acquiring the model—giving your SaaS business even more motivation to remain competitive. To keep up with the ever changing market behavior, analysts also conduct research on subscription market analysis. What’s the secret weapon? Your pricing.

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SaaStr

SEPTEMBER 12, 2019

Congratulations you’ve built a product that’s proven itself in the marketplace! So how can you leverage that product’s success to obtain the valuation and funding you need to scale? Your sales team becomes more efficient, your customer success team becomes efficient, your customers like you more. SaaS, right?

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SaaStr

APRIL 30, 2022

Check out this 2018 Europa session with Guillaume Princen, Head of France and Southern Europe @ Stripe, where he talks about the metrics you need to be focused on in your startup. If you don’t have the time to watch the whole session, here are the main metrics you should be mindful of. It’s basically lost customers.

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SmartKarrot

DECEMBER 18, 2020

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.

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SmartKarrot

DECEMBER 18, 2020

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.

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ChurnZero

FEBRUARY 22, 2019

A cheater is a customer who is actively being wooded by one (or maybe even more) of your competitors in attempts to steal their business. Knowing and understanding your competition is a critical step in executing a successful go-to-market strategy. Enter your current metrics now to calculate your potential returns.

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SaaSHolic

DECEMBER 2, 2021

Product onboarding is an essential part of customer activation and retention for businesses that are SaaS providers. One of the best things you can do for your customers’ success as a SaaS provider is to ensure that you walk them through a wholesome onboarding experience. Customer onboarding isn’t a static function.

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ProfitWell

MARCH 27, 2020

Here are some ways that knowledge bases help to facilitate that goal: Increase customer success - If a customer can't figure out how to use your product or struggles in trying to understand how to do things efficiently, they're going to become frustrated and spend less time using it. Conclusion.

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Totango

AUGUST 7, 2020

The challenge of the digital marketplace is to make every customer feel like they are your only customer. Thankfully, the same advances that helped build that digital market also make it possible to provide every customer with personalized service. What Is Customer Success Automation?

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SaaStr

SEPTEMBER 27, 2019

268: Ryan Bonnici is the CMO @ G2, the company that allows you to get the right software and services for your business with over 897,000 user reviews to help you make smarter buying decisions. Join CEO Romain Lapeyre as he walks you through how to close your first 1000 customers based solely on data.

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SmartKarrot

JUNE 12, 2020

If you’re in the Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) business, by now you’d know that SaaS is no longer a business luxury – it is everywhere. Why a great PLG strategy is the Brahmastra for your SaaS success . PLG’s gargantuan success stories has led to its wider adoption – and the next couple of years will see more of this trend.

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Totango

JULY 30, 2019

The way you feel as you travel versus when you arrive at your destination is a great metaphor for the distinction between customer experience vs. customer success. Customer experience refers to the feelings, emotions, and perceptions customers have when using your product. Experience vs. Value.

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Unbounce

JUNE 16, 2020

These are often built with agencies, consultants, and managed-service-providers (MSPs) in mind. These partners resell your product and benefit from offering ongoing services, usually on a retainer basis. To make these distinctions more clear, ask yourself, “who owns the selling and customer success functions, you or your partner?”

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Chart Mogul

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

These materials will take you from the basics SaaS Metrics — 101 to more advanced topics like Go-To-Market and Product-Led Growth (PLG). Here is a comprehensive list of SaaS blogs that goes through the most common metrics and terms. Only a handful of metrics really matter. I’ve tried – just ask my in laws.

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SaaStr

JUNE 10, 2020

They’ve got to find their travelers and get them home, but there’s more than that that we’re hearing from our customers. Everyone, customer success. Launch it to our customers, launch it to the sales team, launch it to prospects.” It’s a competitive marketplace. Meagen, sales.

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Chart Mogul

APRIL 24, 2020

With a pandemic underway, software-as-a-service businesses, in normal times the beneficiaries of relatively stable compounding growth, are now facing an existential threat: recurring revenue streams are drying up, at least in part. Are any of our subscribers prepared to take advantage of a discount on an annual subscription?

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Totango

MAY 1, 2020

Retaining existing customers is especially important during uncertain economic times, when fewer new customers may be signing on with your service. That’s why customer retention management software is a vital component of your retention strategy. What Are the Benefits of Customer Retention Management Software?

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ChurnZero

OCTOBER 12, 2021

Your Customer Success program is a telling datapoint when comparing great companies apart from their peers. The effects of CS run deeper than just customer retention – this instrumental function can have a profound impact on your long-term corporate success. Adoption Hero – Sibme.

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Sales Hacker

APRIL 21, 2021

“It looked like being the pain in the butt BDR who asked way too many questions, broke anything that could possibly be broken, and paid for my own subscriptions to software just because I wanted to tinker with things before I had to bother asking for approval and budget.”. We could also add a sixth business driver to the list.

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Totango

AUGUST 20, 2019

Metrics are a means to an end. Their importance lies in their ability to reveal the customer experience of the product or service so you can add value to that experience and maximize the growth of both the customer and your own enterprise. The adoption phase is the longest part of the ongoing customer journey.

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Totango

APRIL 14, 2020

The digital transformation of business has finally given enterprises the power to deliver on the potential of B2B customer segmentation. Organizations need to segment customers based on how world events such as COVID-19 affect them. Customer segmentation is a way of grouping customers who have specific things in common.

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Valuize Consulting

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

Cutting-edge Customer Intelligence and impactful customer insights are powerful competitive advantages in the new subscription economy, and if you’re not making the most of your customer data, your NDR could take a hit. . 5 Steps to Unlocking Revenue-Driving Customer Intelligence.

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Chart Mogul

APRIL 24, 2020

With a pandemic underway, software-as-a-service businesses, in normal times the beneficiaries of relatively stable compounding growth, are now facing an existential threat: recurring revenue streams are drying up, at least in part. Are any of our subscribers prepared to take advantage of a discount on an annual subscription?

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ChurnZero

OCTOBER 12, 2021

Announcing the Winners of ChurnZero’s 2021 ChurnHero Awards Your Customer Success program is a telling datapoint when comparing great companies apart from their peers. The effects of CS run deeper than just customer retention – this instrumental function can have a profound impact on your long-term corporate success.

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SmartKarrot

APRIL 23, 2020

Customer Success vs Customer Experience: The Difference Between the Journey and the Destination : Customer experience concentrates on touchpoints, while customer success focuses on the end game. It spans the entire customer journey, from product development and adoption to customer retention and growth.

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All that Saas

JULY 8, 2021

In this roundup, we are going to talk about some of the best email marketing services and software on the market for effective delivery, automated marketing, and increased outreach & sales. Do you want to build strong customer relationships? What are the Best Email Marketing Services in 2021? You need to switch to emails.

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Chargify

AUGUST 17, 2017

Analyze metrics. We hope analyzing metrics is automatically one of the first things a SaaS company does when dealing with stalled growth, but it also seemed remiss to not include the obvious in this post. Curious what metrics industry leaders obsess over? You may also want to analyze metrics you don’t normally prioritize.

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Sales Hacker

OCTOBER 7, 2021

The best products, services, and ideas are nothing without a way to turn them into currency, and sellers are a big part of making commerce happen. Following Sailthru’s sale to CM Group in 2018, Cassie took on the expanded role of Chief Customer Officer for CM Group’s 200MM+ martech portfolio. Anita Nielsen. Anne Slough.

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SmartKarrot

JUNE 22, 2020

This can be summed up in a single line: Turning a potential customer into a paid consumer of your product/service is SaaS conversion. … It’s a metric that differs from business to business, depending on your goals and tracking metrics. Now, how can SaaS service providers ‘entice’ their customers?

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SmartKarrot

JUNE 22, 2020

This can be summed up in a single line: Turning a potential customer into a paid consumer of your product/service is SaaS conversion. … It’s a metric that differs from business to business, depending on your goals and tracking metrics. Now, how can SaaS service providers ‘entice’ their customers? .

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SaaStr

MARCH 17, 2020

Pendo for Startups” gives companies access to the product usage data that today’s investors consider alongside business metrics as they vet deals, as well as sentiment and guidance tools to improve product usage and adoption. CustomerSuccessBox announced “Sheldon,” a new AI-engine to help customer success teams improve MRR Retention.

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