User Pilot

OCTOBER 19, 2024

As a result, satisfying customers is key to any success in SaaS. Satisfaction in SaaS, therefore, isn’t simply about developing a nice product and launching it in the market. For instance, you can launch a CSAT survey after a customer interacts with your support team. So, don’t just sell a product; sell success.

Business 111

Business Underperforming Technical Team Customer Lifetime Value Systems Review 111

Stax

MARCH 16, 2025

Losing customers is expensiveacquiring new ones costs 525x more than retaining existing ones. Key metrics include customer churn rate, revenue churn, and net revenue retention (NRR). Lower churn leads to higher customer lifetime value (LTV), better brand reputation, and increased revenue. Looking to measure churn?

Payment Solutions 88

Payment Solutions Software Review Churn SaaS Payments 88

Intercom, Inc.

NOVEMBER 14, 2019

It’s time to start thinking about retention at scale and bring onboard a customer success team. She joined the company in 2007 back when it was just 30 people and has been instrumental in helping the company scale both its team and its market share over the years. Why you need a customer success team.

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VP of Engineering Customer Success Churn Scale 108

Neil Patel

MARCH 8, 2021

Customer support and customer success can be confusing for both beginners and experts alike. Both customer support and customer success teams are important for your brand’s ongoing growth and success, and the roles share similar skill sets. What customer support is and why it’s important.

Customer Support 128

Customer Support Customer Success Underperforming Technical Team Customer Lifetime Value 128

Intercom, Inc.

OCTOBER 26, 2018

Customer success means wildly different things to different companies in the SaaS industry. Many organizations create customer success teams but there’s no clear definition as to how these teams develop long-term value for both the customer and the business.

Sales Hiring 123

Sales Hiring Customer Success Scale Underperforming Technical Team 123

User Pilot

DECEMBER 31, 2024

A quick look into Userpilot In a nutshell, Userpilot is an all-in-one product growth platform that enables businesses to increase product metrics at every stage of the user journey. Custom dashboards to track key metrics at a glance. Userpilot is perfect for non-technical teams. for collecting user sentiment data.

Technical Review 105

Technical Review Underperforming Technical Team Software Review Onboarding 105

SaaStr

JUNE 4, 2021

Pomel focused his session on: Making your SaaS startup customer-centric: Hw event marketing has helped him integrate his engineering and sales teams. Lastly, he provides his piece of advice to all founders that are looking to become customer-centric. We hired everybody on our teams. So I start with a simple question.

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Scale Underperforming Technical Team Sales Hiring Engineering 317

SaaStr

NOVEMBER 26, 2019

The company’s customers include Etsy, K-Swiss, Toyota, Yelp and Facebook among others. Its customer base spans over 14,000 customers in over 100 countries. sales team. I did all sorts of things there from sales, to project management, to running the engineering team, hiring. Join us at SaaStr Annual 2020.

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Scale Sales Hiring Underperforming Technical Team Sales 268

Intercom, Inc.

MAY 13, 2021

Few people have more experience with this move than Linda Lin , Director of Customer Success at the revenue intelligence platform Gong. Moving upmarket means larger customers and higher revenue, but it’s not without its challenges. For Linda, it all comes down to your approach to customer success.

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Customer Success Scale Sales Hiring Strategy 177

SaaStr

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

Developing a product that solves a customer’s pain point provides a sense of pride and can drive the positive, emotional moment of awe that retains customers for the long haul. Winning the trust of your customers may take time (and can be lost in a fraction of that time), but earning that trust is essential to success.

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Underperforming Technical Team Business Scale Business Model 49

ChurnZero

JANUARY 6, 2022

Customer Success represents a large source of revenue-generation for SaaS businesses. Though Customer Success was originally regarded as a post-sale cost center, you can flip its narrative with the right metrics, positioning, and forecasting strategy. Choose Metrics that Emphasize Your Value. Not so much.

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Forecasting Customer Success Metrics Sales Funnel 98

Sales Hacker

AUGUST 7, 2024

He previously built the pre and post sales solutions team at mParticle from zero to supporting hundreds of enterprise customers. to be the sales engineer during the sales process and then stayed on with customer post sale to manage the implementation process. Should your sales engineers also implement the software?

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Underperforming Technical Team Technical Review Sales Hiring Scale 118

FastSpring

JANUARY 26, 2024

With years of experience at managing customer success (CS), Jake Dipple knows how important it is to foster collaboration between businesses and their customers. In this episode of Growth Stage, host and CMO of FastSpring David Vogelpohl interviews Jake about his thoughts on: What Customer Success is at a high level.

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Customer Success VP of Engineering Payments Payment Methods 158

SaaStr

APRIL 5, 2023

A bad experience with a revenue operations leader might taint your view of the position at all future companies, but that would be a mistake, as CRO Confidential podcast host Sam Blond learned first-hand. These leaders act as partners and build out a strong team. Not every leader is created equally.

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Sales Hiring Education Scale Strategy 244

ChurnZero

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

This is a guest post by Sara Barnes , vice president of Customer Success at Skilljar. Every Customer Success team focuses on keeping customers engaged and ultimately, preventing churn. In fact, customer education helps scale Customer Success , as the company scales business. .

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Education Customer Success Underperforming Technical Team Scale 98

User Pilot

JULY 29, 2024

Looking for the best customer success management software to power up your product growth strategy, but you are overwhelmed with so many options in the market? TL;DR Customer success software refers to tools that help manage customer experiences and drive customers toward their desired outcomes.

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Customer Success Software Management SaaS 105

Intercom, Inc.

JUNE 8, 2021

According to one Microsoft Global State of Customer Service report , 90% of consumers surveyed said that customer service is an important factor in their choice of, and loyalty to, a brand, while nearly two-thirds (58%) would sever their relationship with a business due to poor customer service. Customers want it.

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Technical Review Underperforming Technical Team Customer Support Marketplace as a Service 222

Valuize Consulting

DECEMBER 7, 2021

Level Up Your Customer Success Organization. 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). The fourth challenge is complexity.

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VP of Engineering Customer Success Sales Hiring Interviewing 98

ChurnZero

DECEMBER 19, 2024

Theyquestion the status quo, and relentlessly pursue their customers’ success, using ChurnZero software to power their initiatives and achieve breakthrough results. We’re delighted to introduce the winners of the 2024 ChurnHero Awards for customer success! Here’s who they are, and how they did it.

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Customer Success Scale Underperforming Technical Team Innovation 52

ChurnZero

APRIL 1, 2022

You’re not alone,” says Sharon Winterton , vice president of Customer Success at Catalina Marketing during her session “ Battling imposter syndrome in Customer Success ” at BIG RYG, ChurnZero’s annual Customer Success conference. You’ve never done Customer Success before. There’s so much to do.

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Customer Success Underperforming Technical Team Leadership Strategy 98

SaaStr

JULY 15, 2022

Jason Lemkin: You certainly can hire a whole content team and build 10,000 pieces of content, but I will tell you what I have always seen work is one incredible piece a week. Jason Lemkin: But usually your teams can’t do that. So you’re going to need at least three of those in the sales ops team. This always works.

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Scale Outsourcing Services Sales Hiring VP of Engineering 292

Intercom, Inc.

JULY 19, 2021

It’s quick, efficient, and personal, meaning that customers can get the answers they need, where and when they need them. And for your support team, using the right conversational support tool and framework allows them to maximize their resources, so they can focus on solving complex queries and building long-term customer relationships.

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Underperforming Technical Team Scale Sales Hiring Sales Recruiting 129

Sales Hacker

DECEMBER 4, 2020

A sales dashboard gives your team a fast and efficient way to see all the data that is most important to doing their job effectively. Most customer relationship management (CRM) tools have the built-in ability to create dashboards for your team. 3 Steps to Set Up a Successful Sales Dashboard. #1 Who is the dashboard for?

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Underperforming Technical Team Sales Data Metrics 135

ChurnZero

APRIL 27, 2021

As ChurnZero recently secured a Series B investment bringing our total funding that has been raised to date to $35 million, we thought we’d take a look back and see the role that Customer Success plays at each respective stage of funding for SaaS companies. Early-Stage Funding & Customer Success.

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Scale Customer Success Payments Underperforming Technical Team 98

Totango

MAY 15, 2024

From the urgent need for organizations to operate like startups to the surprising disparity in AI adoption between CS and support teams, these experts didn’t hold back. 1: For CS to jump ahead with AI, teams will need to operate like a startup Startups are known for their agility, adaptability, and willingness to experiment.

Customer Success 110

Customer Success Underperforming Technical Team Technical Review Sales Hiring 110

User Pilot

JUNE 26, 2023

Want to track the different types of product metrics to get product growth insights ? Product metrics are critical for product growth managers to develop the right product strategies and drive continuous value for customers. You can also use a product metrics framework, ie. What are product metrics?

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Metrics Customer Lifetime Value SaaS Underperforming Technical Team 96

Sales Hacker

MAY 20, 2021

You should approach this tactically with honed and consistent metrics. You need to measure and repeat so you and your sales team only put effort into promising prospects abroad. Develop a focused sales approach. Who is your ideal customer in terms of vertical? Who are your favorite customers currently?

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Scale Metrics Outsourcing Services Sales Recruiting 114

ChurnZero

DECEMBER 21, 2022

1/ Crash course in Customer Success and SaaS metrics. Many people think of SaaS and CS metrics as black and white. But the truth is, there are many ways to calculate and interpret—and game—metrics. Related reading: Key SaaS and Customer Success metrics you should care about – What’s a good CAC?

Customer Success 98

Customer Success Scale Underperforming Technical Team Benchmarks 98

SaaStr

JULY 22, 2019

That’s not a bad start. As the introduction said, I’m the Chief Customer Officer at New Relic. We work with mostly modern teams. It’s an integral part of your business going forward, and having a platform like New Relic is going to be essential to the success of your business over time. Good afternoon.

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Scale Scaling Sales Hiring Underperforming Technical Team 220

ChurnZero

MARCH 28, 2025

When customer success starts reporting into the CRO, its not just a reporting changeits a strategic shift. Most CROs come up through sales, where success is measured by speed and outcomes. But owning the full customer lifecycle demands a new operating modelone built on trust, value, and long-term growth.

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Customer Success Scale Underperforming Technical Team Systems Review 52

ChurnZero

OCTOBER 15, 2021

Where is Customer Success Headed in 2022? Customer Success gradually, then suddenly, came to exist. Customer Success gradually, then suddenly, became essential to SaaS companies. Customer Success gradually, then suddenly, joined the C-suite. Customer Success flexes its authority.

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Customer Success Benchmarks Scale Underperforming Technical Team 97

Intercom, Inc.

JANUARY 31, 2019

And as the organization grows, the work involved to get teams aligned on who you’re selling to and how you’re selling is not something to be taken for granted either. Ambient Strategy founder and CEO April Dunford on the symptoms of weak positioning. When you’re a small team, your time is everything. Speed is everything.

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Underperforming Technical Team Scale Benchmarks Sales 165

Kellblog

MAY 10, 2020

I’m a SaaS metrics nut and I go to a lot of SaaS board meetings, so I’m constantly thinking about (among other things) how to produce a minimal set of metrics that holistically describe a SaaS company. In a prior post, I made a nice one-slide metrics summary for an investor deck. Slide 2: Key Operating Metrics.

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Metrics Sales Hiring Software Review Underperforming Technical Team 98

SaaStr

JANUARY 10, 2020

And that means the customer is king.” ” In the context of the larger article, he’s making the case for manufacturers to adopt a SaaS playbook: become customer-centric, hire Customer Success Managers (CSMs) to engage customers more deeply, deploy technology to manage the customer relationship beyond the initial sale, etc.

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Sales Hiring Scale Underperforming Technical Team Onboarding 149

Totango

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

To make it to the Super Bowl, a football team must have two things: a strong defense and a strategic offense. The defense maintains a good field position and prevents the opposing team from scoring points, while the offense orchestrates smart plays to gain additional yards and score points. What is gross retention?

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Retention Underperforming Technical Team Software Review Churn 115

Sales Hacker

JANUARY 22, 2020

But as straightforward as their metrics may be, their jobs are anything but simple. There’s a range of key skills that separate the best from the rest, and success belongs to companies who can identify and hire reps who have those precious skills. It’s also one of the hardest to teach and develop. Again it’s all about balance.

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Sales Hiring Interviewing Underperforming Technical Team Sales Recruiting 96

ChurnZero

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

As a Customer Success leader, do you find yourself watering down your budgetary requests? And yet, downplaying your team’s needs undermines CS’s current impact and future revenue-driving potential. And yet, downplaying your team’s needs undermines CS’s current impact and future revenue-driving potential.

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Customer Success Sales Hiring Headcount Scale 98