FastSpring

JANUARY 19, 2023

And they immediately began to see issues using PayPal as the foundation of their payment stack: “The moment we realized that our SaaS was going to be making more money in the next months, we realized that we had a payment issue, and we needed to be able to scale.” Using PayPal, software companies can send U.S.-style

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SaaStr

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

These two departments are a SaaS company’s most important; without their alignment, there is no growth or scale. was pretty simplified, mostly made up of annual or monthly subscriptions. While annual/monthly subscriptions still exist, they are more complex than ever. Governance is a critical component of how you grow and scale.

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Stax

DECEMBER 20, 2023

With the majority of processors relying on negotiations and tacking on hidden costs like exorbitant setup fees, dishonest monthly subscription fees, or unfavorable long-term contracts, it can be hard to know what the best rates really are. One that provides invoicing features? Finally, think long-term.

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SaaStr

JANUARY 5, 2022

Every customer-facing team is on the renewals team. There’s no denying that renewals are the most important motion in SaaS and subscription. At Box, there was a culture and mindset shift early on that customer-facing teams shouldn’t live in silos. Improvements for a sales team and process are a ‘no finish line’ business.

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Chart Mogul

JULY 28, 2023

Four experts from the SaaS world sit down to discuss sales tech stacks, evolving your sales team, and some common mistakes organizations make building sales teams and purchasing software. ChartMogul’s very own VP of Sales, Sara Archer heads the panel discussion.

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CustomerSuccessBox

APRIL 18, 2022

While in the subscription economy, where the prime growth center lies in the customer success effort of the business. Most SaaS businesses fail to align the Product and Customer Success teams to drive great experiences and outcomes. Why Aligning Product and Customer Success Is important?

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User Pilot

APRIL 22, 2024

In SaaS, it’s advised to follow customer success best practices to ensure that users achieve their desired outcomes with your product and become loyal advocates for your brand. TL;DR Customer success builds long-lasting relationships, increases customer retention , lifetime value , and advocacy, and informs product development.

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Intercom, Inc.

AUGUST 29, 2019

In this week’s episode we’ve dug down into the podcast vaults to bring you some of the best insights shared by our guests about scaling sales. It’s no surprise that one of the key levers for growth as you go from startup to scale-up is your sales team. Hiring for sales with John Barrows.

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SaaStr

JULY 22, 2020

I’m not ashamed to admit that when I set up our first SaaS sales comp plan, I had no idea what I was doing. But I did all the sales myself, and stupidly, had no sales comp plan at all ??. Then, as we first scaled up a sales team, we ended up literally copying Salesforce’s comp plan.

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Totango

OCTOBER 20, 2022

Hiring team members with the right customer success manager skills is critical for the effectiveness of your CS team and strategy. We’ll cover these below, along with five best practices to follow when bringing a new customer success manager aboard your team. What Is a Customer Success Manager (CSM)?

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SaaStr

JULY 15, 2022

Jason recently opened up an AMA on Twitter Spaces to answer questions about scaling from $1M to $10M. We did a good AMA on this scaling at SaaStr Europa in Barcelona, a couple weeks back. That will scale, and then take those emails after four great pieces of content and do a weekly webinar and do a weekly get-together for them.

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ChurnZero

JULY 29, 2022

A customer’s decision to stay with you doesn’t come from a single interaction; instead, it reflects their entire experience across your organization. To tap retention as a growth channel, you need a customer success strategy that elevates your customer success teams and puts customers at the heart of everything you do.

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CustomerSuccessBox

JUNE 20, 2022

Now that you’ve chosen to read this article, I suppose you are already aware of the weightage that the Customer Success function holds for your SaaS business. And when it comes to delivering the right customer success function to your clients you are as good as the tool you use. What is a Customer Success Software?

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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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Chart Mogul

MARCH 19, 2020

Are you responsible for getting subscription metrics like MRR right? At ChartMogul, we auto-generate subscriptions and metrics from invoices and transactions — we believe this gives you the most trustworthy picture of where your business stands at the moment. This is a common question we hear from customers.

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ChurnZero

OCTOBER 21, 2022

Today’s customers recognize the competition in the subscription market and look for renewal-worthy experiences built upon enduring returns. To deliver on their expectations takes true customer-centricity and a strong customer success team who can do far more than “be there” for your customers.

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ChurnZero

DECEMBER 14, 2022

The winners of 2022’s ChurnHero Awards, recognizing and celebrating ChurnZero customers who champion Customer Success with remarkable results, have been announced! Today, we’re proud and delighted to recognize the following Customer Success teams as 2022 ChurnHeroes. Today, this customer segment’s NRR is at 124%.”

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User Pilot

JUNE 22, 2023

The differences between a high-touch vs low-touch user engagement model may not seem that important but finding the right approach can actually make your customer success managers a lot more effective. High-touch engagement models are harder to scale as you’ll need to continuously hire new members for your ever-growing CS team.

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Totango

JULY 13, 2021

Strategy for customer success growth has changed as commerce has gone digital and big data has made marketing and sales customer-centric. Tell people about your business, get them in the store, sell them things, then look for more customers. Businesses need a new strategy for customer success growth.

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ChurnZero

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

Some Customer Success metrics are considered standard but there’s often more than meets the eye. Sales and marketing professionals that geek out on metrics can find themselves in deep philosophical debates about the best numbers to track. There is often more than one way to calculate a given Customer Success metric; Gaming.

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CustomerSuccessBox

MARCH 3, 2022

When for the firms, Customer Success came into sight helping out customers before a situation knocked up mattered a lot. Read on to know about the Customer Success books for Customer Success Managers (CSMs) to read in 2022. Did you know, “Happy customers are repeat customers”?

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ChurnZero

OCTOBER 5, 2021

No worries if you weren’t able to attend (or even if you did and are looking for a recap), we have pulled together our top ten Customer Success takeaways from SaaStr Annual 2021 that we wanted to share with you here. Are your compensation plans setting your business up for longer-term success or subscription contraction?

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ChurnZero

JANUARY 26, 2022

82% of marketers say that “active customer retention” is one of the most important objectives for their CRM team , leading many Marketing and Customer Success team members to seek out new ways to understand customer pain points and improve the customer experience. Complete 360° Customer Visibility.

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ChurnZero

JUNE 14, 2023

For subscription businesses, the focus is clear: retaining customers. Older research from Fred Reichheld of Bain & Company showed that, in financial services, “a 5% increase in customer retention produces more than a 25% increase in profit.” When choosing your platform, think beyond your customer success team.

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ChurnZero

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

To help you amp up your Customer Success management skills here’s a breakdown of our top recommendations for courses to consider taking. Customer Success Management Fundamentals. Course Description: New to customer success management (CSM)? Value Realization Best Practices for Customer Success Management.

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ChurnZero

MAY 20, 2021

When you build a Customer Success organization from the ground up, it’s easy to get caught in the trap of doing the wrong things well. To figure out where you should begin on your growth and scaling journey, it’s helpful to first orient yourself with where you stand using a Customer Success maturity model.

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Valuize Consulting

AUGUST 6, 2021

Designing A Data-Driven Customer Success Organization. Strategy, technology and data are the building blocks of a strong Customer Success (CS) Operations motion. So, what’s the secret to building and operationalizing impactful Customer Success strategies, tools and processes? Q: What was your first job?

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Valuize Consulting

AUGUST 17, 2020

Customer success leaders are facing retention revenue losses due to the current global economic downturn. You must focus on maximizing the scalability and efficiency of your customer success organization through customer success automation to maintain strong retention rates during these uncertain times.

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ChurnZero

JANUARY 13, 2022

As the demand for Customer Success surges within SaaS, so too does the need for effective leaders to spearhead this expanding function and steer its strategy and success. Over the course of the pandemic, Customer Success has cemented itself as a central business driver of growth and profit. Follow Adi on LinkedIn.

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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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Chart Mogul

MARCH 19, 2020

Are you responsible for getting subscription metrics like MRR right? At ChartMogul, we auto-generate subscriptions and metrics from invoices and transactions — we believe this gives you the most trustworthy picture of where your business stands at the moment. This is a common question we hear from customers.

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CustomerSuccessBox

MARCH 15, 2022

Customers that sign up for a free trial are a great marketing target because they’ve already committed to your business enough to sign up and maybe provide relevant information. Optimize trial to paid conversion rate using Customer Success Tool. Simplify for non-paying customers to use your product.

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ChurnZero

JANUARY 20, 2021

This is a guest blog post by Justine Dennis, Manager, Customer Success & Support at Fusebill. . Mattias Putman and Ewout Meyns launched PieSync in 2014 with a goal in mind: keep customers satisfied. Mattias and I are very aware that PieSync’s success depends on that of our customers.

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ChurnZero

OCTOBER 1, 2022

Why is it that the need for operations in marketing and sales is never questioned, yet Customer Success isn’t given the same allowance? Even though CSQLs have a lower customer acquisition cost, faster rate of return, and high close-rate, says Tony D’Auria, industry principal at Valuize, a customer lifecycle consultancy.

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SaaStr

MARCH 17, 2020

Learn how Pendo can help companies go from startup to scale-up here. Predictable Revenue outlined the four pillars of outbound sales development and talked about how they’re helping companies investigate markets before building out sales teams, and also explained how the company helps customers create a link between targeting and messaging.

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SaaStr

MAY 8, 2021

Close say a $125k contract, even after a healthy sales commission, that’s $100k+ in the bank right now! Forcing your sales team to do collections is OK in the early days, but doesn’t work perfectly either, and doesn’t scale. Monthly invoices can make things even worse, of course. Is it worth it?

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SaaStr

MAY 27, 2021

Q: Dear SaaStr: How Do I Convince My Customers with Monthly plans to Upgrade to Annual Plans? Large customers only pay via invoices, especially for any deal of any material size (>$10k a year). Invoices have their own annoying set of characteristics (they can be Net 60+, you have to deal with procurement, etc.).

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