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.

Scale 191

Scale Finance Sales Hiring Scaling 191

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.

Scale 253

Scale Scaling Sales Hiring Software Review 253

Totango

JULY 28, 2021

Following best practices for hiring a customer success manager can make a critical difference in the quality of your customer relationships. Customer success managers serve as the face of your company in dealing with clients, playing a key role in ensuring satisfying experiences of your brand. Suggesting upsells.

Customer Success 118

Customer Success Management Underperforming Technical Team Scale 118

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. .

Education 98

Education Customer Success Underperforming Technical Team Scale 98

SaaStr

MAY 8, 2022

Why NRR is Probably The Wrong Core Metric for Your Customer Success Team. SaaStr 552: 5 Lessons on Building Your Sales Organization for Scale with Than Hancock, EVP of Sales @ Podium and Carlie Adams, Head of West Coast Sales @ Podium. 9 Things Your New Head of Product Should Do in Their First 30 Days. Top Podcasts This Week: 1.

Scale 221

Scale Engineering Payment Features Sales 221

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?

Artificial Intelligence 52

Artificial Intelligence Customer Success Software Payment Features 52

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)?

Sales Hiring 90

Sales Hiring Customer Success Sales Recruiting Technical Review 90

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.

VP of Engineering 98

VP of Engineering Customer Success Sales Hiring Interviewing 98

ChurnZero

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

Some Customer Success metrics are considered standard but there’s often more than meets the eye. That’s according to a landmark webinar we hosted last fall titled, “A Crash Course in Customer Success and SaaS Metrics” with Dave Kellogg and You Mon Tsang. That nuance is derived from three underlying factors: Construct.

Customer Success 94

Customer Success Metrics Software Review Customer Lifetime Value 94

Totango

MARCH 4, 2022

B2B customer service is often confused with B2B customer success, but they are not the same. Despite their differences, however, they do share an intimate relationship – you need strong customer service to achieve customer success. What is B2B Customer Service? B2B vs. B2C Customer Service.

B2B 91

B2B Customer Success Technical Review B2C 91

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.

Customer Success 100

Customer Success Payment Methods Payments Payment Services 100

ChurnZero

MARCH 23, 2023

The most important part of Customer Success is the team. More than three-quarters (77%) of Customer Success teams have fewer than 50 people on staff. That’s according to our annual Customer Success Leadership Study published in late 2022. Yet, many teams fall well below industry benchmarks.

Headcount 52

Headcount Benchmarks Customer Success Scale 52

ChurnZero

MARCH 23, 2023

The most important part of Customer Success is the team. More than three-quarters (77%) of Customer Success teams have fewer than 50 people on staff. That’s according to our annual Customer Success Leadership Study published in late 2022. Yet, many teams fall well below industry benchmarks.

Headcount 52

Headcount Benchmarks Customer Success Scale 52

FastSpring

FEBRUARY 6, 2019

Customers are so used to free trials, they have almost come to expect it from a new service. Netflix, for example, markets free trials heavily because their data shows that they work, retaining about one in three people for a subscription. Reducing churn is essential for building a solid customer base.

Payment Features 65

Payment Features Payment Solutions Subscription Pricing 65

ChurnZero

APRIL 21, 2021

Customer Success is a growing industry, with more resources than ever before – but sometimes it can be hard to find the golden nuggets with the ever-increasing sea of content. When you subscribe to the ESG newsletter you can expect the best of their game-changing Customer Success resources so you can stay ahead of the competition.

Customer Success 94

Customer Success Churn Onboarding Subscription 94

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?

Customer Success 95

Customer Success Scale Customer Lifetime Value Compensation 95

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.

Customer Success 90

Customer Success Payments Payment Services Scale 90

Chart Mogul

JULY 28, 2023

She’s joined by Graham Hunter , Head of Startup Program, Segment ; Dani Riggs , Head of Revenue & Business Operations, Accord ; and Jonah Mandel , VP of Sales & Customer Success, Capchase. Maturing your sales and revenue operations Mistakes to avoid when scaling your tech stack.

Scale 52

Scale Sales Hiring Scaling Sales 52

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.

Scale 97

Scale Churn Scaling Retention 97

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.

Customer Success 98

Customer Success Customer Lifetime Value Scale Consulting 98

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.

Scale 52

Scale Customer Success Technical Review Sales Hiring 52

SaaStr

OCTOBER 13, 2022

ChartMogul is an analytics platform to help you run your subscription business. Our mission is to build powerful and secure cloud software for subscription businesses of all sizes, with a strong emphasis on good design and ease of use.

GCP(Google Cloud Platform) 183

GCP(Google Cloud Platform) Azure AWS Enterprise readiness 183

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.

Customer Success 52

Customer Success Payment Solutions Scale Payment Features 52

Valuize Consulting

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

Strategic Leadership For Smooth Scaling. In today’s high-velocity subscription-based economy, a solid Customer Success (CS) Operations motion is imperative to driving sustainable and scalable growth. This can be in the form of Support, Customer Success Management, Professional Services or Education.

Customer Success 52

Customer Success Scale Entrepreneurship Leadership 52

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.

Customer Success 98

Customer Success Scale SaaS B2B 98

Totango

AUGUST 8, 2021

Driving software adoption through customer success in the 2020s is a precision business. Create a Cross-Functional Customer Journey Team. Choose the Right Customer Success Software that provides a 360-degree view of your customer. Driving Software Adoption through Customer Success Begins with Understanding.

Engagement 118

Engagement Customer Success Software Onboarding 118

CustomerSuccessBox

DECEMBER 6, 2021

With the rising prominence of Customer Success, you need to be in power with the industry. Here you’ll find customer success events, conferences, and books that will help you get ready for the new year 2022 and beyond. Customer Success Conference 2022 by TSIA. Recurring Revenue Conference.

Customer Success 52

Customer Success Customer Lifetime Value Interviewing Subscription 52

OpenView Labs

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

While we aren’t going 100% usage-based overnight, if you look at some of the mega-trends in software—things like automation, AI, and APIs—the value of a product normally doesn’t scale with more folks logging in. Usage-based pricing will be the key to successful monetization in the future. You can’t predict your best customers.

Scale 98

Scale Pricing Scaling AWS 98

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.

Scale 97

Scale Customer Success Revenue Retention 97

CustomerSuccessBox

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

The Customer Success industry has grown over the last couple of years and will continue to have immense growth in the future too. So here’s an ensemble of the top 9 customer success podcasts that one needs to subscribe to. Gain Grow Retain: B2B SaaS Customer Success. Women in Customer Success.

Customer Success 52

Customer Success Interviewing B2B Subscription 52

ChurnZero

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

With sweeping layoffs, forecast misses, and budget cuts in the news, there’s one question running through the mind of every Customer Success leader right now: What can I do to prepare my department for the impacts of the economic downturn? Customers will respect and trust you infinitely more when you’re upfront with them.

Customer Success 98

Customer Success Scale SaaS Finance 98

ChurnZero

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

Some Customer Success metrics are considered standard but there’s often more than meets the eye. That’s according to a landmark webinar we hosted last fall titled, “A Crash Course in Customer Success and SaaS Metrics” with Dave Kellogg and You Mon Tsang. That nuance is derived from three underlying factors: Construct.

Customer Success 52

Customer Success Metrics Software Review Customer Lifetime Value 52

SaaStr

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

From a Go-To-Market perspective, Zapier uses a hybrid model that involves a combination of freemium offerings, subscription plans, and partnerships. Let’s dive into what’s making that hybrid model successful: PLG and Sales Led? Either way, the foundation for success in Go-To-Market starts with the right team.

Scale 252

Scale Sales Hiring Sales Marketing 252

CustomerSuccessBox

AUGUST 12, 2021

You probably have heard about Customer Success so many times but are still very confused if it’s suitable for your business or not. The questions which you might have in your head are being answered in detail here so that, after going through it, you have clarity on whether you’re ready to roll out Customer Success processes or not.

Customer Success 52

Customer Success Technical Review Sales Hiring Payment Features 52

Baremetrics

JULY 8, 2021

This allows their team to focus on product, sales, and customer success while staying lean. MetricFire is a full-scale platform that offers infrastructure, system, and application monitoring using a suite of open-source monitoring tools. Stripe is the leading payment processing service for SaaS and subscription businesses.

Payment Services 105

Payment Services Payment Solutions Payments SaaS Payments 105

ChurnZero

JULY 22, 2022

Does your Customer Success team have a shallow view of onboarding? If you consider onboarding to be a success when a customer reaches their go-live date, then you need to dig deeper. It’s about transforming your customer’s business and delivering value, so you make their life better,” says Donna. Start to track it.

Scale 98

Scale Onboarding Scaling Underperforming Technical Team 98

CustomerSuccessBox

AUGUST 31, 2021

Customer Success is the key to driving retention, renewals and thereby, increasing recurring revenue for the business. Although it’s upon the Customer Success team to drive retention, renewals, etc., Senior Customer Success (CS) leader VP of Customer Success Head of Customer Success.

Customer Success 52

Customer Success Customer Lifetime Value Churn Acquisition 52