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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User Pilot

APRIL 29, 2024

Mastering SaaS renewals’ best practices can transform a routine administrative task into a strategic opportunity to drive customer success and propel your business toward sustainable growth. TL;DR The SaaS renewal process involves a series of actions on/before the renewal date that lead to a customer’s renewal.

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Totango

AUGUST 16, 2022

Customer Retention Software Cuts Down Client Churn. Customer retention software has become essential for effective SaaS customer success strategies. A winning SaaS business model must prioritize retaining customers, which is far more cost-efficient than acquiring new clients to offset churn.

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User Pilot

MARCH 23, 2023

What are the reasons for customer churn in SaaS? And how can customer success teams address them to ensure product growth? As a SaaS company, your ultimate goal is to retain customers and keep them happy with your product. However, sometimes things don’t go as planned, and customers churn.

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User Pilot

JANUARY 11, 2024

With so many options out there for consumers, the FinTech onboarding process is crucial for any FinTech company looking to set itself apart. A seamless onboarding experience , thus, creates the right first impression, setting you up for success. Offer multichannel support through chat, email, phone, etc.,

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SaaStr

JANUARY 30, 2023

20X year 1⃣ 12X year 2⃣ 5X year 3⃣ #deelspeed @deel [link] — Shuooo (@shuoshuooshuooo) January 23, 2023 When we look at SaaS companies’ success stories, everything looks great on their growth maps. However, the truth is that every company has tried, failed, and restarted before getting to success.

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FastSpring

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

In our first post about our online community , we mentioned launching the Global SaaS Leaders Slack group because we saw a need for the kind of software-and-SaaS-focused community we’d want to be a part of. are what we like to have in an online forum. As a business person yourself, you know how it works.

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User Pilot

APRIL 29, 2024

How can you use them for better customer engagement ? TL;DR Segmentation is a process of grouping customers by shared characteristics. A segmentation survey is used to gather the data necessary to segment customers. It’s used to identify new opportunities and understand the needs of potential customers.

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Intercom, Inc.

DECEMBER 31, 2019

Apple survived the death of Steve Jobs in October 2011 under the thoughtful stewardship of Tim Cook, and continued to essentially be the iPhone company, while branching into wearables and services. The ultimate failure of Siri to dominate the AI personal assistant game might come to be seen as its biggest miss of the decade.

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Subscription Flow

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

A major issue that arises, especially in the B2B SaaS business model, is how to break into the upmarket market as startups develop into scaleups that are primarily focused on increasing their market capitalization. This can be done through a variety of platforms, including social media, email marketing, online ads, and content marketing.

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User Pilot

OCTOBER 31, 2023

TL;DR A free trial is a sales strategy that allows prospective customers to use your product for a limited time. Types of free trial models in SaaS: opt-in and opt-out free trials, freemium , free trial after a demo, and free trial with gamified extensions. What’s a free trial in SaaS? Book a demo to learn more.

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User Pilot

JULY 4, 2023

Are you in need of credible Typeform alternatives for your SaaS website? Whether you’re collecting data for new customer signups, gathering user feedback , conducting customer success surveys, or anything else, an online form builder is a very useful tool to have in your toolbox. Let’s begin!

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SaaStr

SEPTEMBER 26, 2019

So, despite SaaS multiple and the public markets being at near record highs, we’ve seen things start to … wobble a bit overall in tech: The WeWork IPO simply failed , and the Peloton and Direct Smile IPOs were broken. One of the greatest SaaS companies of all times, but still, it turned out to be mortal. Slack is mortal.

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Kellblog

MARCH 6, 2019

Enterprise SaaS has drifted to a model where many, if not most, companies do multi-year contracts on annual payment terms. Most enterprise SaaS products are high-consideration purchases. Most SaaS vendors will jump at the opportunity to lock in a longer subscription term. How did we get here?

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User Pilot

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Customer lifetime value , repeat customer rate, product adoption rate, and customer churn rate are key metrics to measure alongside your customer retention rate. Personalize the experiences of your new customers to accelerate their time to value. Why is retaining customers important in SaaS?

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FastSpring

JANUARY 19, 2023

NitroPack , a website performance optimization platform, has become one of the fastest-growing startups in CEE. When NitroPack was first getting started, they used PayPal to accept and process payments. “It Our platform calculates VAT, sales, and GST taxes and collects them on behalf of our customers. The problem?

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User Pilot

APRIL 3, 2024

TL;DR Product-led innovation emphasizes improving the product to attract customers, reducing reliance on marketing for growth. Product-led innovation focuses on developing a personalized product that naturally attracts and retains customers. User persona example.

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Totango

AUGUST 23, 2022

By charting the points in your SaaS customers’ journeys, you can plan how to deliver clients’ desired outcomes and satisfying experiences that promote subscription renewals and higher revenue. In this way, customer journey B2B touchpoints serve as a powerful tool for increasing the effectiveness of your customer success strategy.

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SaaStr

MAY 8, 2021

I felt like when I was a SaaS CEO and had to go profitable, they helped saved my rear. But as time has gone by, and I’ve worked with more SaaS companies, I’ve also seen the downside of annual contracts at many start-ups as well: Annual deal collections can be tough for start-ups. Big customers will want to pay annually.

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OpenView Labs

DECEMBER 21, 2020

Every year we ask the OpenView network to weigh in, and this time around many folks unsurprisingly made predictions around a trend most of us in SaaS had to adapt to (and, to be honest, are still figuring out) in 2020: remote work. SaaS companies will evolve their products and messaging to support a fluid hybrid working model—office/home.

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SaaStr

DECEMBER 12, 2022

Every successful SaaS business strategy requires a full-potential ambition aimed at sustained profitable growth. Every SaaS company strives to adapt to the emerging changes in the market as soon as possible and achieve sustainable growth. The service you deliver. Lesson 5: Build a successful company culture.

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Natalia Luneva

JANUARY 8, 2022

Facebook and Slack used to be the best community platforms for online businesses: they are free, everyone is using them, and they are easy to use. However, new online community platforms emerged to offer better interface, more customization opportunities, and the chance to create your own mini social network.

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CustomerSuccessBox

MARCH 10, 2022

In this day and age, all B2B SaaS firms want to optimize Automation to scale Customer Success in their organizations. By showing up for them every time their actions say so, and without them ever saying a word, you become more attuned to their personal reality and product experience. Alerts for new accounts.

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Neil Patel

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

With more customers expecting a hyper-personalized, real-time experience, the demand for AI technology in marketing has never been greater. From lead generation to lead nurturing to conversion, funnel AI tools help marketers improve their strategy and streamline their processes. Who Should Use Systeme? Use Exceed.ai

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ChurnZero

AUGUST 14, 2020

At ChurnZero, we’re humble enough to admit that Customer Success software can’t do it all, and quite frankly, it shouldn’t. We stick to our circle of competence and focus on our area of expertise: Customer Success software. It’s Customer Success for us. Customer Relationship Management (CRM) Software.

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Payments Payment Solutions Customer Success Software Review 87

CustomerSuccessBox

APRIL 3, 2022

Customer Success ensures that your customers remain happy customers. Its objective is to guarantee that your customers get the most value from your product. Sending an email with the appropriate intent at the right time is essential to a good customer success email. Customer Success Email Templates.

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User Pilot

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Feedback, as it combines qualitative and quantitative data to provide a comprehensive understanding of your customers so you can make better decisions. Customer service data to spot common problems in your service, analyze common queries, and predict customer behaviors and trends.

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User Pilot

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Managing customer accounts is a pretty tough job, but you know what’s even tougher? SaaS account management. With the emergence of software-as-a-service (SaaS) companies, the role of account managers has also evolved – and gotten harder. Personalizing customer workflows according to their needs.

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Totango

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

The contract renewal stage of the customer lifecycle is a critical component of driving retention for SaaS products. Knowing how to use technology to optimize your contract renewal process can increase your retention rates and your revenue. First, we’ll review what contract renewal is and what it means to automate the process.

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Sales Hacker

MARCH 29, 2021

RevOps has grown in importance as SaaS products have continued to proliferate and organizations have recognized the importance of good data, efficient workflows, and ensuring cross-department collaboration. Ensuring partnerships, sales, product, engineering, and customer success teams have the information they need when they need it.

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Totango

JUNE 3, 2022

Customer success email templates form a foundation for effective CS automation. While customer success management can result in a rewarding payoff, it can also be very time-consuming if you don’t use the right strategies. Customer check-ins. Sales to Customer Success Handoff Email Template.

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Subscription Flow

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

Chargebee is one such SaaS product, but there are a number of reasons why a company, especially a startup or SME, could be looking into Chargebee competitors. Less tech-savvy business owners transitioning from legacy systems may want guided onboarding rather than self-service. Subscription Flow also integrates with PayStack and Square.

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CustomerSuccessBox

OCTOBER 21, 2021

Customer Success has become a must for every SaaS business with the advent of the subscription economy. But just having a customer success department does not solve issues with your churn rate, customer lifetime value, retention rate, or MRR/ARR. It starts by understanding why customer success is important.

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Tom Tunguz

MARCH 19, 2020

Second, gauging customer health. Most SaaS companies will have existing customers. Some of these customers will be insulated from the virus. Customer success and account management teams should focus on understanding customer health. Others may benefit from it. Many of them will suffer from it.

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User Pilot

JULY 27, 2023

Confused about trying to understand SaaS roles? SaaS companies have many moving parts, and it can be difficult to determine who does what. TL;DR SaaS, or “Software as a Service,” is a business model that delivers centrally hosted software to subscribers over the internet. What is a SaaS business model?

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User Pilot

JULY 20, 2023

TL;DR Voluntary churn happens when customers cancel or downgrade their subscriptions while involuntary churn happens when a customer can’t continue using a service for reasons that are partially or entirely out of their control, most of the time related to payment processing issues. Bad customer service.

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User Pilot

JANUARY 27, 2023

However, it would be naive to expect customers to part with their hard-earned cash without first trying out the product. As a SaaS product manager , how do you give users a chance to experience your product value? So why not look at our 15 B2B SaaS free trial best practices that will help you boost your conversion rates?

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