OpenView Labs

MARCH 3, 2020

But customer success (CS) leaders often drive all departmental improvement off those two numbers. Because they’re stuck with these limited metrics, CS leaders will continue to be second-tier leaders on the exec team (if they’re invited at all). If the customer is using the product, their churn risk is unpredictable.

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User Pilot

APRIL 7, 2023

When your product is catering to other businesses, it can be difficult for sales reps and other teams to understand the needs and experiences of the clients, especially if the client company sells multiple products. However, customer insights can help your teams understand all aspects of your B2B partners.

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User Pilot

MARCH 27, 2023

We start by looking at different kinds of analyses and the metrics to track and then explore some practical ways of using each of them to drive various product goals. We finish with an overview of product analytics tools that your team can benefit from. Why do you need to track product analytics?

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User Pilot

MARCH 28, 2024

User analytics play an essential part in the product development and management process. It also explores different kinds of user data analysis, shows you how to conduct it, and introduces a few product analytics tools with the necessary functionality. That’s one of the questions our guide answers. Let’s get to it!

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ChurnZero

SEPTEMBER 25, 2020

The first installment outlined the significance of (and ramifications of not) marrying your Customer Success and Product teams, how to spot the misaligned warning signs, and decoding each team’s unique working style.]. Teams experience this in the extreme.”. Prime Product for Customer Conversations.

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SaaStr

NOVEMBER 22, 2019

Before Optimizely, Travis spent 6 years at Salesforce in a number of sales roles including building the first Platform Sales team. What does Travis advise founders when it comes to uniting customer facing teams? * How does the engagement model with customer need to shift? Loving our podcast content?

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Sales Enablement, SaaS and Growth

OCTOBER 29, 2018

Retention truly is the foundation of growth for software as a service (SaaS) companies, but oftentimes, it is overlooked and undervalued. High SaaS churn is a corollary of poor retention - but it can creep up unannounced, and rather than deal a single fatal blow, it causes death by a thousand small cuts.

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SaaStr

MARCH 12, 2019

The three stages are product-market fit, then go-to-market fit and lastly growth and moat. Awesome revenue growth on the X axis, awesome revenue retention on the Y. Hundred percent revenue retention, 200% revenue growth. Option B is awesome revenue growth, 200%, but mediocre revenue retention, 70%.

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User Pilot

MAY 30, 2023

Every successful product marketer has at some point wondered how to create a persona. Good user personas are critical to any successful product marketing campaign. Good user personas help you to design better products for your target users and achieve PMF. User persona example for Userpilot.

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ChurnZero

JUNE 3, 2022

From optional to all-important, Customer Success has come a long way in the last decade. VC and PE firms now ask founders about the metrics owned by CS teams, specifically NRR and GRR , within the first ten minutes of conversation. You Mon: When I think about being a leader, it’s all about how do I get my team to succeed.

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ChurnZero

JUNE 3, 2022

From optional to all-important, Customer Success has come a long way in the last decade. VC and PE firms now ask founders about the metrics owned by CS teams, specifically NRR and GRR , within the first ten minutes of conversation. You Mon: When I think about being a leader, it’s all about how do I get my team to succeed.

Customer Success 52

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ChurnZero

OCTOBER 4, 2019

It’s time for another installment of our blog series where we spotlight a Customer Success professional and get their take on the industry as well as get to hear some of their top tips they’d like to share. Today we are showcasing – Sam Schneider, the VP of Client Success at Bloomfire. A: It’s ok to say no.

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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. Tracking product metrics helps you develop well-informed product strategies.

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Chart Mogul

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

We trust leaders to make decisions on what tools they need to get the most out of their teams. Guide to SaaS Revenue Recognition and Deferred Revenue in SaaS by Ben Murray, The SaaS CFO SaaS revenue recognition is an ongoing priority for SaaS accounting teams. This post describes my recommendations for SaaS board meetings.

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User Pilot

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

Understanding customers’ unique needs and expectations allow companies to better meet these needs. From marketing campaigns to onboarding programs, catering your product experiences to your customers improves satisfaction and retention rates. Then, collect direct customer feedback with in-app surveys.

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User Pilot

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

TL;DR Product analytics is the process of collecting and analyzing data about product usage and user behavior. Product analytics tools empower teams to make informed decisions on how to add more value and offer a better user experience. Pendo is a product adoption platform famous for high-quality analytics solutions.

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OPEXEngine

AUGUST 31, 2021

And while the concept has been around for years, for most of that time, tech debt was primarily the concern of product and engineering teams. They’re also increasingly holding their teams accountable to manage it appropriately. Sometimes they do so intentionally because they feel pressure to get to market faster.

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OPEXEngine

AUGUST 31, 2021

And while the concept has been around for years, for most of that time, tech debt was primarily the concern of product and engineering teams. They’re also increasingly holding their teams accountable to manage it appropriately. Sometimes they do so intentionally because they feel pressure to get to market faster.

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SaaStr

MARCH 13, 2020

Why does Harry believe investing in customer success is far more important than customer acquisition? * After finding funding and product/market fit, your next steps as a founder in the hypergrowth phase can determine the future of your company. Especially when there’s kind of that continuity on the team.

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SaaStr

APRIL 30, 2022

Basically you can more easily start using products. The second constituent there is the developer. Why do developers love SaaS products? They love SaaS products. They love consuming SaaS products not because of the billing model, but because of the delivery model. Customer acquisition.

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User Pilot

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

TL;DR A product launch checklist is a list of all the actions to complete before, during, and after releasing a new product , feature , or update. New product launch checklist: Conduct market and customer research to assess the competitive landscape, identify unmet customer needs, and assess demand.

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ChurnZero

JULY 12, 2019

This is a guest blog post by Andy Mura, the Head of Marketing at Userlane. Perhaps product problems, loss of a key user in the account, a bad use case… Sure, these are some reasons why customers may churn, but the reality is that your churn rate is deeply connected to the quality of onboarding journey your users go through.

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SaaStr

FEBRUARY 21, 2020

* What does David believe is the crucial step missing in B2B when it comes to finding product market fit? How does David think about scaling sales teams? What have been David’s learnings on how to integrate sales and marketing so tightly? How does marketing and customer success intertwine to be successful?

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User Pilot

AUGUST 14, 2023

Which measures the customer’s experience with a specific product, feature, or team interaction. Ask users to rate from 1 to 5 how easy it is to use your product. Product evaluation surveys. Which gauges how users feel about product performance and what they value the most. Product evaluation survey example.

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Intercom, Inc.

JULY 28, 2022

Sanj has plenty of experience scaling sales teams at growing businesses, and that’s precisely why, as of November of last year, he‘s overseeing EMEA sales at Intercom. In today’s episode, we sat down with Sanj to talk about scaling sales teams, what makes a great salesperson, and strategies to deliver the best outcomes for your customers.

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Baremetrics

AUGUST 23, 2021

Whether you're a startup or an established company, launching a new SaaS product isn't as easy as it was 15 years ago. You need to have a strategic approach that includes identifying your market fit, developing appropriate positioning and marketing strategies, and measuring performance. Brand Positioning 2.

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SmartKarrot

APRIL 28, 2021

Role: Client Success Director (Real Estate) Location: New York, NY, US Organization: REEF As a Client Success Director, you will drive new business applications, working with internal REEF teams to match qualified applications to the real estate network.

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SaaSOptics

MAY 19, 2022

Again, corresponding variables such as customer acquisition cost ( CAC ) and customer revenue all tie back to your acquisition strategy. Below, we’ll dive into how to develop a customer acquisition strategy from start to finish. . How to Develop a Customer Acquisition Strategy.

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SaaStr

NOVEMBER 29, 2019

How does Allie advise other founders on scaling sales teams? How does Allie think about the importance of focus applied to customer segmentation today? How does Allie measure true customer success? Product analytics? So we have a lot of people on the team who are really knowledgeable.

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User Pilot

APRIL 27, 2023

Thanks to that, you can identify ways to improve user experience and make informed product development decisions. Product teams use in-app surveys to conduct user research, personalize user experience , assess satisfaction levels, measure customer loyalty , identify new feature ideas, and better understand user behavior.

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User Pilot

MARCH 15, 2022

An effective go-to-market strategy includes a selling strategy, pricing model, target audience, and most suitable channels for marketing your product. Focusing on the proper metrics at this stage is crucial to how successful or bad your GTM plan will be. What is a go-to-market (GTM) strategy? GTM strategy.

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Strategy Marketing SaaS Customer Lifetime Value 98

User Pilot

MAY 11, 2022

Are you aware that product user segmentation affects all stages of the user journey and the overall growth of a business? You can use product usage data to develop an effective marketing strategy, improve products, retain customers , as well as to accelerate customer adoption. Understand users better.

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SaaSOptics

MAY 6, 2022

Customer Core —to maintain and develop customer relationships. Poor financial records are not something you can run away from. A strong customer core helps early-stage companies retain users and expand deal sizes within their existing customer base. HR Core —to manage payroll and employees. Financial Core.

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SaaStr

NOVEMBER 2, 2019

As for Krish, under Krish’s leadership the team has grown to over 300 people and over 5,000 clients making it one of the next generation in truly global SaaS businesses started in India. Does one have to expand the product line to retain customers? First, what is continuous customer development?

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Sales Hacker

MARCH 3, 2021

Salespeople create relationships, but it has traditionally been up to the customer success or account management team to nurture them. However, both teams must be aligned every step of the way, with one common goal in sight: delivering the best possible customer experience. What is the handoff process?

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SaaStr

MARCH 20, 2020

As for Rachel, prior to joining Pilot, she saw the hyper-growth of Slack firsthand enjoying a couple of different roles including Head of Growth Marketing and then also Head of Self Service and Platform Marketing. Before Slack, Rachel spent 4 years at LinkedIn where she led the product marketing team for content experiences.

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SaaStr

MARCH 6, 2020

This session from Showpad CMO Theresa O’Neil will outline a practical approach to growing revenue and retention by aligning sales, marketing, and customer success. Write it down, share the rough draft with your team, debate it, prioritize it. This episode is sponsored by TaxJar.

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