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What skills do customer success professionals need in 2024?

ChurnZero

Skillset 1: Sales acumen In 2024, driving revenue is a primary responsibility of CS. This means that sales acumen is no longer just a bonus for CS professionals—it’s a new baseline for many companies. In 2024, tracking these metrics and demonstrating their impact are essential skills for CS professionals.

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The software customers don’t see

Tom Tunguz

In AdSense operations, the average account manager supported more than 10,000 customers (!) We built these tools following Larry’s advice to his teams which was to find a problem or inefficiency, generalize it as much as possible, then build a tool to automate it and then tune it over time. It was the only way we could scale.

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SaaStr Podcasts for the Week with Work-Bench and Initialized Capital — May 8, 2020

SaaStr

Where does Jessica find managers and founders do pipe reviews wrong? What does Jessica believe is the right way for sales reps to engage with new customers during this time? How should sales teams and CS respond to requests for discounts? Harry Stebbings: Totally, in terms of that sales cycle.

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Fearless Marketing: Meet the Small Team Selling Big Dreams

Unbounce

When done right, marketing can be about more than return on investment or brand metrics. Sounds like a big opportunity for talent-starved companies to recruit, right? That’s in roles across data science, product management, web development, UX/UI design, and UX writing. Looking at the Landscape. Powering Up with Design.

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How to Build a Community to Grow Your SaaS Company

Chart Mogul

Our founders are huge believers in starting with why, and I had zero chance of getting buy-in without a clear articulation of why we were doing this, a short and medium-term strategy, and some clearly defined success metrics. We also made a firm decision to ban our sales team from the community. Recruitment. I use Lu.ma

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7 Customer Marketing Strategies to Increase SaaS Retention

ChurnZero

Sure, you won customers over to get the initial purchase, but what about your post-sale courting? Spread Wisdom With Webinars. Webinars are often thought of for top-of-funnel lead generation and nurture, but they can be just as effective for customer marketing. Being a good partner and delivering outcomes is expected.

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Q&A: Customer Success Study Results Revealed

ChurnZero

To help make sense of the survey data, give their expert take on what it means for Customer Success teams, and offer up maturity recommendations based on the findings, we invited Megan Macaluso, VP Customer Success & Operations at ESG, and Jay Nathan, Chief Customer Officer at Higher Logic, to join us for a webinar. What are your metrics?