Second to None

JUNE 5, 2018

There has been a considerable increase in the number of people involved in B2B purchasing decisions over the past two years; with the average number increasing from 5.4 A B2B company can only make a significant transformation in service delivery by improving their customer experience platform.

B2B 63

B2B 2018 Voice of Customer Brands 63

Waypoint Group

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

B2B vendor/providers and customer/accounts working together is much like a marriage. If you never care to find out what your spouse is thinking about the relationship (and why) then the marriage is probably doomed in the long run. Are there ways better than Active Listening to strengthen customer relationships?

B2B 52

B2B Feedback Net Promoter Score NPS 52

Waypoint Group

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

B2B vendor/providers and customer/accounts working together is much like a marriage. If you never care to find out what your spouse is thinking about the relationship (and why) then the marriage is probably doomed in the long run. Are there ways better than Active Listening to strengthen customer relationships?

B2B 52

B2B Feedback Net Promoter Score NPS 52

Lumoa

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

Whether you’re new to customer experience or seeking inspiration, this guide serves as your ultimate resource for exploring and delving deeper into this exciting field. Actionability is also, as we believe, one of the essential aspects of customer experience management.

Definition 167

Definition Net Promoter Score Customer Experience B2C 167

Totango

JANUARY 23, 2020

Today’s customers are more likely to seek more flexible, subscription-based agreements that empower them to walk away if they are unhappy. As such, enterprises need to prioritize cultivating long-term customer relationships that foster continual, mutual growth. Establishing milestones helps customers see their progress.

Management 108

Management B2B Seminar ROI 108

Waypoint Group

NOVEMBER 6, 2015

It’s critical to understand not only the percentage of customers that are “happy” but to also know why or why not. Armed with effective analysis and a powerful financial story, you can use voice of customer insight to truly accelerate growth for the company. I wonder what that would taste like…but I digress.

B2B 49

B2B Feedback Net Promoter Score Financial 49

Waypoint Group

OCTOBER 17, 2019

Concrete customer input removed the guesswork from internal communications. Deeper insights helping marketing create excellent customer-company interactions . Reciprocity strengthens customer relationships while increasing CSM team productivity by 50%+. Reciprocity, Inc.

Customer Engagement 40

Customer Engagement B2B Engagement NPS 40

Waypoint Group

MARCH 5, 2020

” with a great discussion about how Sales and Customer Success need to work together for mutual benefit, and how Customer Success can learn/adopt some great practices from Sales to strengthen customer-relationships. The hand-off between Sales and Customer Success. ”) and persona.

Sales 40

Sales Customer Success B2B Definition 40

Totango

JULY 23, 2019

The old sales idea of courting and closing a customer in a single effort and considering their value “bagged” from a one-off transaction is as antiquated as dial-up modems. After all, the digitization of business has empowered customers to seek long-term gains from short-term investments. This is why customer success is critical now.

Customer Success 90

Customer Success Customer Centricity Customer Journey Customer Relationships 90

CX Journey

DECEMBER 11, 2014

For B2B companies, it’s easy to breeze through the chore of sending a customer survey: design the questionnaire, hit send, sit back, wait for responses to roll in, and simply focus on the overall target: Likelihood to Recommend or Overall Satisfaction. 2) Do we know our customers like we thought?

Metrics 62

Metrics B2B Voice of Customer Feedback 62

Waypoint Group

JANUARY 23, 2015

When logging into a SaaS vendor, B2B employees need to get right to the point. But with so many options for what is “deemed important” in customer success, a B2B voice-of-customer (VoC) dashboard has a unique set of requirements. Gone are the days when a Welcome page is purely cosmetic.

B2B 61

B2B NPS Metrics Voice of Customer 61

Totango

OCTOBER 8, 2020

In B2B terms, it is still possible to maintain your customer relationship and even improve customer retention during uncertainty, but you will need to focus on five key steps: Understand Your Customer. Listen to Your Voice of Customer Programs. Learn from Customers.

Customer Retention 63

Customer Retention Customer Success B2B Customers 63

CustomerSuccessBox

JULY 5, 2021

Customer Success remains a must-have strategy across all b2B SaaS companies. While it is no surprise that customer retention is key to survival in the Subscription economy and customer retention can only happen when a customer achieves success. Despite the most eagle-eyed customer management, things could go wrong.

Customer Success 52

Customer Success Customer Retention Return on Investment Customer Journey 52

Totango

JULY 23, 2019

The old sales idea of courting and closing a customer in a single effort and considering their value “bagged” from a one-off transaction is as antiquated as dial-up modems. After all, the digitization of business has empowered customers to seek long-term gains from short-term investments. This is why customer success is critical now.

Customer Success 63

Customer Success Customer Centricity Customer Journey Customer Relationships 63

Totango

OCTOBER 13, 2020

Customers who become advocates stimulate enterprise growth and drive value. The Impact of Turning Customers Into Advocates. B2B buyers have a complex and formal buying process, involving multiple people across departments.

Webinar 62

Webinar Customer Success B2B NPS 62

Waypoint Group

JUNE 7, 2018

I recently wrote about the importance of leading indicators to improve customer retention and expansion rates in B2B environments. Waiting for financial results is too late; it behooves every company to embed a simple and repeatable set of steps that strengthen customer relationships over time. Here’s why and how.

Customer Success 40

Customer Success B2B Feedback Customers 40

Waypoint Group

OCTOBER 26, 2017

Research has shown that 70% of B2B companies collect NPS®-like data but only 30% actually use customer feedback. By participating in our no-risk trial you can gain immediate insights, help your company grow, and stop being part of the 70% that actually erode customer relationships by asking for feedback but do nothing with it.

NPS 40

NPS B2B Customer Relationships Feedback 40

Waypoint Group

JUNE 19, 2019

We have just published a new whitepaper for folks driving Customer Success in B2B firms and seeking to proactively engage the right customer-contacts in the right way at the right time to obtain the right insights.

Engagement 40

Engagement B2B ROI Download 40

Waypoint Group

JUNE 13, 2018

When I work with Customer Success teams to embed proactive processes to strengthen customer relationships, concerns raised are typically centered on, “I don’t have time for that.” Following up on customer support requests. Helping customer contacts with training. One more hint: Voice-of-customer <> NPS!

Customer Success 40

Customer Success ROI Voice of Customer Feedback 40

Totango

OCTOBER 3, 2019

Not to mention, acting on customer feedback helps customers gain a sense of stakeholdership in your brand, which is powerful. . Keeping in touch will help you predict where the customer relationship is headed, and you’ll always know when changes are on the horizon, such as when a new point of contact comes on board.

Customer Engagement 68

Customer Engagement Engagement Customers Communication 68

Waypoint Group

MAY 23, 2018

A good CS leader needs to know how well team members are strengthening customer relationships. So what metrics are good indicators of strengthened customer relationships? Consider using a B2B-centric customer feedback tool such as TopBox to be able to collect and visualize the health of the account in a scalable way.

Measurement 40

Measurement Customer Success Metrics B2B 40

Amity

APRIL 25, 2016

Bill's blog posts will help you establish the guidelines to capatalize on associate commitment whole delivering exemplary customer service. Deliver the World's Best Customer Experience. GVP Customer Success - Oracle Marketing Cloud. Brandon Hickie. Market Strategy Manager - OpenView Venture Partners. OpenView Labs.

Customer Success 96

Customer Success Chief Customer Officer Blog Consulting 96

Waypoint Group

SEPTEMBER 4, 2019

Dennis Dube, VP Revenue Operations for Advance Local (LinkedIn here ) sat down recently with Steve Bernstein, CEO and creator of the B2B-centric customer engagement solution, TopBox , to talk about Dennis’s experiences with active listening as a means to strengthening customer relationships.

Net Promoter Score 40

Net Promoter Score Feedback ROI Document 40

SmartKarrot

APRIL 21, 2022

Customer-centricity is the need of the hour for B2B SaaS (Software as a Service) companies. It is considered the only way to provide a positive customer experience and improve customer loyalty. It needs more than simple customer service. The CCO keeps the customer at the centre of all actions and strategies.

Customer Centricity 10

Customer Centricity Chief Customer Officer Net Promoter Score 2027 10

SmartKarrot

APRIL 21, 2022

Customer-centricity is the need of the hour for B2B SaaS (Software as a Service) companies. It is considered the only way to provide a positive customer experience and improve customer loyalty. It needs more than simple customer service. The CCO keeps the customer at the centre of all actions and strategies.

Customer Centricity 10

Customer Centricity Chief Customer Officer Net Promoter Score 2027 10

SurveySensum

JULY 14, 2020

Currently, he is serving as the Director of Customer Success at Kustomer and an Advisor at The Success League. He specializes in customer success, customer experience, SaaS start-ups, B2B & B2C marketing strategy, and e-commerce. Blake Morgan – Customer Experience Futurist, Keynote Speaker, Author.

2020 132

2020 Customer Experience Magazine Consulting 132

Waypoint Group

MAY 18, 2016

The 6 Key Mistakes Companies Make with their Customers. Customers keep the B2B world moving, and as companies grow and markets change, the response to them must also change. Techniques for customer success have been streamlined but not always in a positive way. Thinking of feedback only with regard to a survey.

Customer Experience 40

Customer Experience B2B Feedback Customers 40

SmartKarrot

JANUARY 27, 2022

As a SaaS (Software as a Service) B2B business owner, your ultimate objective is to retain your existing customers, make your existing customers adopt your product, reduce the churn rate, and make your customers successful through customer success. In this stage, you need to research the new customer.

Customer Success 19

Customer Success E-support Customer Journey Mapping Social Media 19

ClearAction

NOVEMBER 18, 2015

It can take years to perfect customer lifetime value calculations; most companies start with cumulative revenue over the expected duration of customer relationship with the company. Customer Experience for the Future: Context is King. Are You a Customer Experience Action Hero?

Customer Experience 59

Customer Experience Customer Experience Management Multi-Channel Roadmap 59

Waypoint Group

APRIL 13, 2022

And/Or, is the vendor talking about business outcomes such as retention rate, engagement rate, and customer relationships? Are they speaking about tactics like bounce or abandon rate, number of responses, or acquiring Net Promoter Score? What processes do you need in place to make the technology produce those results?

NPS 40

NPS Feedback Net Promoter Score ROI 40

ChurnZero

APRIL 12, 2019

If you find yourself wondering these exact same questions, then you should check out our on-demand webinar with Julia Ahlfeldt, where she breaks down what it takes for an organization to truly put the customer at the center of their business. During this webcast we also learned: The key aspects of customer-centric business practices (e.g.

Customer Centricity 14

Customer Centricity Customer Success Net Promoter Score B2B 14

ERDM

JANUARY 22, 2019

Traditionally, marketers put customers into one of two buckets: business-to-business (B2B) or business-to-consumer (B2C). Through voice of customer (VoC) research, a six-step circle of value was identified (Figure 1): Figure 1: The six-step circle of value. Privacy of preference information is essential.

Customer Experience 53

Customer Experience Sales Customers ROI 53

ERDM

JANUARY 22, 2019

Traditionally, marketers put customers into one of two buckets: business-to-business (B2B) or business-to-consumer (B2C). Through voice of customer (VoC) research, a six-step circle of value was identified (Figure 1): Figure 1: The six-step circle of value. Privacy of preference information is essential.

Customer Experience 49

Customer Experience Sales Customers ROI 49

Storyminers

JULY 6, 2020

Augie Ray is a Vice President Analyst covering customer experience (CX) for marketing and CX leaders. Mr. Bruce is widely viewed as a leading expert in how large organizations build differentiation with customer experience. He’s also one of the world’s top Global Gurus in customer service and customer experience.

Customer Service 59

Customer Service Customer Experience Magazine Books 59

Storyminers

JULY 6, 2020

Augie Ray is a Vice President Analyst covering customer experience (CX) for marketing and CX leaders. Mr. Bruce is widely viewed as a leading expert in how large organizations build differentiation with customer experience. He’s also one of the world’s top Global Gurus in customer service and customer experience.

Customer Service 52

Customer Service Customer Experience Magazine Books 52

Beyond Philosophy

JULY 21, 2022

Pickle #1: How can you increase survey response rates to create a more robust voice of customer data? We’re implementing a Voice of the Customer (VOC) program on a customer platform in a large business-to-business (B2B) organization. In other words, you need to encourage customers to respond.

B2B 88

B2B Hospitality Communication Metrics 88