Gainsight

DECEMBER 16, 2021

What’s the ROI of Customer Success?”. If you want to start a fight (or at least a spirited debate) at a Customer Success conference, yell the following question and run out of the room: “Should CSMs own renewals?”. I’m addressing this post to the head of “post-sales” in your company. – Your CFO.

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Gainsight

APRIL 14, 2022

We can’t take our customers for granted — ever. Investing in customer success (CS) isn’t a nice-to-have anymore — or even merely a high priority — it’s existential. In fact, customer success is the critical growth engine driving net revenue retention (NRR) for subscription-based businesses. Why NRR Matters.

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Retently

OCTOBER 19, 2018

Overall, it seems like the easiest way to solve that is to have someone specialized in customer experience in charge of the whole process – both to make sure everything is going as it should and that the majority of the C level can focus on other matters. Well, that’s where the Chief Customer Officer comes into play.

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Customer Bliss

MARCH 14, 2017

She was SVP of Worldwide Customer Solutions at Endeca, SVP of Services and Support at Enterprise Mobile, Chief Customer Officer at Bullhorn, and now CCO of Brainshark (following a stint as SVP, Customer Care) at the same company. ” The customers would agree, and provide benchmarks.

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Gainsight

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

Because of this, 100% of SaaS companies are investing in Customer Success. But the reality is that not every CEO is actually doing Customer Success well : One of the biggest questions on the minds of CEOs is “how should I structure Customer Success?” But what about your customers?

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CloudCherry

DECEMBER 1, 2018

In today’s B2B world, customer experience management (CEM) often falls to the customer success team. They naturally gravitate to the role because they spend a lot of time talking with customers and they have an intimate understanding of what customers need. Customer experience comprises the entire customer journey.

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Customer Bliss

JULY 18, 2017

As Chief Customer Officer and EVP of Technology Services, Lillie directly leads the Global Customer Success Organization, which includes Global Customer Care, Global Customer Experience, Global Customer Process, and Global Technology Services, including IT and Interconnection Product Engineering.

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ChurnZero

JANUARY 13, 2022

As the demand for Customer Success surges within SaaS, so too does the need for effective leaders to spearhead this expanding function and steer its strategy and success. Over the course of the pandemic, Customer Success has cemented itself as a central business driver of growth and profit.

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ChurnZero

JANUARY 8, 2021

Against the backdrop of wild economic uncertainty, Customer Success has been the failsafe of SaaS businesses that were blindsided by pandemic-induced churn and contraction. With Customer Success demand at an all-time high, we expect to see more of its leaders join the executive ranks in the coming months and years.

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CloudCherry

OCTOBER 30, 2018

In today’s B2B world, customer experience management (CEM) often falls to the customer success team. They naturally gravitate to the role because they spend a lot of time talking with customers and they have an intimate understanding of what customers need. Customer experience comprises the entire customer journey.

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ChurnZero

MAY 29, 2020

Do you know what Customer Success metrics race through a Chief Customer Officer’s (CCO’s) mind all day long? With a dizzying number of SaaS metrics—from acquisition costs and account expansion to customer churn and satisfaction—all vying for headspace, CCOs must focus on the measurements that really matter.

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Totango

OCTOBER 25, 2022

Your customer success team structure forms the organizational backbone supporting your CS strategy. A well-designed structure can help you streamline your operations for greater efficiency to deliver your customers better results. We’ll share four essential keys to structuring a customer success team.

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Gainsight

APRIL 15, 2022

But you know all this—you’re the hero who has decided to save your company with the superpowers of customer success! The only way you can save the day is to get customer success up and running quickly, with the organization’s support. Customer success is a team effort, more Avengers than Batman.

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Totango

SEPTEMBER 12, 2018

Totango is in attendance at this year’s conference where the topics consists of best practices and strategies that go beyond the CCO business case, driving C-level accountability for customer centricity. The Customer Success Buzz at CCO. That’s where Customer Success comes into play. That’s Totango’s mission.

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Gainsight

MARCH 1, 2024

In the dynamic landscape of Customer Success (CS), where relationships and outcomes intersect, the voices of female leaders are increasingly shaping the trajectory of the industry. When I started out in 2019, not many knew what a Customer Success Manager (CSM) was.

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CSM Practice

AUGUST 3, 2020

is considered to be a crucial topic among the Customer Success community. That said, many experts in this field are taking time to brainstorm to come up with a specific answer to the question, “is it sales or customer success’ responsibility?”. We want to ensure initial deployment is successful.

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Gainsight

AUGUST 13, 2024

In our 2023 Customer Success Index report, we found that nearly every company (98%) is maintaining or increasing their investment in Customer Success (CS) —and many are using Customer Success Platforms (CSP) to do so. Think about your customers’ journey after they sign the dotted line.

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Retently

JULY 28, 2023

Well, that’s where the Chief Experience Officer comes into play. CXO stands for Chief Experience Officer. People might also refer to this position as Chief Customer Officer, Chief Customer Experience Officer, Chief Client Officer, or Chief Customer Service Officer.

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Education Services Group

AUGUST 31, 2022

Speakers: Chris Singh , Chief Customer Officer, Blackbaud. . CCO of Blackbaud, Chris Singh, joined our VP of Customer Success, Peter Armaly for this month’s webinar, to discuss how to embrace the concept of the post-sale environment as an entire ecosystem. Q&A Recap.

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ChurnZero

JUNE 9, 2023

Good sales teams typically get the budget, headcount and tools they desire because the function is tied to revenue. However, that’s not always the case for Customer Success (CS) teams even though they are often responsible for renewals and expansions. One persuasive technique is to compare expansion CAC to new customer CAC.

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Gainsight

MAY 23, 2023

At its tenth annual Pulse conference last week, Customer Success (CS) platform Gainsight unveiled a new product designed to digitally connect the various fragments of customer experience, oriented around CS and supported by a new company-wide licensing option. It’s not just a team.

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ChurnZero

JANUARY 10, 2020

As SaaS gets more serious about Customer Success, their representation on the executive and C-suite level will follow (as envisioned in our 2020 Customer Success predictions ; see #2). Based on LinkedIn research, Customer Success r oles saw 34% annual growth —qualifying them as one of the top emerging jobs in 2020.

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Totango

JUNE 10, 2022

As we saw in our 2021 State of the Customer Success Industry and Salary Report , the role of Customer Success Manager (CSM) is one of the fastest-growing jobs in the industry. In a recent webinar titled “Navigating Your Customer Success Career Path”, Totango’s Sr. Customer success is still new.

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Customer Bliss

APRIL 25, 2019

“Customer delight is incredibly important, but it’s also insufficient,” says Jon Herstein , Chief Customer Officer at Box , a cloud content management company that serves about 90,000 customers. Delivering value is ultimately the key point of B2B customer success and delight.

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CustomerSuccessBox

DECEMBER 24, 2021

An article published in Harvard Business Review states that “the most important interactions [with a customer] are ‘moments of truth,’ those few points of contact that hold the greatest potential to delight — or alienate — an organization’s customers.”. Reimagining the way processes work can tremendously improve customer experience.

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Customer Bliss

DECEMBER 20, 2016

Amy Downs is the Chief Customer Success & Happiness Officer at Lifesize, a company enabling communication and collaboration among many mediums (their slogan is “connecting people to make their workplace great” ), was quite interesting. At Lifesize, she was initially VP of Customer Care.

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ClientSuccess

NOVEMBER 20, 2020

The top customer success conferences are also great places for CSMs and team managers to workshop with others in the industry and start mapping out strategies for the year ahead. Here are a few must-attend customer success conferences scheduled to take place in 2021: 1. Chief Customer Officers Conference – [link].

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SmartKarrot

JULY 6, 2022

Congratulations on becoming the new chief customer officer of the organization. The biggest challenge you will face as the new chief customer officer is that the customer situation has shifted dramatically in the last couple of years. Questions the new chief customer officer must ask themselves.

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ChurnZero

DECEMBER 2, 2021

12 Key Takeaways from ChurnZero’s BIG RYG Virtual Customer Success Conference. It’s a wrap on ChurnZero’s 2021 BIG RYG Virtual – our online Customer Success conference. An acronym for Red, Yellow and Green, RYG represents the common indicators of customer health. Then, back into the tech stack from there.”

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ChurnZero

FEBRUARY 1, 2019

At ChurnZero, our mission is to be the best Customer Success platform out there – and Customer Success teams sit at the heart of this goal. Since the field of Customer Success is still maturing, we feel it’s key to learn from others in the industry. Amanda Berger, Chief Customer Officer, Lucidworks.

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ChurnZero

OCTOBER 28, 2022

The results of the 2022 Customer Success Leadership Study, based on the perspectives and insights of more than 1,000 Customer Success leaders, are in. The good news is Customer Success teams are growing both in size and budget. Panelists included: Alli Tiscornia, chief customer officer, ChurnZero.

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Gainsight

MARCH 15, 2022

And now that customer success (CS) is the carrot every company is dangling to woo the best-and-brightest talent, you’ll often find job descriptions that tout the company’s rock-solid commitment to CS. How does the sales comp plan align to CS? Are CSMs invited to the sales kickoff? Game nights with the C-suite!

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Education Services Group

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

The 2021 Customer Success Leadership Study is out! Especially when they are telling a story about how Customer Success is booming. Without further ado – here’s a quick recap of the 2021 Customer Success Leadership Study! I don’t know about you, but I love data. Numbers are the best.

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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.

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CustomerSuccessBox

MARCH 3, 2022

When for the firms, Customer Success came into sight helping out customers before a situation knocked up mattered a lot. Read on to know about the Customer Success books for Customer Success Managers (CSMs) to read in 2022. Did you know, “Happy customers are repeat customers”?

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ChurnZero

FEBRUARY 11, 2020

Top 5 Customer Success Takeaways from Chief Customer Officers USA. Our very own CCO, Abby Hammer, had a part of the action and was one of the presenters and spoke on- How to Drive Operational Excellence Through Data-Driven Customer Success. dence to own their role in the customer relationship.

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Experience Investigators by 360Connext

NOVEMBER 20, 2014

In 2003 there were 30 Chief Customer Officers worldwide according to the Chief Customer Officer (CCO) Council, reaching 450 by 2011. The sales team is representing the product as it is today and not as they hope it will be tomorrow. Success means moving the relationship beyond the sale.

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