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. Our #1 goal is to earn customers’ business for life! Episode Overview.

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Gainsight

DECEMBER 21, 2023

For a long time, proactive vs reactive was a common debate among Customer Success professionals. Now, the verdict is in, and everyone agrees that proactive Customer Success Managers (CSMs) are best positioned to drive value and deliver a better customer experience. Control over the customer experience.

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ClientSuccess

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

Have you ever wondered about the difference between customer success and customer support? While both are important for ensuring customer satisfaction and retention, they have different objectives and approaches. Unlike customer support, which is reactive, customer success is proactive.

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ChurnZero

APRIL 1, 2022

You’re not alone,” says Sharon Winterton , vice president of Customer Success at Catalina Marketing during her session “ Battling imposter syndrome in Customer Success ” at BIG RYG, ChurnZero’s annual Customer Success conference. You’ve never done Customer Success before. There’s so much to do.

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Totango

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

Building and leading a customer success team is no easy feat. From gaining the buy-in of other departments to training team members and earning customers’ trust, the role of a customer success leader can be as challenging as it is rewarding. 5 Key Takeaways. 5 Key Takeaways. Need help leading your CS team?

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ClientSuccess

AUGUST 30, 2018

Notably, Carine Clark , CEO of Banyan , presented at last year’s premier customer success leadership event in Sundance, Utah, and her message was both powerful and practical. The rest of the company includes your CEO, which, in Carine’s opinion, shouldn’t be as hard as many customer success teams expect.

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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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Totango

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

Building and leading a customer success team is no easy feat. From gaining the buy-in of other departments to training team members and earning customers’ trust, the role of a customer success leader can be as challenging as it is rewarding. 5 Key Takeaways. 5 Key Takeaways. Need help leading your CS team?

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ChurnZero

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

In the business landscape today, Customer Success is a bit of an outlier. One other thing that makes Customer Success particularly unique in an organization: formal Customer Success training, or lack thereof. The truth is that Customer Success training is far from standardized, and it doesn’t always happen.

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Gainsight

MARCH 8, 2023

Today, financial leadership is transforming once again. Gainsight CEO Nick Mehta champions a concept known as “ human-first leadership.” In recent months, I’ve realized that to overcome the challenges we now face, we need a new evolution in financial leadership: the rise of the human-first CFO. Look in the mirror.

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Customer Bliss

DECEMBER 13, 2016

Then took on his current roleL General Manager, Global Customer Success and Support at CA Technologies. In our discussion we explored his very deliberate path toward taking on these new roles — and how his operational experience prepared him to be successful in his customer experience role. .

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ClientSuccess

JANUARY 12, 2022

This is why establishing an executive sponsor program is critical to customer success – with an executive or team leader on your team working directly as an advocate for your customers, it’s easier to get more done both on the product side and on the customer success side. Toolkit: Team Leadership Toolkit.

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Amity

JANUARY 9, 2019

One of the most exciting aspects of developing customer success strategies is looking at how Customer Success is (or should be) integrated with other areas of the organization. It can also happen when the senior leadership team has not agreed on and adopted a cohesive customer success strategy and culture.

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Thematic

APRIL 12, 2023

People sit and have meetings at that table because it's so central to the company culture and values. There is a focus on empathy for and listening to customers. Another example is getting your executive leadership team to call detractors. Afterward, he’d talk to the customer success team about his learnings.

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ChurnZero

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

Why is your Customer Success team underfunded, marginalized, and overlooked? Acquisition gets all the glory while Customer Success gets relegated the part of the unsung hero.”. Anna’s Customer Success experience runs the gamut – from her early roles as an individual contributor to leading and scaling teams of her own.

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One Millimeter Mindset

OCTOBER 24, 2018

Does our organization engage in a couch potato storytelling culture? A couch potato storytelling culture is self-focused. A couch potato storytelling culture emphasizes drama over minor skirmishes. What if current and potential customers run their businesses well-enough, so that big, hairy problems never, or rarely, occur?

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Totango

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

Building and leading a customer success team is no easy feat. From gaining the buy-in of other departments to training team members and earning customers’ trust, the role of a customer success leader can be as challenging as it is rewarding. 5 Key Takeaways. 5 Key Takeaways. Need help leading your CS team?

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Amity

AUGUST 5, 2017

When you think of company culture, what comes to mind? I consider these perks, which are certainly an expression of a company’s culture, but not the actual culture in itself. So what, exactly, is company culture? Empowered employees = better-served customers. What did you love about it?

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ChurnZero

DECEMBER 21, 2023

To make the right choices, however, you need a deep understanding of what your customers need and expect from you. Second, desire for the role, or cultural fit, matters way more than skillset. Then, think about leadership in general. For more customer success webinars and resources, click here.

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ChurnZero

JULY 22, 2021

By creating healthy boundaries, Customer Success and Sales don’t have to spend their days assessing and arguing over every expansion situation. Building on the point above, when determining expansion ownership, you want to quantify the established relationships between a Customer Success Manager or salesperson and the customer.

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Amity

AUGUST 5, 2017

When you think of company culture, what comes to mind? I consider these perks, which are certainly an expression of a company’s culture, but not the actual culture in itself. So what, exactly, is company culture? Empowered employees = better-served customers. What did you love about it?

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ClientSuccess

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

Customer success managers have their work cut out for them when it comes to retaining and growing customers. It takes a lot of hard work to draw customers into your company in the first place, so you must work to keep those customers more than satisfied once they decide to work with you. In Conclusion.

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ClientSuccess

MARCH 9, 2020

When many of us in the business world (yes, even those of us in customer-facing roles) hear the phrases ‘Customer Success’ and ‘Customer Experience’, we often think of them as interchangeable. After all, don’t they both deal with engaging customers? Understanding Customer Success.

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Amity

NOVEMBER 28, 2018

Amity sat down with Bradley Liou , Director of Customer Success at Densify to ask him about all things Customer Success. Read our interview with Bradley to find out where Customer Success started at Densify, where it is now, and where it’s headed in the future. I am the GM, the coach and the player.

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Gainsight

JUNE 8, 2022

In Customer Success circles, we practice the belief that when a company has the customer at the center of all that it does, customer outcomes will be achieved. his means that the product or service that a company is providing satisfies customers’ business needs. Teach Employees How to Help.

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ClientSuccess

DECEMBER 27, 2022

At the heart of any successful customer relationship is a clear and well-defined path to customer success. Here are key strategies to consider when creating a Customer Success Journey Map: 1. Develop clear tasks, milestones and goals throughout the customer lifecycle.

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ClientSuccess

JANUARY 11, 2023

The concept of customer success continues to rapidly gain traction as businesses strive to improve their customer experience. Here’s an overview of what we call the Golden Rule of Customer Success – 8 Guiding Principles: Understand customer needs, goals and motivations. Read on to learn more. In fact, a lot.

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Kustomer

DECEMBER 31, 2020

Listen and subscribe to our podcast: In this episode of the Customer Service Secrets Podcast, Gabe Larsen is joined by Annette Pedroza to learn about building a customer centric culture. Success Starts with Leadership. You’re listening to the Customer Service Secrets podcast by Kustomer. TRANSCRIPT.

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ClientSuccess

MARCH 20, 2019

Over the next month, I will be writing about the customer success metrics that top organizations use to measure the performance of their customer success strategies and team execution. The metrics I will cover are applicable to customer success departments and also to your entire company. Let’s get started.

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ClientSuccess

JUNE 15, 2022

As any customer success professional knows, learning and growing in your profession never really ends. Why let your development as a customer success professional fall behind? Stop right there if you’re thinking, “what else about customer success do I stand to learn?”. Continuing education for CSMs.

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CSM Magazine

MARCH 31, 2020

Delivering the best possible customer service starts with establishing a culture that puts employees and customers first. Building a strong company culture takes time, work, and long-term commitment from all levels of a company, beginning at the top. Hire for character, then focus on training.

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ChurnZero

DECEMBER 21, 2022

1/ Crash course in Customer Success and SaaS metrics. Related reading: Key SaaS and Customer Success metrics you should care about – What’s a good CAC? 20 quick insights on Customer Success and SaaS metrics – The audience chat was on fire during this webinar. 5/ The startup’s guide to Customer Success.

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CSM Magazine

OCTOBER 18, 2022

Calabrio , the workforce performance company, has hired Dave Orstad as SVP professional services and support, reinforcing the organisation’s customer-first culture. Orstad will spearhead Calabrio’s global professional services and customer support teams. Dave Orstad, SVP professional services and support, Calabrio.

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Amity

APRIL 25, 2016

Frequently updated and always on point, the A-List is a snapshot of what's happening in the world of Customer Success. Director of Customer Success - Proven. Alex curates the Customer Success Newsletter which is a weekly curated collection of 4 helpful articles from around the Customer Success community.

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ClientSuccess

MARCH 9, 2020

When many of us in the business world (yes, even those of us in customer-facing roles) hear the phrases ‘Customer Success’ and ‘Customer Experience’, we often think of them as interchangeable. After all, don’t they both deal with engaging customers? Understanding Customer Success.

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ClientSuccess

DECEMBER 12, 2022

In today’s competitive customer success landscape, it is essential that CSMs are adequately and appropriately compensated for their work. When making a switch from one compensation plan to another for your Customer Success Managers (CSMs), it’s important to make the transition as smooth and considerate as possible.

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ChurnZero

JUNE 7, 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. Jason is an Associate Partner at Customer Imperative , responsible for overseeing the strategic consulting business.

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