Retently

JANUARY 13, 2025

The secret to effortless customer experiences lies in understanding one simple truth: effort matters. Customers feel the same way. Thats where Customer Effort Score (CES) steps in to save the day. CES is laser-focused on one thing: how easy it is for your customers to get what they need. Frustrating, right?

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ChurnZero

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

In the world of customer success, there’s a constant pressure to scale while maintaining that personal touch that keeps customers loyal and engaged. The challenge is that traditional customer support tools are not built to handle “human touch” at scale. Enter generative AI: a game-changer for customer success.

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Totango

JULY 23, 2021

When it comes to the structure of a Customer Success (CS) team, there are many factors that need to be considered, from the makeup of the team to the technology that will be used. Let’s break down these factors and take a look at what components are needed to structure an efficient and successful CS team. .

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Totango

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

The digital business landscape has made it so competitors can easily reach out to prospective customers with offers of enticing deals and promises of attentive service. What is Customer 360? . Customer 360 enables a complete look into the health of all your customers by aggregating important data into one central location.

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eglobalis

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

Introduction A well-executed B2B customer experience (CX) strategy can be the cornerstone of long-term success in today’s competitive landscape. Understand Your Customer Journey and Customers The first step in any B2B CX strategy is to map out the customer journey.

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Totango

AUGUST 13, 2024

But making it work demands a balancing act of two core things: supporting customer outcomes and empowering the internal CS team with business-critical insights. But making it work demands a balancing act of two core things: supporting customer outcomes and empowering the internal CS team with business-critical insights.

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ChurnZero

MARCH 3, 2022

As Customer Success professionals you might find yourself building out something completely new at your organization, or just trying to break the status quo on what’s been done in order to help drive growth and expansion for your SaaS organization. Top five Customer Success resources brought to you by ChurnZero.

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Totango

JUNE 24, 2022

Customer success in SaaS differs from CS in other industries. The software service industry presents unique challenges for customer success management while also creating unique opportunities that call for specific strategies. Read on to learn the keys to effective customer success for SaaS clients.

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Totango

JUNE 15, 2022

We’ve been here before, however, and we know that during uncertain times, protecting your customer base is the most important thing you can do for your business. Customer retention is the lifeblood of recurring revenue enterprises, no matter what the external economic circumstances may be.

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Totango

DECEMBER 21, 2021

Building out customer success manager automation depends on the effective use of email and in-app messaging. Planning strategic emails at key milestones in your customer journey can help you deliver a smoother customer experience, yielding higher satisfaction and better retention rates. Onboarding Welcome Messages.

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ChurnZero

AUGUST 5, 2022

When times change, Customer Success changes with them. Most Customer Success myths stem from the early days when our industry was in its infancy. Mythbuster monthly is a ChurnZero series dedicated to laying those common Customer Success misconceptions to rest. Does it have any merit? Let’s find out.

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ChurnZero

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

This is a guest article by Swati Garg , founder and CEO, Melo Associates , and Lindsay Lynch , senior recruitment consultant, Melo Associates , a recruitment firm focused on customer success hiring for SaaS and tech companies nationwide. For example, “Enterprise Customer Success Manager”.

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Education Services Group

MAY 28, 2021

Let’s talk Customer Success Plans. What’s a Customer Success Plan, you ask? Well, let’s just say it’s the wind beneath your customer’s wings. It’s the recipe for their success. My amazing metaphors aside, Customer Success Plans are essentially the “what” and “how” of delivering on your CS strategy.

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Totango

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

As a leader in customer success, who’s your friend in the C-suite? Is the customer journey mapping exercise a worthwhile effort? Who owns the customer community for your organization? 2023, Chris Dishman , Totango’s SVP of Global Customer Success, hosted the lively Hot Takes! We hope so!

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Totango

AUGUST 16, 2022

Customer Retention Software Cuts Down Client Churn. Customer retention software has become essential for effective SaaS customer success strategies. A winning SaaS business model must prioritize retaining customers, which is far more cost-efficient than acquiring new clients to offset churn.

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Totango

MARCH 4, 2022

B2B customer service is often confused with B2B customer success, but they are not the same. Despite their differences, however, they do share an intimate relationship – you need strong customer service to achieve customer success. What is B2B Customer Service? B2B vs. B2C Customer Service.

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Totango

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

Customer Success Playbook Strategies: Mapping a Path to Winning Outcomes. A customer success playbook maps out a game plan you can use to automate successful outcomes for your clients. Then we’ll consider the benefits of using success playbooks. What Is a Customer Success Playbook?

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Retently

MARCH 11, 2025

Bridging the gap between what customers expect and what businesses deliver is the Customer Experience Manager. That means a CX Manager isnt just responsible for handling customer concerns; theyre shaping how customers feel about the brand, turning one-time buyers into lifelong fans. Lets take a closer look!

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ChurnZero

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

Customer Success Capacity Planning and Budget Guide. As a Customer Success leader, do you get anxious at the thought of asking your CFO or CEO for additional headcount? Even though it’s evident that your understaffing is causing the customer experience to suffer. Your team is stressed and ready to walk away.

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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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ChurnZero

JULY 29, 2022

Acquiring new customers is good. But keeping the customers you have is better. In fact, according to one source, increasing your customer retention by just 5% can increase your revenue by up to 95%. The upsides of the customer success approach are unparalleled. Customer Success increases customer value.

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Totango

JULY 5, 2022

In uncertain economic times, attracting new customers becomes exponentially harder as budgets get tighter and priorities shift. You need to be able to retain and scale your current customer base efficiently, with the current resources you have rather than adding more. . Dive into Customer Health. So, how do you do this?

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InMoment XI

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

Customer feedback is critical for helping your customer service agents tackle problems—whether closing the inner loop directly with customers, or closing the outer loop with problems that keep surfacing over and over again. Organisations are typically quite comfortable tackling inner loop programs. Is the solution known?

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Totango

APRIL 4, 2024

If you asked your customer success (CS) and sales leaders this question, what do you think each of them would say? Revenue retention hinges on the collaborative efforts of CS and sales teams as they collectively shepherd customers throughout the lifecycle journey, from acquisition to retention and expansion.

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ChurnZero

APRIL 13, 2021

With Customer Success being one of the top emerging departments in software companies around the globe, you might be considering a career in this industry, but you also might be wondering which role is right for you. . Chief Customer Officer. Responsibilities: Own the revenue number for the installed customer base.

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ChurnZero

OCTOBER 10, 2024

This guest post is by Kristen Hayer, CEO and founder of The Success League. As a discipline that’s shifting from new to established, customer success is facing some interesting headwinds right now. Let’s start with your customer ratio. For example: When customers reach X amount, we add 1 more team member.

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Totango

DECEMBER 8, 2020

Customer Success team accountability isn’t something you just worry about figuring out later once your CS team is up and running. As a manager, when your organizational best practices and your customer’s goals align with your employee’s actions and responsibilities, you have the perfect conditions for growth. .

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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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CSM Practice

MAY 13, 2020

To those of us in customer success, it is even more clear that the pandemic has caused an unprecedented shift that is already affecting our customers, their journeys, their expected business outcomes , and our ability to fulfill them. 1. Be Customer-Centric. Customer centricity doesn’t apply to customer success alone.

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GetFeedback

SEPTEMBER 18, 2019

Prior to this, we had all read the book, “ The Effortless Experience: Conquering the New Battleground for Customer Loyalty ,” and one question came out of it: Is effortless really enough? . The article states that customer delight (in other words, exceeding expectations) won’t bring customers back to your brand. Finding no.

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Totango

JULY 19, 2021

The COVID-19 pandemic created a new sense of urgency around protecting and nurturing customers by highlighting the fact that customers truly are the core of every business. And in this customer-centered economy, your customer success (CS) team is invaluable. Qualities of an ideal CSM include. .

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CustomerSuccessBox

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

And in all these -the common thread- Customer Success. Customer Success as a stream has played an important role. So, without further ado, let’s see the Customer Success Trends as predicted by the CS experts. 1 Renewed focus on new customer onboarding. via GIPHY. #1 5 Flexibility. 5 Flexibility.

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ChurnZero

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

Customer Success Metrics that Your Investors and Board Care About. They care that you’re staffed appropriately to serve the needs of your customers, because ultimately that results in revenue. A huge part of how customer success collects intel and feedback from customers is by talking with them.

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ChurnZero

OCTOBER 5, 2021

Another one of our favorite moments was our Founder, You Mon Tsang’s well attended session on the “ Top Customer Metrics For Your Board and Investors and How to Nail Them with ChurnZero’s CEO.” Are your compensation plans setting your business up for longer-term success or subscription contraction? saastrannual.

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ChurnZero

MARCH 22, 2023

Lately, many customer success (CS) teams have been downsized or eliminated because of global economic uncertainty. There are three foundational areas of CS where I see teams miss the mark: customer segmentation, journey mapping, and team structure design. You might have customers who are more tech-savvy than others.

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Gainsight

JANUARY 4, 2021

As we embark on the New Year, now is the perfect time to catch up on Gainsight’s Customer Success resources from 2020. We compiled our best Customer Success resources from last year, from blogs to ebooks to webinars and podcasts. Launching Customer Success. Customer Success Team Management.

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Gainsight

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

Customer success plays an integral role in the success of any organization. CS efforts impact customer acquisition, upsells, expansions, renewals, and customer advocacy. Almost every business goal outlined by your company can be improved by someone in a customer success role. Customer Success Roles.

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