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

MARCH 14, 2025

Customer success needs to align with revenue. Renewals should be an outcome of good customer success. According to the 2024 Customer Success Leadership Study , the number of customer success teams under the CRO jumped from 24% in 2023 to 33% in 2024. Any of these sound familiar?

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Amity

OCTOBER 5, 2016

Amity decided to sit down with David Apple , Director of Customer Success at Typeform, to learn about the structure and culture of Customer Success in this fast-growing startup, and to find out how it has evolved since its beginning 3 years ago. I got lucky! I got lucky! So I was just at the right place at the right time!

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Customer Success 2014 NPS Metrics 129

ChurnZero

OCTOBER 16, 2020

Whether Customer Success or Sales should own the renewal, expansion, and upsell is a hot-button issue in today’s SaaS sphere. This Customer Success showdown, which took the form of an Oxford-style debate, was held at BIG RYG, ChurnZero’s annual Customer Success conference.

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ChurnZero

JANUARY 6, 2025

Whats the one thing that wont change in customer success this year? So how should you position yourself for 2025s incoming customer success trendsand should you be nervous, optimistic, or a cautious blend of both? ” So what 2025 customer success trends can we anticipate? The pace of change itself.

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Magellan Solutions

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

The adoption of customer relationship management (CRM) systems in the business world has been a game changer for employees. A CRM virtual assistant (VA) is an extension of the customer service team, which handles routine tasks for clients. Small businesses must invest in good CRM systems to maintain strong client relationships.

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Customer Relationships Social Media Sales Customers 95

ShepHyken

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

This week we feature an article by Noa Danon, co-founder and CEO of EverAfter, a company that helps build lasting relationships with customers and partners using data and content. She writes about how companies can keep their customers happy while looking for opportunities to sell more. Use Customer Success as a carrot.

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Totango

MAY 24, 2022

Customer relationship management software is great for sales, but it isn’t a substitute for a customer success platform. A customer relationship management app is software used to store data about prospect and client interactions in a single database to support sales, marketing, and other business functions.

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Customer Success Customer Relationship Management Customer Relationships Sales 96

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

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. In particular, you need to arm your customer success team with razor-sharp processes and cutting-edge tools that optimize long-term customer value throughout the post-sales journey.

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Customer Success Webinar Customers Customer Centricity 112

Totango

JULY 13, 2021

Strategy for customer success growth has changed as commerce has gone digital and big data has made marketing and sales customer-centric. Tell people about your business, get them in the store, sell them things, then look for more customers. Businesses need a new strategy for customer success growth.

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Customer Success Customer Centricity Customer Satisfaction Fashion 107

GetFeedback

JUNE 22, 2019

They are good for gathering real-time customer feedback and building customer relationships. Remember that your NPS survey represents a valuable customer loyalty metric. Viewing customers through this lens gives customer success teams a better way to build healthy, long-lasting customer relationships.

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NPS Net Promoter Score Feedback Brands 304

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. Onboarding.

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Totango

FEBRUARY 14, 2020

Talk of customer success (CS) abounds in today’s customer-centered economy. It’s vital, as it is the CS team that works with customers after that critical first sale and keeps them coming back for more. The Intersection of Customer Success and Marketing. Attracting new leads is their main forte.

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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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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. The Role of Customer Success Teams.

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Customer Success Customer Centricity Customer Journey Customer Relationships 92

ShepHyken

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

In fact, in a three-year study, companies that implemented a well-designed customer success program saw a 91% return on investment and more productive CX teams. What does a “well-designed customer success program” even look like? We’ll get into the specifics of customer success platforms later in this guide.

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Customer Success Return on Investment Customer Centricity B2C 141

Totango

JUNE 11, 2019

If you want your business to succeed, make sure your customers succeed. As the economy becomes more customer-centered, the need to foster customer success is more important than ever before. Aligning your business goals with those of yours customers spells prosperity for your business for years to come.

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Totango

MAY 17, 2022

Wondering what is the best CRM for B2B sales? We’ll walk you through what customer relationship management B2B software is, what its benefits are, and a list of the top CRM companies, including the outstanding features and best uses for each. Easy access to customer contact data and notes. SAP Sales Cloud.

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CSM Magazine

MARCH 10, 2025

SmartBear ,a leading provider of software quality and visibility solutions,is the winner of two Stevie Awards in the 19 th annual Stevie Awards for Sales & Customer Service. Based in Galway, Ireland, Joe Joyce , Solutions Architect, earned a Gold Award for Sales Engineer of the Year.

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Sales Customer Service 2025 Customer Care 52

ClientSuccess

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

As we head into a new year, many customer success teams are looking for new ways to up the ante with their customer success efforts. In addition to these intrinsic efforts, many customer success teams are turning to software and technology to help boost the effectiveness of their account management workflows.

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Customer Success Webinar 2020 NPS 104

ChurnZero

MAY 19, 2020

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. Brian is the Senior Director of Customer Success at RFP360, where he leads the customer experience team.

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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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SurveyGizmo

MARCH 12, 2021

One of the biggest pain-points for most sales teams is the hand-off from sales to customer success or account management. Which results in customers feeling like they must start all over again or they haven’t been heard. How do you transfer several weeks or months of conversations in one meeting?

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InMoment XI

MARCH 22, 2025

Keeping customers happy and engaged is an excellent first step. But, if were being honest, keeping track of customer relationships with your brandespecially when you have thousands of interactionsisnt exactly a walk in the park. Some issues may inadvertently slip through the cracks, causing customers to look elsewhere.

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Totango

OCTOBER 20, 2022

Hiring team members with the right customer success manager skills is critical for the effectiveness of your CS team and strategy. We’ll cover these below, along with five best practices to follow when bringing a new customer success manager aboard your team. What Is a Customer Success Manager (CSM)?

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Customer Success Management Social Media Sales 97

Totango

JULY 5, 2022

In uncertain economic times, attracting new customers becomes exponentially harder as budgets get tighter and priorities shift. Let’s take a look at four key actions to take right now that will not only help you prove your worth to your customers but will allow you to see instant results. . Dive into Customer Health.

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Customer Success Net Promoter Score Events Customer Relationships 104

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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2021 Customer Success Webinar Multi-Channel 111

Customer Bliss

APRIL 25, 2019

Delivering value is ultimately the key point of B2B customer success and delight. 2 Tactics to Further Customer Success. Jon says, “in pre-sales, your sales team knows why the customer is buying the product because they’re the ones who convinced the customer to do so.”

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Totango

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

Customer success tools extend the functionality of your CS platform, multiplying its value. By connecting data from other success tools to your CS tool, you can view and manage all your customer data from one place instead of leaving it isolated in separate information silos. CRMs: Salesforce and HubSpot.

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CSM Magazine

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

However, cross-department training fills these gaps by connecting support staff with vital knowledge from sales, product, and marketing teams that are better equipped with that requisite knowledge. They grasp pricing structure logic from working alongside sales teams. The effects ripple beyond customer interactions.

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Totango

JULY 19, 2021

And in this customer-centered economy, your customer success (CS) team is invaluable. The team’s goal is to retain your hard-won customers and help them grow by deepening the customer relationship and ensuring they are realizing value with your product every step of the way. Churn Reduction.

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Optimove

APRIL 10, 2025

Managing Customer Data: CDP vs CRM Understanding the tools that manage and activate customer data is crucial for marketers. Two of the most talked-about platforms in this space are the Customer Data Platform (CDP) and Customer Relationship Management (CRM) system. Who Uses a CRM?

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Totango

DECEMBER 15, 2020

Customer success is the key to building strong customer relationships. When your brand helps your customers succeed at their goals, they want to continue your relationship. Customer success nurtures the positive experiences of your brand, promoting repeat business and retention.

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ChurnZero

AUGUST 14, 2020

At ChurnZero, we’re humble enough to admit that Customer Success software can’t do it all, and quite frankly, it shouldn’t. We stick to our circle of competence and focus on our area of expertise: Customer Success software. It’s Customer Success for us. Customer Relationship Management (CRM) Software.

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Customer Success NPS Webinar Net Promoter Score 87

CloudCherry

OCTOBER 4, 2018

Together, a CRM + CEM can provide a well-rounded picture of what your customers are doing, and help to predict what they do next. Customer Relationship Management (CRM) software provides useful information such as the amount of money that a customer has spent, how long they have been a customer, or what they usually buy at your establishment.

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Totango

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

With acquisition costs proving too high in today’s constrained environment, many businesses are finally putting greater focus on nurturing existing customer relationships to ensure retention and expansion. The global market research company conducted its first Forrester Wave™ evaluation of top customer success platforms.

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