ChurnZero

JUNE 24, 2022

With the “great resignation,” fluctuations of the public and private markets, and the omnipresent pandemic, we find ourselves continuously, and quickly, adapting to the shifting landscape. What does this mean for B2B SaaS businesses? It’s the largest survey of private SaaS companies in the world with over 1,500 responses.

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ChurnZero

MAY 4, 2023

There’s a closely held growth secret among large B2B professional services firms, like consultants, accountants and law firms, that Customer Success Managers (CSMs) might appreciate: The more relationships a client has across a firm, the lower that client’s flight risk. We landed on a theme that made sense: a neighborhood.

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ChurnZero

JUNE 1, 2022

How do you determine product-market fit? Every entrepreneur entering an emerging market faces these questions which (surprise) have no perfect answer. The CSMs were managing 150 accounts each and all they had was Salesforce, their email, and a phone. What can you do to move ideal buyers through the awareness stages? Go get them.

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Totango

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

Why Your QBR SaaS Model Needs an AI Makeover. Quarterly business reviews (QBRs)[LINK] have become a standard practice for software providers, but today’s QBR SaaS model is rapidly transforming. Here we’ll show you how to update your SaaS QBR strategy to keep up with the latest technology and best practices.

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Help Scout

APRIL 27, 2021

For B2B SaaS companies, user adoption is one of the most important elements to get right in order to grow sustainably. Appcues found that activation (when customers experience the core value of the product) is the most important pirate metric for SaaS growth. Encourage existing customers to grow their accounts.

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ChurnZero

JULY 9, 2020

Does your marketing often drop the L-bomb? Entire marketing budgets are devoted to their infinite pursuit and persuasion. But if you’re like most companies, when it comes to attracting your customers, the only thing your marketing’s dropping is the ball. The Forgotten CSM: Customer Success Marketing.

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Beyond Philosophy

DECEMBER 10, 2021

Unfortunately, Reichheld says too many organizations use NPS as a stick or a metric for earning bonuses. Moreover, with Net Promoter’s robust feedback, you know better what companies will succeed in the market. He says that the financial metrics most companies use for valuations point you toward the wrong investments.

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CSM Practice

JUNE 6, 2020

The valuation of a SaaS company is based on its recurring revenue stream. SaaS Companies with high renewal rates can generate a regular, predictable recurring revenue stream more efficiently. SaaS Companies with high renewal rates can generate a regular, predictable recurring revenue stream more efficiently.

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ChurnZero

JUNE 19, 2020

To answer that and more, we invited SaaS Capital’s Managing Director, Rob Belcher, and Software Equity Group’s Managing Director, Allen Cinzori, to join us for a webinar. Speakers: Rob Belcher , Managing Director, SaaS Capital. Q: Does the importance of retention metrics vary by strategic buyers versus private equity (PE) buyers? .

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ChurnZero

JUNE 24, 2022

With the “great resignation,” fluctuations of the public and private markets, and the omnipresent pandemic, we find ourselves continuously, and quickly, adapting to the shifting landscape. What does this mean for B2B SaaS businesses? It’s the largest survey of private SaaS companies in the world with over 1,500 responses.

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CustomerSuccessBox

APRIL 29, 2022

* ABS corp , a B2B SaaS firm acquired as many customers as it wanted. Plan the best SaaS Retention strategies that ensure customers stay with you for long. SaaS retention strategies that work help you turn hard-won consumers into long-term customers, and long-term customers into powerful advocates! Yet, success remained elusive.

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CustomerSuccessBox

APRIL 19, 2022

In this hyper-competitive SaaS world, businesses that have enhanced customer experience make it to the top 10% of the SaaS businesses that are able to achieve 125%+ MRR(Monthly Retention Rate). From marketing to customer support to even customer success. Why is it important to have Customer Journey Analytics?

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Totango

SEPTEMBER 17, 2021

The freemium SaaS model , where you offer limited free use of your product to promote a premium version, has become common in the tech industry. But is it the best way to sell a SaaS product? We’ll take a closer look at what the freemium SaaS model is and what its pros and cons are. What Is the Freemium SaaS Model?

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CSM Practice

FEBRUARY 24, 2020

Now more than ever, customer success leaders must use relevant and actionable customer success metrics to make guided decisions and strategies to deliver success. Out of the myriads of customer data that can be measured, in this blog, I will emphasize the most important customer success metrics you need to focus on based on best practices.

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ChurnZero

JUNE 1, 2022

How do you determine product-market fit? Every entrepreneur entering an emerging market faces these questions which (surprise) have no perfect answer. The CSMs were managing 150 accounts each and all they had was Salesforce, their email, and a phone. What can you do to move ideal buyers through the awareness stages? Go get them.

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ChurnZero

OCTOBER 30, 2020

Top SaaS CEOs Talk Compensation, Automation, and Investors. No one knows what the future holds (as 2020 has made abundantly clear) but that didn’t stop us from asking top SaaS CEOs what’s next for Customer Success. What’s Next For Customer Success? So, there’s just this big disparity in pay.

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ClientSuccess

MARCH 2, 2021

For all of us working in the SaaS space, the constant barrage of new acronyms has become somewhat of a joke over the years. While Account Executives (AEs) have been managing customer accounts for many years now, the rise of the Customer Success Manager in the SaaS space has created some overlap – and confusion – between the two roles.

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delighted

JUNE 29, 2021

Simply put, product/market fit is the ability of a product to satisfy the needs of a good market. The failure of a product to understand consumers and the external factors that affect their decisions is a failure to find the right product/market fit. An example of missed product/market fit. Now comes product development.

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ChurnZero

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

Customer Success Metrics that Your Investors and Board Care About. In this article, we share Kristen’s best advice on how you can use metrics to reframe your customer stories, so they’re primed for investor engagement. What metrics do investors care about? What metrics do your investors and board care about?

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CSM Practice

FEBRUARY 24, 2020

Now more than ever, customer success leaders must use relevant and actionable customer success metrics to make guided decisions and strategies to deliver success. Out of the myriads of customer data that can be measured, in this blog, I will emphasize the most important customer success metrics you need to focus on based on best practices.

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CSM Practice

FEBRUARY 24, 2020

Now more than ever, customer success leaders must use relevant and actionable customer success metrics to make guided decisions and strategies to deliver success. Out of the myriads of customer data that can be measured, in this blog, I will emphasize the most important customer success metrics you need to focus on based on best practices.

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CustomerSuccessBox

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

The net revenue retention rate which you may also state as the net retention rate in SaaS businesses is an indicator that depicts the profits and the revenue earned by the business. Which is the key customer retention metrics to track?- It shows that any acorn can turn out to be a larger account as it started from an acorn.

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CustomerSuccessBox

JULY 11, 2022

Especially, with a big account churn. How you handle, communicate with, and learn from account churn—user offboarding—is as crucial especially when the churned customer is a major account. This trip begins for the majority of SaaS products when a user clicks a “cancel subscription” button of some sort.

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Totango

APRIL 5, 2019

Customer success metrics are used to discover what kind of customer experience you are really delivering. And with customer success metrics, you can measure whether your efforts are working. Customer Success Metrics Lead to Action. Adoption Metrics: Measuring the customer’s use of the product. Business Metrics.

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Totango

JULY 21, 2020

The current COVID-19 pandemic has not been kind to many industries, and SaaS is no exception. In March of this year, SaaS stocks reached a 20 percent decline from their selling highs. Communications SaaS companies have watched the growth rate of subscriptions rise by 1.4X. Stay Agile As a Company.

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Amity

AUGUST 20, 2017

Software as a Service or SaaS is a different beast compared to other technology products or services. In addition, SaaS customers are pretty well-informed and are usually technology experts as well. More often than not, SaaS providers take advantage of the internet to make people aware of what their offerings are.

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ClientSuccess

OCTOBER 2, 2019

We often hear the roles of Customer Success Manager (CSM) and Account Manager (AM) used interchangeably. The ultimate difference between a Customer Services Manager and an Account Manager is both in their area of concentration and how each target their customers. . Let’s talk about Account Managers first.

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CSM Practice

MAY 22, 2020

More and more SaaS businesses are realizing the value of having a customer success team to ensure the continued success of their customers. Successful customers are more likely to renew and pay more through renewals and expansion, ensuring a steady revenue growth for SaaS businesses. What Is the Best Compensation Plan for CSMs?

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CSM Practice

MAY 28, 2020

More and more SaaS businesses are realizing the value of having a customer success team to ensure the continued success of their customers. Successful customers are more likely to renew and pay more through renewals and expansion, ensuring a steady revenue growth for SaaS businesses. What is the average Customer Success Manager Salary?

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Education Services Group

NOVEMBER 25, 2019

Instead, they’re simply “rebranding” their Account Managers as Customer Success Managers with little to no training or transition. Customer Success and Account Management Serve Different Purposes. The main purpose of an Account Manager is twofold. In general, Account Managers are in a sort of “standby” position.

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Amity

AUGUST 20, 2017

Software as a Service or SaaS is a different beast compared to other technology products or services. In addition, SaaS customers are pretty well-informed and are usually technology experts as well. More often than not, SaaS providers take advantage of the internet to make people aware of what their offerings are.

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CustomerSuccessBox

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

A major shift in the distribution model of software meant that SaaS metrics needed to evolve. If you are a SaaS business, churn is your devil with the pitchfork. But SaaS leaders know the importance of Net Revenue Retention and tracking it. NRR is the most widely used customer success metric.

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CustomerSuccessBox

JUNE 24, 2022

Every SaaS business lives and breathes by reducing churn and increasing recurring revenue. Monthly Recurring Revenue is a SaaS metric that you should be tracking in order to see where your SaaS business stands. It helps companies keep up with the accounts they’ve closed, and maintain, retain, and expand them.

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ClientSuccess

AUGUST 31, 2020

Your customer success department – as well as your organization’s executive leadership – understands that customer success managers need more visibility and insight into account activity in order to make the best decisions for customers, which is where your new customer success platform comes into the picture.

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ChurnZero

JANUARY 18, 2024

The role of the chief customer officer has become an essential function in subscription-based business models such as software-as-a-service (SaaS), where customer retention is paramount and requires executive-level leadership. SaaS businesses, meanwhile, benefit from predictable streams of recurring revenue.

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ClientSuccess

APRIL 27, 2017

As we travel the globe and talk with customer success leaders, one of the most frequent asked questions is, “What are the metrics I should be tracking and measuring to help my organization embrace customer success?” Recorded Webinar: The Ultimate Guide for Customer Success SaaS Metrics.

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CustomerSuccessBox

DECEMBER 4, 2018

In the SaaS world, the customer-acquisition-cost (CAC) is high and the initial payment is peanuts compared to the lifetime value (LTV) of the customer. Without a high customer retention rate, a SaaS company will shut down, no matter how great the other metrics are. This is a reactive approach and is NOT true.

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