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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JustCall

NOVEMBER 27, 2022

Predictions and Challenges in lead Scoring for SaaS Enterprises. In 2022, the SaaS space’s annual growth rate is expected to surpass 17%. Surveys show that SaaS is viewed as the most important technology to help achieve business goals. Clearly, the future looks bright for SaaS companies. What is SaaS Lead Scoring?

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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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CSM Practice

JULY 6, 2020

To many, SaaS has always been tricky, and the current global economic downturn caused by the Coronavirus pandemic has only exacerbated it. At the moment, SaaS companies appear to be under immense financial pressure, resulting in a dramatic increase in vendors seeking guidance on how to adapt, survive, and even thrive during this downturn.

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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

JULY 6, 2020

To many, SaaS has always been tricky, and the current global economic downturn caused by the Coronavirus pandemic has only exacerbated it. At the moment, SaaS companies appear to be under immense financial pressure, resulting in a dramatic increase in vendors seeking guidance on how to adapt, survive, and even thrive during this downturn.

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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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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. Customer Success Compensation Catches Up to Sales. What’s Next For Customer Success?

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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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ChurnZero

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

Sales and marketing professionals that geek out on metrics can find themselves in deep philosophical debates about the best numbers to track. That’s according to a landmark webinar we hosted last fall titled, “A Crash Course in Customer Success and SaaS Metrics” with Dave Kellogg and You Mon Tsang. Learn from three SaaS CEOs.

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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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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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CrazyCall

SEPTEMBER 4, 2018

Sales influencers adore doing this. Of course we can’t highlight thousands, indeed tens of thousands of inspirational and experienced sales executives, but we’ve created this list of 21 influencers who constantly share helpful advice, sales tips & tricks on social media and make up the world of sales, including the social selling.

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ChurnZero

MARCH 18, 2022

With so many SaaS metrics floating around, and even more opinions on when and how to use them, it can be hard to know if you’re measuring what really matters. Leading SaaS expert, Dave Kellogg, and ChurnZero CEO, You Mon Tsang, sat down to answer all the questions you want to know about SaaS metrics like ARR, NRR, GRR, LTV, and CAC (i.e.,

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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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JustCall

DECEMBER 7, 2022

You want to rev up your sales team performance to compete in this fast-paced world. Well, there are sales metrics and sales analytics software to take you closer to goals. Read on to know how to track and improve your sales performance by using the right metrics and analytical tools. What is Sales Analytics?

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Totango

FEBRUARY 7, 2019

You should adopt a “time invested equals benefits gained” approach with your SaaS renewal best practices. The Top 5 SaaS Renewal Best Practices. We’ve gathered 5 of our favorite SaaS renewal best practices to help you remove the stress from your retention process: Define your customer. Understand your customer’s journey.

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Integrity Solutions

MAY 24, 2023

What Is Sales Training? Sales Training – at its heart – should be about learning to uncover and identify customer needs, thus creating value and providing service. Successful sales people know is about doing something for the customer – not to the customer.

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Cincom

APRIL 12, 2021

Let’s take a look at three ways digital lean concepts can help the customer, and because they help the customer, they help sales. Many B2B companies now use CPQ, a cloud-based software (SaaS) that acts as a self-serve retail experience for the customer and a lead generator for the salesperson. How Lean Principles Apply to Ecommerce.

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JustCall

APRIL 13, 2020

Start with your remote sales teams, first. In this blog, we will share some hacks and tips sales teams can follow, as they work from home. We spoke to a few leaders and experts from across industries to understand what remote sales practices, and hacks they are using. Tips, Tricks, and Hacks for Remote Selling.

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JustCall

DECEMBER 7, 2022

Well, by developing a sales strategy that’s dynamic. A robust sales strategy is a guiding light for acquiring new customers who can contribute to the revenue pipeline. All businesses must develop a sales strategy regardless of their size, nature, or industry. It will help you find better ways of closing sales deals.

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ChurnZero

APRIL 1, 2024

Customer success is one of the most impactful teams on the post-sale experience. At Champify, we wanted to understand how previous experience impacted conversion rates across the sales funnel. One role a CSM can play is acting as an internal marketer for your stakeholders and their successes. 2: Increase product adoption.

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Totango

AUGUST 23, 2022

By charting the points in your SaaS customers’ journeys, you can plan how to deliver clients’ desired outcomes and satisfying experiences that promote subscription renewals and higher revenue. For example, a website visit, an online sales purchase and a phone support call are all potential customer journey B2B touchpoints.

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ClientSuccess

JANUARY 25, 2021

For most customer success departments, the internal department you work closest with and most often is definitely sales. This is all to say that while working closely with sales departments comes naturally to most CSMs, bringing in other departments – such as marketing – can sometimes leave both customers and internal teams wanting more.

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Amity

DECEMBER 9, 2016

While wading through this endless sea of content, I’ve recently read a few amazing articles that speak about how to market to your current customers in order to increase retention and help them continuously succeed—and it got me thinking: What if we took a look in the other direction? Pay attention in pre-sales calls.

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Andrew Mcfarland

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

As an Account Executive (AE), you’ll work to connect qualified leads with account executives. This is a high-paying job that does not require prior sales experience. However, you must understand SaaS to excel at this position. An Account Executive must measure pipeline revenue, velocity, and close rates.

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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. It shows that any acorn can turn out to be a larger account as it started from an acorn. Sales pitch exists even for freemium tools.

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CustomerSuccessBox

AUGUST 8, 2019

If you own, manage or work for a Software as-a-Service (SaaS) business, you are embroiled in quite a heated competition on a daily basis. Let’s take a look at the purpose of customer success for SaaS businesses. Assign a Market Resource for Customer Success. In particular, customer success matters a great deal.

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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. Your rules of engagement should be based on which team is genuinely the best fit in each scenario and has the greatest likelihood of gaining sales traction. Product and process complexity.

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CSM Magazine

OCTOBER 25, 2022

Calabrio , the workforce performance company, has hired Daniel Maier as chief revenue officer and Ryan Toben as senior vice president of customer success and sales operations. With that, we are attracting more and more top talent from other successful SaaS brands. Ryan Toben, SVP of customer success and sales operations.

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TeamSupport

JANUARY 18, 2019

Your work computer likely has Windows and the Office suite installed directly on the machine, so why shouldn’t you have software for sales, customer support, marketing, or other industries right alongside it? Here are a few reasons why so many companies have made the switch to SaaS…. All you need is a web browser!

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CSM Magazine

MARCH 12, 2021

Everything from payroll and marketing to design, customer services, and more can be done remotely. Here are five must-have SaaS (Service as a Software) tools for teams working from home. #1: It’s a fantastic SaaS tool with a visual interface that allows for real-time updates on business activity. 2: Zoom for Video Conferences.

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Totango

JANUARY 22, 2024

AI also emerged as a topic when we asked three of our executive leaders – Chief Marketing Officer Karen Budell , SVP of Customer Success Chris Dishman , and Chief Revenue Officer Dennis Reardon – to share their industry predictions for 2024.

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aircall

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

Have you ever looked at a high-performing sales team and wondered what kind of sales team training empowered them to be the best? spend over $70 billion on sales training every year. As you develop your sales team training program, you’ll need to have a good understanding of the purpose and goals of the training.

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SmartKarrot

OCTOBER 29, 2021

It is no surprise that SaaS sales prospecting is no cakewalk. In fact, prospecting is regarded as one of the toughest part of the entire sales process and demands long hours of identifying clients, writing mails, and calling them up, that too thankless. Networking is one of the best spin-offs of sales prospecting.

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ChurnZero

MARCH 23, 2021

Whenever a new SaaS product is introduced to a company, there are often lots of difficulties, obstacles, and learning that’s needed to get them acclimated to the product, how to use the product, to understand it’s functionality, and it’s capability. Showing First Hand How The SaaS Platform Works, Results It Produces, and Capabilities.

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