ChurnZero

MAY 9, 2024

Time flies, accounts fall through the cracks, renewals get harder, and you miss upsell opportunities. In just 15 minutes of his CSM Appreciation Week tune-up mini webinar, Ryan showed us a three-step customer success outreach technique that’ll get you closer to hitting your accounts more regularly. So what can you do to fix it?

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ClientSuccess

DECEMBER 19, 2022

Training & Education Playbook: CSMs need to be able to provide customers with information and resources on a variety of topics, from product features to best practices. An upselling & cross-selling playbook can help CSMs identify the right timing, products, and messaging that can help them successfully close additional deals.

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Nicereply

APRIL 30, 2020

Be all ears to your customers and let them boost your sales because of your ace customer services. Cross-sell & Upsell, but first, answer the query. One of the good upselling models could be to offer the try something for free (limited time). Here comes a good upselling option. When can you upsell/cross-sell?

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TechSee

JUNE 16, 2022

At Miele, Eric is also accountable for the management of escalation departments, offline processes, e-care solutions, national call center consolidation, multi-product services, upselling / cross selling and re-defining the consumer experience. He also sits on the board of Directors for CSPN. Follow on LinkedIn.

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ChurnZero

APRIL 2, 2021

In this article, we look at how three teams that have a major role in shaping the customer experience – sales, product, and marketing – can use Customer Success software to level up their game and drive success. . How Sales Benefits from Customer Success Software. Get tighter industry focus. Find more relevant customer references.

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CustomerSuccessBox

JUNE 18, 2021

In this article, we collate blogs and webinars from CustomerSuccessBox which will help you as an extensive guide for customer success. The webinar focuses on how to design the customer success strategy that is right for your SaaS company and how to operationalize, scale and automate that strategy through technology.

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ChurnZero

OCTOBER 26, 2018

Strategies for an Effective Partnership between Customer Success and Sales. The handoff of a new customer between Sales and Customer Success is a critical moment in the customer lifecycle. You can view the webinar on-demand here. Webinar Q&A Recap. Casey Altieri, Lead Sales Executive, ChurnZero. Presenters: .

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ChurnZero

FEBRUARY 17, 2021

Best Practices for Creating Customer Success Capabilities and Organizations. TSIA Resource: 8-Minute Mini-Webinar: Customer Success Maturity Model. Efficient Sales Models. TSIA Resource: 3 Tips to Lower Sales Costs Using Your Customer Success Org. TSIA Resource: Best Practices in Low Touch Customer Success.

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ChurnZero

OCTOBER 1, 2022

Why is it that the need for operations in marketing and sales is never questioned, yet Customer Success isn’t given the same allowance? Q: Should CSM roles close upsell deals? Organizations invest in MQL and SQL processes without fail. But they stop short of extending that same support to CS generate high-intent leads.

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Totango

MARCH 2, 2021

In this blog, we’ll look at how the customer journey has been reconceived around the image of a flywheel that integrates both the pre-sales and post-sales steps in the process. This approach separated the pre-sales buyer’s journey from the post-sales customer journey. Product webinars. Case Studies. Datasheets.

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Totango

AUGUST 23, 2022

For example, a website visit, an online sales purchase and a phone support call are all potential customer journey B2B touchpoints. In terms of the customer lifecycle, touchpoints may occur at any point during an interaction with your brand, including: Pre-sales, starting with a prospect’s first marketing touch. Making upsell offers.

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Totango

AUGUST 12, 2020

To impress from the outset and show your customer your product’s potential, take note of the following onboarding best practices: Get the Whole Enterprise Involved. Your sales and customer success teams play a role in designing, monitoring, and executing the onboarding phase. Set Milestones. Train Your Customers. Assess Results.

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REVE Chat Blog

NOVEMBER 21, 2019

Top expert marketers agree that lead generation ideas and best practices are the most important element in their marketing arsenal. Lead generation is one of the most critical steps in sales and marketing for this is where businesses get their precious pool of prospects that can eventually become loyal customers. .

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CSM Practice

JULY 6, 2020

The New SaaS Sales Environment during COVID-19. The decline in new logo sales and the increase in churn has led companies to invest more in protecting their revenue base. On the other hand, the median cost of acquiring the ACV dollar for plan expansions and upsells is only about $0.20 The Shift to Remote Work.

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CSM Practice

JULY 6, 2020

The New SaaS Sales Environment during COVID-19. The decline in new logo sales and the increase in churn has led companies to invest more in protecting their revenue base. On the other hand, the median cost of acquiring the ACV dollar for plan expansions and upsells is only about $0.20 The Shift to Remote Work.

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ClientSuccess

JUNE 15, 2021

During a year where many companies had to make complex strategic decisions, and new sales weren’t exactly flying in at a rapid pace, existing customer accounts helped keep the lights on. During this planning stage, CSMs can identify areas where other team representatives (sales, product, etc.) Toolkit: Team Leadership Toolkit.

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ChurnZero

MARCH 22, 2019

This was just one of the takeaways from our well-attended webinar this week on- Understanding the Real Impact of Improving Retention and Customer Success Best Practices. You should view this webinar on-demand to learn: How your company ranks in terms of net and gross churn compared to companies with similar ACV’s and ARR.

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Amity

SEPTEMBER 28, 2016

Given Customer Success is still in early days, there is not necessarily a set of “best practices” for how to compensate your Customer Success team. That 30% can then be further segmented to weight different objectives, for example, renewals, upsells, or Net Promoter Score.

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ClientSuccess

APRIL 13, 2021

As you’re working to establish yourself as an executive asset for customers, it’s important to make sure you don’t veer into sales territory. While new features or functionality may require an upsell conversation, CSMs should leave these to account managers. When you’re focused on your customer’s success, executives will take notice.

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Totango

JULY 24, 2020

You cannot schedule an upsell engagement at a predetermined time in the customer journey. The following best practices will let you prime your customers for expansion and then help them make the leap to a better way of working. Instead, you have to watch for a need to arise and then proactively fill it. Show Value Quickly.

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JustCall

APRIL 3, 2023

Renewals and upsells : Another important area of responsibility for the customer success team is driving customer renewals and identifying opportunities for upsells. This includes providing resources such as user guides, tutorials, and webinars. <H2>Must-Have What is customer success?

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ProProfs Blog

DECEMBER 27, 2020

Honestly, it can get annoying when you come across pushy sales representatives during your buyer’s journey who treat you like a sales target that needs to be acquired at any cost. It is said that sixty-seven percent of the buyer’s ‘decision’ is complete before a buyer even reaches out to sales. Troubleshoot any confusions.

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Totango

JULY 8, 2021

With this system, alerts are automatically generated about any customer who requires attention – be it a customer with deteriorating health or an upsell opportunity that is set to renew soon. Started using new feature: Send best practices and power tips documentation. Invite all users to training webinars.

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Amity

JANUARY 27, 2016

A Customer success platform delivers economic benefits in three ways: they reduce churn, drive up-sells, and drive sales through secondary revenue and referrals. • The Link Between Customer Success, Retention, and Upsells. Expanding revenue from existing customers leads us to the topic of upsells. When I win, you win.”

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Education Services Group

JUNE 4, 2019

Furthermore, existing customers are more likely to become advocates for your brand to help attract new customers, more likely to spend on new products, and more likely to spend more on cross-sells and upsells. Sales and expansion will come naturally. That’s why customer communication is so important.

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ChurnZero

DECEMBER 29, 2020

Today, you’d be hard-pressed to find a high-velocity sales, marketing, or product team without a designated operations function. In this article, we question the “Q” in QBR and if Customer Success teams are blindly following a best practice that may no longer be relevant to their customers’ success. Customer Success vs. Sales.

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ClientSuccess

JUNE 17, 2019

Whether that revenue comes from an upsell, cross-sell, expansion, or something else, it’s still new revenue attributed to the customer. While some organizations have CSMs handle the entire upsell process, others bring in sales team members to help facilitate negotiating and contracts.

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SmartKarrot

JANUARY 13, 2023

Role: Customer Success Specialist Location: Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland (Hybrid) Organization: Zowie As a Customer Success Specialist, you will manage and support the success of a portfolio of customers across the entire post-sale customer journey from kick-off to advocacy and renewal. Apply here: [link]. Apply here: [link].

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CustomerSuccessBox

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

We hear a lot in Customer Success about Voice of the Customer (VOC) but Debbi Stanley, CFRE , Vice-President of Sales & Customer Success, Rallybound feels there is a more important term – VOD or Valley of Death. Assume your sales has just sold a SaaS software to a customer and you are waiting for the implementation to begin.

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Totango

MARCH 10, 2020

Their overall goals and reasons for selecting your solution should be captured during the sales process and then built upon and shared among every team within your enterprise as they progress through the customer journey. You’re using real customer information to create practical and effective customer engagements. .

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JivoChat

JULY 7, 2021

E-commerce sales are projected to account for 22% of all retail sales by 2023 , up from 18% in 2021. This rapid growth is creating opportunities and putting competitive heat on web-based sales. Following are some best practices for doing that. Just how important is digital engagement? Create a knowledge base.

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Mindtouch

JULY 25, 2017

According to the Consortium’s website, the impetus behind this switch was to make the processes and best practices that define KCS “generic.” But taking the KCS methodology beyond Support to other organizations, namely Customer Success and Sales, introduces the potential for greater value.

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ChurnZero

JUNE 3, 2022

In the episode, You Mon covers the gamut of Customer Success insights—from defining its (oft-misunderstood) purpose, seeing what a day in the life of a CSM looks like, knowing when to add CS to an organization, handling tension with sales, and more. Now at some point, I might actually choose to not get as many new sales; that can stabilize.

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ChurnZero

JUNE 3, 2022

In the episode, You Mon covers the gamut of Customer Success topics—from defining its (oft-misunderstood) purpose, seeing what a day in the life of a CSM looks like, knowing when to add CS to an organization, handling tension with sales, and more. Now at some point, I might actually choose to not get as many new sales; that can stabilize.

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8x8

DECEMBER 3, 2018

Because of the nature of Lenox’s business, both sales and call volumes are dramatically higher during the holiday season than at other times of the year. Improved customer experience, both during and outside of the holiday rush, has resulted in an increase in upsells by contact center agents, and higher customer satisfaction in general.

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ClientSuccess

OCTOBER 22, 2019

At its core, customer advocacy is when customer service teams work with customers to determine what is best for the customer and their long-term goals instead of making strategic decisions from an upsell or corporate growth standpoint. Webinar: The Customer Success Advocacy Ladder. Start building advocates from day one.

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SmartKarrot

MAY 13, 2022

Serve as a customer advocate internally while effectively collaborating across the organization with sales, production, content, marketing, and audience teams. Managing a book of business, overseeing renewals and closing upsells. Collaborating with the Sales team to ensure a seamless transition from prospect to customer.

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