Totango

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

Building and leading a customer success team is no easy feat. From gaining the buy-in of other departments to training team members and earning customers’ trust, the role of a customer success leader can be as challenging as it is rewarding. Need help leading your CS team? 5 Key Takeaways.

Enterprise 98

Enterprise Best practices Management 98

ChurnZero

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

This is a guest article by Michael Su , senior consultant of Customer Success, The Success League. Customer Success is still a young field and a new concept for many companies. When I ventured out to build my first Customer Success department at a tech software company, my leadership team thought I was nuts.

Scripts 98

Scripts Sales Customer centricity Coaching 98

Totango

JUNE 3, 2022

Customer success email templates form a foundation for effective CS automation. While customer success management can result in a rewarding payoff, it can also be very time-consuming if you don’t use the right strategies. Customer check-ins. Sales to Customer Success Handoff Email Template.

Feedback 108

Feedback SaaS Surveys Accountability 108

Totango

MARCH 15, 2022

Efforts to scale customer success team activity often fall short because of failure to avoid common mistakes. In this blog, we’ll show you how to scale customer success team pursuits without slipping into some of the most common pitfalls. Mistake #1: Making the Wrong Staffing Decisions.

Best practices 95

Best practices Enterprise Upselling Scripts 95

Anexa BPO

FEBRUARY 19, 2023

Sales and customer success are two crucial components of any business, and both play a significant role in driving the growth of the organization. In this blog, we will delve deeper into the differences between customer success and sales and explore how they complement each other.

Sales 52

Sales Customer centricity Business Process Outsourcing outsourcing 52

Totango

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

Building and leading a customer success team is no easy feat. From gaining the buy-in of other departments to training team members and earning customers’ trust, the role of a customer success leader can be as challenging as it is rewarding. Need help leading your CS team? 5 Key Takeaways.

Enterprise 85

Enterprise Best practices Management 85

ShepHyken

FEBRUARY 9, 2018

This week we feature an article by Kristin Erikson writes shares great customer service training tips and ideas that will help your company build brand advocacy. Remember customer service training is not something you di, it’s something you do. – Shep Hyken. The answer is as obvious as it is overlooked: improve customer service.

Customer Service 383

Customer Service Morale Sales Coaching 383

ShepHyken

SEPTEMBER 20, 2019

Johnson who writes about the importance of cross-team collaboration when providing B2B customer support. . A stand-alone customer support group can’t handle 100% of the issues they receive in the B2B industry. By having access to this technology, they can better understand the customer issue and thus provide a better fix.

B2B 270

B2B Customer Support CRM B2C 270

Totango

DECEMBER 23, 2021

In a recent poll, we asked customer success professionals to rank their top year-end challenge. Burnout is a common occurrence, especially at the end of the year and especially in customer-facing industries like CS. A disengaged workforce who is just showing up for the paycheck can stagnate the growth and success of a company.

Morale 98

Morale Employee engagement Personalization Enterprise 98

ShepHyken

SEPTEMBER 30, 2016

This week on our Friends on Friday guest blog post my colleague from Down Under, Warwick Merry, writes about an experience he had that demonstrates why a business must have the systems and processes in place to take care of new and existing customers. If you cannot take care of the customer, it doesn’t pay to advertise!

Advertising 296

Advertising Entertainment Marketing Personalization 296

ChurnZero

OCTOBER 22, 2021

Customer Advocacy: How to Get Your Customers and Customer Success Team Invested. But as you acquire more customers, you’ll no longer be able to passively manage these lead and brand-building sources. ChurnZero virtual RYG panelists included: Nicole Barker , Head of Customer Success at Conductiv.

Customer advocacy 96

Customer advocacy SaaS Benchmark Healthcare 96

ShepHyken

DECEMBER 14, 2018

This week we feature an article by Chanice Henry who writes about the importance of cyber security in providing a trustworthy experience for your customers. – Shep Hyken. Customer loyalty is built on trust. Cyber security is no longer something that just IT teams need to worry about.

Customer Experience 259

Customer Experience Government Coaching Customer retention 259

ShepHyken

OCTOBER 11, 2019

Unfortunately, many senior leaders, managers, and frontline team members don’t understand that every business is a people business. As a reader of Shep’s blog, I’ll assume you know you’re in the people business. This type of effort likely has placed you on a challenging yet rewarding journey toward customer experience excellence.

Technology 242

Technology Customer Experience Personalization Engineering 242

Nicereply

DECEMBER 7, 2022

A strong customer success team must be built consistently and with the right tools. Every business knows that customer success is key to maintaining loyal customers and ensuring positive word-of-mouth marketing. For that reason, building a solid customer success team is essential for your business success.

SaaS 52

SaaS Morale Feedback Accountability 52

Help Scout

MAY 20, 2021

Marketing is often focused heavily (or even solely) on generating new leads and customers, but it’s important not to overlook your existing customers when creating your marketing strategies. The emphasis is on both keeping the customer longer and also expanding the relationship.” What is customer success marketing?

SaaS 79

SaaS Marketing Sales 79

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. .

Accountability 92

Accountability SaaS Best practices Enterprise 92

Totango

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

Building and leading a customer success team is no easy feat. From gaining the buy-in of other departments to training team members and earning customers’ trust, the role of a customer success leader can be as challenging as it is rewarding. Need help leading your CS team? 5 Key Takeaways.

Enterprise 69

Enterprise Best practices Management 69

ClientSuccess

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

As SaaS organizations and their customers slowly but surely get used to the ‘new normal’ that 2020 ushered in, customer success managers and team leaders are more focused than ever before. 5 resources to set your CSMs up for success. 5 resources to set your CSMs up for success.

Chief Customer Officer 70

Chief Customer Officer SaaS Education Best practices 70

OctopusTech

MARCH 28, 2022

Getting an effective customer success team is not always easy as it requires ensuring that their success in a particular product pays off with a long-term customer experience. It requires strong leadership and a clear vision to guide your team towards success. What do you mean by customer success?

Feedback 62

Feedback Surveys Upselling outsourcing 62

ShepHyken

AUGUST 16, 2019

This week we feature an article by Michelle Jarsen who shares seven ways your support team can learn and practice essential communication skills. It’s crucial that your support team learns and practices new ways of exchanging information and ideas. improve team cohesion ?. Directions: Make teams of two. Hugh Beaulac, ?

Personalization 219

Personalization Customer Service Marketing Sales 219

JustCall

MARCH 28, 2023

Your customer-facing teams are at the heart of your business. Many sales and customer support teams are poorly trained, insufficiently equipped, and incoherent in execution. In this blog, we will cover the exact steps you can take to set your customer-facing teams for success.

Morale 52

Morale Sales Feedback Construction 52

ShepHyken

FEBRUARY 8, 2019

This week we feature an article by Christa Heibel who writes about how important employee feedback is to a successful customer service experience and high CSAT ratings. – Shep Hyken. CSAT surveys are critical in determining challenges that your customers are facing so that you may improve the customer experience.

Feedback 238

Feedback Customer Experience Abandon rate Surveys 238

ShepHyken

MAY 10, 2019

This week we feature an article by Costi Teleman who writes about the importance of excellent customer support and what to look for when outsourcing your support team. Your business may have the best products and services in the industry, but without effective customer support, consumers would likely not care about your brand.

outsourcing 273

outsourcing Customer Support Customer Service Technology 273

Totango

APRIL 18, 2022

Selecting the right customer success platform for your organization can be challenging. To help you navigate the process, we’ve developed a four-part blog series about the mistakes you should avoid when choosing a CS platform. Customer success is a fast-paced industry. Quick Adoption is Key to Success.

Best practices 93

Best practices Self service Consulting Consulting 93

ShepHyken

NOVEMBER 9, 2018

This week we feature an article by Andy Steuer who shares valuable information about how to use virtual web assistants to optimize productivity in areas of customer service, customer support, CRM management and more. – Shep Hyken. Customer Service. Email and Phone Support. Product Listing Audits.

CRM 239

CRM Enterprise Benchmark outsourcing 239

ShepHyken

SEPTEMBER 13, 2019

This week we feature an article by Hamzah Tariq who shares seven ways to improve the overall live chat experience for your customers. Businesses constantly try to improve the customer experience they deliver through new approaches, tools and strategies. . Don’t make customers wait when they initiate live chat requests.

Customer Experience 274

Customer Experience Technical Support Self service Best practices 274

Totango

AUGUST 28, 2020

You need to clearly demonstrate the ins and outs of your software to ensure your customers not only know how to use it, but how to employ it effectively in the pursuit of their enterprise’s unique needs and goals. A Comprehensive SaaS Customer Onboarding Checklist. Customer Success Team Checklist for Onboarding.

SaaS 71

SaaS Enterprise Customer centricity Best practices 71

ShepHyken

APRIL 7, 2017

This week on our Friends on Friday guest blog post my colleague, Swati Kungwani, writes about the value of customer complaints to a business. Customer behavior is becoming more dynamic. According to the reports, “It is in the hands of the companies to prevent 85% of the customer churn caused due to futile poor service.”.

Advertising 274

Advertising B2B Employee engagement CRM 274

ChurnZero

APRIL 21, 2020

This is a guest blog post by Anita Toth,Chief Churn Crusher. Customer Success teams are under enormous pressure right now trying to cope with all the fast changes brought on by the pandemic. And they are also trying their best to serve customers who are experiencing upheaval too. Support for Customer Support.

Wait times 97

Wait times Customer Support Personalization Customer Experience 97

ShepHyken

NOVEMBER 29, 2019

This week we feature an article by Rahul Varshneya whos writes about how technology innovations are continuously improving the customer experience. This Maya Angelou quote fits perfectly when talking about the factors responsible for positive brand customer service. How to leverage technology for a better customer experience.

Technology 330

Technology Customer Experience Complaint resolution Gamification 330

ChurnZero

DECEMBER 9, 2020

Over the last few years, we’ve seen a lot of growth in the Customer Success space, which means there’s now even more content out there on the web for you to research, consume and rely on. You can see this is the case by taking a look at the Google search trends for “Customer Success” and “Customer Experience” over time.

Consulting 98

Consulting Consulting Best practices Upselling 98

OctopusTech

OCTOBER 18, 2021

So, how to build a successful offshore team for customer support? If you really want to have an offshore customer support department then you need to make sure you pick the right people for this job. Building a Successful Customer Service Offshore Team. Managing the Offshore Team.

Customer Support 62

Customer Support outsourcing Customer Service Management 62

CSM Practice

FEBRUARY 24, 2020

A good customer success team drives continuous value to the customer at every point in the customer life-cycle journey. Customer success teams use playbooks and strategies in their ongoing efforts to ensure customers achieve operational success and maximize value from your solution offerings.

Metrics 52

Metrics Customer advocacy Customer centricity Accountability 52

CSM Practice

FEBRUARY 24, 2020

A good customer success team drives continuous value to the customer at every point in the customer life-cycle journey. Customer success teams use playbooks and strategies in their ongoing efforts to ensure customers achieve operational success and maximize value from your solution offerings.

Metrics 52

Metrics Customer advocacy Customer centricity Accountability 52

ShepHyken

JANUARY 4, 2019

This week we feature an article by Anand Srinivasan who writes about how important it is to have a properly trained customer service team to ensure business success. – Shep Hyken. Customer service is one of the primary drivers of growth in many organizations. Traits that define a great customer service rep.

Customer Service 198

Customer Service Calibration Feedback Sales 198

ShepHyken

NOVEMBER 15, 2019

This week we feature an article by Nogol Tardugno who tells us how to get our contact center interactive voice response (IVR) to deliver the best customer experience. Any reports of the death of interactive voice response (IVR) as a customer service channel have been greatly exaggerated.

Interactive Voice Response 236

Interactive Voice Response Customer Experience Self service Contact Center 236

ShepHyken

JUNE 15, 2018

This week we feature an article by Ayush Chaudhary who writes about the social media customer support experience. Social customer service allows you to take the interactions with your customers to an even higher level. – Shep Hyken. Think of it as a telephonic IVRS analog for customer support.

Chatbots 190

Chatbots Customer Support Healthcare Scripts 190