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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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

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

Customer Success Metrics that Your Investors and Board Care About. Kristen Hayer, Founder and CEO of The Success League , has witnessed this communication friction from both sides through her past experience as a customer success leader and through her current work running a customer success consultancy. Board meetings.

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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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CSM Practice

FEBRUARY 24, 2020

The job of the customer success team entails myriads of responsibilities, including proper onboarding, increasing product usage, proactively managing accounts, customer engagements, and training , expanding and renewing accounts, and so on. Customer Financial Metrics. Customer Health Metrics. Customer Usage Metrics.

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ChurnZero

DECEMBER 21, 2022

1/ Crash course in Customer Success and SaaS metrics. Presented by: Dave Kellogg , principal, Dave Kellogg Consulting. Many people think of SaaS and CS metrics as black and white. But the truth is, there are many ways to calculate and interpret—and game—metrics. What metrics do investors care about most?

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CSM Practice

FEBRUARY 24, 2020

This can be done by tracking actionable customer usage metrics and using adoption analytics to shape the customer experience at different points in their life-cycle journey. Most customer success metric fall into one of these four categories: Customer Usage Metrics. Customer Financial Metrics. Customer Heath Metrics.

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LiveChat

SEPTEMBER 19, 2018

Every company, especially SaaS businesses, face some of the following challenges and situations: High churn rate. These days, with cloud technology, SaaS and B2B economy, the sales model has shifted to renewal sales: pay-as-you-go and subscription plans. Or account management, when you worry about subscriptions and payments.).

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CustomerSuccessBox

MAY 6, 2021

From the last couple of weeks, we’ve been writing about the importance of customer retention , key metrics to track and how Customer Success can help you drive retention, and whether your organization is ready to implement Customer success software. . The CSM for the account explains the plan . Step 2 – Project Readiness.

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CSM Practice

FEBRUARY 24, 2020

This can be done by tracking actionable customer usage metrics and using adoption analytics to shape the customer experience at different points in their life-cycle journey. Most customer success metric fall into one of these four categories: Customer Usage Metrics. Customer Financial Metrics. Customer Heath Metrics.

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CSM Practice

FEBRUARY 24, 2020

This can be done by tracking actionable customer usage metrics and using adoption analytics to shape the customer experience at different points in their life-cycle journey. Most customer success metric fall into one of these four categories: Customer Usage Metrics. Customer Financial Metrics. Customer Heath Metrics.

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CSM Practice

FEBRUARY 24, 2020

Every customer success metric you can measure falls into one of these four categories: Customer Health Metrics. Customer Financial Metrics. Customer Usage Metrics. Customer Success Team Performance Metrics. In this blog series, we’ll examine each customer success metric category in separate blogs.

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CSM Practice

FEBRUARY 24, 2020

Every customer success metric you can measure falls into one of these four categories: Customer Health Metrics. Customer Financial Metrics. Customer Usage Metrics. Customer Success Team Performance Metrics. In this blog series, we’ll examine each customer success metric category in separate blogs.

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Amity

NOVEMBER 27, 2017

Gary’s background is in the wine industry, which got me thinking about the way we talk about Customer Success primarily in the context of the SaaS industry - understandably so, as this is where its roots lay. Non-SaaS companies need to look for industry-specific triggers that give a glimpse into the crystal ball of retention.

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CSM Practice

FEBRUARY 24, 2020

The job of the customer success team entails myriads of responsibilities, including proper onboarding, increasing product usage, proactively managing accounts, customer engagements, and training , expanding and renewing accounts, and so on. Customer Financial Metrics. Customer Health Metrics. Customer Usage Metrics.

Metrics 52

Metrics Customer advocacy Customer centricity Accountability 52

CSM Practice

FEBRUARY 24, 2020

The job of the customer success team entails myriads of responsibilities, including proper onboarding, increasing product usage, proactively managing accounts, customer engagements, and training , expanding and renewing accounts, and so on. Customer Financial Metrics. Customer Health Metrics. Customer Usage Metrics.

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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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ChurnZero

JULY 9, 2020

These SaaS companies offer comprehensive training programs, resources, and events to their customers and even the larger professional community. After each instruction-based webinar, customers have a 1:1 consultation with their Customer Success Manager. The same holds true for our vendors. Uncover Opportunities With Upsell Campaigns.

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ChurnZero

DECEMBER 29, 2020

A relic from bygone days of old-school Account Management, QBRs are a classic, but not timeless, practice; one that feels perfunctory and misplaced in today’s always-connected, data-enriched landscape. The SaaS Debate: Who Owns the Renewal and Upsell? Top 4 Metrics Chief Customer Officers (CCOs) Must Know.

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Totango

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

The contract renewal stage of the customer lifecycle is a critical component of driving retention for SaaS products. Contract renewal is the stage in your SaaS customer’s lifecycle where they decide whether or not to extend a subscription that is about to expire. What Is Contract Renewal? In-App Promotions.

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ChurnZero

DECEMBER 15, 2020

Criteria Corp started with Account Managers and was a largely reactive team. They do additional discovery as part of the onboarding process, onboard effectively, and then manage the account to drive Engagement, Adoption and ultimately the renewal. How did CS begin at your organization, and what is your team’s primary focus?

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Amity

DECEMBER 5, 2018

Winning by Design is a premier provider of strategy consulting and coaching programs for SaaS Sales and Customer Success organizations. They are the leaders in SaaS Sales consulting and training, and have recently added Customer Success to their area of expertise. Are there a lot of consultants based in Toronto?

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ChurnZero

MARCH 24, 2023

1: Is NPS a Customer Success metric? Stephanie Berner: My answer is unequivocally no— Net Promoter Score (NPS) should not be a CS metric. So many CEOs and CROs are searching for a singular metric to measure performance because they’re used to managing sales teams. Here’s why. Value is very hard to measure.

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ChurnZero

MARCH 24, 2023

1: Is NPS a Customer Success metric? Stephanie Berner: My answer is unequivocally no— Net Promoter Score (NPS) should not be a CS metric. So many CEOs and CROs are searching for a singular metric to measure performance because they’re used to managing sales teams. Here’s why. Value is very hard to measure.

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ChurnZero

JUNE 17, 2022

To share how to choose, track, and act on effective onboarding metrics, ChurnZero Customer Success Enablement Team Lead Bree Pecci joined CSM Practice for a drill-down into customer-centric onboarding. Onboarding metrics serve two main purposes. Basing onboarding metrics on your internal operations can produce false positives.

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Totango

AUGUST 18, 2022

A lot goes into crafting the ideal onboarding process for SaaS products. In the SaaS industry, onboarding is the process of guiding a new customer through the steps they need to start using the product they just purchased. Assigning account managers. Activating accounts. What Is the Client Onboarding Process?

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Satrix Solutions

AUGUST 25, 2020

The main draw for upselling to existing customers is that it provides a new revenue stream with no (or minimal) additional customer acquisition cost (CAC) that obtaining new accounts require. It is dependent on building consultative partnerships with decision-makers with the goal of adding value to their business.

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CustomerSuccessBox

MAY 18, 2022

A dedicated AI-powered customer success platform aiding SaaS firms to onboard, retain, upsell and drive MRR. If you are on the verge of reading everything about SaaS, this is the place for business leaders, and SaaS founders including customer success specialists to learn about customer success, growth strategies, and much more!

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Amity

APRIL 25, 2016

Customer Success Expert - Glide Consulting. The Glide Consulting Blog. Andrew draws from almost ten years of strategic business consulting experience to help clients achieve their goals in Customer Success. Dan is a recognized domain expert in Customer Success especially in a startup environment and in SaaS. CSM Corner.

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Callminer

AUGUST 1, 2017

Metrics, Measure, and Monitor – Make sure your metrics and associated goals are clear and concise while aligning with efficiency and effectiveness. Make each metric public and ensure everyone knows why that metric is measured. Jeff Greenfield is the co-founder and chief operating officer of C3 Metrics.

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Nicereply

MAY 11, 2020

Another study by Rare Consulting says that 83% of customers said their brand loyalty stemmed from the trust. The importance of customer loyalty impacts almost every metric important to running a business. SaaS businesses can see a similar benefit by upselling existing customers and providing more value as the account grows.

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CustomerSuccessBox

SEPTEMBER 4, 2019

A Customer Success Manager’s role differs on the basis of a high/low touch base model and the size of the accounts – small, medium and enterprise. If your company has a platform to understand the health of the account, then your life is sorted. The Accounts/Finance to raise invoices or confirm if the payment has been made.

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SmartKarrot

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

Customer success consultants are an experienced and established party with a primary objective to serve the customer success niche. The members of the customer success consultation zero in on developing a strong foundation for the domain to dwell and accelerate. Glide Consulting Mikael Blaisdell and Associates, Inc. Infinipoint.

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ChurnZero

NOVEMBER 27, 2019

Metrics Aren’t Just for Board Meetings – The Value of Customer Metrics is Immeasurable . We often think about CS metrics as being interna l KPIs – after all, these figures surface in board meetings and other internal discussions. Premium Onboarding Packages A re an Important Part of Customer Success’s Evolution

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JustCall

MARCH 8, 2023

Annette Franz is a renowned customer experience thought leader, consultant, coach, and author with over 30 years of experience in the industry. Her reputation for mentoring, promoting collaboration, and resolving complex business issues has made her a sought-after consultant and speaker in the CX industry. Follow Diane on LinkedIn 3.

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CustomerSuccessBox

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

A well structured customer success organization is necessary for any SaaS company to achieve massive growth. Most SaaS businesses have well defined product, engineering, marketing and sales teams. But someone needs to be responsible and held accountable for the results and ROI of customer success.

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