Amity

AUGUST 20, 2017

Software as a Service or SaaS is a different beast compared to other technology products or services. Unlike any other service, there is an always-on connection between the providers and the customers. In addition, SaaS customers are pretty well-informed and are usually technology experts as well. How do you do it?

SaaS 63

SaaS Sales Enterprise Feedback 63

ChurnZero

MARCH 28, 2023

Early-stage SaaS businesses tend to put most of their focus on acquiring net new customers. For a little while, customer retention is a manageable task with existing staff. When you have only a handful of customers, your sales team, product team, customer support team—and even executives—can join forces to keep them happy.

SaaS 52

SaaS Chief Customer Officer Surveys Feedback 52

Amity

AUGUST 20, 2017

Software as a Service or SaaS is a different beast compared to other technology products or services. Unlike any other service, there is an always-on connection between the providers and the customers. In addition, SaaS customers are pretty well-informed and are usually technology experts as well. How do you do it?

SaaS 51

SaaS Sales Enterprise Feedback 51

CSM Magazine

APRIL 13, 2021

If you want your SaaS startup to grow, you need to understand data and have solid marketing knowledge, all with the purpose of making your software more attractive to your target customers. In this article, we’re offering a list of all the components you need in order to scale your SaaS startup. Leverage Social Media.

SaaS 52

SaaS B2B Self service Analytics 52

ShepHyken

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

This week, we feature an article by Baphira Wahlang Shylla, a digital marketer at Knowmax , a SaaS company that provides knowledge management solutions for various industries that are seeking to improve their customer service metrics. She shares how BPOs can enhance your customer experience.

Customer Experience 161

Customer Experience Scripts Self service outsourcing 161

ProProfs Blog

FEBRUARY 7, 2020

Everyone says that customer support used to be easy. For an 18th century blacksmith, the questions and concerns from customers were pretty simple. At least it was obvious that customers would simply walk to the store whenever they needed support. . Customer support is not rocket science.

Customer Support 160

Customer Support Surveys Inbound sales Construction 160

CustomerSuccessBox

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

The adage “time is money” is the ultimate reality that supports the success of your organization in the SaaS sector. A variety of options are accessible to customers today in this cutthroat industry. However, customers are also searching for a quick time to value (TTV). Customer Success and Time to Value.

SaaS 52

SaaS Metrics B2B Enterprise 52

Nicereply

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

Robust career pathing in customer support is critical. In our conversation, Erin Willis , Program Manager of Vendor Management at ClassPass , shares their support story. Let’s explore how others can use their experience to shape programs that professionally develop support agents.

Customer Support 52

Customer Support Technical Support SaaS Coaching 52

TeamSupport

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

In Part 1 and Part 2 of this blog series based on the whitepaper co-produced by ServiceXRG and TeamSupport, we introduced the concept of how to position the investment in customer support as a strategic value aligned to current business practices and target outcomes, and about the evolving role of B2B customer support.

B2B 89

B2B Customer Support Strategic Value Customer retention 89

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. In this way, customer journey B2B touchpoints serve as a powerful tool for increasing the effectiveness of your customer success strategy.

B2B 115

B2B Journey mapping SaaS Engineering 115

Amity

APRIL 12, 2016

SaaS Tattler Issue 81 - Sales or Customer Success? It's an uphill battle for a CSM when the customer-facing teams are misaligned. To help break down silos, w e've decided to dedicate this issue of the SaaS Tattler to aligning the key customer-facing teams within your organization.

Sales 66

Sales SaaS Healthcare Marketing 66

Totango

DECEMBER 6, 2021

What 2021 Taught SaaS Businesses about Customer Success. As the business world adapted to the challenges of 2021, SaaS companies re-examined what customer success means in today’s digital-first environment. First, we’ll look at how the flywheel model has redefined our understanding of the customer journey.

SaaS 92

SaaS Journey mapping Best practices Customer advocacy 92

ShepHyken

SEPTEMBER 1, 2017

This week we feature an article by Andy Ko who writes about not making your customers wait to have their questions answered. Self-service support is becoming more and more widely accepted. As soon as a customer accesses the contextual Q&A space, one of the top popular questions is probably the question they have.

Self service 209

Self service B2B SaaS Enterprise 209

Totango

JUNE 28, 2021

A f reemium strategy forms a foundation for SaaS marketing, but it’s often used without being understood. A freemium strategy uses a free version of a SaaS product to promote a premium version. Limited customer support. These uses make your freemium strategy a powerful and versatile marketing and sales tool.

Upselling 89

Upselling SaaS Best practices Sales 89

Totango

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

Delivering a satisfying B2B customer experience is key to staying competitive in today’s SaaS market. Here, we’ll outline a strategic roadmap to developing a winning B2B customer experience strategy. First, we’ll take a look at what B2B customer experience is and why it’s an important priority.

B2B 107

B2B Customer Experience B2C SaaS 107

Totango

MAY 13, 2022

Choosing the best customer engagement platform for your needs can make a massive difference in the success of your SaaS business. Knowing how your customers feel and what they’re thinking is essential for their satisfaction and your revenue growth. The best way to gain this information is through customer engagement.

Enterprise 103

Enterprise Customer Support SaaS Sales 103

TeamSupport

OCTOBER 26, 2020

In addition, 58% of customers said that bad customer experience can lead to them abandoning a brand they otherwise enjoyed purchasing from. This makes careful selection, onboarding, and coaching of new customer support agents a necessity rather than a luxury. Active Listening.

Customer Service 98

Customer Service B2B Customer Support SaaS 98

Solvvy

JUNE 22, 2022

Why Conversational AI is a Good Fit for Customer Service. Although conversational AI has applications in a variety of industries and use cases, this technology is a natural fit for customer support. Global or international companies can train conversational AI to understand and respond in the languages their customers use.

Chatbots 119

Chatbots Banking Self service Finance 119

REVE Chat Blog

NOVEMBER 14, 2019

Customers would want to communicate to you at different stages of their purchase journey like for pre-sale queries, help in using the product correctly, troubleshooting, etc. A live chat solution may be a great option to provide instant support to customers whenever they need help. Provide faster support in real time.

Customer Support 40

Customer Support Analytics SaaS Self service 40

Nicereply

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

When done well, support enablement will result in happier employees, happier customers, and a more polished product. We often hear a lot about sales enablement, which is the process and practice of ensuring sales teams have the right information and tools to help them sell more effectively.

Sales 100

Sales SaaS Customer Support Best practices 100

Totango

AUGUST 18, 2022

A Customer Onboarding Checklist for Successful CS Teams. A lot goes into crafting the ideal onboarding process for SaaS products. You need to clearly demonstrate the ins and outs of your software to ensure your customers know how to use it and how to employ it effectively in the pursuit of their enterprise’s unique needs and goals.

Journey mapping 92

Journey mapping SaaS Upselling Enterprise 92

Nicereply

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

Whether you know it or not, you’ve probably recently read a news article that was written by artificial intelligence (AI). If you’ve been paying attention, you’ve noticed that in-product support is becoming standard. To accommodate, customer support teams need to rethink how they create, manage, and share knowledge.

SaaS 52

SaaS Chatbots Scripts Self service 52

Lumoa

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

The Salesforce State of the Connected Customer Report found that 88% of buyers say their experience is as important to them as a company’s products or services. So, how can your business win over this growing contingent of experience-focussed customers? Reviewing your existing CX strategy is a good place to start.

Customer Experience 83

Customer Experience Chatbots Analytics SaaS 83

CSM Magazine

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

Freshdesk (customer helpdesk software). Freshdesk is one of the best customer experience tools for IT companies. It is a help desk software for post-sales support and allows your customers to submit their complaints and feedback, which you and your team can address at any time. Zendesk (customer support software).

Customer Experience 52

Customer Experience CRM Big data SaaS 52

ChurnZero

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

In other words, it’s far easier to convince someone who already knows, likes and trusts you to buy more—than it is to reach, educate and convert new customers—in a time when most budgets are under scrutiny. Further, additional sales with existing customers have a lower customer acquisition cost (CAC).

Management 52

Management Customer retention Upselling Chief Customer Officer 52

ChurnZero

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

In other words, it’s far easier to convince someone who already knows, likes and trusts you to buy more—than it is to reach, educate and convert new customers—in a time when most budgets are under scrutiny. Further, additional sales with existing customers have a lower customer acquisition cost (CAC).

Management 52

Management Customer retention Upselling Chief Customer Officer 52

Solvvy

JUNE 17, 2021

Catering your customer support to your individual customers can be accomplished easily with a smart, chatbot platform like Solvvy. Solvvy uses persona-based routing to use the information you already know about a customer or prospect to serve them solutions and content personalized specifically to them.

Personalization 71

Personalization Customer Experience Chatbots Upselling 71

Help Scout

APRIL 27, 2021

Long-time customer service professional Mat “Patto” Patterson answers readers’ most challenging customer support delivery, leadership, and career questions. Thanks, Simone, a SaaS Support Soft-Skill Seeker. My guide to hiring for customer service may help, too. Balancing soft-skills with technical ability.

Customer Service 90

Customer Service SaaS Personalization Best practices 90

SmartKarrot

JULY 14, 2022

SaaS value-based pricing is an important part of your SaaS product journey. For every SaaS business, it is important to have the right pricing strategy in the GTM strategy. Value-based pricing is the key to your SaaS success. What is SaaS Value-based Pricing? Pros of SaaS Value-based Pricing. Integrations.

SaaS 11

SaaS B2B Customer retention Marketing 11

VirtualPBX

AUGUST 20, 2020

They may provide services (like a SaaS company) or sell goods without a storefront (think Amazon). If you’re in this boat, there’s one overwhelming reason you need a phone system for your internet business: customer preferences. Customers want choices for the ways they can reach your company.

Chatbots 104

Chatbots APIs voip Enterprise 104

CSM Magazine

JULY 22, 2021

Henry Spitzer, VP of Sales at Lusha explains how community building is a powerful and cost-effective way to increase retention by creating a central destination for users to find support, advice and best practices. But not only has the face of the customer evolved over time, so too has the shape of the business world.

Advertising 98

Advertising SaaS B2C Engineering 98

Education Services Group

MAY 6, 2021

. #1 Don’t conflate Customer Success with Customer Service. Practitioners of Customer Success will understand the biggest difference here is reactive versus proactive. Customer Service (also known as Customer Support) is reactive in nature – this is who you contact when you have a problem or things go wrong.

Accountability 92

Accountability Construction SaaS Sales 92

ChurnZero

AUGUST 11, 2020

Did you know that 60% of SaaS companies reported a negative impact on customer retention and upsell deals due to the pandemic? Customer retention, along with new customer acquisition, has been challenging for most companies when the pandemic hit. Update Customer Knowledge Bases. This is shocking.

Customer retention 97

Customer retention Chief Customer Officer SaaS Accountability 97

JivoChat

JUNE 20, 2023

Check the article to learn more about it. What Is Customer Churn? Customer churn can be defined as the number of customers who stop buying or using your company’s services in a period. If a company has a high customer churn rate, it can damage the brand reputation, and make you lose sales and profit less.

Education 75

Education Customer retention Customer Support SaaS 75

CSM Magazine

JULY 2, 2020

The period of lockdown from which we are slowly emerging has been near catastrophic for industries like travel and hospitality, while businesses in other sectors, such as technology and gaming, have seen a huge boost in sales. Speed, accuracy and authenticity are key factors for success in customer service.

SaaS 98

SaaS Entertainment CRM Customer Service 98

Totango

OCTOBER 20, 2022

In some companies, customer success managers may play an active role in the sales process, helping sales representatives elicit customer goals and persuade buyers of product benefits. At other companies, CS managers may be assigned to follow up on sales during the customer onboarding phase.

Management 90

Management Upselling Coaching Best practices 90

Kayako

DECEMBER 31, 2015

This year, we’ve seen the customer support community continue to grow, with small tribes setting up all over the internet and producing great support content. Businesses are beginning to shift their thinking from outsourcing support to investing in it as a core team in the business. Now onto the best of 2015!

Customer Support 35

Customer Support Self service Multi-channel support SaaS 35