Influitive

APRIL 22, 2015

For years, B2B marketers have largely viewed B2C loyalty tactics as irrelevant in their space. After all, B2B buyers don’t respond to reward points and coupons. Plus, customer retention has long been seen as the responsibility of those in sales, service, and support. B2B Loyalty, The B2C Way.

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Beyond Philosophy

NOVEMBER 10, 2014

In addition, higher levels of customer satisfaction are tied to high levels of positive cash flows with low volatility, and positive earnings surprises. Keeping Customers results in a high increase in value. Focusing on customer retention with a better Customer Experience will benefit your bottom-line expenses.

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Beyond Philosophy

AUGUST 30, 2016

When Customer Retention, my first book on customer behavior was published, now over 20 years ago, one of the strongest reactions voiced was my contention, and the proof offered, that satisfaction and retention were fundamentally different concepts, and that they required different measurement protocols.

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TeamSupport

OCTOBER 8, 2020

The editors sat down with TeamSupport co-founder and COO, Eric Harrington, to talk about customer support in the time of COVID and building strong customer relationships in Part 1 of this series, and current trends and the future of B2B customer support in Part 2. What are the strategies employed by TeamSupport?

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CustomerSuccessBox

DECEMBER 31, 2021

What is a Professional Service in B2B SaaS industry? For example- a PS team can configure a feature on behalf of customers. Hence, many B2B SaaS firms offer Professional Services as they can certainly add value to both pre and post-sales customer experiences. First, let’s understand what is a professional service?

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CustomerSuccessBox

JUNE 28, 2021

Acquisition-driven growth is dead, retention-driven growth is the future. The Acquisition driven SaaS growth is dead and this era is all about retention-led growth. Whether you are a B2B SaaS or a B2C SaaS, the business’s growth and survival will be dependent on customer retention. Customer Retention.

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Vcaretec

JUNE 6, 2022

I tweet about customer focus, leadership, IT, and tech. Connect: @RoyAtkinson Chip Bell Bio: Customer Service Expert, Keynote Speaker, Business Consultant, Author of 'Sprinkles.' Connect: @Aimee_Lucas Flavio Martins Bio: Flavio is VP of Customer Support at @DigiCert. Writer/Analyst by trade. Tweets are my own.

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ChurnZero

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

Further, additional sales with existing customers have a lower customer acquisition cost (CAC). That’s why ChurnZero believes customer retention and loyalty are the most important stages of customer lifecycle management. So, how can we improve customer retention and loyalty?

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ChurnZero

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

Further, additional sales with existing customers have a lower customer acquisition cost (CAC). That’s why ChurnZero believes customer retention and loyalty are the most important stages of customer lifecycle management. So, how can we improve customer retention and loyalty?

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ClientSuccess

APRIL 28, 2021

Faltorusso brings over a decade of experience in Customer Success leadership. As the VP of Customer Success, Kristi will oversee the entire post-sales customer journey and customer experience, including leading the customer success, consulting, and support teams.

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SmartKarrot

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

Customer retention is very challenging for businesses especially in 2020. The unprecedented times and business environment have made it uncertain for business leaders on what steps to take to retain customers. So, retaining customers becomes necessary for any company to sustain itself in this economic turbulence.

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ChurnZero

MAY 4, 2023

There’s a closely held growth secret among large B2B professional services firms, like consultants, accountants and law firms, that Customer Success Managers (CSMs) might appreciate: The more relationships a client has across a firm, the lower that client’s flight risk.

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ClientSuccess

APRIL 28, 2021

Faltorusso brings over a decade of experience in Customer Success leadership. As the VP of Customer Success, Kristi will oversee the entire post-sales customer journey and customer experience, including leading the customer success, consulting, and support teams.

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Customer Guru

AUGUST 21, 2018

Continuing with our list (in alphabetical order) of customer experience (CX) influencers (experts, consultants, and authors), we are sharing a few names of leaders leaders that every CX enthusiast must follow and take inspiration from. John is an “Ex-Disney Guy” and Customer Experience Coach. John DiJulius Follow @JohnDiJulius.

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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. Customer Success Enablement.

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ChurnZero

JUNE 7, 2019

Jason is an Associate Partner at Customer Imperative , responsible for overseeing the strategic consulting business. Jason works closely with Customer Imperative consulting teams to ensure that clients succeed at gaining, growing and retaining customers. Q: What drew you to working in Customer Success?

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OctopusTech

JUNE 23, 2020

Mostly, B2B companies have financial contingency plans to deal with such economic downturns but how does a company stay afloat when the entire world has come to a standstill and businesses are unable to conduct typical day to day operations? Focus on Customer Retention. At this point, your goal should be to show your support.

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ShepHyken

JULY 13, 2018

This week we feature an article by Christa Heibel about how investing in a personalized customer experience can create life-long customers in the B2B space. – Shep Hyken. If you’ve been habituated to think that the customer experience (CX) is strictly for B2C (business serving customers) verticals, you’re not alone.

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ShepHyken

SEPTEMBER 30, 2019

My Comment: Customer engagement is important for all business, but often B2B organizations don’t take advantage of it the same way consumer brands do. This article shares a number of tips on how all business – especially B2B’s – can take advantage of this powerful marketing and CX strategy.

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Satrix Solutions

AUGUST 20, 2019

Customer Defection Analysis. Our senior consultants have conducted hundreds of Sales Win Loss phone interviews and Customer Churn phone interviews on behalf of our clients. The Value of Understanding Customer Buying Criteria. Related Articles You Might Find Helpful: How B2B Companies Can Gather Competitive Intelligence.

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Nicereply

MAY 11, 2020

Customer loyalty is the result of a company consistently meeting and exceeding customer expectations. Another study by Rare Consulting says that 83% of customers said their brand loyalty stemmed from the trust. Customers that trust the companies they do business with will be more likely to purchase again in the future.

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ProProfs Blog

DECEMBER 12, 2019

what customers want, . The best way to do this is by reading customer retention statistics, and that’s what we have carefully curated in this blog. Here are 50+ customer retention stats that’ll give you insight into a customer’s mind. Why Customers Leave? what they don’t want, . PwC ) Tweet This.

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ClearAction

DECEMBER 13, 2017

By the way, these concepts apply just as well in B2B, government, non-profit, etc.) The essence of what differentiates a nice policy from a naughty policy is whether the company recognizes that customer experience gravitates toward the nicest and easiest solutions. Customer retention begins with trust.

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JustCall

APRIL 5, 2023

The need for customer success management is fairly new and fast becoming pertinent. With an increasing number of B2B and B2C companies switching to subscription-based models, businesses are facing new challenges. Traditional customer support models will not cut it.

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Amity

APRIL 25, 2016

Alex curates the Customer Success Newsletter which is a weekly curated collection of 4 helpful articles from around the Customer Success community. The Customer Success Newsletter. Customer Success Expert - Glide Consulting. The Glide Consulting Blog. Director of Customer Success Education - CSM Practice.

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Amity

JULY 13, 2016

Gainsight - Take your Customer Success team to the next level by taking advantage of Gainsight's industry-standard best practices and thought leadership. Glide Consulting - Glide helps VC-Funded startups and F100 companies optimize, leverage and accelerate their Customer Success teams. Subscribe here. View the blog here.

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Education Services Group

JUNE 7, 2022

They need to find the most effective ways to communicate their ideas up the chain to ensure that everyone, company-wide, can understand and contribute to Customer Success’s mission. When you’re talking about your turning your customers into advocates. In this context, customer advocacy comes from the customer side.

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Callminer

AUGUST 6, 2019

“The number of customers is increasing at an alarming rate, and for the same reason more customers are opting for online premises for transaction and purchase. Customers are also taking help from the agents to reach their final decision, and because of that more customers are speaking with the agents for consultation.

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Education Services Group

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

In case you wondered if this daily routine of beleaguered managers will change any time soon, the august management consulting firm, McKinsey, sees no escape. Across B2B industries and regions, our work has shown the development of one capability to be crucial: data-driven commercial-performance management.

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JivoChat

AUGUST 10, 2021

As we head into the back half of 2021 and 2022 looms ahead, you’ll see that digital commerce is being pushed to the forefront for both B2B and B2C consumers. Consider the following factors, all based on 2021 numbers from consulting firms Forrester and Bloomreach : Digital commerce is the fastest-growing sales channel. The numbers.

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GetFeedback

SEPTEMBER 24, 2019

Marketers are usually tasked with brand building, lead generation, and customer communications. B2B marketing expert Chris Ryan of Fusion Marketing Partners advises that, instead of just dealing with problems, CX could help marketing identify highly satisfied customers and “look for chances to make heroes out of your customers.”.

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SmartKarrot

MARCH 8, 2022

Her blog posts continue to serve as a valuable resource for people who seek to understand and master customer success processes. A star in the world of Customer Success, Amarachi Ogueji is known for her exceptional skills in retaining B2B and B2C SaaS clients. Amarachi Ogueji. Anita Toth. Annette Franz. Daphne Lopes.

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SmartKarrot

AUGUST 23, 2021

Role: Customer Success Manager Location: Houston, TX Organization: Ivanti As a Customer Success Manager, you will develop strong relationships with assigned customers and serving as a trusted advisor to key influencers and/or decisions makers. Maintain high customer retention and recurring revenue retention rates.

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LiveChat

SEPTEMBER 19, 2018

Customer complaints about issues you could’ve fixed a long time ago, or features you should already implemented. Poor customer retention – customers can’t engage with you. Convincing customers to come back to you. Your recurring revenue model won’t work if you can’t keep your customers around.

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SmartKarrot

JANUARY 5, 2021

Without further ado, here is presenting to you our Top 50 Customer Success Influencers for 2021. Proclaimed as the Customer Success growth expert, consultant, and thought leader, Lincoln is a customer-centric growth mastermind. Additionally, he serves as the Chief Customer Officer at Higher Logic. Lincoln Murphy.

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SmartKarrot

JANUARY 5, 2022

Recognized as one of the most respected business outcomes and Customer Success experts globally, Rick has been helping individuals and companies maximize business value for over 25 years. His company Practical CSM Academy provides global customer success management consulting, training and certification services. Andrew Marks.

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Amity

JULY 13, 2016

Gainsight - Take your Customer Success team to the next level by taking advantage of Gainsight's industry-standard best practices and thought leadership. Glide Consulting - Glide helps VC-Funded startups and F100 companies optimize, leverage and accelerate their Customer Success teams. Subscribe here. View the blog here.

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