Totango

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

A quarterly business review (QBR) gives you four opportunities per year to showcase the value your product delivers to customers. For a SaaS company, an excellent QBR strategy can help you ensure you’re providing a product experience that will make customers want to renew their subscription during renewal time.

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PeopleMetrics

FEBRUARY 26, 2018

It has become all too common for B2B SaaS companies to survey their customers once a year through a moment-in-time customer relationship survey, with at least one section addressing the ultimate question of Net Promoter Score (NPS). If you are focused on customer retention, then you need to know the answer to?the

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ChurnZero

JUNE 19, 2020

It is no secret that customer churn hits recurring revenue businesses hard, but what’s its real impact on their long-term health and valuation? To answer that and more, we invited SaaS Capital’s Managing Director, Rob Belcher, and Software Equity Group’s Managing Director, Allen Cinzori, to join us for a webinar. Q&A Recap.

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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.

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SmartKarrot

MAY 28, 2020

Churn rate is the rate of customers or revenues lost by a company in a given time period. It is a common belief in the SaaS industry that the acceptable SaaS churn rate benchmarks is around 5% annually. It means that out of every 1000 customers if 50 customers are leaving your business then it is still acceptable.

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SmartKarrot

AUGUST 2, 2023

Customer Success (CS) that focuses on boosting customer retention, loyalty, and overall business growth is a very important function for any customer-centric business. In this write-up, we are sharing a few valuable insights as to how a Customer Success leader should enable and empower their team.

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Education Services Group

DECEMBER 4, 2019

One of the biggest business lessons of the last decade has been that keeping your current customers is just as important as acquiring new customers. In the age of SaaS, this is an indisputable fact. But there’s more to the success of your business than just retaining customers. Customers Buy Experiences, Not Products.

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SmartKarrot

MAY 28, 2020

In general, SaaS customer retention rates define the percentage of customers your company has retained for a given period. The rate of retention is the reverse or opposite side of the rate of churn, which designates the percentage of clients your company has lost for a specified time. .

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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.

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ChurnZero

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

These might come up either internally with leadership or externally with customers and their executive sponsors. Either way, it’s a good idea to have processes and strategies in place to address them. . Do: Collect and Apply Data to Improve Customer Onboarding.

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CustomerSuccessBox

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

A major shift in the distribution model of software meant that SaaS metrics needed to evolve. We will be discussing all Net Revenue Retention in this blog. What is Net Revenue Retention? If you are a SaaS business, churn is your devil with the pitchfork. Customers are unsteady, they sometimes run off to your competitors.

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CustomerSuccessBox

JULY 14, 2021

Customers only adopt a product if it helps them achieve their goal. Why the Adoption Phase Matters in SaaS. In response, many SaaS user adoption companies have started exploring strategies that focus on driving product usage by end-users. Suggested Reading: Why is Customer Retention Important for B2B SaaS Business?

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SmartKarrot

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

Have you ever heard a C-Suite executive say that he/she is okay with losing out on a few customers every month? The reason for that is customer retention is highly crucial for SaaS companies because – . Retaining a customer is a better thing to do than acquiring new ones. What is customer retention?

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Quiq

JULY 7, 2022

Before we give you the strategies to improve your churn rate, let’s back up and discuss what it is and why it matters to your business. What is customer churn? Customer churn rate (or customer attrition rate) measures how many customers you lose over a given period of time. Why is customer churn rate important?

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ChurnZero

MAY 14, 2021

At ChurnZero’s recent virtual RYG, we held a panel discussion with Customer Success leaders who answered these popular questions and offered up their best advice on goals, strategies, and tactics for Customer Success Operations. How to Delineate the Roles of Customer Success Management and Operations.

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Education Services Group

JANUARY 19, 2021

At ESG, we’ve gone all-in on the future of Customer Success. Our Customer Success as a Service ® model means that it’s our job to understand all the industry’s challenges, and then develop and perfect the strategies and philosophies that empower CS organizations to face those challenges head-on. Benchmarking the blastoff.

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Totango

JUNE 4, 2021

Here are seven great customer engagement ideas you can easily put into practice. We’ll show you how to multiply opportunities for engagement through strategies such as personalization, in-app messaging, customized promotions and loyalty programs. Use your customer journey map to plan events that trigger customized offers.

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ChurnZero

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

These might come up either internally with leadership or externally with customers and their executive sponsors. Either way, it’s a good idea to have processes and strategies in place to address them. Then, you can adjust to find your ideal customer timeline, which will serve as a good benchmark to help you manage any possible issues.

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Amity

APRIL 25, 2016

Bill is a revenue marketer who leverages his background in professional development and training to create and execute content marketing strategies that drive profitable customer behavior. Bill's blog posts will help you establish the guidelines to capatalize on associate commitment whole delivering exemplary customer service.

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CSM Practice

APRIL 13, 2021

The job is crucial for the company since they have to value customer concerns about the product or services and communicate them to the company. A customer success manager is responsible for various core functions such as customer retention and expansion selling ; hence, they should be vigorous in customer handling skills.

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Amity

JULY 13, 2016

The misconception with SaaS is that there is no longer a need for a team of this nature in today’s organization. Still, expectation gaps remain, Customer Success by definition is still in its infancy, processes are immature and confusion reigns. Jason Lemkin - Jason is a 2x founder, 1x VC, and dedicated SaaS enthusiast.

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ChurnZero

MAY 15, 2020

Facing massive economic instability for the first time, Customer Success teams had to devise crisis preparedness and communication plans as well as customer retention strategies to minimize churn. The data in this article is sourced from SaaS businesses across 20 industries that use ChurnZero.

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Solvvy

OCTOBER 25, 2022

Ensuring that a customer will make an additional purchase in the future is difficult. Still, you can use customer feedback to understand whether they plan to purchase again and what motivates them. . One strategy is simply to ask. Researchers have found that CSAT scores and customer satisfaction indices will vary by industry. .

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Totango

JUNE 24, 2022

Customer success in SaaS differs from CS in other industries. The software service industry presents unique challenges for customer success management while also creating unique opportunities that call for specific strategies. Read on to learn the keys to effective customer success for SaaS clients.

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Solvvy

AUGUST 31, 2022

How Can I Measure Customer Satisfaction Score? Make a strategy for measuring customer satisfaction based on CSAT surveys and monitoring your score as part of your customer experience program. You’ll find that measuring and tracking customer satisfaction scores leads to increased repeat business and brand loyalty.

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CustomerSuccessBox

MARCH 17, 2022

Improve the customer experience Increase the number of sales conversions. These are a few of the many advantages that a customer journey map can bring to the ‘customer success’ table. Pro tip : Customer Journey in SaaS. 7 Best Practices for an Effective Customer Journey Map. When and who does what?

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NobelBiz

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

However, instead of working to improve their methods of communication, many modern call centers instead prioritize flashy but ultimately fruitless strategies for communication channel expansion. A poorly managed opening of a new communication channel can have a negative impact on both customer satisfaction and call center.

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ChurnZero

OCTOBER 22, 2020

These solutions are also relevant to companies with customer experience programs, and can be used to fill the gaps within their existing sales, marketing and customer support processes.”. When it comes to customer retention, there’s business-altering revenue at risk. There’s also the competitive aspect to weigh.

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Amity

JULY 13, 2016

The misconception with SaaS is that there is no longer a need for a team of this nature in today’s organization. Still, expectation gaps remain, Customer Success by definition is still in its infancy, processes are immature and confusion reigns. Jason Lemkin - Jason is a 2x founder, 1x VC, and dedicated SaaS enthusiast.

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Amity

JULY 13, 2016

The misconception with SaaS is that there is no longer a need for a team of this nature in today’s organization. Still, expectation gaps remain, Customer Success by definition is still in its infancy, processes are immature and confusion reigns. Jason Lemkin - Jason is a 2x founder, 1x VC, and dedicated SaaS enthusiast.

SaaS 48

SaaS Best practices industry standards Consulting 48

Amity

JULY 13, 2016

The misconception with SaaS is that there is no longer a need for a team of this nature in today’s organization. Still, expectation gaps remain, Customer Success by definition is still in its infancy, processes are immature and confusion reigns. Jason Lemkin - Jason is a 2x founder, 1x VC, and dedicated SaaS enthusiast.

SaaS 48

SaaS Best practices industry standards Consulting 48

Amity

JULY 13, 2016

The misconception with SaaS is that there is no longer a need for a team of this nature in today’s organization. Still, expectation gaps remain, Customer Success by definition is still in its infancy, processes are immature and confusion reigns. Jason Lemkin - Jason is a 2x founder, 1x VC, and dedicated SaaS enthusiast.

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SaaS Best practices industry standards Consulting 48

Amity

MARCH 22, 2016

SaaS Tattler Issue 79 - Giving Customer Success a Voice at the Executive Table. In an era where the customer experience matters more than ever before, having a voice at the executive table changes everything. Cue the Chief Customer Officer (CCO), breaking down Silos, strapped with customer intuition.

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Education Services Group

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

Political tug of war over revenue, CS cleaning up ‘bad-fit’ customers, sales running out of referenceable clients from less-than-ideal delivery scenarios. But what both sales and CS professionals need to realize is that in most cases, this dysfunction is caused from company strategy and processes (or lack thereof).

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Amity

DECEMBER 17, 2014

Aside from new delivery methods and pricing structures, SaaS companies are also expecting their technology investments to provide metrics that help them manage the customer lifecycle – from conversion through to retention, renewals and growth. Amity: Is there a difference between a subscription business and a SaaS business?

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JustCall

DECEMBER 7, 2022

With these, you can benchmark your team’s performance against its goals and decide on appropriate incentives and training programs. But most importantly, you can devise a winning sales strategy for your products, geographies, and market segments. This makes it imperative to ramp up customer retention efforts.

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Totango

FEBRUARY 5, 2019

It’s about proactive customer success , not reactive customer service. ROI-focused SaaS strategies should be based on comprehensive data gathered from every customer engagement. That information is then turned into customer solutions that create an ongoing revenue source across the entire customer journey.

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