360Connext

MARCH 8, 2018

Jeannie Walters , speaker, writer and CEO of 360Connext, recently visited us at Hallmark and we had the opportunity to discuss the intricate weaving of the disciplines between marketing and customer experience. Jeannie and I share something in common: a passion for human evaluation of the customer experience.

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Callminer

FEBRUARY 4, 2021

Call center managers and supervisors need to train agents on the course of action to take for a vulnerable customer, and they also need to communicate regular feedback to agents to help them get better. Adrian Travis is the Founder and President of Trindent Consulting. Yaniv Masjedi is the Chief Marketing Officer of Nextiva.

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Beyond Philosophy

APRIL 14, 2015

Keep track of how much time is devoted to Customer issues in meetings. When a one-hour meeting spends five minutes or less on Customer issues and the other 55 minutes on sales, marketing, product development, and operations (with no mention of Customers at all), then it’s not a priority.

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Customer Guru

AUGUST 8, 2018

While there are many experts on this field, we have created a list (in alphabetical order) of customer experience influencers (experts, speakers, consultants, and authors) who are leaders. Adam is a globally recognized expert on customer experience. Do follow these experts to learn from the best in business!

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Beyond Philosophy

MAY 31, 2016

Gwinner of Kansas State University—have found that employee behavior and advocacy—regardless of the employee’s level of satisfaction—have a direct and profound relationship to the behavior of customers, and also to corporate sales and profitability. The figure below illustrates their findings.

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Vcaretec

JUNE 6, 2022

Customer Care & Contact Center Influencers Mike Aoki Bio: Contact center expert and trainer for Agents (customer service, dealing with "irates," sales skills) and Managers (coaching, presentation skills). I tweet about customer focus, leadership, IT, and tech. Market research & trends, best practices, tech.

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ClearAction

MAY 29, 2016

Customer Experience + Marketing: Pro’s & Con’s. What happens when the Chief Marketing Officer doubles as Chief Customer Experience Officer? How Executives Think of Customer Experience. How Marketers Think of Customer Experience.

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ChurnZero

FEBRUARY 1, 2019

To help, we’ve curated this watchlist of Customer Success leaders who we believe you’ll gain some inspiration from and see them do great things in 2019. Amanda Berger, Chief Customer Officer, Lucidworks. Amanda’s commitment to business results drives each aspect of her work as Chief Customer Officer at Lucidworks.

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ChurnZero

JULY 9, 2020

Does your marketing often drop the L-bomb? Entire marketing budgets are devoted to their infinite pursuit and persuasion. But if you’re like most companies, when it comes to attracting your customers, the only thing your marketing’s dropping is the ball. The Forgotten CSM: Customer Success Marketing.

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Mindtouch

APRIL 17, 2017

Allison Ewell , Seismic Software, Director of Customer Success, @SeismicSoftware, LinkedIn. Allison Pickens , Gainsight, Chief Customer Officer, @PickensAllison, LinkedIn. Andrew Bergen , Seismic Software, VP of Customer Success, @SeismicSoftware, LinkedIn. David Cancel , Drift, CEO, @dcancel, LinkedIn.

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Beyond Philosophy

DECEMBER 23, 2015

In the past decade, we’ve seen the number of companies with an individual in the role of Chief Customer Officer (CCO) – nicely defined by Wikipedia as “the executive responsible for the total relationship with an organization’s customers” – grow from under 100 to thousands today. Michael Lowenstein, Ph.D.,

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Fonolo

JANUARY 14, 2020

Despite being relatively new to the industry, Helpscout has quickly become a reliable resource for customer experience professionals. As a help-desk software solution, they cover a variety of topics, including growth, marketing, culture, and product management, all themed around improving the customer experience. Customer Think.

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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 Marketing - ServiceRocket. CSM Corner.

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CustomerSuccessBox

OCTOBER 31, 2021

We hope to give a fresh perspective regarding the QBR process which will take your customer success efforts to the next level. Mary Poppen is the Chief Customer Officer, Glint at LinkedIn. All of the information obtained should be shared with all functions to help in the prioritization of delivering customer value.

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Taylor Reach Group

MARCH 10, 2020

Over the past number of years, the customer experience (otherwise known as “CX”) has become a profession unto itself. Roles like Chief Customer Officer, Customer Experience Director, Manager, Customer Success have been popping up. Recognize that customer churn is a lagging indicator.

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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. So, a proper customer success organization is required to provide consistent growth. Imbibing a Customer Success Culture.

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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).

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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).

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Natalie Petouhof

JUNE 4, 2015

Key Principle #4: Enterprise Class Production Analytics, Hybrid Implementations (Pubic/ Private), Broader Market Penetration. Key Principle #5: Consulting, Big Data Consulting, Analytics Consulting, Managed Services. It is an opportunity, but it is not without risk.

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Help Scout

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

So why exactly is customer service important for small businesses? There are three main reasons: It helps attract and retain customers. It increases the lifetime value of customers. It delivers insights that improve your product, marketing, and/or service. Happy customers don’t tend to take their business elsewhere.

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PeopleMetrics

MAY 24, 2018

and Chief Customer Officer 2.0. If you've been collecting customer feedback for a year or so, you'll get strategies for ramping it up. Earlier in his career, he spent five years at the Gallup Organization, where he was the practice leader of their consulting division. Sean holds a Ph.D. Sean holds a Ph.D.

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CSM Practice

SEPTEMBER 25, 2020

Video Title: Importance of Customer Success Strategy investments. Host: Irit Eizips , Chief Customer Officer & CEO | CSM Practice. Guest: Nick Mehta , Chief Executive Officer | Gainsight. 06:27 – Nick’s overview of cross-selling and upsell trends for existing customers. The Interview: .

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ProProfs Blog

JUNE 30, 2020

He delves into the powerful idea of The Golden Circle based on which organizations can further lead, inspire and grow in a competitive market. Chief Customer Officer 2.0. Want a proven framework to help you launch and advance the customer experience transformation in businesses in every vertical around the world?

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ChurnZero

DECEMBER 29, 2020

Check out this post to see if you’re inadvertently sending subliminal negativity to your customers. Customer Success Operations 101: Drive Productivity with Purpose, People, and Process. Today, you’d be hard-pressed to find a high-velocity sales, marketing, or product team without a designated operations function.

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ChurnZero

DECEMBER 20, 2019

The winners in C S Management will align their business objectives to the customer’s desired outcomes and experiences. C S and Sales strengthen their bond. . As we move into 2020, I envision a stronger alignment between C S and Sales. Abby Hammer , Chief Customer Officer , ChurnZero .

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ChurnZero

JANUARY 4, 2019

Whether that’s AI-enabled analysis of customer data to help teams be proactive, in-house virtual assistants that are a resource to support teams as they work with customers or other operational applications, AI will play a larger role in this capacity next year.” – Julia Ahlfeldt, Customer Experience Advisor, Julia Ahlfeldt CX Consulting.

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Education Services Group

APRIL 16, 2021

What is the ESG Customer Success Maturity Model? Customer segmentation influences everything from how well you allocate your CS resources to whether or not your customers renew. If your customers are properly categorized, Customer Success costs actually go down and, over time, sales and marketing costs will decrease as well.

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ChurnZero

NOVEMBER 27, 2019

T hey can serve to increase the accountability of both your customer s and your team. . . Customer Success Skepticism Exists in Many Organizations (But Can B e Co mbated) . Drivers for corporate growth are no longer limited to Sales and Marketing.

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Comm100

MARCH 8, 2017

Connect with this customer service expert on Twitter today to make sure that your company doesn’t miss out! Chelsea Krost is a self-named Millennial spokesperson and brand consultant. Jeanne Bliss is the Founder and President of CustomerBliss , and the Co-Founder of The Customer Experience Professionals Association. Colin Shaw.

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CSM Magazine

DECEMBER 20, 2016

In 2016, the questions of ownership and business impact of customer experience management are still open. Learn more from the CRM consulting perspective. They say executive buy-in makes for an easier road to the happy customer, thanks to allocated budgets and all-round support with resources. The simple answer is – everyone.

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ChurnZero

MARCH 3, 2020

While the majority of the attendee base are CEOs and C-level Marketing and Sales roles, Customer Success professionals make up 10% of the audience, and they have a track of sessions dedicated to the practice. ChurnZero is excited to participate and have our Chief Customer Officer, Abby Hammer added to the speaker’s lineup.

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ChurnZero

JANUARY 4, 2019

Whether that’s AI-enabled analysis of customer data to help teams be proactive, in-house virtual assistants that are a resource to support teams as they work with customers or other operational applications, AI will play a larger role in this capacity next year.” – Julia Ahlfeldt, Customer Experience Advisor, Julia Ahlfeldt CX Consulting.

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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. Lincoln Murphy. Dave Jackson. Jeanne Bliss. Rick Adams.

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ChurnZero

JANUARY 15, 2021

Remco de Vries , Vice President of Marketing, inSided. A customer savvy CSM, whom is part Marketer, part Digital Specialist as well, will head up your digital-led customer strategies, e.g., sophisticated training, self-service onboarding, and community and customer advocacy programs. Marley Wagner , Sr.

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ClearAction

NOVEMBER 16, 2017

Penney’s case, its core customers appreciated getting good deals through discount sales. Ellen DeGeneres polarized its core customers: some loved the modern, humorous tone, and others felt a clash with their conservative views. One mis-step by any function — legal, facilities, safety, marketing, IT, etc. —

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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. Dave Jackson.

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ClearAction

SEPTEMBER 16, 2016

10 Silos Impact Customer Experience Lynn Hunsaker. This might be the highest-ROI effort of your customer experience council, chief customer officer, chief operating officer — or better yet, every employee. And the pain of business silos is well-known to everyone, whether employee or customer.

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