SmartKarrot

SEPTEMBER 10, 2020

But this blog is specifically about Chief Customer Officer (CCO). Chief Customer Officer (CCO) is the highest position in the customer success department in any organization. Since customer success is a relatively new business function, the Chief Customer Officer is one of the latest roles.

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ChurnZero

JANUARY 4, 2024

New technologies, best practices, and strategies, combined with an industry-wide drive for sustainable, profitable growth, have made CS teams the revenue-building stars of every SaaS organization. “Their task: to build customer success into the best-performing department: a center of excellence that integrates technology and people.

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SmartKarrot

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

A purchase decision is determined by customers- they will look at a positive experience over anything else. Customer experience is now a priority for any company. This is why more businesses are appointing Chief Customer officers to focus on customers. Should Chief Customer Officer oversee marketing chores?

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CustomerSuccessBox

MARCH 2, 2022

In customer success, the growing career paths will have different salaries depending on the company size, city, team size, and experience. Let’s look at each role’s salary: Customer Success Manager. The demanding position in the business is this role in the customer success department. Senior Customer Success Manager.

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ChurnZero

DECEMBER 20, 2021

Over the last year we’ve created and shared a lot of new content with our Churn Fighting audience that we’re really proud of and have received positive feedback on, especially our thought leadership webinar content. B2B SaaS Benchmarks: How Does Your Company Compare to +1500 of Its Peers?

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ClientSuccess

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

As SaaS organizations and their customers slowly but surely get used to the ‘new normal’ that 2020 ushered in, customer success managers and team leaders are more focused than ever before. Luckily for customer success teams, there is no shortage of resources available. The 2020 Customer Success Trends Toolkit.

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ChurnZero

DECEMBER 18, 2020

With each passing year the Customer Success industry matures and meets new challenges along the way, and this year has been nothing short of challenging in many ways. . Q&A Recap: Speakers: Megan Macaluso , VP Customer Success & Operations, ESG. Jay Nathan , Chief Customer Officer, Higher Logic.

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ChurnZero

DECEMBER 29, 2020

Learn why an operations role is the key to scaling Customer Success, what this role looks like within a mature organization, and when you should hire for it. Customer Success teams (and their customers alike) feel the pain of conducting QBRs dictated by a now seemingly arbitrary timeframe and requisite.

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ChurnZero

MARCH 3, 2020

SaaStr is the largest community of SaaS executives, founders, and entrepreneurs in the world and they are brought together at their flagship event – SaaStr Annual. With 12,500 attendees, 250 speakers, 200 sponsors, their missions is to provide the SaaS community with unparalleled access to the top minds in SaaS.

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Squelch

JULY 23, 2019

In part two below, we explore how customer success has evolved as SaaS and other subscription-based companies increase in popularity and what being customer centric truly means. How has the role of customer success evolved with the rise of SaaS companies?

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ChurnZero

DECEMBER 2, 2021

If you operate Customer Success as a business and start thinking bigger and ‘outside the box,’ then you can elevate the conversation at the upper management level to become a strategic department and not just tactical.”. Matthew Brown , Director Customer Enablement, Solink. Amy Manning , VP of Customer Success, LawGeex.

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ChurnZero

JANUARY 4, 2019

.” – Julia Ahlfeldt, Customer Experience Advisor, Julia Ahlfeldt CX Consulting. Over the past 5 years, the majority of Customer Success groups worldwide have become directly involved with managing income streams and profitability to some degree for their companies. ” – Abby Hammer, VP of Products, ChurnZero.

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Squelch

JUNE 4, 2019

As we continue our series exploring Influential Women in CX , we had the pleasure of sitting down with Mary Poppen, Chief Customer Officer at Glint and 2018 Top Customer Success Influencer. You’re a pioneer in customer success. With the rise of SaaS , we began to really see the need for customer success.

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Squelch

JULY 23, 2019

In part two below, we explore how customer success has evolved as SaaS and other subscription-based companies increase in popularity and what being customer centric truly means. How has the role of customer success evolved with the rise of SaaS companies?

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SmartKarrot

OCTOBER 29, 2021

Customer success careers have become the buzzwords in the business environment. The hot topic that is running around in the SaaS industry is the need for customer success to have a seat and a voice at the leadership table. So, what exactly has resulted in this change in the SaaS industry? Definition of C-Suite.

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ChurnZero

MAY 20, 2021

For Customer Success teams, the data they need (in order of importance) includes CRM data (basic account details, closed-won opportunity details), product usage data (login history, time-in app), engagements (responsiveness, product feedback), support history (ticket volume, open bug duration), and payment history (unpaid invoices).

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ChurnZero

DECEMBER 20, 2019

Customer results will sell, not features. The winners in C S Management will align their business objectives to the customer’s desired outcomes and experiences. Making customers happy is no longer good enough. . . Abby Hammer , Chief Customer Officer , ChurnZero .

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ProProfs Blog

JUNE 30, 2020

She identifies shortcomings such as social, communication, and self-management behaviors that limit leaders in their career. To help leaders master soft skills, she reflects on how leaders can: Work towards managing their workload. Navigate when office politics is on the rise. . Chief Customer Officer 2.0.

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Amity

AUGUST 19, 2014

Earlier this year in an open letter response from a SaaS in need of saving , Amity’s Chief Customer Officer Louise Philp provided some valuable insights on how to build a team of customer success heroes. Accruing experience at SaaS companies will confer a significant advantage over other job seekers.

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Amity

MAY 22, 2016

Customer success is an exciting and game-changing opportunity, and a prerequisite for the majority of B2B SaaS companies, but are you ready for it? According to an Aberdeen Report* on Customer Experience Management, the top three drivers for investing in customer experience management are: Improve customer retention – (42%).

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Amity

JANUARY 30, 2014

It is abundantly clear that the future is very bright for customer success! As we move into 2014, companies will be more focused than ever on the customer centric organization. This combination will provide a 360-degree view of the customer and will span every aspect of the relationship. Moving Beyond SaaS.

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ChurnZero

JANUARY 4, 2019

.” – Julia Ahlfeldt, Customer Experience Advisor, Julia Ahlfeldt CX Consulting. Over the past 5 years, the majority of Customer Success groups worldwide have become directly involved with managing income streams and profitability to some degree for their companies. ” – Abby Hammer, VP of Products, ChurnZero.

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ChurnZero

MAY 13, 2022

When’s the right time to add Customer Success operations? How do you make product and Customer Success work better together? What’s the most effective way to gather customer feedback? Tackling these questions is tough for even the most seasoned Customer Success leader. Tell customer stories with data. “On

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ClientSuccess

JULY 23, 2019

Welcome to our blog series CSM from the Trenches, a community for frontline Customer Success Managers (CSMs) that discusses trends, best practices, and advice for the frontline. Listening, questioning, and sparking dialogue has shifted how I interact with customers. I love that; as our clients are successful, we’re successful.

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ChurnZero

JUNE 17, 2022

Bree: I do customer success enablement for ChurnZero. It’s not necessarily doing all of the onboarding but putting a lot of the strategy and the metrics and the resources behind how we actually manage customers from onboarding to renewal and beyond. We’ve got 68 customers in onboarding right now. Bree: Exactly.

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ClientSuccess

OCTOBER 17, 2018

Welcome to our blog series CSM from the Trenches, a community for frontline Customer Success Managers (CSMs) that discusses trends, best practices, and advice for the frontline. With so many priorities being juggled by the CSM team, time management and prioritization are key. From there, you test, get feedback, and fine tune.

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SmartKarrot

APRIL 6, 2021

With these powerful insights, you can center your strategy around customer needs. Seek and Understand Management Objectives. Understanding management objectives is important to solving them in the true sense. Can your offerings improve customer growth? Can you demonstrate that to the top line of management?

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Amity

JULY 28, 2014

Customer success is an exciting and game-changing opportunity, and a prerequisite for the majority of B2B SaaS companies, but are you ready for it? There is a plethora of information and insights out there (customer success is a very hot topic right now) to guide you in right direction. Customer success doesn’t just happen.

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ChurnZero

JANUARY 13, 2022

As the demand for Customer Success surges within SaaS, so too does the need for effective leaders to spearhead this expanding function and steer its strategy and success. Over the course of the pandemic, Customer Success has cemented itself as a central business driver of growth and profit. Follow Adi on LinkedIn.

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SmartKarrot

JULY 30, 2020

Customer Success is the buzzword in the modern SaaS companies. It is a broad term to define the company’s approach towards retaining its customers and expanding their business with them. In this blog, we are going to see various customer success team roles along with their titles that companies are employing in this department.

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SmartKarrot

MARCH 11, 2022

There is an ongoing debate in the B2B SaaS world whether there is a need for a CXO position. If you ask me, honestly speaking, there is a lot of importance of a Chief Experience Officer in a B2B SaaS organization. The Chief Experience Officer (CXO) is considered a great campaigner of the organization.

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Vistio

MAY 28, 2022

It was a B2B SaaS company serving the healthcare space. And this was another start B2B SaaS company in healthcare, that seems to be my wheelhouse these days, and I led implementation, support and customer success for that organization. I think those voice of customer feedback loops are really important too.

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SmartKarrot

MARCH 10, 2022

Today there is a need for digital adoption by CIOs in B2B SaaS companies. . In traditional terms, a CIO is one who would respond to information on the website and effective management of the IT support. The role has evolved to accommodate the unanimous increasing influence of customer experience.

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SmartKarrot

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Keeping customers satisfied is now the job of the client success specialist because customers are expecting more from the things they purchase and because products are becoming more complex. The dynamics of relationships are fundamental to SaaS (Software As A Service) sales. Accumulate and scrutinize client feedback.

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SmartKarrot

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

Showcase ideas to help your customers, team, and company with feature enhancements. You can take ideas from customer feedback forms to get an idea of what customers want, map it with expenses, and pitch accordingly. You can share an average of how many companies are investing in customer success and their growth levels.

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ChurnZero

NOVEMBER 22, 2019

Upcoming Webinar: New Manager’s Guide for a Customer Success Strategy Implementation. Wednesday, December 4, 2019 2:00 – 3:00 PM EST. Are you finalizing your new year strategy as you lead Customer Success at your organization? I hope you can join us in October 2020. You Mon CEO, ChurnZero.

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ChurnZero

JUNE 17, 2022

Bree: I do customer success enablement for ChurnZero. It’s not necessarily doing all of the onboarding but putting a lot of the strategy and the metrics and the resources behind how we actually manage customers from onboarding to renewal and beyond. We’ve got 68 customers in onboarding right now. Bree: Exactly.

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