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Three chief customer officer job descriptions we love

ChurnZero

The role of the chief customer officer has become an essential function in subscription-based business models such as software-as-a-service (SaaS), where customer retention is paramount and requires executive-level leadership. If a customer churns before the payback period is met, it’s a financial net loss.

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Customer Success and finance: 8 metrics to build closer alignment

ChurnZero

Good sales teams typically get the budget, headcount and tools they desire because the function is tied to revenue. However, that’s not always the case for Customer Success (CS) teams even though they are often responsible for renewals and expansions. To that end, here are the metrics you can use to get started.

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4 Gold CX Metrics for CX Leaders

ClearAction

4 Gold CX Metrics for CX Leaders Lynn Hunsaker Concentrate on just 4 CX metrics and you’ll see greater progress in more than 20 growth metrics. Otherwise, gaps between these will cost you a lot (negative word of mouth (customer effort score, CSAT), churn, costs to serve, internal productivity, etc.).

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The Unexpected C-Suite Collaboration You Need for Success

Totango

Totango’s Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) Karen Budell recently joined an episode of the MarTech podcast to discuss the importance of the partnership between marketing and customer success and explain why Chief Customer Officers (CCOs) should have a seat next to CMOs at the C-suite table.

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Webinar Q&A Recap: The Post-Sale Ecosystem

Education Services Group

Speakers: Chris Singh , Chief Customer Officer, Blackbaud. . CCO of Blackbaud, Chris Singh, joined our VP of Customer Success, Peter Armaly for this month’s webinar, to discuss how to embrace the concept of the post-sale environment as an entire ecosystem. In there we get the experiential metric.

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The Power of Emotional Connection: Growing Your Business Through Strong Customer Experience

CCNG

Here are some key metrics and approaches to consider: Key Metrics to Assess Customer Engagement and Loyalty In Jeanne Bliss’s book, Chief Customer Officer 2.0: How to Build Your Customer-Driven Growth Engine , "Competency #1 is to Honor and Manage Customers as Assets".

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Q&A: Selling for People Who Don’t Love Sales

ChurnZero

“But I didn’t want a job in sales!”. If you’ve internally cursed the idea of selling or simply desire to take your sales skills up a notch, then this webinar is for you. Apply a language framework to “get into” the sales conversations. Never get ghosted by a customer again. Customer Success Around the Web.

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