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Why NRR (net revenue retention) is the one metric to rule them all for SaaS

ChurnZero

Cut to 2022, and the idea that a SaaS company could secure venture funding without investors digging deep into retention metrics seems comical, if not reckless. Net revenue retention (NRR) is taking center stage as the qualifying metric for determining the health of a SaaS business. NRR matters to SaaS executives and investors.

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How will the economic downturn affect Customer Success? Learn from three SaaS CEOs.

ChurnZero

Discover the lessons these three SaaS CEOs have learned from leading customer-centric businesses through an economic slump, and how you can apply them. To get your CS team to look outside of themselves and flex their empathy, coach them on how to interact with customers, especially when it involves delivering undesirable news.

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Why Investing in Customer Success Training Is a Smart Decision

CSM Magazine

This training can be done in different forms, including on-the-job training, classroom training, shadowing, or online coaching platforms. Say you run a digital marketing agency that serves SaaS companies. Greater Potential for Upselling Effective customer success training programs can also lead to greater upselling potential.

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What are the best Customer Success YouTube channels? Start with our top five.

ChurnZero

Across more than 30 playlists, you’ll discover everything you need to know about upsell, launching CS, customer training, CS careers, customer value management, retention and renewals, customer journey maps, health scores, segmentation, QBRs and much more. Crash Course in Customer Success and SaaS Metrics (with Dave Kellogg).

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Support Talks: Recruiting Top Customer Experience Talent

Nicereply

The SaaS model has blurred the lines between marketing, sales, conversion, on-boarding, training, support,and retention. With Customer Experience talent, communication style, and ability to upsell/renew without being or seeming “salesy” are also skills we tend to look for. Kristina: CX has really evolved over the past decade.

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13 Customer Success Manager Skills to Look for When Hiring

Totango

Customer success managers are critical at SaaS companies, where they help deliver results that promote subscription renewals and upsells. They should be comfortable performing sales functions such as encouraging subscription renewals, upselling, and cross-selling. Coaching and training. Coaching and Training.

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Getting Customer Success Comfortable with Sales Conversations

ChurnZero

If your customer can benefit from a product upgrade or feature upsell, then it’s your duty to make your customer aware of the opportunity. Get your Sales team to do coaching/training. Should Customer Success own the renewal and/or upsell? Hear arguments from both sides of the aisle in our great SaaS debate. .

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