aircall

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

Pipedrive is a SaaS unicorn—a deal-driven CRM solution which empowers marketing and sales teams. These metrics are very commendable, but Pipedrive wanted to raise the bar even higher. Overall, they managed to push both their IQS and CSAT into higher realms of excellence – their IQS now beating the benchmark.

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ChurnZero

MARCH 28, 2023

Early-stage SaaS businesses tend to put most of their focus on acquiring net new customers. For a little while, customer retention is a manageable task with existing staff. Answer options are usually presented on a 3-point or 5-point scale (e.g., This is most obvious among SaaS companies that offer tiered pricing and services.

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ShepHyken

AUGUST 18, 2023

This week, we feature an article by Koichumanov Erkinbek, Product Marketing Manager at Intelogos , an employee well-being and AI performance management platform. Employee Engagement and Satisfaction Metrics Monitoring employee engagement and satisfaction is vital to understand how AI adoption impacts their work experience.

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ChurnZero

DECEMBER 21, 2022

1/ Crash course in Customer Success and SaaS metrics. Presented by: Dave Kellogg , principal, Dave Kellogg Consulting. Many people think of SaaS and CS metrics as black and white. But the truth is, there are many ways to calculate and interpret—and game—metrics. What metrics do investors care about most?

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Beyond Philosophy

DECEMBER 10, 2021

Back when I was working in corporate life, I went to a presentation in London. Unfortunately, Reichheld says too many organizations use NPS as a stick or a metric for earning bonuses. He says that the financial metrics most companies use for valuations point you toward the wrong investments. So, What Went Wrong with NPS?

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Global Response

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

There’s a nearly endless amount of metrics you could be tracking for your customer service—but many brands make the mistake of tracking too many rather than too few. Begin with at least 1-2 metrics that measure customer experience directly. While there’s many metrics to choose from, these 5 are the most important.

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Totango

MAY 19, 2020

The continuing COVID-19 health crisis may well produce a recession that has a significant impact on the Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) industry. No one is certain how this will change the long and short-term behaviors of customers, lenders, and enterprises in a SaaS world. Be Lean and Agile to Reduce Customer Churn in SaaS.

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CSM Practice

FEBRUARY 24, 2020

Now more than ever, customer success leaders must use relevant and actionable customer success metrics to make guided decisions and strategies to deliver success. Out of the myriads of customer data that can be measured, in this blog, I will emphasize the most important customer success metrics you need to focus on based on best practices.

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ChurnZero

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

That’s why ChurnZero believes customer retention and loyalty are the most important stages of customer lifecycle management. For example, Forrester says just “11% of B2B decision-makers” say metrics for customer retention and loyalty are tracked by marketing leaders. What is customer lifecycle management in plain English?

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ChurnZero

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

That’s why ChurnZero believes customer retention and loyalty are the most important stages of customer lifecycle management. For example, Forrester says just “11% of B2B decision-makers” say metrics for customer retention and loyalty are tracked by marketing leaders. What is customer lifecycle management in plain English?

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JustCall

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

Maintaining all communication lines efficiently and ensuring quality service are the biggest challenges for call center managers in the modern market. It is known that call centers have one of the toughest work environments in the service industry, with round-the-clock support, customer satisfaction metrics, and escalation worries.

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ChurnZero

DECEMBER 17, 2021

Considering that studies have shown that acquiring a new customer is exponentially more expensive than retaining an existing one, expansion management becomes more important than ever. In the SaaS industry, Customer Success upsell and cross-sell opportunities are commonly incorporated into expansion management. Clarity is key.

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CSM Practice

FEBRUARY 24, 2020

Every customer success metric you can measure falls into one of these four categories: Customer Health Metrics. Customer Financial Metrics. Customer Usage Metrics. Customer Success Team Performance Metrics. In this blog series, we’ll examine each customer success metric category in separate blogs.

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CSM Practice

FEBRUARY 24, 2020

Every customer success metric you can measure falls into one of these four categories: Customer Health Metrics. Customer Financial Metrics. Customer Usage Metrics. Customer Success Team Performance Metrics. In this blog series, we’ll examine each customer success metric category in separate blogs.

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CustomerSuccessBox

MAY 6, 2021

From the last couple of weeks, we’ve been writing about the importance of customer retention , key metrics to track and how Customer Success can help you drive retention, and whether your organization is ready to implement Customer success software. . If that doesn’t happen, you escalate to your manager and so on.

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Amity

NOVEMBER 21, 2016

Customer benchmarking — the practice of identifying where a customer can improve or is already doing well by comparing to other customers – helps Customer Success Managers to deliver unique value to their customers. SaaS customer success leaders publicly encourage greater adoption of this practice.

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CrazyCall

AUGUST 8, 2019

Customers call, agents resolve their queries, managers supervise, all things seem to run their course… STOP! In this article we’ve decided to present you 20 call center metrics that will make it easier for you to gain powerful insights into the sales call performance and keep an eyeon your customer service efforts.

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Amity

NOVEMBER 27, 2017

Gary’s background is in the wine industry, which got me thinking about the way we talk about Customer Success primarily in the context of the SaaS industry - understandably so, as this is where its roots lay. Non-SaaS companies need to look for industry-specific triggers that give a glimpse into the crystal ball of retention.

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ChurnZero

JULY 9, 2020

These SaaS companies offer comprehensive training programs, resources, and events to their customers and even the larger professional community. After each instruction-based webinar, customers have a 1:1 consultation with their Customer Success Manager. The same holds true for our vendors. Customer Success Around the Web.

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CustomerSuccessBox

MAY 31, 2021

The Customer Success Manager has an integral role in ensuring healthy Customer relationships by evaluating and analysing the customer needs and acting as a customer advocate to promote customer loyalty. With that said, let’s look at the answer to the most fundamental question, as to how many Success managers should a SaaS company really need?

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ChurnZero

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

These are just some of the findings in this year’s Customer Success Leadership Study, ChurnZero’s third annual report on the top trends and opportunities in Customer Success, presented in partnership with ESG and sponsored by Higher Logic Vanilla and involve.ai. The top metrics in CS are all revenue metrics.

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CustomerSuccessBox

DECEMBER 4, 2018

In the SaaS world, the customer-acquisition-cost (CAC) is high and the initial payment is peanuts compared to the lifetime value (LTV) of the customer. Without a high customer retention rate, a SaaS company will shut down, no matter how great the other metrics are. This is a reactive approach and is NOT true.

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Lumoa

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

From lead conversion rates (CVR), click-through rates (CTR), and Net Promoter Scores (NPS), companies use multiple metrics to analyze the effectiveness of their CX strategy. Then, use metrics like churn rate, CSAT, and CVR to gauge which touchpoints are negatively impacting CX.

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CSM Practice

APRIL 13, 2021

Being a Customer Success Manager (CSM) is a non-stop learning process that requires hands-on management at every stage. To add, a customer success manager needs to learn their customer’s product or service. What is a Customer Success Manager. What makes a good Customer Success Manager? Challenges.

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ClientSuccess

AUGUST 30, 2018

Notably, Carine Clark , CEO of Banyan , presented at last year’s premier customer success leadership event in Sundance, Utah, and her message was both powerful and practical. Improvise: A high-functioning customer success professional doesn’t wait around to ask questions or to get sign-off from managers to make decisions.

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ClientSuccess

APRIL 27, 2017

As we travel the globe and talk with customer success leaders, one of the most frequent asked questions is, “What are the metrics I should be tracking and measuring to help my organization embrace customer success?” Recorded Webinar: The Ultimate Guide for Customer Success SaaS Metrics.

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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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ClientSuccess

OCTOBER 2, 2019

We often hear the roles of Customer Success Manager (CSM) and Account Manager (AM) used interchangeably. The ultimate difference between a Customer Services Manager and an Account Manager is both in their area of concentration and how each target their customers. . Let’s talk about Account Managers first.

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Nicereply

NOVEMBER 23, 2023

Customer satisfaction isn’t just a metric; it’s the basis of sustainable business growth. Presentation Anchors: Starting or ending your presentations with a relevant quote can be powerful. Embracing Feedback: Negative feedback , while hard to digest, is an opportunity in disguise.

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ChurnZero

APRIL 18, 2024

Those are some big shifts – whether it’s updating your books , implementing a new management system, or revamping the tools, resources, and customer journeys you already have. Resources to dig deeper: 8 SaaS Onboarding Best Practices , How to Streamline Onboarding to Reduce Churn (webinar). So, now what? Wait, say that again?

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ClientSuccess

NOVEMBER 1, 2017

Join Dave Blake (CEO of ClientSuccess) and Dan Demas (VP of Customer Success at Pendo) as they share 5 metrics that matter for product and customer success teams. This webinar will help product and customer success teams, understand which metrics are unique and which are shared. Overlapping metrics between customer success and product.

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ChurnZero

JANUARY 25, 2024

With technology advancing and customer expectations rising, customer success has become an essential force driving business growth and customer loyalty within the SaaS industry. In 2024, tracking these metrics and demonstrating their impact are essential skills for CS professionals.

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ClientSuccess

AUGUST 3, 2020

Over the last decade or so, the role of the Customer Success Manager has exploded, due in large part to SaaS organizations and updated onboard models. Customer success is top-of-mind for every SaaS executive and board member, which means that the numbers, metrics, and KPIs that measure success are more important than ever before.

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ChurnZero

JUNE 17, 2022

To share how to choose, track, and act on effective onboarding metrics, ChurnZero Customer Success Enablement Team Lead Bree Pecci joined CSM Practice for a drill-down into customer-centric onboarding. Onboarding metrics serve two main purposes. Basing onboarding metrics on your internal operations can produce false positives.

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SmartKarrot

JANUARY 21, 2021

It is quite known that nearly 80 percent of companies use SaaS applications for various functions in their system. It is mostly SaaS products that rule the roost in the business world. SaaS or on-demand software goes back to the 1970’s. Managing these software solutions became important. What is SaaS Product Management?

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Stratifyd

DECEMBER 12, 2018

As a Marketing Manager with Stratifyd, Inc. The Marketing Manager will work closely with the Marketing Director to define new and interesting ways to engage Stratifyd’s audience. Develop and manage the marketing strategy for all marketing channels. Develop and manage the marketing strategy for all marketing channels.

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ChurnZero

OCTOBER 5, 2021

SaaStr Annual is always a time to look forward to as it’s a chance to join our peers in SaaS, to learn from the best in the business, to avoid big mistakes, to strengthen ties, to do better – so we can all achieve the impossible. SaaS customers are only using 50% of the licenses that they buy- @markroberge.

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